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Leaders' Questions (16 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: I hope the Minister will address the matter. The money was promised as part of the talks for the programme for Government. I look forward to the roll-out of this. Nobody will condone or accept bad practices and unclean places, especially in a hospital. HIQA has accused South Tipperary General Hospital of putting patients at risk because of unacceptable practices such as lack of access to...

Leaders' Questions (16 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: I raise the very serious issue of overcrowding at South Tipperary General Hospital. It is sad that today HIQA has published a report which is very critical. It is not a problem with the staff or management who are overworked and totally overstretched. According to Trolley Watch, emergency department trolley statistics at South Tipperary General Hospital show that it has suffered the most...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (16 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 4. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his efforts to roll out high-speed broadband in rural Ireland and in County Tipperary in particular; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16411/16]

Estimates for Public Services 2016 (15 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: I welcome the Minister and congratulate him on his appointment. I look forward to working with him constructively for the betterment of all sectors of education. My questions will be on the renting of prefabs. Between 2011 and 2015, the Department spent €83 million on prefab rental. Although there is a prefab replacement period, only 217 schools qualified: 209 primaries and...

Report of Standing Order 112 Select Committee on the Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 2013/34/EU: Motion (15 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: I, too, am glad to speak on this motion. I compliment the special committee that brought this matter to our attention. Deputy Boyd Barrett said this was to go through without any debate. It is always important that we have a debate, no matter what our views are. It is important that we do not pass these measures without debate. I compliment the committee on not rolling over and accepting...

Order of Business (15 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: The Taoiseach might be aware that today is world elder abuse awareness day. This is a very serious issue. Under the health (miscellaneous provisions) (No. 2) Bill, is the Taoiseach aware that only 32 caseworkers in the entire country deal with this area and 13,000 cases have been referred to them? It is a huge area that needs to be addressed. It is a very sensitive and sad area. Deputy...

Order of Business (15 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: Dúirt bean liom go ndúirt bean léi.

Rent Certainty Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: I am delighted to speak on this Bill, which proposes to link rent increases to the consumer price index. It is important to analyse and assess the dire housing crisis in this country. It should not give us any solace to be here this evening at the onset of darkness in the knowledge that over 2,000 children will sleep in hotel beds tonight and that many people are homeless. Successive...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (14 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the grant and funding schemes available to assist the board of management of a school (details supplied) to purchase adjoining land for the purposes of a car park and school pitch; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15537/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme Data (14 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 257. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of applications received and approved under the mortgage-to-rent scheme, by county, in each of the years 2013 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15726/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Reform (14 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 258. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the savings to his Department following the abolition of town and borough councils under the Local Government Reform Act 2014; his plans to reverse this abolition, given the deficit of democratic representation it has created; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15727/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (14 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 259. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of social houses built, by county, in each of the years 2014 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; his plans for further building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15728/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Charges Collection (14 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 261. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the revenue collected from the payment of development levies, by county council, in each of the years 2014 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15735/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Recruitment (14 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 262. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of staff recruited by local authorities to deliver more social housing units under the social housing strategy 2020 in each of the years 2014 to 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15739/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (14 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 423. To ask the Minister for Health the assistance available to persons (details supplied) to meet the cost of alcohol rehabilitation in rehabilitation centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15536/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (14 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 424. To ask the Minister for Health when he will provide extra spinal cord stimulators to St. Vincent's hospital, Dublin 4, to facilitate the 80 plus patients who are suffering from chronic pain and require this treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15538/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services Provision (14 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 480. To ask the Minister for Health the number of abortions carried out in 2015 under the provisions of the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16002/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (14 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 501. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 2; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15494/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Organisations (14 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 568. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to investigate the selection criteria used to pick the marathon team that will represent Ireland in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; if he is satisfied that Athletics Ireland reserve the right to change the policy on an ongoing basis; if he has concerns that a runner who had one of the top three qualifying times was...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Funding (14 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 621. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the funding his Department provided to a company (details supplied) or to its parent company; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15938/16]