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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (20 Mar 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 1488. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the primary residence is included in the assessment for the nursing home support scheme; if he plans to amend this to exclude the primary residence from the means assessment; if a person can appeal the decision to include the primary residence in the assessment, in cases in which they worked all their lives to pay for their house, the reason...

Nature Restoration Law: Statements (7 Mar 2024)

Mattie McGrath: In the heart of Ireland, a storm is brewing. Rural communities, the backbone of this country, feel abandoned and betrayed. The culprit is a green agenda driven by NGOs and the Green Party with the full endorsement of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael. This agenda prioritises environmental conservation over the livelihoods of farmers and the viability of rural Ireland. They can work hand in...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Mar 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Leas-Cheann Comhairle. There are no driving test taking place at Clonmel's driver testing centre this week. Last year, in a blaze of glory, the Government said it was going to appoint 75 new testers across the country. That never happened. The opposite happened at the Clonmel centre, where one excellent tester was let go. The only tester left in Clonmel is...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Mar 2024)

Mattie McGrath: We have good testers there and now they are being neglected.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Mar 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Give the figures.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Mar 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Were they recruited?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Mar 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Why are the lists so long then?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Mar 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Why are the lists so long?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Mar 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Of course.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Mar 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Of course I do.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Mar 2024)

Mattie McGrath: It is 28 weeks in Clonmel.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2024)

Mattie McGrath: It is on its last legs.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2024)

Mattie McGrath: There is no fund to insure-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2024)

Mattie McGrath: The farmers will be a rare species.

Seachtain na Gaeilge: Ráitis (6 Mar 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Níl Gaeilge fhlúirseach agam ach déanaim mo dhícheall í a úsáid i gcónaí. Gabhaim buíochas freisin leis na múinteoirí agus na boird bhainistíochta sna naíonraí, sna Gaelcholáistí agus sna Gaelscoileanna. Bhí mé i gCarraig na Siúire Déardaoin seo caite agus tháinig an tAire...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Mar 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Agricultural contractors are very concerned this week about changes to the category W driving licence that have been published on the NDLS website, which will have a significant impact on many agricultural contractors who do some non-agricultural works as part of their services, for instance, construction. The National Driver Licence Service, NDLS, website states that a category W licence...

Housing Targets and Regulations: Motion [Private Members] (6 Mar 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I compliment the Labour Party on this motion but I would like it to do what Brendan Howlin did when he apologised profoundly for the disastrous abolition of borough councils, etc., under Better Local Government. Labour was in government from 2011 to 2014 and decimated housing construction. Its new leader says it will build 1 million houses. This is the problem. We have people who magic up...

Supporting People with Disabilities and Carers: Motion [Private Members] (5 Mar 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Go raibh maith agat.

Supporting People with Disabilities and Carers: Motion [Private Members] (5 Mar 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Go raibh maith agat, a Theachta.

International Women's Day: Statements (5 Mar 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I concur with every word that an Teachta Nolan has said. It is rather ironic we are having this debate when we are having a vote this coming Friday to erase the words "mother" and "woman" out of the Constitution, and to diminish them in many ways. I take great faith and solace from my late mother, Mary, who was a woman of faith who worked so hard, and the late Breda Laffey, a great woman of...