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Services for those Seeking Protection in Ireland: Statements (30 Jan 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Timber is getting scarce.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (30 Jan 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 1. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [1151/24]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jan 2024)

Mattie McGrath: An Post made the bombshell announcement last Thursday evening at 4 o'clock that it was downgrading the office in Davis Street in Tipperary town. Some six staff and one manager have been employed in that location since the 1980s. Tipperary had a lot of hammer blows last week with a number of restaurants closing. On one hand the task force does great work and yet Government State agencies do...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jan 2024)

Mattie McGrath: There is a serious situation regarding the diminishing Garda numbers all over this country, while the Minister says they are increasing. The town of Carrick-on-Suir has only four gardaí when it used to have 18. Roscrea used to have 27 gardaí - we know the problems they have there now - and now only has seven. It is the same in Cahir and Clonmel in my constituency and all over the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (30 Jan 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason it has taken more than 22 weeks to approve an application for an incremental increase for an SNA who applied for an increase based on past experience in August 2023 (details supplied); when this person will receive their incremental increase; the reason delays are experienced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3917/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (30 Jan 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 396. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason Ireland has not opted out of EU immigration policies, considering that under Article 29.4.7 of the Irish Constitution, Ireland can legally opt out of such policies under Protocol 19 of the Lisbon Treaty; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3748/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (30 Jan 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 397. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide details on each EU immigration policy that Ireland has opted into, including the dates when the Government decided to opt in or out and when the measure was passed by both Houses of the Oireachtas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3749/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (30 Jan 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 490. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the location of the proposed six new accommodation centres; the details of any contracts issued to develop these centres; the properties being examined or considered for redevelopment as these new centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4273/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Jan 2024)

Mattie McGrath: The Tánaiste may have read over Christmas about the wonderful achievements of Shaun Fogarty from Cahir over the new year. In 2013, this 19-year-old student was left paralysed followed a devastating car accident. His family was told he would never move, eat, drink, or speak again. In the ten years since his accident, Shaun has overcome massive challenges with the support of his parents...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Jan 2024)

Mattie McGrath: This needs to be looked at for cases such as this with such inspirational people.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Jan 2024)

Mattie McGrath: He has that but he loses-----

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (24 Jan 2024)

Mattie McGrath: The Minister of State skirted around the question I asked about the specific obligations we have under treaties. I asked him which treaties but he just said international treaties. It is my understanding, in the context of the referenda on the Lisbon treaty, that a specific commitment was given whereby countries like Ireland, Denmark and others could opt out. I also asked if the Government...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (24 Jan 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Tá cúpla ceist agam. Does the Minister of State not think it a failure that Europe could not make a united stand calling for a cessation and condemning outright the genocide that is going on in the Middle East and the fears of the spread there? Under what specific treaties are we duty-bound to take in so many refugees as a percentage, and IPAS applicants? The Taoiseach has...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (24 Jan 2024)

Mattie McGrath: The last EU Council meeting in December was a pivotal one. The war in Ukraine, the enlargement of the EU, the revision of the EU’s multi-annual financial framework and the conflict in the Middle East were all on the agenda. These issues sparked a variety of opinions among EU leaders. Why would they not? The meeting aimed to reach a consensus on enlargement, specifically on the...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (24 Jan 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Go raibh maith agat. Tá an t-am caite.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (24 Jan 2024)

Mattie McGrath: School bus transport is a very important issue, especially in rural Ireland. It is very important for families. It is also important when we are talking about carbon emissions and everything else. There are two big problems in this area. One is that people over 70 are not allowed to drive school buses, even if they are medically fit. This has been raised here by me and many other people...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (24 Jan 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 55. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a decision will be made on an application for foreign birth registration (details supplied); the reason for the delay in processing the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3282/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (24 Jan 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 167. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of individuals who have arrived in Ireland at any port of entry, including Dublin Airport, without valid travel documents, despite presenting them at their point of departure, for each of the years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and to date in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3283/24]

Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I, too, believe that the situation underscores the urgent need for peace, not war. We would much rather see the Irish Government step up its effort to bring about a peaceful ceasefire. The pursuit of peace and justice should always be our guiding principles, regardless of the complexities of international law and optics. I condemn utterly the actions of Hamas on that fateful day in...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Jan 2024)

Mattie McGrath: The N24 upgrade from Cahir, at the Cloghabreedy junction, through County Kilkenny and on to Waterford city is at design stage and now it is at stage 2. Engagement is taking place with householders and farmers along the route. There is a proposal that up to seven houses and family homes may be demolished. The road is very badly needed but there is now confusion and no clarity from the...