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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (31 Jan 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 40. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to reintroduce the allowance for teachers in Irish-medium and Gaeltacht schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4346/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (31 Jan 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 78. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to his response during Leaders' Questions on 18 January 2024 (details supplied), if he will provide details of the request issued to Tipperary County Council to review the situation with regard to log cabins; to provide a copy of the correspondence issued to Tipperary County Council in this regard; the details of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (31 Jan 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 83. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will urgently update the rural planning guidelines to loosen the restrictions on modular or log cabin type accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4434/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Housing Provision (31 Jan 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 125. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of modular homes that have been built for Ukrainian accommodation; the provider of such homes; the planning requirements relating to these homes; the reason why modular homes are being used for Ukrainian accommodation but are not being permitted for homeless citizens; and if he will make a statement...

International Court of Justice and Genocide in Gaza: Motion [Private Members] (30 Jan 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I am delighted that South Africa, a country with a very chequered history, brought forward this case. Words mean a lot but words can be semantics at times. The ICJ can only find a country guilty of genocide so it has said that there is a "plausible" claim of genocide in its interim judgement. I am surprised and disappointed that while we have close ties with the US, which I want to...

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

Mattie McGrath: I welcome this debate even after ten or 11 months of seeking a debate. It is not really a debate because it is just statements with no questions and no answers. I am delighted that the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, has finally arrived in the Chamber for this debate. There has been talk about misinformation and disinformation. None of the Ministers speaking today had scripts. I hope the...

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

Mattie McGrath: This situation is delicate and emotive and it needs to be dealt with. The people out there are yearning for information and are not getting it. I want the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, to tell me how many people from his Department are on the public engagement team. I believe it is very few. When will they have joined-up thinking and put services in place? I demand that he meets the people...

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...