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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rural Development Programme (21 Apr 2015)

Mattie McGrath: 672. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the criteria that determine the distribution of Pillar 2 funding for rural development projects, specifically the Leader initiatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15554/15]

Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2015)

Mattie McGrath: I am not.

Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2015)

Mattie McGrath: The service always kicks the problem back to the GPs, as is happening with medical cards for the over 70s. They are the people who should be looked after above all. We all hope to reach that age with the help of God, le cúnamh Dé. It is nice to have some reassurance but that is what is going on unless some Minister tackles it, and not when he comes back from his Christmas...

Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2015)

Mattie McGrath: I too am delighted to speak on this Bill. We hear about targeting resources rather than giving them to people over the age of 70 who can afford to pay. I remember the march on Leinster House, the anger and the anguish, when the last Government removed the medical cards for people over the age of 70, and the promises made from the back of a lorry outside the House by senior members of Fine...

Leaders' Questions (16 Apr 2015)

Mattie McGrath: All over the place.

Leaders' Questions (16 Apr 2015)

Mattie McGrath: Around the house and mind the dresser.

Leaders' Questions (16 Apr 2015)

Mattie McGrath: Not only in Dublin.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Prices (16 Apr 2015)

Mattie McGrath: 21. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reconsider plans to introduce financial penalties for those who do not wish to avail of private health insurance; his views on concerns that such penalties will place an undue burden on those who currently cannot afford to sign up to a private health insurance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14704/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (16 Apr 2015)

Mattie McGrath: 45. To ask the Minister for Health the proposals that are currently being formulated by his Department for the regulation of commercial surrogacy; his plans to prohibit this practice; the reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14703/15]

Order of Business (15 Apr 2015)

Mattie McGrath: What about the people with variable rate mortgages? Did they ring the Taoiseach?

Order of Business (15 Apr 2015)

Mattie McGrath: The Judicial Council Bill has never been more needed. It has been promised on many occasions. This morning in the High Court a case went ahead half an hour before it was lifted and an individual was jailed only to be brought back to a different court at 1 p.m. and be freed. This is the second time this gentleman has been jailed by the same judge. I can name him-----

Order of Business (15 Apr 2015)

Mattie McGrath: What is going on down there under Mr. Justice Hunt is a farce and is unacceptable.

Order of Business (15 Apr 2015)

Mattie McGrath: It is a matter for the Judicial Council Bill. When will it be introduced?

Leaders' Questions (15 Apr 2015)

Mattie McGrath: The Government is past its time.

Leaders' Questions (15 Apr 2015)

Mattie McGrath: The Taoiseach is at the wheel.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Fuel Scheme (15 Apr 2015)

Mattie McGrath: 72. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there are grants available from her Department for home heating solid fuel stoves or ranges; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14329/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Regulation (15 Apr 2015)

Mattie McGrath: 145. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 279 of 31 March 2015, if he will provide the documentation requested (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14151/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Closures (15 Apr 2015)

Mattie McGrath: 553. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm and clarify the status of elective surgery at Kilcreene hospital in County Kilkenny, which serves the Carlow-Kilkenny constituency and the south Tipperary area; if there are plans for the closure of this facility within the next two and a half to three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14370/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (15 Apr 2015)

Mattie McGrath: 610. To ask the Minister for Health the constitutional protections currently in place for in vitro embryonic human life; the proposals in place to alter such protections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13289/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roadworthiness Testing (15 Apr 2015)

Mattie McGrath: 867. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the current Road Safety Authority recommendations in relation to the roadworthiness testing of vintage vehicles; the recommendations that the authority plans for the future; if the 30-year exemption will be reconsidered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14208/15]