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- Other Questions: School Enrolments (22 Apr 2015)
Mattie McGrath: Massive.
- Other Questions: School Enrolments (22 Apr 2015)
Mattie McGrath: Of course it is.
- Other Questions: School Enrolments (22 Apr 2015)
Mattie McGrath: I welcome the Minister's commitment to being fair. That is the over-riding position for everybody. If a school has places, it is a non-issue. There is a problem if the school is overcrowded because of huge demand. That is the situation in Clonmel. We have to be supportive of the boards of management. There is no point in paying lip service to them. They do a huge job. For a variety of...
- Other Questions: School Enrolments (22 Apr 2015)
Mattie McGrath: The Minister is micromanaging now.
- Other Questions: School Enrolments (22 Apr 2015)
Mattie McGrath: 10. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for changes to the school admissions policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15514/15]
- Other Questions: School Enrolments (22 Apr 2015)
Mattie McGrath: In February the Supreme Court dismissed an appeal in a case involving a boy from Clonmel who was refused admission to the Christian Brothers school in Clonmel, County Tipperary. The Equality Tribunal had found that the school's policy discriminated against Travellers, but the Circuit Court, High Court and Supreme Court decided in favour of the school. I and the school management...
- Other Questions: School Enrolments (22 Apr 2015)
Mattie McGrath: I have great time for the volunteers on the boards of management. They have a very difficult job, and I have experienced it. There is a huge time commitment involved in running a school, and volunteers save the State an enormous amount of money. The school in Clonmel is exceptional, and it has been for years. This case went to the Supreme Court. Can the Minister imagine the fear and...
- Other Questions: School Transport Eligibility (22 Apr 2015)
Mattie McGrath: Fog and snow.
- Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Parks and Wildlife Service Staff (22 Apr 2015)
Mattie McGrath: 179. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the number of rangers in County Tipperary, the largest inland county here; her specific recruitment and selection strategy for the county in 2015 to 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15985/15]
- Topical Issue Debate: Home Repossession (21 Apr 2015)
Mattie McGrath: Yes. Hear, hear.
- Topical Issue Debate: Home Repossession (21 Apr 2015)
Mattie McGrath: Hear, hear.
- Topical Issue Debate: Home Repossession (21 Apr 2015)
Mattie McGrath: She knows.
- Topical Issue Debate: Home Repossession (21 Apr 2015)
Mattie McGrath: Business hours. Hear, hear.
- Topical Issue Debate: Home Repossession (21 Apr 2015)
Mattie McGrath: Hear, hear.
- Topical Issue Debate: Home Repossession (21 Apr 2015)
Mattie McGrath: On a point of order, I support what the Deputies have said. I have spoken with the superintendent and the housewife. The housewife asked for the court order that night.
- Topical Issue Debate: Home Repossession (21 Apr 2015)
Mattie McGrath: The bean an tí. They had no court order, or would not produce it.
- Order of Business (21 Apr 2015)
Mattie McGrath: Regarding the criminal justice (miscellaneous provisions) Bill, I refer to what Deputy Ó Fearghaíl said. I am very concerned. There is a third force acting in the country. I got a telephone call that night at 3 a.m. when that situation arose and there were members of the Garda, including a superintendent, present. I am worried that gardaí are being forced into these...
- Order of Business (21 Apr 2015)
Mattie McGrath: This is going on in this country with the tacit approval of the Government. I contacted the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Fitzgerald, the morning after. She is aware of it. This is not acceptable in any democracy. Deputy Ó Fearghaíl said it is like Zimbabwe. It is definitely like it, or Libya. It is outrageous that hooded men, accompanied by unmuzzled dogs, are...
- Order of Business (21 Apr 2015)
Mattie McGrath: They were observing it.
- Order of Business (21 Apr 2015)
Mattie McGrath: Not very clearly.