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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Nov 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Pathetic.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Nov 2023)

Mattie McGrath: The answer is "No" then.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Nov 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I am very disappointed at the Minister's reply. Since I issued a statement two weeks ago, my office has been inundated by calls from families from all over the Twenty-Six Counties. The Minister and his colleagues all know about these. Why are they not dealing with them? It is shocking that we can transpose any kind of directive from Europe which relates to the environment or is...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Nov 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I am deeply concerned about the fraudulent activities by vulture funds that include the Irish courts and, indeed, the Land Registry. Over the past few weeks, I shared crucial details with all Deputies, including the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, outlining misconduct in the banking system. This misconduct has significantly affected our economy, the lives of many homeowners,...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Contracts (9 Nov 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 300. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to release the full record of communication between his Department and the owner of an accommodation provider (details supplied); to outline who made the initial contract; the value of the 12-month contract for this property; to release all communication between his Department and Tipperary County Council,...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (8 Nov 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Hear, hear.

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (8 Nov 2023)

Mattie McGrath: The Minister of State heard me here at pre-Council statements last week, and I begged and pleaded with him that we go to Europe, raise our voice and have our voice heard as a neutral country. We are a small country that has punched way above our size and our strength by being peaceful and neutral. Our neutrality has stood to us well. I mentioned our peacekeepers back in the Congo and I...

Home Care Workers and Home Support Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (8 Nov 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I compliment the Independent Group on putting down this very timely and important motion.

Home Care Workers and Home Support Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (8 Nov 2023)

Mattie McGrath: The Labour Party, excuse me. Gabh mo leithscéal. It could not be more timely, facing into the winter with the long nights, the loneliness and the isolation, especially for people with disabilities. When I see what goes on in the HSE, I saw a headline this morning that it has hired 800 managers and administration people this year already despite the ban. That is where the problem is....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (8 Nov 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 36. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will make funding available to businesses in County Tipperary that have been damaged by flooding following recent storms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48919/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (8 Nov 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 48. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to outline the provisional timelines of announcements for the sports capital and sports capital equipment programme 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48920/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Weather Events (8 Nov 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 72. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will make funding available to homes in County Tipperary that have been damaged by flooding following recent storms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48919/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Asylum Seekers (7 Nov 2023)

Mattie McGrath: We welcome that. We will not get back into the tweets and will leave them for another day, but I will get back into realpolitik. The Minister says his Department will not take away housing or shelters, but this is what is happening in Cashel. Officials from the Minister's Department told me they want accommodation and their duty is to get it from wherever, whoever and whatever, so we need...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Asylum Seekers (7 Nov 2023)

Mattie McGrath: What is the number?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Asylum Seekers (7 Nov 2023)

Mattie McGrath: It is.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Asylum Seekers (7 Nov 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 34. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline, in light of recent statements by members of Government in relation to the pressures currently being faced in terms of the level of people seeking refuge and asylum in this country, the plans his Department has to urgently address these high levels; to address the concerns in relation to the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Asylum Seekers (7 Nov 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I tabled this question last Thursday before the events transpired in Cashel. I want to ask the Minister about the current pressures on the numbers of asylum seekers entering this country. Recent statements were made by An Taoiseach and, indeed, by the Tánaiste in the last ten days, but more importantly the Taoiseach when he was in Korea. He spoke about the pressures we have here and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Asylum Seekers (7 Nov 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I thank the Minister and the Minister of State, Deputy Joe O'Brien, for their engagement with us on Cashel over the weekend and particularly with me last night. We have done our fair share, of course we have. The Taoiseach is making these soundings as is the Tánaiste, but we all know we just cannot cope. Why did the Government feel it necessary to send out a tweet in numerous...

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Cheann Comhairle. We could stand here and talk about housing, as we are doing every second week. I was a member of the housing committee for five years - the most frustrating five years I ever spent. We can talk and talk and talk. We just have lost the ability to build. I am a member and vice-chairman - I was chairman - of a voluntary housing association....

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2023)

Mattie McGrath: The N24 Cahir to Waterford project has been further delayed. We were supposed to get news of the preferred route by quarter 2 of 2023 but that has now been put back to quarter 1 or 2 of 2024. This is unacceptable, especially in light of all of the road deaths and the information Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, has given to the Minister for Transport about the number of deaths and...