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Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Programmes (16 Apr 2013)

Mattie McGrath: To ask the Minister for Health when the first phase of the National Asthma Programme will be implemented; the initial actions that will be taken by him in order to implement the programmer; and the deadlines for these actions [17519/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Programmes (16 Apr 2013)

Mattie McGrath: To ask the Minister for Health the reason implementation of the National Asthma Programme was not prioritised in the 2013 Health Service Executive Services Plan with more than one person per week dying from asthma and 470,000 people here living with this respiratory disease that is particularly prevalent in children, with one in five children here suffering from the disease; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Reviews (16 Apr 2013)

Mattie McGrath: To ask the Minister for Health the reason when carrying out medical card reviews, particularly in the cases of the elderly, that is, those in receipt of a State pension, the Health Service Executive cannot simply send a letter asking whether or not the medical card holder's circumstances have changed rather than expecting the medical card holder to complete the review form and gather all...

Credit Reporting Bill 2012: Second Stage (28 Mar 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I will conclude, and I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for his forbearance, but this Bill is only fit for the bin or the shredder because it is ten years too late. It is inadequate, inept, feeble and an insult to the people who are suffering and cannot pay their way. They want to pay but they need more time, leniency and support. They do not want their debts denied. They want some...

Credit Reporting Bill 2012: Second Stage (28 Mar 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I am being as moderate as I can in the circumstances about these despicable people. Why would they not do this when they can get away with it and they have got with it? None of them has been arraigned or brought before the courts. I blame this on the Minister for Finance, the Taoiseach, the regulators, high paid advisers and the ECB regulators who shovelled the money in here when our banks...

Credit Reporting Bill 2012: Second Stage (28 Mar 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I too welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate on this Bill. The Minister, Deputy Noonan, and Acting Chairman, Deputy Jack Wall, are, like me, from rural constituencies. If ever there was a case of closing the stable door when the horse has bolted this is it. Not only has the horse bolted, it has been to Cheltenham, Aintree and other places in the world and has probably at this...

Common Agricultural Policy Reform: Statements (Resumed) (28 Mar 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I too am delighted to be able to speak today on CAP reform. Like other speakers I compliment the Minister, because his task was not easy. It was a difficult time for him but he had a wonderful family event in the midst of it, which I hope worked out well, and I hope the christening will be wonderful too, whenever he gets around to it. This is a very important issue which cannot be dealt...

Common Agricultural Policy Reform: Statements (Resumed) (28 Mar 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I accept that. We debated that here quite recently. Towards the end of the debate, and speaking afterwards to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Howlin, who took the debate, I had the feeling that the Government would not go back on that commitment. I was worried in case certain high-ranking former Members of this House were involved in a smash-and-grab, which must not...

Common Agricultural Policy Reform: Statements (Resumed) (28 Mar 2013)

Mattie McGrath: We had. I missed the debate this morning but I was here last evening. The people outside the House want to continue the debate and twist our arms, telling us how to vote. I am a democrat. I said last night it is a pity that there were not 100 Deputies in here who wanted to vote against the Bill, which would answer these people's problems. To return to farming-----

Common Agricultural Policy Reform: Statements (Resumed) (28 Mar 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I understand there are complexities, in that large payments have been made to some inactive farmers. I understand that disability may render a farmer inactive, but I am talking about factory farms, not farms being run as viable agricultural units. We must be careful and understanding of land mass and land uses in general. Although I hate to say it, there is a concern in my county, which...

Order of Business (28 Mar 2013)

Mattie McGrath: The Tánaiste did not answer my question on this issue.

Order of Business (28 Mar 2013)

Mattie McGrath: With regard to the response given by the Tánaiste during Leaders' Questions to my question on the Personal Insolvency Bill, will he clarify whether the Garda Síochána will be covered under that Bill as he seemed to indicate? With regard to the local government reform Bill, there are significant issues, certainly in Tipperary, with regard to Civil Defence and its role and...

Order of Business (28 Mar 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I am asking about the legislation. Can the Tánaiste clarify whether the Bill will deal with the issues mentioned?

Order of Business (28 Mar 2013)

Mattie McGrath: The Bill is published, but when will it be enacted? I also have concerns with regard to the Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012. Valuations must be adjusted. We have seen a court case recently in Dublin on this, but all over the country valuations are ridiculously high and ratepayers are being forced out of business.

Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2013)

Mattie McGrath: Déanfaidh mé mo dhícheall. I call on the Tánaiste, especially given what we are hearing from the tallies in Meath East, to be the sensible voice in the Government and try to intervene in this unseemly mess that has descended into a shambles, that is, the situation regarding An Garda Síochána vis-à-vis the Commissioner and the Minister for Justice and...

Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I want to clear up this matter once and for all.

Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I am speaking about the facts. The Minister has shown total disdain for An Garda Síochána. I want to kill the lie that gardaí walked out on the Croke Park agreement. Members of an Garda Síochána have no rights in any negotiations, whether on the Croke Park agreement or otherwise. They were there to listen to SIPTU, IMPACT and others who could tell them what was...

Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2013)

Mattie McGrath: One could be forgiven at this stage for thinking we are living in a democracy. It is more like Russia or a military junta. Four senior officers of An Garda Síochána are being summoned today to Templemore. They have 130 years service between them. They are the only people who will be at the college in Templemore because the Minister has closed and laid waste to it, despite his...

Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2013)

Mattie McGrath: There is already a disciplinary procedure in An Garda Síochána, a strict one for dealing with matters such as this. They must pay monetary fines and whatever else.

Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2013)

Mattie McGrath: What is their crime? They are representing their members in a desperate plea to get someone to listen. When will we have a situation where there will an independent mediator or, as happens in other countries, a board set up between the Minister, the Commissioner and the Garda Síochána to de-politicise the issues involved between Ministers of all hues? The Minister has shown no...