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Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (25 Jun 2025)

Mattie McGrath: I welcome the Minister. The motion regarding the Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and the motion regarding the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009 are being taken together and are related. I call the Minister.

Legislative and Structural Reforms to Accelerate Housing Delivery: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jun 2025)

Mattie McGrath: I support this motion. How many more motions and debates are we going to have to get some realism and reality applied to the disastrous situation in which we find ourselves with regard to housing? It is organised mayhem. Every speaker – I had a chat last night with my colleague in south Tipperary – states housing is the number one issue. Our clinics are bogged down and there...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Future of the An Post Network: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Mattie McGrath: Apologies for being late. I welcome the two lots of speakers. I wish Mr. O'Hara all the best in his retirement and Mr. Martin the best in the future. It is a good model to have both An Post and the postmasters here because for years we have been talking to both and the two never seemed to add up. I salute the postmasters and postmistresses and, indeed, the fir an phoist and mná an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Future of the An Post Network: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Mattie McGrath: An Post is doing it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Future of the An Post Network: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Mattie McGrath: An Post is.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Future of the An Post Network: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Mattie McGrath: I disagree with Mr. McRedmond because in that case in Clogheen alone, it was too prohibitive. I refer to the costs and the space taken up in a small shop. It is different in the SuperValu stores. They are working well there and I thank SuperValu for engaging and keeping the service. In a small shop, the costs, security implications and so on are excessive. An Post cannot get any young...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Policies (25 Jun 2025)

Mattie McGrath: 73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether it is the school or her Department which bears responsibility under the Bí Cineálta framework, in circumstances where a child is affirmed in a new gender identity at school, but later comes to believe this caused more harm than good; the reason, when numerous education agencies around the world have shifted towards more...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Programme (25 Jun 2025)

Mattie McGrath: 180. To ask the Minister for Health to provide clarity regarding the Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Act 2024 on who will have the authority to make the decision on whether a person is brain dead or not; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34571/25]

Presidential Voting Rights: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jun 2025)

Mattie McGrath: I am delighted to speak on this issue and thank Sinn Féin for tabling the motion. As we know, most parties in this House and in this country say they are in favour of a united Ireland. They say they are in favour of many things. It is nice to say. I want to put it on the record that I am fully in favour of a united Ireland. I come from a republican family. My late dad was in the...

Nursing Homes and Care for Older Persons: Statements (Resumed) (24 Jun 2025)

Mattie McGrath: Everybody was shocked and disgusted at what we saw in the recent television programme but it is the tip of the iceberg as regards big business and what is going on with big conglomerates. I salute all the care workers and nurses in the small nursing homes in Carrick-on-Suir, Clonmel, Cahir, Cashel and Tipperary town. I salute them and the work they do. I challenge HIQA. It is not fit...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (24 Jun 2025)

Mattie McGrath: 161. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider prioritising the upgrade of the N24 from Cahir to Limerick ahead of the M20 project, in light of evidence suggesting that the N24 upgrade would deliver greater financial value and regional connectivity benefits for a lower overall investment; if he will outline the comparative cost-benefit assessments between both...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Council for Special Education (24 Jun 2025)

Mattie McGrath: 417. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the fact that the NCSE has ignored five children with additional needs who have been recommended for a placement in a special class simply because they are already in mainstream, despite the fact that the NCSE has been made aware of these children and received their reports; if she is aware that the NCSE informed her that only one...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (24 Jun 2025)

Mattie McGrath: 418. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position in relation to the allocation of an SNA at a school in County Tipperary (details supplied); if she will ensure that the school receives an increased allocation this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33937/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Funding (24 Jun 2025)

Mattie McGrath: 607. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the EU is funding the development of modular homes for beneficiaries of temporary protection in Ireland given that the 11 sites being developed in the State are exempted developments and are being developed under the European Union (Planning and Development), (Displaced Persons from Ukraine Temporary Protection)...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (24 Jun 2025)

Mattie McGrath: 629. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to examine the case for rescinding an international protection accommodation contract (details supplied); if a full review will be carried out into how we have reached this point, despite the local community raising these concerns for over 12 months which have been completely ignored by the Department and Local Authority; and...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Jun 2025)

Mattie McGrath: It is a pity the Minister of State has just left. I want to raise a situation about a special class in Ballyporeen school in County Tipperary. The principal there, Mr. Shane Molan, and the community council have come together. The community council purchased the old school. They upgraded it with a grant and are willing to give it at a very low cost - a nominal fee - to the school. Six...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Jun 2025)

Mattie McGrath: My daughter, Treasa, teaches there and is very happy there, so I know the situation intimately, as Deputy Michael Murphy does from Councillors Murphy and Máirín McGrath. The situation is-----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Jun 2025)

Mattie McGrath: They were so excited and looking forward to the school. The building is ready. The building is being officially opened shortly. We need a resolution to this.

Ceisteanna ó na Comhaltaí Eile - Other Members’ Questions (19 Jun 2025)

Mattie McGrath: I thank the Tánaiste for his reply but it is simply not acceptable that we are standing still. As I have put to the Commissioner before, officers, be they male or female, are put in danger if they are sent out on their own in a patrol car to all kinds of incidents. We saw what happened to Garda John Walsh after he had to go out on his own. Please God, he will recover. It is terrible...

Ceisteanna ó na Comhaltaí Eile - Other Members’ Questions (19 Jun 2025)

Mattie McGrath: Not in Tipperary.