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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (26 Sep 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 223. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will move urgently to extend the current work permits/visa requirements to allow farm operatives to be employed under the work permit scheme to alleviate the crisis facing the pig industry and their inability to recruit staff; if he is aware of the research showing that almost 50% of pig farmers will be forced to exit the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Work Permits (26 Sep 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 438. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what immediate efforts he is taking to help reduce the acute staff shortages being experienced by pig farms; if he has engaged with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment to have the current work permits and visa requirements extended to allow farm operatives to be employed under the work permit scheme; his views on the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 Sep 2023)

Mattie McGrath: The town of Clonmel in south Tipperary has been devastated this summer by water outages. It was one of the wettest summers in history and people were aghast to find that for 40 different days, there were outages at the Talbot Hotel in Clonmel and large parts of the town of Clonmel. People just cannot believe that Irish Water is treating its customers like this, both domestic and business...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 Sep 2023)

Mattie McGrath: The Minister did not call to see the hotel. He was taking photographs.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 Sep 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I would say you were.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 Sep 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Statements.

Mortgage Interest Relief: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Sep 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I, too, can see that people are being robbed blind with tax, but the banks are getting away with murder. They are in bed with Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Green Party. I cannot believe that after the bailout and the misery and persecution they put on people, the banks are back now doing the very same again. What is the Government doing? As I said previously to the Ceann Comhairle,...

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Sep 2023)

Mattie McGrath: They must have forgotten about our guests.

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Sep 2023)

Mattie McGrath: In disgust.

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Sep 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Hear, hear.

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Sep 2023)

Mattie McGrath: The Deputy is in Fine Gael. Why did he back them?

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Sep 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Fair is fair.

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Sep 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Why did the Deputy not?

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Sep 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Why did you not-----

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Sep 2023)

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Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Second Stage (20 Sep 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Limerick people voted for this in good faith in 2019. Waterford and Cork did not. I heard a Deputy for Waterford say they were going to watch what happens in Limerick. That is a poor enough way to have your aspirations delivered or achieved. There is a total imbalance of power. The power in this country rests here in central government. I am good friends with Deputy O'Callaghan, who...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Sep 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I am glad the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman is here. Childcare is in crisis and childcare providers across the country have been left with no choice but to take industrial action, go on strike and close their doors next week because negotiations seem to have broken down completely with the Minister. I am glad he is here so he can answer. There is this new model of core funding, but one size...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Sep 2023)

Mattie McGrath: On behalf of my group, I must say it is a shame that neither the Taoiseach nor the Tánaiste could turn up today after the recess. It tells a lot about what they think of this House. I want to raise a serious issue relating to the Garda, on which we want a debate in this House. Almost 99% of Garda Representative Association members - it was almost unanimous - voted no confidence in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (20 Sep 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 121. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to increase the discretionary roads funding from his Department to local authorities to meet the increasing cost of inflation to enable them to continue their daily road maintenance duties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40224/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Housing Provision (20 Sep 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 150. To ask the Minister for Finance for a breakdown of Home Building Finance Ireland's funding support to developers for the construction of housing, by county, annually, since its establishment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39585/23]