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Parliamentary Reform (27 Mar 2012)

Mattie McGrath: I had apologised for not being able to be here. I had a confirmation to attend.

Order of Business (27 Mar 2012)

Mattie McGrath: I wish to ask about recruitment legislation and Government contracts.

Order of Business (27 Mar 2012)

Mattie McGrath: I refer to the contracts Bill which is coming before the House. The Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Hogan's Department, has made a botch of the leaflet drop for the household charge and it has now awarded a contract to DC Kavanagh Limited, a company in receivership-----

Order of Business (27 Mar 2012)

Mattie McGrath: It is an important printing contract. It is a matter for the Order of Business.

Order of Business (27 Mar 2012)

Mattie McGrath: It is a contract-----

Order of Business (27 Mar 2012)

Mattie McGrath: -----given to a company in receivership.

Order of Business (27 Mar 2012)

Mattie McGrath: I know that.

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (27 Mar 2012)

Mattie McGrath: Question 410: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the types of properties that are exempt from the household charge under residential properties owned by a Minister of the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16614/12]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (22 Mar 2012)

Mattie McGrath: Question 132: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason arrears will not be paid to a carer's allowance applicant (details supplied) whose social welfare appeal has been allowed; the reason behind not paying arrears to the applicant; if she will reconsider this matter based on the long delays processing applications and appeals in both the carer's allowance section and the social...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (22 Mar 2012)

Mattie McGrath: Question 206: To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue on an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15909/12]

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (22 Mar 2012)

Mattie McGrath: Question 223: To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that respite services are being withdrawn from patients in St. Benedict's Ward in Cashel, County Tipperary, due to inadequate staff resources; the way he plans to deal with these staff shortages to ensure that respite services are continued for patients who require such services to ensure that they do not have to become...

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (22 Mar 2012)

Mattie McGrath: Question 224: To ask the Minister for Health if he will give an assurance that adequate home care will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary thus continuing the level of care they receive from the Jack and Jill Foundation and to allow that charity to step back from this case; if he will explain the reason there are regional discrepancies in the provision of care by...

Private Members' Business. European Stability Mechanism: Motion (21 Mar 2012)

Mattie McGrath: -----Minister Phil - as they have made an appalling mess on rural water services, the septic tank issue and now the household charge. It is utter pandemonium. They should be ashamed of themselves or else they will have to dislodge him or lose him somewhere. They are in big trouble if they have Ministers like him coming out. Then there is the Minister, Deputy Burton, coming out with her...

Private Members' Business. European Stability Mechanism: Motion (21 Mar 2012)

Mattie McGrath: I am not finished yet. Is my time gone?

Private Members' Business. European Stability Mechanism: Motion (21 Mar 2012)

Mattie McGrath: I compliment the Sinn Féin motion. I plead with the Government to get real with the banks and with everybody else and to give the people room to breathe. They should be ashamed of themselves given the way they are dealing with this at the moment. If they do not understand what it is going on out there, they will get a rude awakening. This referendum has not a hope of being passed -...

Written Answers — Regulation of Charities: Regulation of Charities (21 Mar 2012)

Mattie McGrath: Question 488: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will detail the sections of the Charities Act 2009 that have commenced in advance of the establishment of the charity regulatory authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15345/12]

Written Answers — Regulation of Charities: Regulation of Charities (21 Mar 2012)

Mattie McGrath: Question 489: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will make public the outcome of his Department's comprehensive review of expenditure as it relates to the full implementation of the Charities Act 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15346/12]

Written Answers — Regulation of Charities: Regulation of Charities (21 Mar 2012)

Mattie McGrath: Question 490: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce a mandatory system of registration for charities operating here as a matter of urgency in the interests of increased transparency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15347/12]

Private Members' Business. European Stability Mechanism: Motion (21 Mar 2012)

Mattie McGrath: I too am delighted to be able to say a few brief words on the European fiscal compact treaty debate. I welcome the debate and I welcome what the Attorney General decided and the statements from an t-Uachtarán freisin. I do not believe we would have this debate only for what has happened, and it is totally anathema to the Government because it is caught, and why would it not be? Its members...

Order of Business (21 Mar 2012)

Mattie McGrath: I would like to sympathise with the Minister for Justice and Equality following an intrusion into his home while he was abroad on official duty. This is happening up and down the country at an alarming rate and I had a Private Members' Bill on the issue some time ago. Does the Government have any promised legislation on this issue? Now that the chickens have come home to roost, it might...