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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2024)

Mattie McGrath: It is a fact. She did.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2024)

Mattie McGrath: It is a fact; it is well known. The advice from the Attorney General and others was withheld. These questions must be discussed. For example, shocking files obtained from the Department of Finance under freedom of information suggest that the wording of the amendment on care was deliberately chosen by the Government to avoid a concrete and mandatory obligation on the State. Imagine that...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2024)

Mattie McGrath: The Tánaiste said the people have spoken. Of course we know that, but he still refuses to have a debate on the matter here. How can the Government and every party in this House be so detached and out of touch? They talked about durable. We hear a phony Opposition talk about different issues letting on to be different. Everyone is on the one page. We cannot have a debate on...

General Practice and Local Health Services: Motion (20 Mar 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I too thank Sinn Féin for bringing forward this motion. It is a simple matter of fact that all services across the regions have been diminished and the lack of accountability is shocking. What happened recently in Nenagh with St. Conleth's nursing home was nothing short of blackguarding. Deputies Lowry and Cahill are both claiming that they got this centre to be a step-down facility...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (20 Mar 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I too am pleased today to be able to contribute as part of these statements before the meetings of the European Council over the next two days. I do not intend to disparage the Taoiseach in any way, and I wish him well on his decision to resign as the leader of Fine Gael. An election will be held in the party to replace him. I am sure the Minister of State, Deputy Burke, will be there at...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (20 Mar 2024)

Mattie McGrath: If it was in a dancing competition, the Government would be put off the stage because it is not dancing to the tune of the Irish people. It is dancing to tunes from all over the world, except from our own good Irish cultural heritage and indeed-----

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (20 Mar 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I know. Tá a fhios agam. I ask the Government to please listen to the people and then to come back and act and serve the people of Ireland.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Mar 2024)

Mattie McGrath: We have a massive and truly shocking housing crisis. Regarding the IPAS applicants in Mount Street, the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, decided to be out in Japan instead of looking after them. We have a case in Tipperary concerning Mr. Sean Meehan. He is facing imprisonment for housing himself in a perfectly suitable mobile home, which is very aesthetically placed on his own land. He is...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Mar 2024)

Mattie McGrath: As this is an important issue and the people spoke overwhelmingly the week before last against all parties, I demand that the vote be taken by other than electronic means.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Mar 2024)

Mattie McGrath: It is not agreed.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Mar 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I wish the Taoiseach well and good health but I wrote to the Ceann Comhairle last week to seek a debate on the results of the referendum and the fact that the Government recklessly wasted €23 million - it was probably twice that - on a referendum campaign that was supported by all political parties here except for smaller parties. We in the Rural Independent Group opposed the...

Death of Charlie Bird: Expressions of Sympathy (20 Mar 2024)

Mattie McGrath: On behalf of the Rural Independent Group, I too would like to express our sympathies to his wife, his daughters, his family and his journalistic colleagues and that family also. He did the State some service, to quote a former Taoiseach. Indeed, his work as a journalist at the time of the peace process was pivotal. It was important that there was someone like him who could be at the...

Death of Charlie Bird: Expressions of Sympathy (20 Mar 2024)

Mattie McGrath: No.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (20 Mar 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 76. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a decision will be made on a foreign birth register application (details supplied); the reason for the delay in processing the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13096/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Referendum Campaigns (20 Mar 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 295. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the full cost of the referendums held on 8 March 2024; and the breakdown of those costs. [12677/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (20 Mar 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 327. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason no businesses are operating in the IDA business and Technology Park, Fermoy, County Cork in 2024, 22 years after the official opening of the park; the amount that has been spent on the development and maintenance of Fermoy IDA business and technology park since it has been opened; the number of businesses that have...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (20 Mar 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 640. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of first home scheme approvals since it was introduced; and if he can provide a breakdown by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12131/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (20 Mar 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 766. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update from her Department in response to the recent decision of the Supreme Court to rule in favour of a person (details supplied) in relation to their exclusion from the widower's contributory pension scheme; the current position of her Department in relation to this matter; when this ruling will be reflected in...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (20 Mar 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 1114. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of IPAS applicants now residing in a facility (details supplied) by status, that is, male, female or child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11832/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (20 Mar 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 1115. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the stages involved in the assessment of properties offered for IPAS accommodation; the timeframe for assessment from time of offer to signing of contracts; the date the offer was received for a property in Tipperary (details supplied); the current stage of assessment; and if he will make a statement on the...