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Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (10 Apr 2024)

Mattie McGrath: That is all the good that-----

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (10 Apr 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Cad a dhéanfaimid feasta gan Taoiseach? Tá sé as lathair. This is a farce. We are in GUBU territory, I think, when we see this empty chair here today. Where is the Tánaiste? The business of this week is a shambles. Those in Government got a severe dressing down from the people in the referendum because they were not listening. They are not listening to us on the...

Ceapachán an Taoisigh agus Ainmniú Chomhaltaí an Rialtais - Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (9 Apr 2024)

Mattie McGrath: His job is done.

Ceapachán an Taoisigh agus Ainmniú Chomhaltaí an Rialtais - Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (9 Apr 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Ar dtús, ba mhaith liom comhghairdeas a dhéanamh leis an Taoiseach agus leis na hAirí nua. I wish them well. Like Deputy Nolan, I thank the Taoiseach for his work on SUSI, apprenticeships and other issues in his time as higher education Minister. I acknowledge that unlike what I said this morning about his abysmal time in health. Recently, it has not only been Fine Gael...

Ceapachán an Taoisigh agus Ainmniú Chomhaltaí an Rialtais - Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (9 Apr 2024)

Mattie McGrath: You have your earphones on.

Ceapachán an Taoisigh agus Ainmniú Chomhaltaí an Rialtais - Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (9 Apr 2024)

Mattie McGrath: It is killed completely.

Ceapachán an Taoisigh agus Ainmniú Chomhaltaí an Rialtais - Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (9 Apr 2024)

Mattie McGrath: That is if you can get one.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (9 Apr 2024)

Mattie McGrath: They are not.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (9 Apr 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I feel the same. I wrote a list of issues earlier last week. We are in the middle of a massive fodder and planting of crops crisis which could lead to a huge food shortage later on in the year. We are missing two weeks for Easter and a week for St. Patrick's Day. This business should have been done last week and now we are not sitting tomorrow until 2 p.m. People at home watching this at...

Taoiseach a Ainmniú - Nomination of Taoiseach (9 Apr 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Tá siad ag gáire. I second the nomination of Deputy Michael Healy-Rae because I believe he is a man who listens to the people. In politics since he was ten years of age, he canvassed in by-elections. Bíonn sé ag éisteacht leis na daoine - listening to the people - which the Government parties have completely lost. We need to have a contest in this House. We...

Taoiseach a Ainmniú - Nomination of Taoiseach (9 Apr 2024)

Mattie McGrath: They abolished the borough councils.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (9 Apr 2024)

Mattie McGrath: It is definitely not a jamboree, but I do not know what it is. Are there words in the dictionary to describe it? It is the third time we have changed Taoiseach in this present Government. The people want an election. They want a new Government, not a new Taoiseach. It is a complete coronation and complete adulation from Fine Gael, as we have seen there with standing ovations, and we will...

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (9 Apr 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I am talking about the order of business.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (9 Apr 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I am totally unhappy, and we in the Rural Independent Group objected to this and asked for a meeting. This is a new and historic change for the Business Committee, which has been operating successfully for the past nine and a half years. It was totally admonished this week. Disability is out, Leaders' Questions are out and Topical Issues are out. There are many issues, including the...

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (9 Apr 2024)

Mattie McGrath: It is not agreed.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (9 Apr 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 471. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details on the provision of a modular unit for a school (details supplied) for the provision of an additional ASD classroom given the current demand in south Tipperary; when this school will be provided with a modular unit; the plans to increase provision of ASD places in south Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (9 Apr 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 537. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills where a child (details supplied) with autism will be given a school placement in September; if she will ensure that the constitutional right to an education will be respected and upheld by her Department and the NCSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15109/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (9 Apr 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 538. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when additional capacity will be approved for a school (details supplied) in Cashel, south Tipperary given the level of demand for school places; if she is aware that a number of students recommended for a special school placement have been unsuccessful in obtaining a school placement given the shortage of spaces for such placements in south...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (9 Apr 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 539. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an ASD class will be approved for Tipperary town which remains without any ASD class at primary level within the town; the reason a school (details supplied) has not been approved for an ASD class despite having offered to open one for the past two years; the reason there is an ASD preschool and all three secondary schools (two of which...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (9 Apr 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 540. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when additional accommodation will be approved for a school in south Tipperary; the reason for the delay in approving such accommodation; the current status of the application for additional accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15129/24]