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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2024)

Mattie McGrath: -----that people can do this and take the law into their own hands.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2024)

Mattie McGrath: We all want to respect the hedgerows and biodiversity but ladies and gentlemen are going around in cars and vans taking on the role of officers of some State body or something. They are part of an NGO which is intimidating ordinary workers driving machines, cutting hedges for health and safety reasons by order of the county council and sometimes for farmers to stop cattle from going over the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2024)

Mattie McGrath: ...the migration treaty not being scheduled for debate here today. We tried on the Business Committee to have it included. There is time on the schedule, so the Government is deliberately hiding and burying the migration pact until after the local and European elections because it is getting it on the chin everywhere. It is the same situation with the hate speech legislation. That is also...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2024)

Mattie McGrath: We have a situation now in Clonmel, Carrick-on-Suir and Dundrum House Hotel, which was housing Ukrainians, with 60 international protection applicants going in there now as well. All over the country, in every town, village and hamlet, this is going on and the Government will not debate it in this House. We have had two debates thanks to our Private Members' time, one lot of statements and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (28 May 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 122. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of applicants that have applied to his Department under the farm film plastic recovery scheme since 1997, under the applicable regulatory framework in Ireland; the process involved in advertising the scheme; the process used to approve the body to legally operate a farm plastics recovery scheme; the reason...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (28 May 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 123. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason his Department has not established an independent regulatory mechanism to regulate the farm film plastic sector in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24067/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (28 May 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 124. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how the approved operator of a farm plastics recovery scheme is funded; the precise process for setting the associated plastics levy and collection charges at the point of collection; the exact legislative provisions to allow for the relevant financial charges to be set; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (28 May 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 125. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide an overview of the operational procedure and required documentation by his Department prior to granting approval to an organisation that operates a farm plastics recovery scheme in Ireland, citing the relevant legislative provisions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24070/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (28 May 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 126. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he plans to make changes to the legislation pertaining to the farm plastics Regulations, which were originally introduced in 1997 and later revised in 2001 and amended in 2017, in light of exclusivity, monopolistic practices and anti-competition concerns surrounding the current process, no independent appeals or...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Bodies (28 May 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 172. To ask the Minister for Finance to explain the arrangement that NAMA/Nalm had with a company (details supplied) in relation to a hotel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24109/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Bodies (28 May 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 173. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide an explanation on transactions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24110/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (28 May 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm the number of children in south Tipperary who are currently engaged with the SENO and NCSE and who are yet to have a school placement confirmed for September 2024; the number of children who require a placement in a special school in south Tipperary and have yet to receive confirmation of placement for September 2024; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (28 May 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her response to the concerns raised by the staff of a school (details supplied) in relation to the lack of resources and supports and the impact on the school community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23689/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (28 May 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 264. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide details of all funding provided by his Department to Clonmel town under the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23568/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (28 May 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide details of all funding provided by his Department to Nenagh town under the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23569/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (28 May 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 266. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide details of all funding provided by his Department to Clonmel town since the abolition of the borough council ten years ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23570/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (28 May 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 267. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide details of all funding provided by his Department to Nenagh town since the abolition of town councils ten years ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23571/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Ministerial Appointments (28 May 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 296. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of meetings held by each Minister in his Department with each of two organisations (details supplied), since the formation of the Government on 27 June 2020 and to date in 2024. [24092/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Reviews (28 May 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 372. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will make available the 2023 CDNT staff census and workforce review; the reason for the delay in publishing this data; when it is going to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23531/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (28 May 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 392. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will confirm the position with regard to a building (details supplied) in south Tipperary being designated for use by IPAS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23590/24]