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McGrath, Mattie

Thursday, 4 April 2019

Dáil Éireann Debate
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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation

Hear, hear.More Button

Outrageous.More Button

I am glad that the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Deputy Bruton, is present, as I wish to raise the issue of the Thurles post office. Last Friday, 2,000 people marche...More Button

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (Continued)

That is not what it says.More Button

This is more fake news.More Button

That is not true.More Button

The Minister is like Pontius Pilate.More Button

It will be a box-ticking exercise.More Button

The Minister did not answer the question. Will the Minister meet the representatives of Tipperary? We are elected by the people of Tipperary; he should meet us.More Button

Holy Thursday is almost upon us and the Minister is acting like Pontius Pilate.More Button

He is passing the buck.More Button

The Minister is refusing to meet with us.More Button

Hear, hear.More Button

Foreign Conflicts

Asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade: if he has made representations to his Nigerian counterparts concerning the killing of approximately 120 Christians in the Middle Belt region of the country in March 2019; and if he will make a stat...More Button

Irish Aid

Asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade: if funding will be provided through Irish Aid or other organisations under the aegis of his Department to facilitate or support access to the termination of pregnancy overseas; and if he will make ...More Button

Housing Policy

Asked the Minister for Finance: if his attention has been drawn to the recent report of the UN special rapporteur (details supplied) on the right to adequate housing and the financialisation of housing through preferential tax la...More Button

Abortion Services Provision

Asked the Minister for Health: if he has liaised with other Departments and bodies regarding the introduction of exclusion zones at facilities providing for the termination of pregnancy; if so, the details of same; and if he wil...More Button

Asked the Minister for Health: the status of the work to introduce legislation to regulate for exclusion zones for facilities providing for the termination of pregnancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.More Button

National Children's Hospital Expenditure

Asked the Minister for Health: if his Department is responsible for the salaries of the members of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board; if so, the amount that has issued in salaries to the members of the board to ...More Button

Gender Recognition

Asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection: the details of the 92 written submissions that emerged from the public consultation of the Gender Recognition Review group the report of which was published in June 2018; if the written submissions...More Button

Housing Issues

Asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: if his attention has been drawn to the recent report of the UN special rapporteur (details supplied) on the right to adequate housing; his views on same; and if he will make a statement on the matt...More Button

Traveller Accommodation

Asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: the funding provided for the Traveller accommodation programme to Tipperary County Council in each of the years 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter.More Button