TDs / Mattie McGrath

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Mattie McGrath

Independent Tipperary South TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

Official Oireachtas profile

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573
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
80,673
words spoken in the chamber
Across 244 contributions. Plus 188 contributions from the chair, not counted
170
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
160
topics asked about
Across 20 departments

From the Dáil chamber only: committee meetings are not in this archive.

What they ask about

The subject headings the Oireachtas filed their questions under.

Who they ask

The departments their questions were addressed to.

Month by month

Low months are usually recesses, when the Dáil does not sit. The archive runs to 22 October 2026.

Questions asked 573 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Contributions to debates 244 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026
Show as a table
MonthQuestionsContributions
December 2024 0 0
January 2025 10 0
February 2025 24 18
March 2025 51 21
April 2025 30 15
May 2025 32 32
June 2025 39 21
July 2025 24 24
August 2025 0 0
September 2025 24 0
October 2025 46 0
November 2025 50 30
December 2025 45 9
January 2026 22 0
February 2026 39 3
March 2026 25 0
April 2026 15 0
May 2026 27 16
June 2026 25 11
July 2026 17 5
August 2026 0 0
September 2026 18 28
October 2026 10 11

Debates they spoke in most

Plus 141 contributions in the regular slots, such as Leaders' Questions and Priority Questions. Speech from the chair is not counted.

Asked about similar topics

Worked out by computer from the subject headings of each TD's questions, giving more weight to headings few TDs use. It shows shared subjects, not shared views.

Party, constituency and offices

  1. constituency Tipperary South 29 November 2024 to now
  2. party Independent 29 November 2024 to now
Mattie McGrath Written 19 Jun 2025 · to Social
158. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware of the growing difficulties faced by community and voluntary organisations across County Tipperary in maintaining essential services due to the chronic inability to fill vacancies on community employment (CE) schemes; the urgent measures being taken to address the recruitment crisis and ensure the sustainability of these vital communit…
Mattie McGrath Written 19 Jun 2025 · to Enterprise
254. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to discuss the IDA’s plans to promote and utilise IDA owned land and property in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33472/25]
Mattie McGrath Written 18 Jun 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
180. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason phase 2 apprentices in the engineering industry are only paid €202 a week when all other apprentices in other industries are paid at a much higher rate, and have received increases recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32879/25]
Mattie McGrath Written 17 Jun 2025 · to Finance
274. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Finance how someone who believes their name is unfairly on the Credit Register can have their name removed as they are unable to access any credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32099/25]
Mattie McGrath Written 17 Jun 2025 · to Education
397. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason a school (details supplied) in south Tipperary has not been allocated a single SNA despite a number of children with needs in the school; if this decision will be reviewed on appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32004/25]
Mattie McGrath Written 17 Jun 2025 · to Health
762. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health if she will give an update on equal access to treatments for adults living with spinal muscular atrophy; when a review of fair criteria for age-based assessment is expected, so that all individuals with SMA are treated equally under the healthcare system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31878/25]
Mattie McGrath Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Education
124. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reasons a school (details supplied) in south Tipperary that had previously had a new special class sanctioned has had the class withdrawn without any engagement to overcome the issues; if she will urgently review this decision by the NCSE which has left a number of students without an appropriate class place; how this class could have been sanc…
Mattie McGrath Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Climate
194. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of the 16 settlements reported by the EPA to be discharging raw sewage in 2024 that are still discharging raw sewerage; the anticipated date by which the discharge of raw sewerage is expected to cease in respect of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31423/25]
Mattie McGrath Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Climate
195. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of settlements that are known by his Department to have wastewater treatment facilities that fail to meet EU standards set to protect the environment, including the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31424/25]
Mattie McGrath Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Climate
196. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of the 547 unsewered settlements in Ireland, many of which are coastal summer holiday destinations, that have an average weekly loading in excess of 2,000 PE during some months of the summer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31425/25]
Mattie McGrath Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Climate
197. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment who he and his Department considers responsible for the assessment of sub-threshold agglomerations, particularly in coastal locations where the population equivalent varies disproportionately during the summer season, given that the statutory body responsible for wastewater treatment and networks, Uisce Éireann, does not assess loca…
Mattie McGrath Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Education
358. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Youth the up-to-date position regarding a project (details supplied); the likely timeline for this project to proceed to the next stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31627/25]
Mattie McGrath Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Education
359. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an update on the school transport review; in a case in which a student that attends an all girls primary school and wants to continue her secondary education in an all girls secondary school but there is no all girls school in her closest town will she be granted a bus ticket to travel to her nearest single sex school; and if sh…
Mattie McGrath Written 11 Jun 2025 · to Social
184. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of social welfare payments that are collected once every seven or eight weeks in south Tipperary; if there is a large number of Ukrainians collecting their payments once every seven to eight weeks; the investigations carried out where a payment is collected infrequently, that is, once every number of weeks; his views on reports that Ukrain…
Mattie McGrath Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Climate
129. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the plans there are to address the huge delays with provision of wastewater treatment systems; the plans to address the inadequacy of existing wastewater treatment systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30256/25]
Mattie McGrath Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Climate
154. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the contingency plans the State has in place to deal with widespread power outages similar to those experienced on mainland Europe. [22229/25]
Mattie McGrath Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Education
515. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason the NCSE has now withdrawn a new ASD class at a school (details supplied) which was sanctioned back in March and announced by her office and regarding which parents were offered classes; if she will urgently reverse this decision and work with the school to ensure this class proceeds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2912…
Mattie McGrath Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Education
559. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the additional accommodation at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29605/25]
Mattie McGrath Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Justice
978. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if EU nationals who arrive in Ireland and stay beyond three months are checked to ensure they have not overstayed their three-month allocation, and, that if they decided to stay after three months, they are working, have enough resources that they or their dependents do not become a burden on the social system and that they have com…
Mattie McGrath Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Agriculture
1109. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will increase the rebate paid to local authorities for horse welfare and impounding instances given the current cost far outweighs the rebate paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29551/25]
Mattie McGrath Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Children
1156. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when funding will be provided for an occupational therapy service in south Tipperary; to outline the current position; the reasons for the delay in resolving this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29119/25]
Mattie McGrath Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Children
1179. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will ensure that a sustainable funding stream will be provided to a centre in Tipperary that provides training, support and employment for people with mental health issues in south Tipperary to ensure the sustainability of the centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29654/25]
Mattie McGrath Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Health
1288. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health when a new cancer medication (details supplied), which has been approved by the European Medicines Agency, will be approved in Ireland and included in the HSE reimbursement scheme; the reason for the delay in including this medication in the reimbursement scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29101/25]
Mattie McGrath Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Health
1302. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the reason the HSE is providing free GP visits to members of Roma communities, protection applicants and undocumented migrants only; the numbers of clinics being provided; the cost of these services; the means testing carried out for access to these free GP services as Irish citizens are subject to means-testing for free GP services; the reasons these communit…
Mattie McGrath Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Health
1326. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health her plans to introduce financial support for families going through IVF treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29204/25]