1439. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health 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. [29655/25]
414. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will confirm reports that IPAS applicants/those who have received permission to stay are being granted vouchers (details supplied) to the value of €180 per week on a regular basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26712/25]
488. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 98 of 21 May 2025, to provide further information on whether the multi-stakeholder process has commenced to determine the long-term strategy for the sites; if he will outline the stakeholders involved in the process; if local elected representatives will be involved in the process or informed of the process; and if he will…
525. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the next round of building blocks capital programme for early learning and childcare will be open for applications; the process relating to same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26744/25]
68. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development 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 in publicly supported non-profit, voluntary and community organisations; the urgent measures being taken to ensure the sustainability of these v…
264. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide up-to-date statistics on the number of vacant and derelict properties in Clonmel town; the impact these properties are having on public safety, local business, and regeneration initiatives; and the targeted and immediate actions his Department is taking to tackle vacancy and dereliction and support the revitalisation o…
401. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps being taken to support the sustainability of volunteer-led organisations and services in rural areas such as County Tipperary, where volunteer burnout, demographic challenges, and funding instability are threatening the long-term viability of essential community services [26223/25]
98. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 912 of 15 May 2025, to further elaborate on possible future developments at a site (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26145/25]
827. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health her plans for the future of a health centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25470/25]
95. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department will carry out an urgent review of policies to move to allow new builds to install stoves and chimneys for solid fuel in all homes to ensure that all homes have an alternative heating source at times of electricity outages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16673/25]
111. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has costed the re-establishment of borough councils; if he will lead a reform programme to ensure the return of town and borough councils; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15142/25]
124. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that exceptional needs payments could be used towards the purchase of a new disability friendly vehicle since the abolition of the motorised transport grant; the supports available for disabled citizens who require a new vehicle;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24693/25]
181. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the number of children on the priority 1 list for residential care in south Tipperary over the past three years; the number of children who have received residential care in the past three years from this priority 1 list; the number of children expected to receive residential care this year in south Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24…
182. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the additional respite care services being provided in south Tipperary over the past three years; the plans to increase respite care services in south Tipperary for both adult and children services; the number receiving respite care monthly in south Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24548/25]
195. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health to outline the progress made in the recruitment of an ophthalmologist in south Tipperary following a retirement (details supplied); the number of children who are now waiting to be seen in the eye clinic; the supports available for parents with children who require an appointment with the eye clinic but have been forced to be seen privately due to the lack of a…
184. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health if she will urgently address the lack of home help services where people are approved but there is no services available; the efforts being made to improve the recruitment of home helps; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23185/25]
199. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health if she will urgently review the restrictions to hospital transport services in Tipperary, which are leaving many patients without transport; to increase the budget for the service to ensure that those in real need of transport are not left without; the reason for the increase in the demand; if hospital transport for beneficiaries of temporary protection or inte…
782. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the allocations for local authority and housing adaptation grants for people with disabilities will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24500/25]
912. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice the full costs of modular housing for Ukrainians at Heywood Road, Clonmel, County Tipperary; the reason for the excessive costs; if the full costs of the project are not yet available, if he will provide the costs to date of the project given the project is almost finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24468/25]
995. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the hospital transport budget for all hospitals in the south-east and mid-west regions; the qualifying criteria for patients availing of hospital transport; the application process for hospital transport; the way in which a wheelchair user can avail of their own transport; the supports available to a patient who must seek their transport; the way in which they …
996. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the level of expenditure on hospital transport provided to members of the Travelling community from Tipperary; if members of the Travelling community are automatically supplied with hospital transport when transport services are restricted for most patients; the level of expenditure on hospital transport being provided to IPAS or BOTP residents in Tipperary ove…
75. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Transport the role his Department played in bringing about a settlement (details supplied); to confirm that no monies were paid by his Department, or were legally agreed to be paid, to either operator by his Department in the future, as a result of this court case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22292/25]
76. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Transport the search and rescue service impacts that will result from the present failure of the AW189 helicopter to receive regulatory approval to carry stretchered casualties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22293/25]
77. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Transport to outline his Departments investigation into the ability of SAR helicopter crew to carry out cardiac resuscitation in flight, given the lack of headroom and space in the new helicopter platform; if he will publish the analysis that was undertaken with respect to this issue when choosing AW189 for SAR service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2…
78. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Transport for an update as to whether the other competitor tenderers who were unsuccessful in search and rescue tender award had provided for fixed wing aircraft with capability to transfer stretchered casualties to UK hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22295/25]