Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Brexit Supports

Michael Fitzmaurice

542. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if members of a group (details supplied) will be invited to discussions on the €100 million Brexit beef aid fund; when stakeholder meetings will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29320/19]

Meat Processing Plants

Michael Fitzmaurice

543. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cattle slaughtered in approved meat processing plants here which originated from Department defined restricted feedlots in 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29321/19]

Control of Horses

Michael Fitzmaurice

553. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason unregistered stray horses have been allowed to remain on lands in Hollyhill, Cork city which have been reported to his Department over the past six months while they are been traumatised and neglected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29620/19]

Apprenticeship Data

Michael Fitzmaurice

196. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education and Skills if all new apprenticeship programmes developed since 2017 will receive the same allowances for apprentices attending college as apprenticeships developed prior to 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28546/19]

Apprenticeship Data

Michael Fitzmaurice

197. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new apprenticeships developed since 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28547/19]

Apprenticeship Data

Michael Fitzmaurice

198. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprentices enrolled per apprenticeship programme developed since 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28548/19]

Apprenticeship Data

Michael Fitzmaurice

199. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education and Skills if equality of allowances for all apprenticeships will be introduced in Budget 2020; the estimated cost for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28549/19]

School Transport Eligibility

Michael Fitzmaurice

62. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has the authority to overrule decisions made by Bus Éireann on the routes buses take under the school transport scheme; if exceptions can be made for routes to be extended short distances to accommodate children who wish to attend a certain school that is not deemed to be their nearest post-primary centre for academic reasons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27323/19]

Sick Pay Scheme

Michael Fitzmaurice

101. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason payment is being withheld from a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27091/19]

Schools Amalgamation

Michael Fitzmaurice

173. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a commitment with the amalgamation of three primary schools in Tuam, County Galway, has not been agreed by 1 September 2019, if DEIS band 1 status will be denied for the new school entity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25002/19]

Schools Amalgamation

Michael Fitzmaurice

174. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education and Skills if DEIS band 1 status can still be granted to the new single primary school in Tuam, County Galway, after 1 September 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25003/19]

Schools Amalgamation

Michael Fitzmaurice

175. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education and Skills if DEIS Band 1 status cannot be granted to the new single primary school in (details supplied) after 1 September 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25004/19]

Schools Amalgamation

Michael Fitzmaurice

176. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education and Skills if DEIS band 1 status currently held cannot be revoked or withdrawn in the event of a full amalgamation not being complete by 1 September 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25005/19]

Schools Amalgamation

Michael Fitzmaurice

177. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he or his predecessors have made direct contact by phone to a person (details supplied) concerning the amalgamation of three Catholic primary schools; if so, the nature and content of the communication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25006/19]

Schools Amalgamation

Michael Fitzmaurice

178. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education and Skills the directions with time limits given to the representatives of an archdiocese (details supplied) concerning the amalgamation of three Catholic primary schools and the creation of a single new school entity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25007/19]

Schools Amalgamation

Michael Fitzmaurice

179. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a design team has been appointed for a proposed Roman Catholic primary school in Tuam, County Galway; if so, the person or body; when they were appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25008/19]

Schools Amalgamation

Michael Fitzmaurice

180. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education and Skills if funds have been allocated in capital budgets or otherwise for the construction of the new proposed Roman Catholic primary school in Tuam, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25009/19]

Primary Care Centres Staff

Michael Fitzmaurice

363. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health when additional staff will be allocated to the primary care centre in Roscommon town to enable medical assessments for the primary medical certificate to be carried out on patients who have applied for the primary medical certificate and whose assessments have been put on hold for a minimum of three months as a result of staff shortages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25068/19]

Brexit Preparations

Michael Fitzmaurice

520. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the submission made by his Department to the European Commission for emergency Brexit funding for the beef sector will be published; if a copy of same will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25104/19]

Tuberculosis Eradication Programme

Michael Fitzmaurice

521. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason he has not invited representatives from the beef plan group to attend meetings of the TB forum; when the next meeting of the forum will take place; if beef plan representatives will be invited to contribute at future meetings of the forum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25105/19]

Disability Allowance Applications

Michael Fitzmaurice

652. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on the review of a disability allowance application in which a review was requested and no decision has been made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25612/19]

Public Procurement Contracts

Michael Fitzmaurice

70. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the previous tender for the provision of external workplace investigation services for Departments and other public bodies established in March 2015 provides for scenarios (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24714/19]

School Management

Michael Fitzmaurice

89. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 222 of 29 January 2019 and 253 of 19 February 2019, the reason a board of management member may cease to be a member of the board at the decision or discretion of the patron, which is not provided for in section 16 of the Education Act 1998 and-or in the governance manual for primary schools 2015 to 2019 in section 7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24713/19]

GLAS Payments

Michael Fitzmaurice

170. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a number of GLAS payments (details supplied) are being held up, with his officials citing problems with information technology systems as the reason behind the delays; if the system is adequate; when payments will be issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24677/19]

Public Sector Staff Redeployment

Michael Fitzmaurice

94. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if, when a person transfers from one Department to another due to no fault of their own within the Civil Service, the person is entitled to bring his or her pay entitlement and emoluments with him or her; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24422/19]

GLAS Payments

Michael Fitzmaurice

207. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a number of GLAS payments (details supplied) are being held up, with his Department officials citing problems with information technology systems as the reason behind the delays; if the system is adequate; when the payments will be issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24459/19]

School Staff Appeals Mechanism

Michael Fitzmaurice

247. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of times in the past five years national schools, that were in danger of losing a teacher due to a drop in pupil numbers, won an appeal to the primary staffing appeals board and maintained their number of teachers for the following academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23535/19]

Public Procurement Contracts

Michael Fitzmaurice

401. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 306 of 5 March 2019, the number of deliveries of one carton of disposable incontinence products the contractor was paid for by the HSE; the number of deliveries of one carton of disposable incontinence products the contractor invoiced the HSE for; the rationale for the rates of these deliveries (details supplied), especially when they exceed the value of goods being delivered and the fact that the average rate for such a delivery in the marketplace is between €5 and €6. [23204/19]

Recycling Policy

Michael Fitzmaurice

762. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to repeat the tyre recycling scheme in 2019 or in early 2020; if so, the amount he envisages would be allocated to the scheme; if centres will be operated in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23558/19]

State Examinations Commission

Michael Fitzmaurice

82. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education and Skills when teachers who corrected cookery examinations for home economics as part of the junior certificate cycle in March 2019 will be paid by the State Examinations Commission; if there is a delay; if so, the reason therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22330/19]

Childcare Services Funding

Michael Fitzmaurice

402. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a community childcare centre (details supplied) will be granted Pobal funding to erect an extension to accommodate the growing number of parents who are eager for their children to avail of the services on offer; when Pobal funding announcements will take place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22491/19]

School Staff

Michael Fitzmaurice

259. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education and Skills if discretion can be given to a national school in circumstances in which pupil numbers drop below the required amount for a three teacher school for a 12 month period in order to boost the numbers back to the required figure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21679/19]

Public Sector Staff Retirements

Michael Fitzmaurice

263. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason €153 per fortnight is being withheld from a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21823/19]

Public Sector Staff Retirements

Michael Fitzmaurice

264. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will issue to a person (details supplied) who has applied for retirement due to ill health; the reason this decision is being delayed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21824/19]

Veterinary Inspection Service Expenditure

Michael Fitzmaurice

383. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount spent on the veterinary public health inspection service on an annual basis; the way in which this changed in the past three years; if the service received a boost in funding for 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20424/19]

Civil Defence

Michael Fitzmaurice

68. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a solution will be found to allow the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council, PHECC, to approve a licence for Civil Defence volunteers to continue providing the same level of medical care that they currently provide beyond 31 July 2019; if the Civil Defence is not approved by the PHECC, the measures he plans to take; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19635/19]

Teacher Data

Michael Fitzmaurice

310. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers nationally in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019 who were successful in obtaining deployment in their location of choice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19019/19]

School Curriculum

Michael Fitzmaurice

359. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which students will be assessed under the new syllabus for agricultural science in secondary schools beginning from September 2019; the way in which the practical elements of the current syllabus change under the new system will be assessed; if the practical elements will be maintained to the same level as the current system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19600/19]

Civil Defence

Michael Fitzmaurice

949. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the confusion over the licensing of Civil Defence volunteers by the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council to practice as emergency medical technicians or above; if the level of medical care that Civil Defence volunteers are able to provide at the moment is downgraded, if the ambulance service will be able to deal with the increased workload; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19636/19]

Animal Identification Schemes

Michael Fitzmaurice

1164. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason it will be compulsory for farmers to tag all sheep and lambs with electronic tags from 1 June 2019 onwards but it will not be mandatory for factories and marts to have the technology required to read the tags; the reason farmers are being forced to pay additional costs while still having to complete the same amount of paperwork as before; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19067/19]

Animal Disease Controls

Michael Fitzmaurice

1165. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the furthest possible distance that a clinically suspect BSE cow can be transported on the island of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19068/19]

Animal Disease Controls

Michael Fitzmaurice

1166. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the furthest possible distance that a cow that has tested positive for BSE can be transported on the island of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19069/19]

National Cattle Herd Data

Michael Fitzmaurice

1183. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of herd numbers registered here; the number of herd numbers registered solely to female, male, female-only partnerships, male-only partnerships and mixed partnerships in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19383/19]

Water and Sewerage Schemes Grants

Michael Fitzmaurice

1594. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when changes to grant schemes for private wells and septic tanks under the multi-annual rural water programme will come into effect; when local authorities will be provided with revised guidelines and application forms in view of the fact that it was planned that changes would come into effect at the end of April 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20052/19]

Public Procurement Contracts

Michael Fitzmaurice

161. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health if the HSE acted unlawfully in extending a contract (details supplied) by invoking Article 72(1)(c) of Directive 2014/EU/24; the action he will take if the HSE acted unlawfully; if the HSE acted unlawfully, if the person responsible will be held accountable; the person or body responsible for independently monitoring the HSE in respect of these types of breaches; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18101/19]

Health Services Funding

Michael Fitzmaurice

193. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health the status of the funding crisis facing a society (details supplied); if funding can be secured to ensure it continues to operate as normal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18067/19]

Health Services

Michael Fitzmaurice

319. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health the reason a replacement for a contract (details supplied) is reportedly being prepared by the HSE in view of the fact that the current contract only commenced in February 2018 for a three-year-plus contract period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17420/19]

Health Services

Michael Fitzmaurice

320. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health if he will permit the same HSE procurement staff and system to supervise the replacement tender for a contract (details supplied) without an independent review and audit taking place to ensure a repeat of the mistaken evaluation process does not occur; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17421/19]

Health Services

Michael Fitzmaurice

321. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health if the current holder of a contract (details supplied) is to be compensated with public funding in order not to participate in the replacement contract due to legal contractual difficulties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17422/19]

Health Services

Michael Fitzmaurice

322. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health when the payment issues between the HSE and contractors (details supplied) will be resolved; when the 24 additional HSE staff deployed to assist private contractors to deliver a public contract will be released from the work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17423/19]