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Thu, 26 Mar 2015
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Land Parcel Identification System
Michael Fitzmaurice
140. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 285 of 10 March 2015, the reason, in accordance with Regulation 27 of the European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011, his Department did not consider the appropriate assessment process in advance of making significant reference area reductions on the Cloghaun, Kilbeg, Kilnagappagh, Gortnagley, Derrybrien west and Keelderry commonages, located in the Slieve Aughty special protection area in County Galway, especially in view of the precautionary principle; his views on the matter with specific reference to Regulation 27 of the European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12471/15]
Thu, 26 Mar 2015
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Land Parcel Identification System
Michael Fitzmaurice
142. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views that by failing to inform commonage landowners of the presence of his Department's inspectors on their lands, his Department has not accorded these owners the right to refuse inspectors permission to enter onto their lands; his further views that this is non-discriminatory pursuant to the European Union direct payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12499/15]
Tue, 24 Mar 2015
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Mental Health Services Provision
Michael Fitzmaurice
699. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health if specific units (details supplied) and any or all of the other mental health facilities in the Castlerea area, County Roscommon, providing psychiatric, geriatric and Alzheimer's services are to be closed down, have their services curtailed or their functions changed in the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11943/15]
Tue, 24 Mar 2015
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Health Services Provision
Michael Fitzmaurice
711. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health the reason the services of an ophthalmic physician are not being provided locally in County Longford, despite the fact that an ophthalmic physician was appointed to the post of community ophthalmic physician (details supplied); the reason children from County Longford are still being sent to Athlone, County Westmeath, to attend appointments with an orthoptist when two orthoptists attend County Longford on a weekly and monthly basis and now have adequate capacity to assess these children; if ophthalmological services in County Longford are being discontinued or if he will confirm that the services of an ophthalmic physician will again be available in County Longford, from the summer of 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12026/15]
Tue, 24 Mar 2015
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Teaching Council of Ireland
Michael Fitzmaurice
773. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount that was spent on the rebranding of, and new logo for, the Teaching Council, which was funded by the annual levies of teachers nationwide; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11357/15]
Tue, 24 Mar 2015
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Teaching Council of Ireland
Michael Fitzmaurice
774. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the Teaching Council of Ireland has over €16 million of teachers' levies (details supplied) in a bank account, while paying its chief executive officer a salary of over €108,000; her views that this surplus should be to reduce the annual levy, or be invested in the schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11368/15]
Tue, 24 Mar 2015
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Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Data
Michael Fitzmaurice
1011. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of applicants who applied for compensation under the cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme, categorised by year from January 2011 to the end of December 2014 in Ardgraigue Bog (details supplied) in County Galway, site code 002356. [12060/15]
Tue, 24 Mar 2015
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Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Data
Michael Fitzmaurice
1012. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of applicants who received monetary compensation and turf deliveries, categorised by year from January 2011 to the end of December 2014, in Ardgraigue Bog (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12061/15]
Tue, 24 Mar 2015
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Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Data
Michael Fitzmaurice
1013. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of turf plots on which multiple compensation payments were made and the specific amounts paid for each multiple plot, categorised by year from January 2011 to the end of December 2014, in Ardgraigue Bog, County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12064/15]
Tue, 24 Mar 2015
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Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Data
Michael Fitzmaurice
1014. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of applicants who did not meet the criteria of the scheme, that is, were not cutting turf on their plots in any of the five reference years or where their plots are cut out and have no raised bog remaining, categorised by year from January 2011 to the end of December 2014, in Ardgraigue Bog (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12065/15]
Tue, 24 Mar 2015
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Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Data
Michael Fitzmaurice
1015. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of compensation payments made to applicants which her Department has sought or is now seeking to have repaid to the Department, categorised by year for the years 2011 to 2014, in Ardgraigue Bog (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12066/15]
Tue, 24 Mar 2015
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Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Relocation Options
Michael Fitzmaurice
1016. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of applicants who have applied for relocation and the number of applicants who have been successfully relocated from Ardgraigue Bog (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12067/15]
Tue, 24 Mar 2015
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Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Relocation Options
Michael Fitzmaurice
1017. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the names of bogs to which her Department has successfully relocated applicants from Ardgraigue Bog (details supplied) in County Galway, the number of plots available for relocating applicants in each of these relocation bogs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12068/15]
Tue, 24 Mar 2015
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Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Data
Michael Fitzmaurice
1018. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of plot owners who were paid money for turf plots in Ardgraigue Bog (details supplied) in County Galway under schemes other than the current cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme; the amounts paid to each recipient in such instances, categorised by year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12069/15]
Tue, 24 Mar 2015
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Coillte Teoranta Lands
Michael Fitzmaurice
1019. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the area of bog owned by the State in Ardgraigue Bog (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12070/15]
Wed, 11 Mar 2015
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Education and Training Provision
Michael Fitzmaurice
42. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the exact criteria for the training support grant from her Department nationwide, with particular emphasis on hazard analysis and critical control points training within the catering sector. [10607/15]
Tue, 10 Mar 2015
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Land Parcel Identification System
Michael Fitzmaurice
254. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in relation to recent Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine eligibility land parcel identification system inspections on extensive farmland, his views on the potential environmental, economic, and social consequences for rural Ireland, as outlined in correspondence (details supplied) to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, recently published by the Irish Natura and Hill Farmers' Association, supported by a range of environmental organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10478/15]
Tue, 10 Mar 2015
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Land Parcel Identification System
Michael Fitzmaurice
283. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the criteria used by his Department's inspectors during inspections under the land parcel identification system to determine whether sufficient agricultural activity is present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10437/15]
Tue, 10 Mar 2015
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Land Parcel Identification System
Michael Fitzmaurice
284. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the criteria used by his Department's inspectors in determining under-utilisation when carrying out inspections under the land parcel identification system and land eligibility inspections on sites with Natura 2000 designations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10438/15]
Tue, 10 Mar 2015
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Land Parcel Identification System
Michael Fitzmaurice
285. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department did not carry out the appropriate assessment process in advance of making significant reference area reductions on Cloghaun, Kilbeg, Kilnagappagh, Gortnaglea, Derrybrien West, and Keelderry commonages, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10439/15]