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Tue, 10 Feb 2015
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Water Services Provision
Michael Fitzmaurice
597. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm, that in order to comply with the water framework directive, legislation is required for the registration and licensing of all private wells; the charge that will be applied for private well registration and licensing, if water charges are applied to water extracted from registered and licensed private wells; is the forthcoming registration and licensing of private wells the reason Irish Water insists in retaining account records for those whose sole water supply is from a private well and who are not now and never intend to be, Irish Water customers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6028/15]
Tue, 3 Feb 2015
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Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
Michael Fitzmaurice
299. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership and the way the partnership is being structured; the position on the investor-state dispute settlement element of the proposed partnership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5002/15]
Tue, 3 Feb 2015
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UN Conventions Ratification
Michael Fitzmaurice
357. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the likely ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities by the Irish State; when this ratification is likely to happen; if there is a reason it has not been ratified already; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4683/15]
Tue, 3 Feb 2015
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Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
Michael Fitzmaurice
532. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a student whose parent is a State employee earning in the region of €65,000 per year, but who is engaged in the insolvency process and consequently has no disposable income whatsoever, is eligible for the student grant scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4783/15]
Tue, 27 Jan 2015
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Schools Building Projects Expenditure
Michael Fitzmaurice
115. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she has negotiated a summer works grant scheme for which schools may apply; the size of the budget available for the scheme; when applications will be accepted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3486/15]
Tue, 27 Jan 2015
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Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Michael Fitzmaurice
117. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the pupil teacher ratio in two, three and four-teacher schools will be reduced prior to the commencement of the new school year in September; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3487/15]
Tue, 27 Jan 2015
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Student Grant Scheme Administration
Michael Fitzmaurice
122. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the threshold relating to the third level grants scheme will be raised to accommodate the children of working persons, including teachers, who can no longer afford to pay for third level education due to the imposition of pension levies and the universal social charge; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3338/15]
Tue, 27 Jan 2015
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Departmental Properties
Michael Fitzmaurice
131. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education and Skills if adequate funding will be provided to maximise the potential of the apprenticeship training centre in Mount Lucas, County Westmeath; the rent that is being paid to Bord na Móna for the property; the duration of the lease; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3341/15]
Tue, 27 Jan 2015
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Capitation Grants
Michael Fitzmaurice
136. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will restore the capitation grant for primary schools to its previous level to help the survival of these schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3342/15]
Tue, 27 Jan 2015
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School Curriculum
Michael Fitzmaurice
139. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on having transition year used for a series of pre-mini apprenticeship courses allowing students to better explore their prospective further education choices before embarking on the course proper, thereby reducing the drop out rate and expenditure on uncompleted courses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3339/15]
Tue, 27 Jan 2015
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Schools Building Projects Status
Michael Fitzmaurice
147. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education and Skills when building works on schools (details supplied) in counties Leitrim and Roscommon will commence; when both new schools are scheduled for completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3340/15]
Tue, 27 Jan 2015
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Haddington Road Agreement Implementation
Michael Fitzmaurice
304. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 187 of 14 January 2015, the reasons specific to her Department the workforce de-layering has not yet been achieved within her Department, as it has in the Health Service Executive in line with section 3.11, workforce restructuring, of the Haddington Road agreement and section 4.2.1 - iii, develop options for workforce de-layering, start Q1 2014, end Q4 2014, of the action plan, appendix 1 of the Public Service Reform Plan 2014-2016; if she will initiate workforce de-layering with immediate effect; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3619/15]
Tue, 27 Jan 2015
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Hospital Investigations
Michael Fitzmaurice
374. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health his views on a file (details supplied) sent to him in June 2014 regarding the death of a person in Castlebar hospital on 15 February 2013; if he will refer this matter to the Health Information and Quality Authority and apologise to the person's family for the substandard care the person received between his admission on 7 February 2013 and his death in Castlebar hospital on 15 February 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3615/15]
Tue, 27 Jan 2015
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Apprenticeship Programmes
Michael Fitzmaurice
429. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will permit students to go directly into apprenticeships after their junior cycle exams where such students, though gifted in certain fields, may be uninterested in pursuing further academic studies at that point; if she will leave open the option of their returning to sit the leaving certificate should they later change their minds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3380/15]
Tue, 27 Jan 2015
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Industrial Disputes
Michael Fitzmaurice
430. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education and Skills the actions being taken to resolve the junior cycle dispute with teachers; if a resolution is imminent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3381/15]
Tue, 27 Jan 2015
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Michael Fitzmaurice
476. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason, when completing the primary online database forms, parents are being asked for their children's PPS numbers and religion; the repercussions for pupils, parents and schools in circumstances where parents decline to hand over this sensitive information; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3758/15]
Tue, 27 Jan 2015
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Special Areas of Conservation Appeals
Michael Fitzmaurice
620. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a list of all appeals conducted by the Designated Areas Appeals Advisory Board in 2013 and 2014 on objections to the designation of sites to include; the location of each designated site regarding which an appeal was conducted; the outcome of each appeal; if an oral hearing formed part of the appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3863/15]
Tue, 20 Jan 2015
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Hospital Services
Michael Fitzmaurice
473. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health if the accident and emergency department in Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe, County Galway is to be downgraded by having its opening hours reduced to 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. or a 12-hour accident and emergency department in the year up to 31 December 2015; if the maternity unit in the hospital will be downgraded or closed in the year up to 31 December 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2820/15]
Tue, 20 Jan 2015
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Schools Site Acquisitions
Michael Fitzmaurice
626. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if, after recent meetings with the Caherlistrange-Kilcoona community council, and having seen first hand the site in County Galway, she will facilitate the purchase of the lands, eight acres approximately, on behalf of the Irish people; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2733/15]
Thu, 15 Jan 2015
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Bank Charges
Michael Fitzmaurice
62. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Finance his views on the banks' charging of a €10 penalty when there is insufficient funds available in a current account to complete direct debit transaction; his further views that the imposition of such arbitrary and punitive penalties are especially unfair on the part of the bailed out banks in view of the cost of the bank bailout to Irish citizens and business alike, almost certainly contributed to the lack of funds in the first place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1937/15]