Parliamentary questions

Public Sector Staff Data

Michael Fitzmaurice

313. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of retired public sector employees in his Department including bodies under its aegis who are in receipt of a public sector pension that have been re-employed either part-time or full-time, temporary or otherwise by the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28984/16]

Departmental Staff Data

Michael Fitzmaurice

330. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of retired public sector employees in his Department, including bodies under its aegis, who are in receipt of a public sector pension who have been re-employed either part-time or full-time, temporary or otherwise by the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28980/16]

Public Sector Staff Data

Michael Fitzmaurice

334. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of retired public sector employees in receipt of a public sector pension who have been re-employed, either part-time or full time, temporary or otherwise in the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28074/16]

Public Sector Pensions Data

Michael Fitzmaurice

481. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health the number of retired public sector employees in his Department, including bodies under its aegis, who are in receipt of a public sector pension who have been re-employed either part-time or full-time, temporary or otherwise by the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28981/16]

Agriculture Scheme Appeals

Michael Fitzmaurice

490. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) who successfully appealed the inspection results of his Department by way of oral hearing, the result of which was communicated to them, has not received all payments now due to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28075/16]

Agriculture Scheme Appeals

Michael Fitzmaurice

491. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the agricultural appeals office has found against his Department, the procedure in place to ensure that the applicant receives payment as soon as possible to avoid further hardship being inflicted on the applicant, who often has had payments withheld for years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28076/16]

Agriculture Scheme Appeals

Michael Fitzmaurice

492. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine where his Department has not made payments to successful applicants to the schemes, the steps available to enforce the decision of the agricultural appeals office against his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28077/16]

Departmental Staff Redeployment

Michael Fitzmaurice

558. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of retired public sector employees in his Department, including bodies under its aegis, who are in receipt of a public sector pension that have been re-employed either part-time or full-time, temporary or otherwise by the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28974/16]

Departmental Staff Data

Michael Fitzmaurice

573. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of retired public sector employees in his Department, including bodies under its aegis, who are in receipt of a public sector pension who have been re-employed either part-time or full-time, temporary or otherwise, by the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28976/16]

Departmental Staff Data

Michael Fitzmaurice

591. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of retired public sector employees in his Department, including bodies under its aegis, who are in receipt of a public sector pension, who have been re-employed either part-time, full-time, temporary or otherwise by the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28986/16]

Departmental Staff Data

Michael Fitzmaurice

607. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of retired public sector employees in her Department, including bodies under its aegis, who are in receipt of a public sector pension that have been re-employed either part-time or full-time, temporary or otherwise by the public sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28982/16]

Departmental Staff Data

Michael Fitzmaurice

614. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of retired public sector employees in her Department, including bodies under its aegis, who are in receipt of a public sector pension that have been re-employed either part-time or full-time, temporary or otherwise by the public sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28975/16]

Departmental Staff Data

Michael Fitzmaurice

617. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of retired public sector employees in his Department, including bodies under its aegis, who are in receipt of a public sector pension that have been re-employed either part-time or full-time, temporary or otherwise by the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28977/16]

State Examinations Appeals

Michael Fitzmaurice

250. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of exam papers which have been sent by a person (details supplied) to be rechecked; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26705/16]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Michael Fitzmaurice

614. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied) currently on the waiting list for two years and six months for an operation. [26703/16]

Hospital Consultant Recruitment

Michael Fitzmaurice

615. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health if an ENT consultant has been appointed to Our Lady's Hospital, Crumlin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26704/16]

Mental Health Services

Michael Fitzmaurice

1142. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health when the report of the independent external review group on the quality, safety and governance of mental health services in County Roscommon, which was commissioned by the HSE in 2015 following concerns being raised over the operation of services in the county, will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24967/16]

Parliamentary Questions Data

Michael Fitzmaurice

1421. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health the number of parliamentary questions for written answer put to the Minister for Health in each of the past five years; the number of parliamentary questions for written answer put to the Minister for Health in each of the past five years that were directly answered by the Ministers for Health; the number of parliamentary questions for written answer put to the Minister for Health in each of the past five years that were referred by the Minister for Health to the HSE for answer, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26036/16]

GLAS Appeals

Michael Fitzmaurice

1525. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on their appeal against the refusal to allow their entry to the GLAS due to a herd number having been de-activated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24976/16]

Young Farmers Scheme

Michael Fitzmaurice

1526. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on their appeal against the refusal to allow their entry to the young farmers scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24977/16]

Rail Services

Michael Fitzmaurice

1767. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of resident level crossing keepers appointed to permanent positions by Iarnród Éireann in each of the years from 1993 to 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24947/16]

Rail Services

Michael Fitzmaurice

1768. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of non-resident level crossing keepers appointed to permanent positions by Iarnród Éireann in each of the years from 1993 to 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24948/16]

Rail Services

Michael Fitzmaurice

1769. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of resident level crossing keepers who were in permanent regular wage staff positions, in Iarnród Éireann, which joined the CIÉ Pension Scheme for Regular Wages Staff in the years 1993 to 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24949/16]

Rail Services

Michael Fitzmaurice

1770. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of non-resident level crossing keepers who were in permanent regular wages staff positions, in Iarnród Éireann, which joined the CIÉ Pension Scheme for Regular Wages Staff in the years 1993 to 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24950/16]

Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding

Michael Fitzmaurice

342. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when funding will be provided for a sewerage and waste water scheme in Mountbellew, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22281/16]

Land Issues

Michael Fitzmaurice

737. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the interpretation of land eligibility that was confirmed by a person (details supplied) at the hill farmers conference on 20 June 2016 is the interpretation that always applied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22451/16]

Departmental Legal Cases

Michael Fitzmaurice

738. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will now undertake to ensure that the flawed inspection procedures are immediately changed to ensure that each applicant to the schemes will have their rights protected; the proposed changes and a timeline for their implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22452/16]

Departmental Legal Cases

Michael Fitzmaurice

739. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to address the penalties that were applied to farmers where no control report was provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22453/16]

Departmental Legal Cases

Michael Fitzmaurice

740. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an estimate on a county-by-county basis of the amount of cases around the country that may be affected by a ruling (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22454/16]

Departmental Legal Cases

Michael Fitzmaurice

741. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether the farmers on the commonages that were subjected to a review in 2010 and 2013 are entitled to have the decisions of his Department reviewed in the context of fair procedures arising from the ruling in a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22455/16]

Farmers Charter

Michael Fitzmaurice

742. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to ensure the implementation of the farmers charter is adhered to by his officers on the ground in view of the ruling in a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22456/16]

Departmental Legal Cases

Michael Fitzmaurice

743. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department did not take remedial action on the provision of a control report when a matter was brought to his attention by many applicants to the schemes prior to the institution of a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22457/16]

Agriculture Scheme Eligibility

Michael Fitzmaurice

744. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether every on-the-spot check conducted by his Department must be the subject of a control report which must be provided to the farmer prior to his official drawing its conclusions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22458/16]

Agriculture Scheme Appeals

Michael Fitzmaurice

745. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if appeals officers have never contacted any inspecting officers, or vice versa, in cases without notifying the relevant applicant of such communications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22459/16]

Departmental Legal Cases

Michael Fitzmaurice

746. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the resources he has made available to the appeals office to deal with the appeals that may have to be reviewed in view of the ruling in a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22460/16]

Departmental Legal Cases

Michael Fitzmaurice

747. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to address the lack of understanding his officers have in the context of fair procedures when dealing with applicants to the schemes in view of a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22461/16]

Basic Payment Scheme

Michael Fitzmaurice

748. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the legal advice he received in respect of interpretation of the EU regulations prior to preparing the terms and conditions of the basic payment scheme; if he receives legal advice prior to the issuing of the terms and conditions of the basic payment scheme; if he is satisfied that the advice he received was appropriate in the context of the recent High Court ruling in a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22462/16]

Direct Payment Scheme Eligibility

Michael Fitzmaurice

749. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether it is appropriate, in the context of a citizen’s right to natural justice, that his officers can enter lands where that officer has a reasonable belief that the lands are the subject of payments under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22463/16]

Young Farmers Scheme

Michael Fitzmaurice

187. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons who have been accepted by his Department under the young farmer scheme and the value of entitlements which have been allocated to them, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18583/16]

Young Farmers Scheme

Michael Fitzmaurice

188. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons who have been accepted by his Department under the old young farmer scheme and the value of entitlements which have been allocated to them, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18584/16]

Bus Éireann

Michael Fitzmaurice

157. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 102 of 26 May 2016, if he monitors payments to Bus Éireann under state aid rules; if Bus Éireann is market oriented; and how he defines market oriented. [16668/16]

Hospitals Funding

Michael Fitzmaurice

126. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health if he has withdrawn funding for the new rehabilitation unit at Roscommon Hospital which was intended to be a ten-bed unit operating as a satellite centre for the national rehabilitation unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15092/16]

Capital Allowances

Michael Fitzmaurice

137. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Finance the number of residential units which have been the subject of applications for capital gains tax relief, which was introduced in budget 2012 and applied to property for the first seven years of ownership for properties bought between 7 December 2011 and the end of 2014, where the property is held for more than seven years. [14521/16]

Credit Union Services

Michael Fitzmaurice

157. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Finance if he supports the roll-out of debit cards by credit unions as per the programme for Government; if he will ensure that the Central Bank supports this initiative by the credit union movement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15048/16]

Basic Payment Scheme Applications

Michael Fitzmaurice

547. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 547 of 24 May 2016, if he will list the forms of evidence he accepts from an applicant to the basic payment scheme, when the applicant intends to declare an agricultural area eligible for payment, that was previously deemed ineligible by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14543/16]

Departmental Agencies

Michael Fitzmaurice

613. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the year in which two persons (details supplied) were appointed to the regular staff of CIE-Irish Rail; the year in which the two named persons were accepted into the pension scheme which was available as part of their employment with CIE-Irish Rail; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14337/16]

GLAS Issues

Michael Fitzmaurice

812. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, in view of the recent inclement spring weather, the date for the sowing of wild bird cover under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme can be extended; if so, if he will extend this date as due to the condition of the ground it has been unsuitable for ploughing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13367/16]

Rural Transport Programme

Michael Fitzmaurice

95. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Finance for the purpose of promoting rural public transport, to introduce tax incentives and legislate for the provision of a 100% capital tax allowance for the purchase of new buses; to remove road tax and vehicle registration tax on buses and value added tax on tyres for buses; and to introduce income tax incentives for the purchase of commuter bus passes. [11521/16]

VAT Rate Application

Michael Fitzmaurice

111. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Finance to change the value added tax status on bus transport operators to a zero rate rather than an exempt status to enable them to reclaim value added tax payments, as part of a programme to incentivise the use of public transport. [11524/16]

Health Services Provision

Michael Fitzmaurice

478. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health his plans to change the services provided at St. Joseph's day care centre, Ballaghaderreen, County Roscommon; if the services provided there will continue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11628/16]

Land Issues

Michael Fitzmaurice

546. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that the agricultural appeals office report of 30 April 2014 on the Keelderry commonage in County Galway appears to contain wording, context and inaccuracies identical to another report prepared by another person (details supplied) dated 2 November 2013 and based on an inspection on 31 October 2013; if the inspection conducted by his agricultural appeals office was fresh, independent, comprehensive, fair and in depth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11674/16]

Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility

Michael Fitzmaurice

547. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the evidence he requires from an applicant under the basic payment scheme to show that land previously deemed ineligible for what his Department determined to be a lack of agricultural activity in one year is subsequently, in the view of the applicant, eligible for payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11675/16]

Land Issues

Michael Fitzmaurice

548. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he accepts that the report prepared by his official (details supplied) on 2 November 2013 on the Keelderry commonage in County Galway was misleading (details supplied); if he accepts that the report of this official is therefore fundamentally flawed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11676/16]

Land Issues

Michael Fitzmaurice

549. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the precise qualification held by two persons (details supplied) to determine the nature of lands, including use, constitution, agricultural capacity and environmental significance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11677/16]

Land Issues

Michael Fitzmaurice

550. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a list, including the names and grades of the persons and the times and dates of all entrances to the lands known as the Keelderry commonage in County Galway, from 1 January 2010 to date. [11678/16]

Bus Éireann

Michael Fitzmaurice

600. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to request Bus Éireann to stop providing services that amount to below cost selling where private bus operators are providing a similar competing service, to review state aid procedures and the public service obligation payments and to investigate possible abuses of a possible dominant position by Bus Éireann and to make the findings public. [11520/16]

Bus Éireann

Michael Fitzmaurice

601. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the individual sums agreed to be paid and the actual sums paid for the provision by Bus Éireann of its public service obligations on the network of transport services in Athlone, Balbriggan, Cork, Drogheda, Dundalk, Galway, Limerick, Navan, Sligo and Waterford operated by Bus Éireann in each of the years 2009 to 2015, inclusive, in tabular form. [11522/16]

Bus Éireann

Michael Fitzmaurice

602. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average amount paid to Bus Éireann, calculated on a per kilometre basis, for meeting its public service obligations on the network of transport services in Athlone, Balbriggan, Cork, Drogheda, Dundalk, Galway, Limerick, Navan, Sligo and Waterford, for each of the years 2009 to 2015, inclusive, in tabular form. [11523/16]

Bus Éireann

Michael Fitzmaurice

603. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the individual agreed scheduled transport services to be performed by Bus Éireann in Athlone, Balbriggan, Cork, Drogheda, Dundalk, Galway, Limerick, Navan, Sligo and Waterford and to confirm for each of the years that the National Transport Authority had at all times a verifiable system in place to be absolutely certain that each of these scheduled services were actually performed and that Bus Éireann returned to the National Transport Authority any subsidy received in respect of any service not performed for each of the years 2009 to 2015, inclusive, in scheduled format. [11525/16]

Farm Assist Scheme Data

Michael Fitzmaurice

5. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of farm assist, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8808/16]

Student Grant Scheme Eligibility

Michael Fitzmaurice

409. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education and Skills why it is difficult for persons (details supplied) under 23 years of age to apply independently for a third level grant in their own right. [7346/16]

School Transport Data

Michael Fitzmaurice

653. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education and Skills to provide further information on the statement of the chief executive of Bus Éireann last year that Bus Éireann made €4 million profit from school transport and that this money was given to Bus Éireann to buy new school transport buses but spent on school transport information and technology development; the amount of profit from school buses, the expenditure on new buses and the amount spent on information and technology projects in each year since 2010 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5562/16]

School Transport Data

Michael Fitzmaurice

654. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education and Skills the average cost of the maintenance of buses used for school transport by Bus Éireann in tabular form; the average cost of the maintenance of buses per bus, per year; the number of buses being charged for maintenance; the average number of buses actually being operated on routes each day; the average percentage of buses being charged for as opposed to the number of buses actually operating the routes; the average number of kilometres run by the buses; the average market value of the buses referred to; the average age of the buses in the columns; the written down net value after depreciation on a year-on-year basis; the average cost of maintenance of the said buses on a per kilometre basis; and the maintenance charges paid to Bus Éireann for school transport, exclusive of the management charges, for each of the financial years 2005 to 2015. [5568/16]

GLAS Eligibility

Michael Fitzmaurice

43. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if tier 3 farmers will be allowed into the second tranche of the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4495/16]

Schools Building Projects Status

Michael Fitzmaurice

500. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education and Skills the commencement date for construction of a school (details supplied) in County Galway; given that the tender process is complete and all legal issues with the site are now sorted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4593/16]

Departmental Offices

Michael Fitzmaurice

172. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the district veterinary office in County Galway is being downgraded and being moved; where it is being moved to; if the move will result in a reduction in the number of staff; if it will result in a reduction in the number of staff available at the counter to deal with queries from farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2718/16]

Defence Forces Personnel

Michael Fitzmaurice

256. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Defence in relation to a member of the Permanent Defence Force (details supplied) who joined as an engineer officer on 29 March 2006 under the condition governing the appointment of engineer officers in the Corps of Engineers and was deemed eligible for promotion to captain on 29 March 2009, which eligibility was duly confirmed to him by document dated 26 March 2009, why this case was investigated by the Ombudsman for the Defence Forces, ODF, who issued a preliminary report on 28 April 2014; why he has not accepted and implemented the resolution as outlined in the preliminary report by the ODF; why the ODF has not issued a final report; if an exception was made to the public service promotion moratorium when this member was promoted on 23 December 2010; if it is unreasonable to expect a person to wait for six years to have an issue such as this resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2921/16]

Firearms Certificates

Michael Fitzmaurice

280. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications that were made for non-resident firearm certificates and issued by An Garda Síochána to a gun club (details supplied) in County Sligo during the 2014 season and during the 2015 season; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2907/16]

Departmental Agencies

Michael Fitzmaurice

345. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 16 of 25 November 2015, the experience and expertise the director of the appeals office holds to make the director suitable to conduct a fresh and independent inspection as requested by the petitions committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46851/15]

Departmental Agencies

Michael Fitzmaurice

346. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 16 of 25 November 2015, the evidence or information that was sought from the petitioner prior to the director of the Agriculture Appeals Office for him concluding that the review was fair, in-depth and comprehensive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46852/15]

Departmental Agencies

Michael Fitzmaurice

347. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 16 of 25 November 2015, the evidence the officers of the Agriculture Appeals Office examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46853/15]

Departmental Agencies

Michael Fitzmaurice

348. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 16 of 25 November 2015, if the director of the agricultural appeals office and one of the two members of the Aagriculture Appeals Office who conducted the review had made determinations on these lands prior to conducting the fresh and independent review on his instructions, which he has stated was a fair, in-depth and comprehensive review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46854/15]

Agriculture Scheme Appeals

Michael Fitzmaurice

349. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 16 of 25 November 2015, if the review he authorised at the request of the European Union petitions committee was a fresh and independent inspection as requested by that committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46855/15]

Departmental Agencies

Michael Fitzmaurice

350. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Number 16 of 25 November 2015, if he or the Agriculture Appeals Office, the competent authority lawfully authorised to carry out inspections of lands, sought permission to enter these private lands prior to conducting a review on 24 January 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46856/15]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Fitzmaurice

351. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Number 16 of 25 November 2015, if he accepts the Agriculture Appeals Officer’s decision that inspection reports provided by his Department provide no quantification or description on which to rely for the deductions made within parcels (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46857/15]

Agriculture Scheme Administration

Michael Fitzmaurice

352. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 16 of 25 November 2015, and given that the competent authority is the only body which is lawfully authorised to carry out inspections of lands, upon what lawful basis and authority did he authorise the officers of the Agriculture Appeals Office to enter these private lands prior to conducting a review on 24 January 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46858/15]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Fitzmaurice

353. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 3 of 25 November 2015, in which he stated on the record of Dáil Éireann that he had tried to find a compromise and had tried to come to a compromise on a way forward on this, if he will state the nature of this compromise, when it was put and by whom and to whom it was put; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46859/15]

Departmental Investigations

Michael Fitzmaurice

354. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 3 of 25 November 2015, to confirm when the most recent inspection by his officers, being the competent authority, took place on Keelderry commonage and that he is relying upon it in determining the eligibility of the lands for the purpose of the basic payment scheme 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46860/15]

Basic Payment Scheme Administration

Michael Fitzmaurice

355. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why he has not accepted the evidence that shareholders of lands (details supplied) have provided in the form of a detailed survey and report by five suitably qualified experts with their application under the 2015 basic payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46861/15]

Agriculture Scheme Appeals

Michael Fitzmaurice

356. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 3 of 25 November 2015, if he will clarify remarks made by him in that reply (details supplied); if he made contact with the appeals officer in question to qualify this earlier statement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46862/15]

Firearms Licences

Michael Fitzmaurice

503. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of day gun licences issued by An Garda Síochána to a gun club (details supplied) in County Sligo during the 2014 season and during the 2015 season; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1342/16]

Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage

Michael Fitzmaurice

628. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health why Alzheimer's is not included on the list of illnesses that allow a person to qualify under the long-term illness scheme; and if he will extend the list to include Alzheimer's or any other medical conditions. [1047/16]

Farm Assist Scheme Eligibility

Michael Fitzmaurice

130. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon has not been awarded farm assist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45253/15]

Treatment Abroad Scheme

Michael Fitzmaurice

418. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health if efforts are being made to use facilities at hospitals in Northern Ireland in an effort to reduce the continuously rising waiting lists in many hospitals in the Republic and the number of persons from the Republic who have been transferred to hospitals in Northern Ireland and who have had operations carried out there since the beginning of 2015. [44964/15]

Education and Training Boards Staff

Michael Fitzmaurice

555. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education and Skills in respect of the rates of pay for casual and part-time teachers in secondary schools who are employed on an ad hoc basis depending on the immediate requirements of a specific school, if it is commonplace for such teachers to be employed as substitutes in more than one school in any academic year, whether it be a school run by an education and training board, a voluntary school, or otherwise, if there is a discrepancy in how casual part-time workers are remunerated depending on what school employs them for such work, given that her Department pays the full hourly rate of pay to qualified secondary school teachers for all substitution and supervision work and the education training boards only pay the full qualified rate to qualified teachers if the classes they cover are for subjects that they are registered for with the Teaching Council; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45419/15]

Education and Training Boards Staff

Michael Fitzmaurice

556. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education and Skills if education and training boards are entitled to change the terms of employment for casual part-time teachers and if part-time teachers have employment rights in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45420/15]

Health Services Data

Michael Fitzmaurice

124. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who have had to wait on trolleys for over 24 hours between 2010 to 2015 to date in tabular form. [44331/15]

National Internship Scheme Data

Michael Fitzmaurice

49. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who are availing of the internship programme in 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43109/15]

GLAS Applications

Michael Fitzmaurice

260. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the number of farmers in hen harrier special protection areas; and the number of these who have entered the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme plus. [42518/15]

Special Protection Areas Designation

Michael Fitzmaurice

261. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set down the number of hectares in hen harrier special protection areas that are commonage land and the number under privately-owned agricultural land for which applications have been made in 2015. [42519/15]

Licence Applications

Michael Fitzmaurice

227. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of gun day licences that were given out to a gun club (details supplied) in County Sligo in the 2014 to 2015 season by An Garda Síochána, for deer hunter day licence, and for bird hunter day licence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42127/15]

Commonage Land Use

Michael Fitzmaurice

3. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in relation to the basic payment scheme, why he is continuing to rely on maps and reports that were prepared on foot of an inspection by a district superintendent (details supplied) in County Galway in August 2012 when his appeals office has stated, in its decision of 26 August 2015, that the report from this inspection cannot be relied upon as it provides no quantification or description for the deductions made; his plans to rectify the maps in accordance with the expert evidence provided by the applicant, detailing the precise eligibility of the site in the application under the basic payment scheme 2015; his plans to expeditiously facilitate the payments concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41415/15]

Departmental Investigations

Michael Fitzmaurice

7. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine regarding Keelderry commonage lands, further to the Seanad motion of 14 February 2012 by a Senator (details supplied), if he will confirm that the formal investigation has concluded; if the findings of any such formal investigation have been provided to all the affected parties; and if he will issue a reply to the issues raised by the Senator and confirm that he will now proceed to conduct his own investigation into this matter to bring about a satisfactory conclusion. [41241/15]

Departmental Investigations

Michael Fitzmaurice

11. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a formal investigation was conducted into the farm investment scheme and into the farm waste management scheme; the reason a landowner (details supplied) was not notified of such formal investigations, or of their outcomes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41239/15]

Commonage Land Use

Michael Fitzmaurice

12. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in relation to the Roxborough and Derrybrien West commonage lands, the reason he did not apply his Department's inspection findings from the inspections undertaken in or around October 2013, the findings of which he sought to apply without notice or right of appeal to the shareholders in October 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41242/15]

Commonage Land Use

Michael Fitzmaurice

16. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that the review which he authorised following the European petitions committee’s recommendation to conduct a fresh and independent inspection into the Keelderry commonage lands was sufficiently fresh and independent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41240/15]

Commonage Land Use

Michael Fitzmaurice

31. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why he has not accepted the evidence that the shareholders of the Keelderry commonage lands have provided, in the form of a detailed survey and report by suitably qualified experts, with their applications under the 2015 basic payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41238/15]

Land Parcel Identification System

Michael Fitzmaurice

94. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that the inspection criteria and his inspectors’ interpretation, methodology and procedures cannot be relied upon, as stated recently by the appeals office in his Department, as the exclusions provide no quantification or description for the deductions made in relation to an applicant (details supplied) in County Laois. [41416/15]

Rural Environment Protection Scheme Appeals

Michael Fitzmaurice

220. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why a person (details supplied) has not received payment following the decision of the appeals office dated 26 August 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41437/15]

Agriculture Scheme Payments

Michael Fitzmaurice

221. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of participants who are active farmers and who submitted an application under the 2015 basic payment scheme, but whose payments under the rural environment protection scheme are still outstanding, where his Department has stated that issues arose with the single payment scheme and the rural environment protection area scheme area cross-checks in 2012 and 2013; the number and details of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41438/15]