Parliamentary questions

Medicinal Products

Michael Fitzmaurice

701. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health if the drug, sativex, will be made available for people diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29595/23]

Foreign Birth Registration

Michael Fitzmaurice

168. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when a decision will be made in the application for foreign birth registration by a person (details supplied), who applied in February 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28454/23]

Workplace Relations Commission

Michael Fitzmaurice

441. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the WRC is no longer fit for purpose in the Government's eyes; the implication for all employees across all sectors, public and private, especially if they see Government bodies belatedly disrespecting the WRC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27466/23]

School Curriculum

Michael Fitzmaurice

530. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education the plans her Department has in place to accommodate students with learning difficulties to have the option of having two or three different levels in the Leaving Certificate examinations, having already had the option and ability to complete the Junior Certificate examinations at three different levels, in order that all students, regardless of abilities, are no longer discriminated against and can attain a Leaving Certificate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27570/23]

Water Services

Michael Fitzmaurice

697. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department is honouring the brokered Management Transformation Framework Document delivered in June 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27464/23]

Water Services

Michael Fitzmaurice

698. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the implementation of the outcome of industrial relations mechanisms through the WRC for the purposes of ensuring the smooth transition of water services to Uisce Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27465/23]

Water Services

Michael Fitzmaurice

699. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will intervene and instruct the local authorities to commit in writing that all earnings will be paid to workers who remain in their local authority after 2026, as no loss of earnings was agreed at the time by CCMA and the LGMA (local authority representatives); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27467/23]

Public Sector Pensions

Michael Fitzmaurice

1191. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied ) who is a retiree of the HSE will receive their arrears of payment under the recent pay agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27746/23]

Departmental Funding

Michael Fitzmaurice

1354. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the technological university development fund will be made available in advance of the expiration of the technological university transformation fund (TUTF) on 31 August 2023; what level funding is going to be made available under the new TUT fund; if the Technological University (TUS) who merged more recently will be treated equally with the TUS which merged earlier; if he is open to keeping in place funding for existing supports which are in place at this very important juncture in the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27601/23]

Housing Schemes

Michael Fitzmaurice

212. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will clarify whether the recently announced croí cónaithe grant is only payable on houses that are accessible by a public road, and that it is not payable for houses not accessible onto a public road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26783/23]

Medicinal Products

Michael Fitzmaurice

192. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health if the drug, fenfluramine, will be funded and be made available in Ireland to a child (details supplied) for the treatment of a rare form of epilepsy called Dravet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26615/23]

Housing Schemes

Michael Fitzmaurice

187. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 757 of 18 April 2023, which to date remains unanswered, the reason for this; if he will confirm whether a person who owns a derelict house and who wishes to avail of the vacant property refurbishment grant, and as a result of the structure being damaged beyond repair, demolishes the house, is eligible to apply for the vacant property refurbishment grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25537/23]

Horse Racing Industry

Michael Fitzmaurice

173. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, in light of recent developments pertaining to the withdrawal of several racecourses from an organisation's (details supplied) proposed media rights deal with two companies, he will review the applicability of section 10 of the Horse and Greyhound Racing Act 2001, due to the infringement on the exclusive property rights of racecourse owners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25200/23]

Legislative Measures

Michael Fitzmaurice

174. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will amend the Horse and Greyhound Racing Act 2001 to introduce an appeals mechanism, in order to provide for independent recourse for complaints; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25201/23]

Naturalisation Applications

Michael Fitzmaurice

522. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1061 of 21 March 2023 and 163 of 9 March 2022, when a decision will be made in the application for naturalisation for an Indian national (details supplied), married to an Irish citizen since 14 February 2010, who submitted a naturalisation application in 2020 and has, to date, not received a decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24049/23]

Flood Risk Management

Michael Fitzmaurice

289. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if there are plans to reduce the water levels at Termonbarry Harbour, County Roscommon, to previous levels and have the gates re-opened for the release of water to prevent further flooding of adjacent farmlands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22724/23]

Special Educational Needs

Michael Fitzmaurice

321. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education when the two proposed additional classrooms and two special needs units are scheduled to commence construction at a school (details supplied) in light of the increasing number of students and, in particular, students with special educational needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22588/23]

Naturalisation Applications

Michael Fitzmaurice

495. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Justice the number of applications awaiting decision on naturalisation whereby the application is with his Department for 3, 4, 5 and over 5 years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22732/23]

Naturalisation Applications

Michael Fitzmaurice

496. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Justice the timescale for issuing decisions on naturalisation applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22733/23]

Citizenship Ceremonies

Michael Fitzmaurice

497. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Justice the reason the naturalisation ceremony in Ireland is held only twice a year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22734/23]