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Tue, 16 Apr 2019
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Health Services Provision
Michael Fitzmaurice
343. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health the status of a unit (details supplied); the status of recent clinical assessments carried out on patients; if his Department or the HSE has made contact with one or more of the unit's patients or family members in an effort to move them to a different location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17524/19]
Thu, 11 Apr 2019
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Wind Energy Guidelines
Michael Fitzmaurice
212. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if there will be an increase to the mandatory minimum 500 metre setback distance for the construction of turbines near homes in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17057/19]
Thu, 4 Apr 2019
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National Broadband Plan
Michael Fitzmaurice
287. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to revalidate the business case for the national broadband plan to ensure that it will deliver good value for money in view of the fact that the evaluation of the State intervention area is out of date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15825/19]
Thu, 4 Apr 2019
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Broadband Service Provision
Michael Fitzmaurice
288. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has clarified with a company (details supplied) the number of properties now connected to fibre rather than passed in view of the removal of 300,000 properties from the national broadband plan as part of the fibre roll-out plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15826/19]
Thu, 4 Apr 2019
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National Broadband Plan
Michael Fitzmaurice
289. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has engaged with providers (details supplied) and discussed these technologies and their advancements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15827/19]
Thu, 4 Apr 2019
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Broadband Service Provision
Michael Fitzmaurice
290. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has engaged with hotels and large businesses in rural areas that have chosen to keep their business with their local provider rather than switching to fibre even though it may run past their front doors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15828/19]
Thu, 4 Apr 2019
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National Broadband Plan
Michael Fitzmaurice
291. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the rationale regarding the approval of the move from a company (details supplied) to an organisation; if the organisation can be invited to the Oireachtas Committee of Public Accounts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15829/19]
Wed, 3 Apr 2019
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Disability Allowance Applications
Michael Fitzmaurice
219. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision will be made on a disability application for assistance in view of the medical condition of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15548/19]
Tue, 2 Apr 2019
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Hospitals Funding
Michael Fitzmaurice
344. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 296 of 12 March 2019 and the response, the reason the question was referred to the hospital; the reason the response did not issue from him as requested (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15313/19]
Tue, 2 Apr 2019
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Beef Exports
Michael Fitzmaurice
382. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of processors or exporters that have permission to export Irish beef to China; the number of applications to export beef to China under review; the main reasons for those applications being held up; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15057/19]
Tue, 2 Apr 2019
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Public Transport Subsidies
Michael Fitzmaurice
460. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a company (details supplied) is in receipt of and entitled to receive State subsidies or subsidies from the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15374/19]
Tue, 26 Mar 2019
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SOLAS Training and Education Programmes
Michael Fitzmaurice
341. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 204 of 26 February 2019, the reason SOLAS continues to place additional conditions above and beyond the regulations when a person wishes to renew his or her safe pass card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13345/19]
Tue, 26 Mar 2019
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Vaccination Programme
Michael Fitzmaurice
736. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health his plans to offer a free vaccine against the meningococcal B virus for children born prior to 1 October 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13315/19]
Tue, 26 Mar 2019
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Health Services Provision
Michael Fitzmaurice
745. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health the reason family members of residents in the Rosalie unit in County Roscommon were given such short notice that independent clinical assessments were to be carried out recently; the person or body that appointed a person (details supplied) to carry out these assessments; the protocols followed to ensure the person's independence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13347/19]
Tue, 26 Mar 2019
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HSE Expenditure
Michael Fitzmaurice
883. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health the quality assurance procedures the HSE has in place to transparently acknowledge to contractors the date on which it receives a particular invoice; if these procedures are independently audited on a regular basis (details supplied); and his views in relation to same [13841/19]
Tue, 26 Mar 2019
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HSE Data
Michael Fitzmaurice
884. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health if there is a contractual agreement between the distribution contractor and the product contractor under a contract (details supplied); if so, when such an agreement was signed; if the HSE oversaw this agreement; and if not, his views on whether this was a failure on behalf of the HSE. [13842/19]
Tue, 26 Mar 2019
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HSE Expenditure
Michael Fitzmaurice
885. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health if he will address matters in respect of HSE contracts (details supplied). [13843/19]
Tue, 26 Mar 2019
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Departmental Contracts
Michael Fitzmaurice
886. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 302 and 303 of 5 March 2019, if the contractor awarded the contract is an established supplier and payee with the HSE (details supplied); and the date that such a status was first established. [13844/19]
Tue, 26 Mar 2019
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Departmental Contracts
Michael Fitzmaurice
887. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 302 and 303 of 5 March 2019, the amount of public funding paid directly from the HSE to a contract holder (details supplied) in each of the years 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019, for contracts and other additional contracts. [13845/19]
Tue, 26 Mar 2019
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National Planning Framework
Michael Fitzmaurice
1350. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the way in which he plans to meet settlement strategy objectives in unserviced rural towns and villages that are identified as settlement centres in County Galway and other county development plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12860/19]
Tue, 26 Mar 2019
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National Planning Framework
Michael Fitzmaurice
1351. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the policy on shared communal private wastewater treatment systems for residential developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12861/19]
Tue, 26 Mar 2019
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Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
Michael Fitzmaurice
1400. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his views on community sewerage schemes; the reason rural towns that want to establish a community sewerage scheme have been told by councils and his Department that funding will only be made available to extend existing Irish Water sewerage schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13346/19]
Wed, 13 Mar 2019
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Civil Service Staff Data
Michael Fitzmaurice
138. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason early retirement on ill health grounds is being refused for a person (details supplied); the medical grounds on which retirement is being refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12548/19]
Wed, 13 Mar 2019
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Civil Service Staff Data
Michael Fitzmaurice
139. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education and Skills the process used for persons to be deemed suitably qualified to assess the ill health of a person while the person is out of work (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12549/19]
Wed, 13 Mar 2019
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Civil Service Staff Data
Michael Fitzmaurice
140. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education and Skills the qualification and speciality of the person (details supplied) who performed a medical assessment on a person; if the person is qualified and specialised in all of the health conditions of the person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12550/19]
Wed, 13 Mar 2019
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Civil Service Staff Data
Michael Fitzmaurice
141. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the deduction of spouses' and children's contributions from the pay or ill health retirement estimate of a person (details supplied) when the person does not have a spouse and the person's child is now 22 years of age; if this is a common procedure in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12551/19]
Tue, 12 Mar 2019
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Hospitals Funding
Michael Fitzmaurice
296. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health if funding will be provided to the national clinic in Beaumont Hospital that assists those affected by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis also known as motor neurone disease (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11599/19]
Tue, 12 Mar 2019
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Beef Industry
Michael Fitzmaurice
484. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to change the rules to allow a beef animal which is fit for slaughter and from a quality assured farm to be sold in a mart and killed no more than three days later by the new owner to retain its quality assurance bonus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11776/19]
Tue, 12 Mar 2019
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Animal Slaughtering Data
Michael Fitzmaurice
509. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of carcasses graded by a given machine between when it was discovered to be working out of synchronicity and the last time it was inspected by a Department official (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12368/19]
Tue, 12 Mar 2019
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Beef Exports
Michael Fitzmaurice
510. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the provisions which have been made to facilitate the live export of beef animals in the event that high import tariffs are placed on Irish beef exports in the event of a no-deal Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12369/19]
Tue, 12 Mar 2019
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Animal Slaughtering Data
Michael Fitzmaurice
511. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of factory-fit beef animals from Ireland slaughtered in meat plants in Northern Ireland in 2017 and 2018, respectively, and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12370/19]
Tue, 12 Mar 2019
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Animal Slaughtering Standards
Michael Fitzmaurice
512. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 239 of 6 March 2019, when a factory must revert to using an approved manual grader; if there is a protocol for a farmer to follow if unhappy with the grade awarded to an animal which he or she sent to slaughter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12413/19]
Tue, 12 Mar 2019
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Animal Slaughtering Standards
Michael Fitzmaurice
513. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if approved manual carcass graders are employed by his Department or the food business operator when they are called upon in a situation in which a mechanical grading machine is found to be working out of synchronicity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12414/19]
Thu, 7 Mar 2019
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Beef Environmental Efficiency Scheme Data
Michael Fitzmaurice
188. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications for the beef environmental efficiency pilot scheme by county; the number of cows applied for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11356/19]
Thu, 7 Mar 2019
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Beef Environmental Efficiency Scheme Data
Michael Fitzmaurice
189. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications to the beef environmental efficiency pilot scheme in terms of herd size (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11357/19]
Wed, 6 Mar 2019
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EU Regulations
Michael Fitzmaurice
239. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the protocols and procedures a farmer must follow to get a carcass grade rechecked if they are unhappy with the grade awarded by the mechanical grading machine (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11201/19]
Tue, 5 Mar 2019
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Labour Court Recommendations
Michael Fitzmaurice
253. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health if retired nurses are included in the pay deal offered to nurses recently; if they will be impacted by the proposed deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10298/19]
Tue, 5 Mar 2019
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Public Procurement Contracts
Michael Fitzmaurice
302. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health if the contractor awarded a HSE contract (details supplied) is paid fully and up to date and millions of euro are not outstanding for the supply of product under the contract and a related contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10453/19]
Tue, 5 Mar 2019
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Public Procurement Contracts
Michael Fitzmaurice
303. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health if an assurance will be given that HSE contracts (details supplied) are not in imminent danger of collapse due to payment or other difficulties known to him or the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10455/19]
Tue, 5 Mar 2019
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Public Procurement Contracts
Michael Fitzmaurice
304. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health his views on whether the pricing model for the delivery of product under a HSE contract (details supplied) is logical, sustainable and in alignment with the original tender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10457/19]
Tue, 5 Mar 2019
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Public Procurement Contracts
Michael Fitzmaurice
305. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health if the extension of two HSE contracts (details supplied) are fully compliant with all aspects of Irish and EU procurement rules; if the extensions rely on special clauses, powers or situations for their legal implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10459/19]
Tue, 5 Mar 2019
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Public Procurement Contracts
Michael Fitzmaurice
306. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health the reason the HSE could allow a procurement tender in which a carton to be delivered for the HSE under previous versions of a HSE contract (details supplied) would be charged at a rate of €58.50 plus VAT in view of the fact the maximum standard pricing in the marketplace is circa €5 to €6; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10461/19]
Tue, 5 Mar 2019
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Public Procurement Contracts
Michael Fitzmaurice
307. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health the rating in terms of service performance in relation to a HSE contract (details supplied); the way in which it compares to other contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10463/19]
Tue, 5 Mar 2019
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Meat Processing Plant Inspections
Michael Fitzmaurice
405. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the regularity with which officials carry out spot checks on carcase grades on a given day to ensure that the mechanical grading machine is working within its required parameters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10887/19]
Tue, 5 Mar 2019
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Tuberculosis Incidence
Michael Fitzmaurice
406. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 442 of 26 February 2019, the number of the 1,808 herds currently restricted due to tuberculosis officially classified as feedlots; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10888/19]
Tue, 5 Mar 2019
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Tuberculosis Eradication Programme Administration
Michael Fitzmaurice
407. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the different rules, regulations or procedures that normal herdowners must adhere to when they are restricted due to tuberculosis compared to those operating herds with feedlot status will be clarified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10889/19]
Wed, 27 Feb 2019
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Meat Processing Plants
Michael Fitzmaurice
157. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 489 of 19 February 2019, the locations these UK origin cows were slaughtered; the number of days these cows were resident in Irish herds before they were sent to slaughter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9870/19]
Wed, 27 Feb 2019
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TB Eradication Scheme
Michael Fitzmaurice
158. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason representatives from a group (details supplied) were refused admission to the 2030 TB stakeholder forum; if they will be admitted to future stakeholder meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9871/19]
Wed, 27 Feb 2019
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Fallen Animal Collection Scheme
Michael Fitzmaurice
159. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration will be given to removing or amending the maximum travel distance of 125 km on offal in view of the fact that other toxic and chemical waste can be transported to mainland Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9872/19]
Wed, 27 Feb 2019
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Livestock Issues
Michael Fitzmaurice
160. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason he is apparently complicit in a private arrangement between organisations (details supplied) regarding the four-movement rule by allowing Department-funded electronic boards in marts to display information which could devalue animals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9873/19]