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Tue, 10 Oct 2023
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Departmental Staff
Michael Fitzmaurice
341. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Justice the number of staff suffering from long-Covid who have had their employment terminated by her Department (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43526/23]
Tue, 10 Oct 2023
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Michael Fitzmaurice
472. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health the number of staff suffering from long Covid who have had their employment terminated by his Department (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43524/23]
Thu, 5 Oct 2023
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Tax Code
Michael Fitzmaurice
207. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Finance to provide, in tabular form, a sectoral breakdown of the estimated annual costs to the Exchequer of reverting to the previous temporary 9% VAT rate for tourism-related industries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43336/23]
Thu, 5 Oct 2023
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Tax Code
Michael Fitzmaurice
208. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Finance to provide the estimated annual cost to the Exchequer of creating a specific 9% VAT, as opposed to the current 13.5% VAT rate, which would apply only to food sales, be it restaurant, takeaway, hotel food sales and so on, assuming that bed and breakfast deals would simply attract the current rate of 13.5%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43337/23]
Thu, 5 Oct 2023
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Tax Code
Michael Fitzmaurice
209. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has conducted a balancing exercise to determine the impact of the reversion of temporary VAT rate of 9% to the current VAT rate of 13.5% for tourism-related activities, in the context of reduced employment, closures, and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43338/23]
Thu, 5 Oct 2023
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Tax Code
Michael Fitzmaurice
210. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has not conducted a balancing exercise to determine the impact of the reversion of temporary VAT rate of 9% to the current VAT rate of 13.5% for tourism-related activities, in the context of reduced employment, closures and so on, if it will do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43339/23]
Thu, 5 Oct 2023
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Tax Code
Michael Fitzmaurice
211. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Finance if he or his Department has considered splitting VAT rates on accommodation between rural accommodation providers and urban accommodation providers, given the vast differences in rates and price gouging being engaged in by some urban accommodation providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43340/23]
Tue, 3 Oct 2023
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Ministerial Responsibilities
Michael Fitzmaurice
373. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 336 of 26 September 2023, if he can confirm whether he or persons (details supplied) consulted with the Commission for Public Service Appointments prior to issuing said order; if so, if there is any documentation evidencing same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42684/23]
Tue, 3 Oct 2023
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Agriculture Schemes
Michael Fitzmaurice
463. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive payment under the fodder scheme for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42153/23]
Tue, 3 Oct 2023
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Forestry Sector
Michael Fitzmaurice
464. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 740, 744, 748, 754, 760, 772, 773, 776 and 778 of 20 September 2023, and his reply, in stating that he wants to ensure that the farmer deferential benefits farmers directly and exclusively, if other landowners recognised and registered as carrying out a farming activity in other sections of his Department are not actually recognised as farmers by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42157/23]
Tue, 3 Oct 2023
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Forestry Sector
Michael Fitzmaurice
465. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 740, 744, 748, 754, 760, 772, 773, 776 and 778 of 20 September 2023, to provide necessary documentation to show that considerations were made regarding the implications of the farmer definition as it appears in the scheme document, considering the clarifications sought by stakeholders; to confirm that his Department has not changed any of the rules on farmer definition since the launch of the scheme document; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42158/23]
Tue, 26 Sep 2023
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School Transport
Michael Fitzmaurice
282. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education when tickets for school transport will issue to a child (details supplied) who has no other means of getting to school, and who applied and paid for their annual school bus tickets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41505/23]
Tue, 26 Sep 2023
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Ministerial Responsibilities
Michael Fitzmaurice
336. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he can clarify which functions have been delegated under legislation (details supplied); if an order is still in place; if not, when it expired and what has replaced it; if he or named persons consulted with the Commission for Public Service Appointments prior to issuing said order; if so, if there is any documentation evidencing of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41181/23]
Tue, 26 Sep 2023
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Rights of Way
Michael Fitzmaurice
442. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the legal division within his Department will make a decision in respect of a request by a person (details supplied) in December 2021 seeking its consent and-or agreement to discharge a right of way from their folio in order to facilitate the sale of said person's lands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41361/23]
Tue, 26 Sep 2023
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Agriculture Schemes
Michael Fitzmaurice
451. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive payment under the fodder scheme for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41493/23]
Tue, 26 Sep 2023
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Michael Fitzmaurice
585. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 658 of 7 March 2023, when staff from a nursing home (details supplied), which has since closed down will receive their Covid-19 special recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41484/23]
Thu, 21 Sep 2023
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Hospital Facilities
Michael Fitzmaurice
256. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health if the Sacred Heart Hospital, Roscommon can now return to the admission of new patients in view of the closure of the church in the facility which has been the reason for no intake of patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40814/23]
Thu, 21 Sep 2023
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Hospital Facilities
Michael Fitzmaurice
257. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health when will works commence on the upgrading of facilities at the Sacred Heart Hospital, Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40815/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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School Transport
Michael Fitzmaurice
307. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education when tickets for school transport will issue for two siblings (details supplied) who applied and paid for their annual school bus tickets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40014/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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School Transport
Michael Fitzmaurice
310. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education when tickets for school transport will issue to a child (details supplied) who has no other means of getting to school, and who applied and paid for their annual school bus tickets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40029/23]