Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

State Examinations

Michael Fitzmaurice

457. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education when the Junior Certificate results will be released to those persons who sat their Junior Certificate in June 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51613/22]

Industrial Relations

Michael Fitzmaurice

744. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health the progress that has been made in getting a review (details supplied) up and running; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51422/22]

Hospital Staff

Michael Fitzmaurice

745. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health the number of radiation therapists who have been recruited by the HSE in each of the years 2010 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51423/22]

Forestry Sector

Michael Fitzmaurice

864. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to any semi-state body connected with forestry that is putting together a special vehicle to draw down funding from the premium system on forestry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51514/22]

Forestry Sector

Michael Fitzmaurice

795. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if large-scale investors associated with a semi-state forestry company will be allowed to claim forestry premiums in the next forestry programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50165/22]

Forestry Sector

Michael Fitzmaurice

796. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Forestry Service advertised and accepted applications for a forest-frost reconstitution scheme without having a standard operating procedure in place to deal with the applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50166/22]

Forestry Sector

Michael Fitzmaurice

797. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 738 and 739 of 4 October 2022, the number of forest-frost reconstitution applications that are with his Department now; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50167/22]

Medicinal Products

Michael Fitzmaurice

338. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health the reason that the medication ozempic is not available through the medical card system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48938/22]

Mental Health Services

Michael Fitzmaurice

585. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) who has twice been refereed to CAMHS Roscommon, the latest being in July 2022, will be called for an assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47976/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Michael Fitzmaurice

587. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health when the staff of a nursing home (details supplied) will receive the €1,000 pandemic bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47992/22]

Forestry Sector

Michael Fitzmaurice

736. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the exact date that the details of the new forestry programme will be sent to the European Commission for review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47883/22]

Forestry Sector

Michael Fitzmaurice

737. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date that his Department will publish a Forestry Licensing Plan for 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47884/22]

Forestry Sector

Michael Fitzmaurice

738. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of afforestation licences that have been received by his Department that remain to be processed; the length of time that each application has been with his Department in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47885/22]

Forestry Sector

Michael Fitzmaurice

739. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of licences per scheme type which were applied for before 1 January 2021 that remain to be processed by his Department in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47886/22]

Forestry Sector

Michael Fitzmaurice

740. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a private forestry association (details supplied) will be invited onto the Forest Policy Group; when such a decision will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47887/22]

Departmental Schemes

Michael Fitzmaurice

768. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if over 30,000 farmers apply for the agri-climate rural environment scheme who are now under CAP and tier one, two and three will all be accepted in cases in which their application is correct; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48621/22]

Wastewater Treatment

Michael Fitzmaurice

39. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason he is not resolving the grant system for persons who were not registered for septic tanks and who have had an inspection and been refused the grant assistance as their tank was not registered. [46756/22]

Housing Policy

Michael Fitzmaurice

41. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the new grant for the refurbishment of old derelict houses will be extended to rural areas, given that, at present, the scheme is only available in certain towns. [46755/22]

Energy Prices

Michael Fitzmaurice

33. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the reason that rural customers should pay a higher standing-charge than urban users; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46599/22]

School Transport

Michael Fitzmaurice

237. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education if she will investigate the reason that a pupil (details supplied) who applied for a school bus ticket in April 2022 and who has been using the school transport service for the past four years and is paying for this service has been advised that there is no bus ticket despite the bus travelling the route on a daily basis at 50% capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46670/22]

School Transport

Michael Fitzmaurice

242. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education the number of children who applied for and received school bus tickets to date in 2022 who are attending a secondary school and who did not previously hold a school bus ticket; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46716/22]

School Transport

Michael Fitzmaurice

243. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education the number of children who applied for and received school bus tickets to date in 2022 who are attending a primary school and who did not previously hold a ticket; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46717/22]

School Transport

Michael Fitzmaurice

244. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education the number of children who applied for a school bus ticket to date in 2022 who are attending a secondary school and were refused a ticket due to there being no place on the bus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46718/22]

Hospital Staff

Michael Fitzmaurice

509. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health if he will engage with the HSE to ensure that the current staffing numbers for neurology nurse specialists in the neurology department in University Hospital Galway is addressed given that patients are unnecessarily waiting longer for diagnosis and treatment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46971/22]

Motor Fuels

Michael Fitzmaurice

31. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Transport if he has outlined the opportunity that exists in relation to the use of hydrotreated vegetable oil to members of county councils and the Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46191/22]

Tax Code

Michael Fitzmaurice

133. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Finance if the duty that was removed from petrol and diesel will apply for another year; and if he will freeze the carbon tax in light of the current energy crisis. [46192/22]

Social Welfare Payments

Michael Fitzmaurice

83. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Social Protection when a supplementary payment will issue to a person (details supplied) that applied for this payment on 7 July while awaiting the outcome of another application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46091/22]

EU Regulations

Michael Fitzmaurice

58. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will oppose the proposed European Union regulation on land and peat restoration with reference to the biodiversity strategy and climate strategy as part of the European Union Council of Ministers, given that the consequences for Irish farming will be detrimental if this regulation is left in its present form (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45814/22]

Child and Family Agency

Michael Fitzmaurice

405. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way in which TUSLA are allowed to hold up registration of Early Years Services because of inadequacies in their office and leave children without a service knowing that the school term begins in September 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45559/22]

School Facilities

Michael Fitzmaurice

824. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education if the policy of her Department in relation to funding where oil boilers in schools get worn out or at end of life is that funding will only be given to schools for gas boilers in all areas even though tanks and all ancillaries will have to be installed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42293/22]

Energy Prices

Michael Fitzmaurice

825. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education if she has concerns that the price of gas has risen 700% over the past year and that schools will not be able to afford the massive difference in the running cost of recapitation they receive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42294/22]

Energy Usage

Michael Fitzmaurice

826. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education if she has concerns that the supply of gas may become scarce going forward; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42295/22]

School Facilities

Michael Fitzmaurice

827. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education if her Department has done an analysis on extra costs countywide to replace existing boilers with gas boilers; the estimated cost to replace these; the estimated extra running cost to schools in total nationwide; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42296/22]

Tax Code

Michael Fitzmaurice

325. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider changing the stamp duty rate for those who purchase a commercial property and that undertake to turn it into a residential property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39754/22]

Departmental Expenditure

Michael Fitzmaurice

464. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount that his Department spent on rented accommodation in Portlaoise in 2019, 2020 and 2021 given the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40127/22]

Passport Services

Michael Fitzmaurice

913. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when a person (details supplied) who submitted a passport application in September 2021 will receive the passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39885/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Michael Fitzmaurice

1783. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the number of patients in hospital with Covid-19 each day since 1 June 2022, up to and including 18 July 2022; the number of these who were hospitalised due to Covid-19 alone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40417/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Michael Fitzmaurice

1784. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health of patients in hospital with Covid-19 each day since 1 June 2022 up to 18 July 2022, the number of those who were fully vaccinated against Covid-19 including boosters where appropriate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40418/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Michael Fitzmaurice

1785. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health of patients in hospital with Covid-19 each day since 1 June 2022 up to 18 July 2022, the number of those who were partly vaccinated against Covid-19, that is, one dose or two doses but not all boosters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40419/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Michael Fitzmaurice

1786. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health of patients in hospital with Covid-19 each day since 1 June 2022 up to 18 July 2022, the number of those who were not vaccinated at all against Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40420/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Michael Fitzmaurice

1787. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health of patients in hospital with Covid-19 each day since 1 June 2022 up to 18 July 2022, the number of those who were treated in an intensive care unit for Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40421/22]

Forestry Sector

Michael Fitzmaurice

1130. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will issue on an application by a person (details supplied) who applied for a felling licence in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37302/22]

Forestry Sector

Michael Fitzmaurice

1131. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will issue on an application by a person (details supplied) who applied for a felling licence in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37303/22]

Forestry Sector

Michael Fitzmaurice

1132. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will issue on an application by a person (details supplied) who applied for a felling licence in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37304/22]

Forestry Sector

Michael Fitzmaurice

1133. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will issue on an application by a person (details supplied) who applied for a felling licence in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37305/22]

Air Services

Michael Fitzmaurice

152. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Transport the performance indicators that have been agreed with an airline (details supplied) on the regional development of routes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36187/22]

Air Services

Michael Fitzmaurice

153. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Transport the role his Department plays in the issuing of moneys from the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund to an airline (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36189/22]

Strategic Infrastructure

Michael Fitzmaurice

162. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Finance the measures put in place by his Department to guarantee that the monies lent by the Irish Strategic Investment Fund will be used only for aviation development within the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36184/22]

Strategic Infrastructure

Michael Fitzmaurice

163. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Finance the details of the measures in place to monitor the way in which, and the location, of the moneys lent by the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund are spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36185/22]

Strategic Infrastructure

Michael Fitzmaurice

164. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Finance if the directors of an airline (details supplied) have given his Department an undertaking to use Ireland Strategic Investment Fund moneys only in the development of routes within and from the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36186/22]