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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Engagement with Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (28 May 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Then we will go-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Engagement with Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (28 May 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Chair?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Engagement with Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (28 May 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: May I ask the Minister a question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Engagement with Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (28 May 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Or one of his officials behind him. Is it acceptable that, as a public representative, I rang three times in this area and was not rung back but got a press of a button every time? That is not acceptable for any TD to get, so-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Engagement with Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (28 May 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Yes, the Minister does. I am talking about the senior official behind him.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Engagement with Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (28 May 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Willie Murphy was excellent, by the way.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Engagement with Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (28 May 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: When will the farmer be paid this? After two years' or three years' waiting?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Engagement with Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (28 May 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Time up.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Haulage Industry (28 May 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 154. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider mainstreaming the criteria required between the various Departments involved when bringing a HGV driver from an non-EU country and so reducing the wait time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27853/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (22 May 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 359. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting for a routine CT scan in Roscommon University Hospital as of the 16 May 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26459/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (22 May 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 360. To ask the Minister for Health the weekly capacity for routine CT scans in Roscommon University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26460/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (22 May 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 361. To ask the Minister for Health the number of office staff and medical staff located and employed in the radiology department in Roscommon University Hospital; the number employed in these areas in each of the years 2019 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26461/25]

Fair and Sustainable Funding for Carers, Home Support and Nursing Homes Support Schemes: Motion [Private Members] (21 May 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this motion. I appreciate that the Minister is supporting it. The means test for carers is mentioned in the programme for Government. I have seen many cases where people's sons or daughters went from the west to Dublin or wherever else and when they came home to mind their parents they were not allowed to get the carer's grant because they had a...

Fair and Sustainable Funding for Carers, Home Support and Nursing Homes Support Schemes: Motion [Private Members] (21 May 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: If I could have just one second. They might lease the land, and if they do, they are in trouble.

Fair and Sustainable Funding for Carers, Home Support and Nursing Homes Support Schemes: Motion [Private Members] (21 May 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Could the Minister look at this because it is ferociously important to help the situation?

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (13 May 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 942. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how many forestry felling licences were issued in 45 days or less from applications received from 1 January 2025 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24334/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (7 May 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 372. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a tree felling licence will issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22638/25]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Functions (29 Apr 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 182. To ask the Taoiseach when the disability unit that was to be established in the Department of An Taoiseach will be put into operation. [21139/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (29 Apr 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 551. To ask the Minister for Finance when a review of the inheritance tax threshold will be initiated to include those persons deceased who do not have children and wish to leave their estate to a person to ensure there is no discrimination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18629/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (29 Apr 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 930. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the requirement for professionals who wish to extend their registration with the Teaching Council in order to provide home tuition, to undertake additional courses (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19815/25]