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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (21 May 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 518. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he can confirm that a number of buildings in Castlerea, County Roscommon are to be used to house international protection applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22626/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (21 May 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 629. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Guillain-Barré syndrome cases in Ireland from 2018 to 2023, inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22872/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (21 May 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 630. To ask the Minister for Health if Ireland is planning to introduce a vaccine injury fund similar to other countries in the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22873/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (16 May 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 232. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress made in developing a procurement framework for disability home support; if he is still on target to develop and agree this by quarter of 2024, as per the HSE National Service Plan 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22154/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (16 May 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 245. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting list for home support for each month in 2024, in each CHO and LHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22151/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (16 May 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 246. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time in CHO 2 for those approved for home support and waiting for services to commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22152/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (16 May 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 247. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people in CHO 2 currently waiting for home support for longer than three months; the number of people waiting for longer than six, longer than 12 and longer than 24 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22153/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (16 May 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 253. To ask the Minister for Health if a locum GP will be put in place at a health centre (details supplied) to cover a departure; what plans are in place for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22175/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (Resumed) (15 May 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: An interim review on IFFPG was completed in quarter 1 2023 by the Department of the environment. What was the result of that review? There was a document sent to the joint committee in 2021. Does the Department have a copy of that review?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (Resumed) (15 May 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: No, it was completed in quarter 1 of 2023.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (Resumed) (15 May 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Okay. How much farm plastic was exported from this country in the past six months and in all of last year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (Resumed) (15 May 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: The Minister of State's officials should have that information. I am talking about farm plastic, nothing else. Make sure it is farm plastic.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (Resumed) (15 May 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: What was exported in total in 2023? The Department would definitely have those figures.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (Resumed) (15 May 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I am talking about farm plastic now. Be very clear on that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (Resumed) (15 May 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I want the 2023 volume of farm plastics. I do not want to know about other plastics, just farm plastic only. The Department has given money for research. There were €2 million or €3 million in funds it gave to some companies. How successful has that been? It is making wax for candles or something like that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (Resumed) (15 May 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Yes, there was a company trying to set up the gear to recycle plastic and make it into candle wax.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (Resumed) (15 May 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: No, sorry. Just be clear on this. From every bit of research I have done, the fertiliser bags can be used for that but the farm plastic for bales or silage cannot be used for the plastic stakes, as we call them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (Resumed) (15 May 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I am asking how successful it was. Does the Department know?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (Resumed) (15 May 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: We have done a fair bit of analysis on plastics, as have others. We would be fairly confident there are 35,000 tonnes of plastic lying around in yards in Ireland at the moment. Why did the Department not, as we asked, get an independent body to carry out an estimate or quantification of the amount of plastic that is in those yards?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (Resumed) (15 May 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I asked if anybody from the Department did this. It is estimated that around the country, between all the different yards that store plastic and allowing for some that moved in the last three months, there are approximately 35,000 tonnes. Does the Department have an independently verified exact figure to verify whether that is correct or not?