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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Special Reports on EU Support for Young Farmers and the Rural Affairs Programme: European Court of Auditors (24 Jan 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the witnesses for their presentation. It contained charts from 2007 to 2013 showing that there has been a decline in the numbers of farmers. There were 300,000 farmers in Ireland when we joined the EU. We now have 120,000 farmers. It should not come as a shock to any body or group that farmer numbers have been in decline across Europe over the last 20 years. If I run a company...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Regulations 2018: Motion (25 Jan 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I support the regulations. For years, many elected representatives here have said that planning must be made simpler in certain situations in order that we have housing. Unfortunately, many people have moved out of towns and small villages in rural areas and this has left them like ghost towns because no one is living there any longer. We need to ensure that we make things simple. At its...

Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Second and Subsequent Stages (25 Jan 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I welcome and support the Bill and commend Senator Lawless and all those involved in proposing it. Tourists come to Ireland at different times of the year and the more we can get in the better. Some are baffled as to why the pubs are closed on Good Friday. I have heard the debates on the drink culture. Members of my family had drink problems so this is coming from someone who has gone...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (25 Jan 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 134. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to identify the persons that are at risk of suffering from side effects due to the chronic stimulation of their immune system through the gardasil HPV vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3751/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Reports (25 Jan 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 198. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the person or body that researched and composed the report by her Department, chronic fatigue syndrome version 5; the costs involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3752/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Data (31 Jan 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 202. To ask the Minister for Health if a person who is working in the HSE and has reached 65 years of age can continue working until 70 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4696/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: EU Directives (31 Jan 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 217. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the medical officer in his Department is advising chiropractors that they are to stop using x-ray machines or referring persons for x-rays from 6 February 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4781/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (31 Jan 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 250. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive a GLAS payment, an organics payment for 2017 and a balancing BPS payment for 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4698/18]

National Broadband Plan: Motion [Private Members] (6 Feb 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: A mistake was made, not in this Dáil but in a previous Dáil, when it was decided to sell Telecom Éireann. I have always said we should own our own infrastructure. I note that one official is with the Minister in the Chamber. He probably heard the same; that they were fed up of promises of private operators saying what they would do and that there was no more licences being...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (6 Feb 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 159. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Departments that had an underspend for 2015, 2016 and 2017; the amount of the underspend; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5381/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Recruitment (6 Feb 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 388. To ask the Minister for Health when a replacement registered general nurse, RGN, will be put in place in a health centre (details supplied); if the centre will be employing another public health nurse, PHN; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5706/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (6 Feb 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 627. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1771 of 16 January 2018, the specific number of new builds finished; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5791/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (6 Feb 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 628. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1772 of 16 January 2018, the specific number of new builds finished; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5792/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (6 Feb 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 629. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1797 of 16 January 2018, the number of houses in question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5793/18]

National Broadband Procurement Process: Statements (7 Feb 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the Independents 4 Change for giving me the time to speak. As the Minister and anyone here in the House is probably aware, the greatest mistake that ever was made was the sale of Eircom because since then, no matter what Minister is in power, it has put us on the back foot. It is probably one of the costliest mistakes this country has ever made and we probably will continue to regret...

National Broadband Procurement Process: Statements (7 Feb 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: For too long broadband has been promised by all sides of the Dáil. We must work together to ensure it is delivered. There are obstacles. We must hope Enet stays in the game because we had two other engines on the plane and they fell off. I am very wary of Eir, and I do not deny that. I was even more alarmed when I saw who is buying Eir. I have read up a little on developments in...

Roads Maintenance: Motion [Private Members] (13 Feb 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I welcome this motion, which I support. The roads budget is a major problem. We know that from 2008 up to now, most counties received only 55% of what they received in 2008. We are wasting a lot of money. The day of the 804 and tar and chip on top of it is over because, unfortunately the 804 is disintegrating underneath it. We need to go down the road of DPM macadam. It currently costs...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Broadband Service Provision (13 Feb 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools that do not have broadband due to lack of such services in their area; the number of primary schools that have 5Mbps or less; the reason primary school principals are left with no Internet or Internet breaking down as a consequence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7051/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Broadband Service Provision (13 Feb 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools in counties Roscommon and Galway that do not have broadband due to lack of such services in their areas; the primary schools in counties Roscommon and Galway that have 5Mbps or less; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7052/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Broadband Service Provision (13 Feb 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason his Department refuses to fund the cost of alternative broadband suppliers to primary schools in areas in which the preferred supplier cannot provide proper broadband or the coverage is better from an alternative supplier; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7053/18]