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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme (1 May 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will be notified of a decision on its application for the summer works scheme which was submitted in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18549/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Inquiries (1 May 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 251. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Irish Medical Council investigation into a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18737/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Negligence Cases (1 May 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 252. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether he has a duty of care with regard to a person (details supplied); his further views on whether there is an onus on him to obtain a resolution for the care of the person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18738/18]

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I have submitted amendments to the Bill, as have Deputies Troy and Danny Healy-Rae. If he reads them, the Minister will see that they contain many common-sense proposals. There is also compromise in the amendments tabled. We should be clear on one aspect. The reason these amendments have been submitted is that in parts of rural Ireland the nearest taxi service is 15 miles or 20 km away....

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Reference has been made to cyclists. Everyone respects cyclists, but we need to have a common-sense approach to all of this. Deputies might not be aware that there is machinery in rural parts of Ireland that is 7 ft. or 8 ft. wide. A mower might be 10 ft. wide. Someone driving one of these vehicles might struggle to go down a road, even if he or she does not meet anyone on the road. If...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Payments (8 May 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 442. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive full arrears; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19660/18]

Mandatory Open Disclosure: Motion (15 May 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I welcome the Sinn Féin motion. The only question is what will change. In recent weeks we have been at meetings on mental health with the Minister. The HSE officials basically told us that they do what they want and they bring whoever they wish to a meeting. What are we going to do? Are we going to bring in legislative change that will make people accountable? The first job for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Provision (15 May 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 378. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to approve funding for a nurse to administer the drug Ocrelizumab which has been pre-approved for 12 patients (details supplied) diagnosed with primary progressive multiple sclerosis attending the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20943/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Provision (15 May 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 379. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be approved to provide a nurse to administer the drug Ocrelizumab which has been pre-approved for twelve patients diagnosed with primary progressive multiple sclerosis attending the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20944/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Appeals (15 May 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 452. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 547 of 27 February 2018, when a review decision will be made in respect of a person (details supplied) who subsequently won their appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20919/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (15 May 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 472. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there will be no 15% balancing payments for GLAS issuing until all management plans are completed for all participants in the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21353/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Commonage Management Plans (15 May 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 473. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if staff will be put in place to complete the commonage management plans under the GLAS scheme in circumstances in which the existing planner is overloaded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21354/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Commonage Framework Plans (16 May 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 172. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of fully completed commonage management plans received by his Department; the number outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21528/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (17 May 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the upgrade to the N67 involves replacing stone walls with stake and wire fencing in view of the fact this is not in keeping with the heritage and landscape of the area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21772/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Genomics Programme: Discussion (22 May 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. The questions about the board will be answered when representatives of the ICBF come before us later. We need to make sure to keep most farming going, as best as we can. However, if a farmer in the west of Ireland buys the first heifer out of a dairy herd, he or she will have to breed again a second time to get back into the suckler side of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Genomics Programme: Discussion (22 May 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the delegates for their presentation. No more than any other member here, I believe the board set-up is the first thing that needs to be addressed. I have considered the delegates' presentation. Am I correct in reading that the rate of calves dying at birth has risen from the previous figure to 1.3%? Am I correct in saying there are more calves dead at birth?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Genomics Programme: Discussion (22 May 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I refer to calves dead at birth in the past three years and to calves dead at 28 days. We have more calves dead.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Genomics Programme: Discussion (22 May 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: The delegates said they have taken 600,000 samples. In 2011 or 2012, we had 1.1 million suckler cows. The number is decreasing rapidly. I am glad to see that the delegates' figures confirm what I said last Christmas. Would it be fair to say 470,000 calves are projected this year for the beef herd?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Genomics Programme: Discussion (22 May 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: What is coming down the line looks dark. The reason for that is farmers are not making money out of it. While I notice with regard to docility that they are 4% quieter, the number of farmers killed by cows in recent years has gone up, whatever about the docility coming down. We are talking about an increase of ten or 11 days for the calf. I have spoken to farmers about the reasons. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Genomics Programme: Discussion (22 May 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Dr. Cromie talked about 70,000 extra calves born. He is presuming there are 1 million beef calves born per year. We are at 470,000 now.