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Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (25 Sep 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: This is not personal, but the reality is there is chaos in every aspect of housing currently. In fairness, no Minister can click his or her fingers and build houses overnight. Sadly, the figures that have come out over the past two years have been lies and damned lies. I have a problem with the people who gave the Minister those figures because they have felt no repercussions for those...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (25 Sep 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the names of a board of management of a primary school are available to the public from the school or the patron; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38306/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Transfers (25 Sep 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 332. To ask the Minister for Health the procedure for requesting a medical helicopter transfer from one HSE hospital to another; the persons authorised to make such request; if the requested hospital is obliged to accept the patient; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38689/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Transfers (25 Sep 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 333. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons authorised to travel with a patient who is being transferred from one HSE hospital to another; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38690/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Transfers (25 Sep 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 334. To ask the Minister for Health the precise role of the paramedic in the hand-over process to the medical team in a receiving hospital in the case of the helicopter transfer of a patient from one HSE hospital to another; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38691/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Files (25 Sep 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 335. To ask the Minister for Health if a patient's files travel with him or her in the case of the helicopter transfer of a patient from one HSE hospital to another; the person responsible for handing such files to the medical team in the receiving hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38692/18]

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (26 Sep 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I concur with the previous speaker. When a business opens it does not ram its offerings down one's throat. They offer tea, minerals or a drink. The opening of businesses is a one-time-only occasion. Licensed premises were referred to. Those premises are not taking money for the alcohol, but rather are giving drinks for free on opening days. In most parts of the country - it might be...

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (26 Sep 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I move amendment No. 9:In page 13, to delete lines 36 and 37. First, everyone here agrees with the spirit of the Bill. We all acknowledge that alcohol is a major problem right around the country. Most families, including my own, have been touched by problems with alcohol. However, there is being realistic and unrealistic. The reality is I did not drink Heineken because I saw the Heineken...

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (26 Sep 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I will also be brief. There is a concern that some of these breweries - they are where they are, and one cannot just pick them up and shift them to somewhere else - would be beside a park or areas where such facilities will now be forbidden. This is where they are located. Perhaps one facility might avoid the rules relating to advertising and signage while another might be situated next to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Sustaining Small Rural Businesses: Irish Local Development Network (27 Sep 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for their presentations. In particular I mention Ms Earley who comes from our neck of the woods. There is considerable debate about rural Ireland. The message needs to go out clearly that it is probably the best place a person can live. However, we need to ensure we keep people in order to keep those areas vibrant. At one time in nearly all rural...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Sustaining Small Rural Businesses: Irish Local Development Network (27 Sep 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: First, different groups come into a committee. We will do a report and that will be sent on. At the end of the day-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Sustaining Small Rural Businesses: Irish Local Development Network (27 Sep 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: -----however, let us nail it down to this. If the will is not there within either the Government or a Department, we will lobby. Deputy Martin Kenny and I are in opposition. At the end of the day, however, unless hard decisions are made, whatever is agreed in Europe under the CAP by officials and the Government, and whoever supports the Government, they must be pushed by the people that...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation Programme (2 Oct 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 465. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of hectares planted annually with Sitka spruce in each of the years 2007 to 2017, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39398/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation Programme (2 Oct 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 466. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of hectares planted annually with deciduous trees in each of the years 2007 to 2017, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39399/18]

Taxation Agreement: Motion (3 Oct 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: We are dealing with this day in, day out. Vulture funds and companies set up abroad can get away without paying tax. We need to make sure the loopholes used by certain companies are not used again in any agreements that are being signed.

Financial Resolution No. 3: Value-Added Tax (9 Oct 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: While it is widely acknowledged that things have been booming in the Dublin area, we must be mindful of small hotels in rural parts of Ireland which will not have beds full tonight and which struggle during the week especially. We must also be mindful of restaurants. We ought also to take into account that we are trying to keep people visiting here from England as tourists. It is not a...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Army Barracks (9 Oct 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 28. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if funding will be provided for the upgrade of the block 7 accommodation facility at Connolly Barracks in the Defence Forces training centre; when this project will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40869/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (9 Oct 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 67. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated amount it would cost in 2019 if the budget for the Comptroller and Auditor General increased by 15%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40868/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Resources (9 Oct 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 170. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated amount it would cost in 2019 if the budget for An Garda Síochána increased by 5%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40870/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Expenditure (9 Oct 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 171. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated amount it would cost in 2019 of increasing the budget for purchasing new Garda vehicles by 20%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40871/18]