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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Sale of Permanent TSB Mortgage Loans: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)

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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Sale of Permanent TSB Mortgage Loans: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank Mr. Masding.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (11 Dec 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the governance manual 2015-2019 and the Education Act 1998 is the only legislation in place governing the removal of persons by a patron from a primary school board of management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51709/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Applications (11 Dec 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 518. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will issue on an invalidity review for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51666/18]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Immigration Policy (12 Dec 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this Topical Issue matter. Public representatives across the country have been inundated with emails and phone calls from people who are concerned about the compact. There was a ferocious debate between two candidates for the leadership of Angela Merkel's party in Germany. There is concern in other countries. Some of the stuff out there may not be...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Immigration Policy (12 Dec 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the Minister of State for clarifying the position. The CDU had a heated and protracted debate on this issue even though Angela Merkel is very much in favour of supporting migrants. There is a fear about why Austria and many other countries have pulled out of the process. Many politicians, as outlined by the Minister of State, have probably supported this for political gain. The...

Anti-Evictions Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Dec 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill, parts of which are a no-brainer. Many people in this country are receiving notice to quit letters from banks which are moving to sell buy-to-let properties. We need to introduce a law in this country so that this does not continue to happen. In my opinion, many of the banks involved are scum. Yesterday in County Roscommon a group of 20 or...

Local Government Bill 2018: Order for Report Stage (13 Dec 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Clarification is required. We all attended the Committee Stage debate. How is it the amendment could be accepted for debate on Committee Stage and was not ruled out of order? Can anybody clearly state what rules are different on Committee Stage when it can be ruled out of order on this Stage? We are discussing the same Bill and the same amendments.

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I welcome that the Minister of State got this legislation taken here this week. I ask him to convey my thanks to Mr. Niall Ó Donnchú and Mr. Brian Lucas who have worked on this for a considerable time. This has gone on for two years. I welcome the progress made and I thank the Minister of State for his co-operation.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (18 Dec 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 618. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will issue in regard to a review of a carer's allowance application submitted in April 2018 by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52956/18]

Promoting Cycling: Motion [Private Members] (19 Dec 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I welcome the holding of this debate and compliment Deputy Troy. It is clear to anybody who drives into a city every morning that more and more people are using bicycles. This can be seen every single day, especially in the larger cities. Motorists always fear encountering a cyclist when turning left. We need to consider constructing something like a flyover. It is a death trap when...

Rural Crime: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jan 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I welcome this debate and support the motion introduced by the Rural Independent Group. Some of the proposals in the motion such as the establishment of a taskforce and a review of trespass laws are good idea. We need to move forward with those. The recommendations of Kathleen O'Toole's report included much of what many people have said about ensuring there are gardaí in local areas....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Transfers (15 Jan 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 537. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to move a resident of a unit (details supplied) who requires one-to-one specialist care to a nursing home in which the standard of care they are receiving will not be attainable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54041/18]

Nurses and Midwives: Motion [Private Members] (16 Jan 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the motion. As everyone knows, nursing is not a job, it is a vocation. Nurses' dedication, the hours they put in and the way they look after people day in and day out is a credit to them. Nurses on the front line have endured horrific working conditions in recent years and they have kept going, kept working and kept airing their views as to the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Meat Processing Plant Inspections (16 Jan 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 217. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of inspections carried out on adult sheep carcasses, that is, those over one year of age, in processing factories in each of the years 2016 to 2018, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1919/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Meat Processing Plant Inspections (16 Jan 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 218. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of inspections carried out on lamb carcasses, that is, those under one year of age, in processing factories in each of the years 2016 to 2018, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1920/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Meat Processing Plant Inspections (16 Jan 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 219. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of instances of non-compliance in relation to carcass trimming regulations detected when adult sheep carcasses over one year of age and lamb carcasses under one year of age were inspected in processing factories in each of the years 2016 to 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1921/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Identification Schemes (16 Jan 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 220. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of times food business organisations have accessed herd numbers of farmers through the AIM system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1922/19]

National Broadband Plan: Motion [Private Members] (22 Jan 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I support the motion. I have been here for four years. This is about the 20th time we have discussed rural broadband during Private Members' business yet the circus goes on. This has supposedly been coming to rural areas since 2012. I am from a rural area. I worry about competence in respect of what is happening. I am not saying it directly to the Minister because he is not long in the...

National Broadband Plan: Motion [Private Members] (22 Jan 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: It was a private company that did that, not the Government.