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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Meat Processing Plant Inspections (12 Feb 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 527. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of occasions in 2018 during the course of an unannounced inspection an FBO was asked to check and record the accuracy of the weighing scales used for the purposes of weighing a carcase in the presence of the authorised officer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6413/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (12 Feb 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 707. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if supervisors and assistant supervisors of community employment schemes can transfer to another scheme operated by a different sponsoring organisation when a scheme closes; if they must be made redundant before taking up a new position; if the entitlements they have built up in their time on the initial schemes will be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank Mr. Scallan for his presentation. I presume the new rule is an EU rule.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: What has changed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Mr. Scallan asked a question about the problems in having cattle killed in Northern Ireland. I will answer it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Mr. Scallan spoke about the problems in having cattle killed in England and Northern Ireland.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I will answer that question. There are certainly monopolies in those jurisdictions which are preventing the slaughter of Irish cattle. The same applies in respect of the guidelines on cattle younger than 30 months. If the factories are stuck for cattle, they will not give a damn if cattle are 40 months old, but if there are plenty of cattle available, they will find a problem with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Mr. Scallan mentioned that 2.4 million calves a year were born in Ireland and that 1.7 million were presented for slaughter. The reality, as the dogs on the street know, is that once the kill goes above the figure of 30,000 each week, we are in trouble. The factory can pull down one's trousers and the farmer is left with a lower price. They are the facts. Whether we like it, that is what...

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (13 Feb 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: One thing that is missing from the debate on the different amendments and noise levels in Dublin is the fact that Dublin is under pressure. We see it in the fiasco with the national children's hospital, but we also see it at the airport where the volume of traffic is growing, which is good. Nobody disputes this, but there is a bridge that cannot be crossed. I know that the Minister is...

Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Before the house is built, planning is needed, roads and sewers must be put in and there is an awful problem in this country in that we do not do a bit of planning ahead of building a house. We think it will just fall down out of the sky. Right around this country the State owns a lot of land and it has never pursued an objective of putting in sewage treatment plants, having the water...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (14 Feb 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 141. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 429 of 22 January 2019, if those living in Glenamaddy, County Galway, availing of Westdoc services and that have no access to transport to bring them to Roscommon will be facilitated in Glenamaddy when they make a call to Westdoc; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7413/19]

Management Fees (Local Property Tax) Relief Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Feb 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I welcome the opportunity to contribute on this Bill, which I support. Many people who bought houses are caught up in this situation, especially in larger towns and cities, and must pay property tax as well as these fees. Something must be done, as many of the people in question bought their houses at a time when prices were high. The property tax is the most unfair tax. It would at...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Budgets (19 Feb 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 177. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the budget of Departments will face cuts due to the spending overrun in the national children’s hospital; if so, the areas the adjustments to the budget will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8348/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (19 Feb 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedures in place for a patron to remove clergy from a school board of management at their discretion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8281/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (19 Feb 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 411. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made in respect of the application submitted in July 2018 by a company (details supplied) for the Translarna drug for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8199/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (19 Feb 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 412. To ask the Minister for Health when the drugs committee will assess the new submission made by a company (details supplied) for the Translarna drug for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8200/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital Expenditure (19 Feb 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 408. To ask the Minister for Health if there will be a delay in the delivery of a number of hospital builds (details supplied) due to the overspend on the national children’s hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8159/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Meat Processing Plants (19 Feb 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 489. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cows of UK origin slaughtered in factories here per month in 2017 and 2018, respectively, and in January 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8344/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Reform (19 Feb 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 490. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which his Department plans to evaluate if the CAP proposals proposed by the main farming organisations truly reflect the views of farmers; if he will allow all farmers to vote on the CAP proposals through an online system such as agfood.ie or through veterinary offices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8345/19]