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Health (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (23 Oct 2020)

Michael Fitzmaurice: We are probably wasting our time. We are just being trampled on with the decisions that are being made. I watched the Minister while the previous speaker was talking. He never got off his telephone. In fairness, the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, is watching the debate. The other issue is the churches. Some 25 people can go to a wedding and 25 can go to a funeral. Some people...

Level 5 Response to Covid-19: Statements (Resumed) (23 Oct 2020)

Michael Fitzmaurice: It is a pity that the Minister left because many Deputies ran to the Chamber to get answers. I compliment Deputy Carthy on raising the issue of Virapro. My understanding is that it has been known about for a while. I will let Deputy Carthy talk about that. I would also like to refer to the issue of PCS numbers. We raised this at the Joint Committee on Agriculture and the Marine....

Level 5 Response to Covid-19: Statements (Resumed) (23 Oct 2020)

Michael Fitzmaurice: We had understood the Minister, Deputy McConalogue, was coming in to address the situation that has developed with the sanitisers. Would it be fair to ask you that the Minister would come back and address those, either in written form or otherwise? They need to be addressed because I asked serious questions in my contribution.

Forestry (Planning Permission) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Oct 2020)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I am sharing time with Deputy Harkin. I thank Deputy Martin Kenny for bringing this Bill forward as it is worth debating. We must decide what kind of system we are going to have. Will we have a system with the councils or have the joke of a system that we have at the moment right around this country? The Government talks about forestry but we do not have forestry in Ireland at the moment....

River Shannon Management Agency Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Nov 2020)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Even though I spoke to him before, I officially wish the Minister of State the best of luck in his new job. I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill. The Government has moved an amendment to the Bill. However, we should not play politics with the Shannon, which covers 11 different counties. There are people tortured in all those counties. I ask everybody to come together. This is...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 525. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the guidelines for teaching of music within a group and individual setting respectively under level 5 restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32568/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 705. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that have been notified by the HSE that they have had a case of Covid-19 since schools returned in September; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32333/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rural Social Scheme (3 Nov 2020)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 835. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is a reduction in funding to the RSS scheme in the proposed Estimates for 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32335/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 1131. To ask the Minister for Health the number of schools his Department or the HSE has notified that have had cases of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32334/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (3 Nov 2020)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 1492. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments of GLAS 2019, ANC and BPS will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32372/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges for the Forestry Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Nov 2020)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the witnesses for the presentations. They are preaching to the converted on this issue. In 2017, I went to the Department when I saw this coming. Unfortunately, it was all bluster and promises, but nothing happened. With regard to the Mackinnon report, have the witnesses had any contact with the Department or Ministers? My understanding was that the previous Minister had put it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges for the Forestry Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Nov 2020)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank Mr. Gowran for his presentation. He stated that 5% of ash trees will survive. Does he agree that the way in which this matter is being handled, especially in the context of what emerged last week in other submissions to the committee, is not encouraging and will not entice new people to become involved in planting trees? Is Woodlands of Ireland funded by the Irish Environmental Network?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges for the Forestry Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Nov 2020)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Is Woodlands of Ireland opposed to planting spruce? Does it support the planting of more broadleaf varieties or is that just in areas on sites that suit better? Has the organisation worked or liaised with the Department? Will the Department be involved with the organisation going forward?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges for the Forestry Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Nov 2020)

Michael Fitzmaurice: The one worry I have is that the organisation is being funded by Government bodies. It is very hard to talk against whoever is providing the money. We have a serious problem in the forestry sector at the moment and I completely understand how the Woodlands of Ireland promotes its side. However, he who pays the piper calls the tune. If the organisation is being funded by the NPWS, which has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges for the Forestry Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Nov 2020)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Woodlands of Ireland is funded to carry out analysis and consider changes. Am I correct that the trees that it is involved with are left there? Is it fair to say that they are not commercial?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates (4 Nov 2020)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 43. To ask the Minister for Finance when assessments will recommence for applications for primary medical certificates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34007/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Covid-19 Pandemic (4 Nov 2020)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) can continue to use a facility for purposes such as physical education during level 5 restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33960/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Broadband Plan (5 Nov 2020)

Michael Fitzmaurice: No.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2020)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Over the past ten years, the national broadband plan has been spoken about, and last year the Tánaiste and other Ministers signed the new contract, which is welcome. The questions with the Minister, Deputy Humphreys, we were dealing with prior to Leaders' Questions were about broadband. Work on this has started in various parts of the country. Some people will say the main contractors...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2020)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the Tánaiste. I fully agree. I am a supporter of broadband right around rural Ireland, especially with Covid, given the number of people who are able to work from home. The quicker we can roll it out, the better and if we could roll it out twice as fast I would be in full support of that. I want to be very clear on that. The Tánaiste said it may go down in price and...