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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation on Veterinary Medicinal Products: Discussion (12 Nov 2020)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank our guests for their presentations. Mr. Scott stated the derogation outlined in Article 105(4) is available to Ireland to use to solve this problem. I just want to be clear on that. Can either of the witnesses say how active vets have been on the Health Products Regulatory Authority, HPRA, in recent years? I believe this can be resolved. I got a phone call from the Minister's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation on Veterinary Medicinal Products: Discussion (12 Nov 2020)

Michael Fitzmaurice: First, to go back to the comment from Ms Garvan, farmers are not idiots. If something is not working, they are not going to keep giving it. This is because we know what will happen. An animal will die. As bad as farming is, farmers are not going to keep letting that happen throughout the country. This is the thing about the over-subscribing of medicines. A farmer may go to the vet...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation on Veterinary Medicinal Products: Discussion (12 Nov 2020)

Michael Fitzmaurice: No. Is Mr. Forde liaising directly? Who is liasing with Europe?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation on Veterinary Medicinal Products: Discussion (12 Nov 2020)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Did anybody pick up a telephone and talk to someone and ask why the Department could not do this or ask about other ways around it? Why have we not gone down the road that the British have gone down, even if there are extra courses? In fairness to all the people who spoke today, they are willing to do this to bring them up to the standard that ticks the box. I am asking another question...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation on Veterinary Medicinal Products: Discussion (12 Nov 2020)

Michael Fitzmaurice: One thing needs to be clarified for the record of the committee, and we need to live in the real world. I am a farmer; there are plenty of farmers here. A person will not go to the vet and say, "Give me a prescription; I will use it somewhere else down the road." We would be living in cuckoo world if we believed that. Let us get real about it. There is an onus on a person if the vet is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation on Veterinary Medicinal Products: Discussion (12 Nov 2020)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 3.15 p.m. or 3.20 p.m..

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation on Veterinary Medicinal Products: Discussion (12 Nov 2020)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Can we not jump out again for five minutes?

Scrambler Motorbikes and Quad Bikes: Motion [Private Members] (17 Nov 2020)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I welcome the opportunity to speak in support of this motion. We were all young and we all tried to have a go on the first engine we saw. Everything is fine until something goes wrong. There is a wild streak in every youngster. Young people need opportunity as well. The one thing we have not done in this country is provide a safe environment where youngsters who want to use these...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (17 Nov 2020)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 451. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a bus ticket will issue to a person (details supplied) who has made an application for a school bus ticket; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36401/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (17 Nov 2020)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 693. To ask the Minister for Health the reason senior HSE management have refused to meet with a company (details supplied) to discuss the benefits of single UV light emitter technology and its potential use in nursing homes or hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36149/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Data (17 Nov 2020)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 854. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional ICU beds that have been provisioned in both public and private hospitals since the first lockdown in March 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37050/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (17 Nov 2020)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 855. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cycles being used within the PCR tests in Irish testing laboratories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37051/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme (17 Nov 2020)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 869. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the budgetary allocations for BPS payments outlined in budget 2019; the actual amount paid out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36150/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme (17 Nov 2020)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 870. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the budgetary allocations for ANC payments outlined in budget 2019; the actual amount paid out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36151/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Issues (17 Nov 2020)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 871. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the budgetary allocations for GLAS payments outlined in budget 2019; the actual amount paid out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36152/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme (17 Nov 2020)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 872. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the budgetary allocations for AEOS payments outlined in budget 2019; the actual amount paid out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36153/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme (17 Nov 2020)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 873. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the budgetary allocations for BDGP payments outlined in budget 2019; the actual amount paid out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36154/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Environmental Efficiency Scheme (17 Nov 2020)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 874. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the budgetary allocations for BEEP payments outlined in budget 2019; the actual amount paid out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36155/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheep Welfare Scheme (17 Nov 2020)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 875. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the budgetary allocations for sheep welfare scheme payments outlined in budget 2019; the actual amount paid out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36156/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (17 Nov 2020)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 876. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the budgetary allocations for TAMS payments outlined in budget 2019; the actual amount paid out; the amounts paid out under each measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36157/20]