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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (2 Nov 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 509. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made in the review case submitted by a school (details supplied) in respect of school transport under the primary school transport scheme submitted in October 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52499/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (2 Nov 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 865. To ask the Minister for Health the ten disability service providers that received the highest amount of funding in 2020; the amount each of these disability service providers received in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52273/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (2 Nov 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 1161. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to introduce a suckler cow scheme with a payment of €200 per suckler cow as he previously called for when in opposition in recent years; if the scheme will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51983/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Environmental Schemes (2 Nov 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 1162. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who are currently enrolled in environmental schemes; the number who will be out of contract at the end of 2021; the number who will be able to reapply to another environmental scheme in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51984/21]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Haulage Industry (4 Nov 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 86. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will take steps to ease the pressure on struggling haulage companies, hauliers and motorists in view of the increasing costs of diesel and petrol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53953/21]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Haulage Industry (4 Nov 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Will the Minister of State take measures with regard to the struggling haulage companies and examine what reliefs can be given? I ask this in the context of the Government taking €1 of every €1.70 per litre of diesel. Compared with 16 or 17 months ago, what the Government takes now on every litre of diesel is 40 cent higher. There is room, therefore, for the Government to...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Haulage Industry (4 Nov 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: With due respect to the Minister of State, whatever civil servant wrote her contribution does not know much about the transport industry. There are no articulated lorries in Ireland or Europe at the moment that run on electricity. Whoever wrote the contribution needs to go back and read up on the matter. As Deputy O'Rourke pointed out, gas is now more expensive than diesel. It costs...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Haulage Industry (4 Nov 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I welcome what the Minister of State said about research being carried out and I understand all that, but the crisis is now. I will be the first to admit there is a grant to help people move from diesel to gas, but the cost of doing so is probably €17,000 or €18,000. They will pay more than if they had kept diesel. That is a fact. I reiterate there is a difference of 40...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (3 Nov 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 124. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a respite care grant application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53534/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Safety: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the Minister of State and his officials for coming before the committee. Every member of the committee, and everyone in the wider political community, commiserates with the families of those who have lost their lives on the farm. Sadly, too many have been lost. It is good to hear of the various initiatives the Minister of State outlined. I have a few questions and will throw out a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Safety: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I can give the Minister of State a few of them together and he might answer all of them together.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Safety: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Any citizen in the country can get the vehicle registration tax, VRT, on a car if he or she is in the unfortunate position of being in an accident. There are other reasons too. Is there anything being considered on the agricultural side, whether it is special adaptation of a tractor, for example? Would it be possible to give VAT or some part of the funding back to help farmers if they...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Safety: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank Ms Rohan, Mr. Rohan and Ms Collins. There is no family who has not come near a tragedy in their lives. As the witnesses were talking earlier, I remembered what happened to my own brother-in-law a long time ago. He had five young kids and another on the way. Unfortunately, he fell off a load of straw. A few things touched me. Senator Paul Daly brought up a problem with bank...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (9 Nov 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 125. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reduce the taxes on fuel and home heating oil similar to other EU countries (details supplied) to ease the pressure on vulnerable persons and hauliers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53709/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (9 Nov 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 244. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for the refusal of insurance companies to insure hunt and harrier packs resulting in closure for these businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54126/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (9 Nov 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 622. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 643 of 21 September 2021, if the HSE has sourced funding for the remaining four advanced nurse practitioners as part of the 2022 new service development process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54483/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (9 Nov 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 623. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects an inquiry will be established to investigate the historical licensing and prescribing of sodium valproate to pregnant women without them being made aware of the impacts it could have on their child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54484/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff (9 Nov 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 696. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 296 of 20 October 2021, the details of the metrics contained in the performance management and development system; the outputs from this project management and development system for all the staff of the Forest Service of his Department in each of the years 2018 to 2020; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (9 Nov 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 697. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown of the backlog in forestry licences, that is, the number of licence applications in the system at the end of August 2021 that were classed as private as compared with those submitted in the name of Coillte (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53976/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (9 Nov 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 722. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a specific import licence is required in cases in which a person or body wishes to import fertiliser from a third country, that is, Russia for resale in Ireland; the regulations that must be followed; if other criteria must be met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54522/21]