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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility (24 May 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 547. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the evidence he requires from an applicant under the basic payment scheme to show that land previously deemed ineligible for what his Department determined to be a lack of agricultural activity in one year is subsequently, in the view of the applicant, eligible for payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11675/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Reports (24 May 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 548. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he accepts that the report prepared by his official (details supplied) on 2 November 2013 on the Keelderry commonage in County Galway was misleading (details supplied); if he accepts that the report of this official is therefore fundamentally flawed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11676/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Land Issues (24 May 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 549. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the precise qualification held by two persons (details supplied) to determine the nature of lands, including use, constitution, agricultural capacity and environmental significance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11677/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Land Issues (24 May 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 550. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a list, including the names and grades of the persons and the times and dates of all entrances to the lands known as the Keelderry commonage in County Galway, from 1 January 2010 to date. [11678/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann (24 May 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 600. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to request Bus Éireann to stop providing services that amount to below cost selling where private bus operators are providing a similar competing service, to review state aid procedures and the public service obligation payments and to investigate possible abuses of a possible dominant position by Bus Éireann and to make the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann (24 May 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 601. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the individual sums agreed to be paid and the actual sums paid for the provision by Bus Éireann of its public service obligations on the network of transport services in Athlone, Balbriggan, Cork, Drogheda, Dundalk, Galway, Limerick, Navan, Sligo and Waterford operated by Bus Éireann in each of the years 2009 to 2015,...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann (24 May 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 602. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average amount paid to Bus Éireann, calculated on a per kilometre basis, for meeting its public service obligations on the network of transport services in Athlone, Balbriggan, Cork, Drogheda, Dundalk, Galway, Limerick, Navan, Sligo and Waterford, for each of the years 2009 to 2015, inclusive, in tabular form. [11523/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann (24 May 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 603. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the individual agreed scheduled transport services to be performed by Bus Éireann in Athlone, Balbriggan, Cork, Drogheda, Dundalk, Galway, Limerick, Navan, Sligo and Waterford and to confirm for each of the years that the National Transport Authority had at all times a verifiable system in place to be absolutely certain that each...

Domestic Water Charges: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 May 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I will share time with Deputy Gino Kenny.

Domestic Water Charges: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 May 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: When Irish Water was set up there were major problems. There is no point in anyone saying there were not. Things were done wrongly and we must learn from that. Every week, I attended the clinics held by Irish Water and things began to improve bit by bit. Progress was slow and at times I pulled my hair out. I come from an area where there were many boil water notices, especially in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Issues (31 May 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 812. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, in view of the recent inclement spring weather, the date for the sowing of wild bird cover under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme can be extended; if so, if he will extend this date as due to the condition of the ground it has been unsuitable for ploughing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13367/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Capital Allowances (8 Jun 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 137. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of residential units which have been the subject of applications for capital gains tax relief, which was introduced in budget 2012 and applied to property for the first seven years of ownership for properties bought between 7 December 2011 and the end of 2014, where the property is held for more than seven years. [14521/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Union Services (8 Jun 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 157. To ask the Minister for Finance if he supports the roll-out of debit cards by credit unions as per the programme for Government; if he will ensure that the Central Bank supports this initiative by the credit union movement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15048/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Applications (8 Jun 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 547. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 547 of 24 May 2016, if he will list the forms of evidence he accepts from an applicant to the basic payment scheme, when the applicant intends to declare an agricultural area eligible for payment, that was previously deemed ineligible by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pension Provisions (8 Jun 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 613. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the year in which two persons (details supplied) were appointed to the regular staff of CIE-Irish Rail; the year in which the two named persons were accepted into the pension scheme which was available as part of their employment with CIE-Irish Rail; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14337/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Funding (9 Jun 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 126. To ask the Minister for Health if he has withdrawn funding for the new rehabilitation unit at Roscommon Hospital which was intended to be a ten-bed unit operating as a satellite centre for the national rehabilitation unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15092/16]

Topical Issue Debate: Planning Issues (21 Jun 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: As Deputy Eugene Murphy stated, a tsunami of water came down from Sliabh Bán last Thursday evening. In fairness, the council was contacted that evening but one road was taken out completely, houses were flooded, as the Deputy also has noted, and there was chaos in the area. Since then, no one from Coillte has visited the people who were affected by this event and I understand it could...

Topical Issue Debate: Planning Issues (21 Jun 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: It must be remembered that submissions were made before this project went ahead. It was noted that there may be a risk of flood at T15, which is one of the places on the site. The reality is that people have been flooded in their houses, Coillte is ducking and diving at present and people do not know whether to draw down insurance. The point is that were they to draw down their insurance,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Bus Éireann (21 Jun 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 102 of 26 May 2016, if he monitors payments to Bus Éireann under state aid rules; if Bus Éireann is market oriented; and how he defines market oriented. [16668/16]

United Kingdom Referendum on European Union Membership: Statements (27 Jun 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: When Ireland joined the EEC, it was a community and it was a good project. Sadly, over the past number of years, it has headed towards fiscal union. Fiscal union is like marriage - it is either love or divorce. The first element of divorce we have had is with the UK because people are sick and tired of rules and regulations being imposed on them. People wake up in the morning and go to...