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Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (18 Oct 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I am thankful for the opportunity to speak on this issue. I welcome this legislation. In 2014, RPS scientifically examined many of the bogs that we have said for years were not suitable for conservation. It formulated a list of bogs used by ordinary domestic turf cutters throughout the country and especially in the west. I have listened to this debate and it is domestic turf cutters,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Equipment Scheme Applications (19 Oct 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 153. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) who applied under the TAMS programme has not received correspondence on their application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31123/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (25 Oct 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 315. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application for a disability allowance payment by a person (details supplied). [31643/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage (25 Oct 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 425. To ask the Minister for Health if further information has been submitted to his Department by the suppliers of a drug (details supplied) in order to make a decision to support the reimbursement of the drug; if such information has been received, when he expects a decision to be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31676/16]

Prohibition of the Exploration and Extraction of Onshore Petroleum Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Oct 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I commend Deputy McLoughlin on bringing this Bill forward. Today is one on which ordinary people and politics are at one for the simple reason that, over recent days, politicians on all sides of the House, other than those who wanted to drive forward with amendments, stood up and were counted. They stood with Deputy McLoughlin to ensure his Bill would be passed unanimously in the House....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services Expenditure (27 Oct 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 146. To ask the Minister for Health the annual per capita costs for each of the years 2012 to 2016, inclusive, listed against the names of each of the 72 residential centres for adults with intellectual disabilities reviewed by the working group on congregated settings in 2011, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32505/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Funding (27 Oct 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 147. To ask the Minister for Health if, in conjunction with the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, projections have been made in respect of the level of local property tax increase necessary to ensure the long-term funding of local authorities in respect of the additional demands being imposed upon them consequent to his Department's combined policies of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services (2 Nov 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 317. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to replace dental X-ray facilities at the orthodontic department at Merlin Park hospital, in view of the fact that children throughout counties Galway, Mayo and Roscommon have had to wait up to three years for an appointment and now find that a safe diagnostic service cannot be provided and also that the orthodontic department cannot take on any...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Provision (2 Nov 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 318. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to outsource X-ray facilities which are normally provided at the orthodontic department of Merlin Park University Hospital in order that children who are on long waiting lists can avail of services and in order that new patients can avail of services. [32707/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Air Ambulance Service (2 Nov 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 325. To ask the Minister for Health if the review it was agreed would be carried out during the negotiations for Government formation with regard to the expansion of air ambulance services throughout Ireland has taken place to date; if not, the reason therefor; when this review will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32724/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (2 Nov 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 339. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the instruction on a website (details supplied); the way in which the HSE has implemented this instruction; and the number of girls in each of the years 2011 to 2015 who where deemed unsuitable for the vaccine on the grounds that it was unsafe, with reference to these reactions after the HSE forms were completed and returned by the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme (2 Nov 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 381. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will be paid under the beef data genomics programme 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32627/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme (2 Nov 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 382. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) has not received payment for 2014 under the beef data genomics programme 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32626/16]

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Nov 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the Acting Chairman for the opportunity to speak and note the Minister's presence. We welcome the de-designation of these bogs. In 2014 RPS determined scientifically that these bogs were not of good environmental value for preservation. For a few years there was nothing happening in terms of paperwork being done. People were very anxious in all parts of the country. This does not...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments (3 Nov 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 155. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) received a ANC payment in the years 2011 and 2012. [33069/16]

Public Sector Pay: Motion [Private Members] (8 Nov 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: This debate was needed. Last August, I was one of the first Deputies to say that, given people throughout the country have been struggling over recent years, it was not morally right to accept the increase. Ex-taoisigh are to get an extra €15,000 while there are those who are struggling to pay a mortgage. An increase in the salaries of 158 Deputies will not make or break the world,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing for People with Disabilities Provision (8 Nov 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 205. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department has received the additional funding necessary to ensure the long term funding of local authorities in respect of the increased demands being imposed upon them consequent to the Department of Health's combined policies of decongregation and implementation of the social care model for adults with a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (8 Nov 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 370. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the use of the Gardasil HPV vaccine (details supplied) which some experts state contains genetically engineered subunit protein antigens that are capable of generating immune complexes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33618/16]

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Uisce faoi Úinéireacht Phoiblí) (Uimh. 2) 2016: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Nov 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: From the outset of the whole debate on water, I have said we should have a referendum. It would have put a lot of things into perspective. Billions of euro have been spent putting the infrastructure into the ground. Having said that, I still claim that we need one authority over water for the simple reason that multiple authorities have not worked down through the years. It is not popular...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (10 Nov 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: During the talks on the programme for Government one of the first issues to be discussed was the issue of people losing their houses. It was agreed at that time to include in the programme a commitment to legislate that prior to court proceedings people would have access to a one-stop-shop, be that the Money Advice and Budgeting Service, MABS, or some other agency, in regard to the...