Results 141-160 of 7,247 for speaker:Michael Fitzmaurice

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (27 Jan 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will restore the capitation grant for primary schools to its previous level to help the survival of these schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3342/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (27 Jan 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on having transition year used for a series of pre/mini apprenticeship courses allowing students to better explore their prospective further education choices before embarking on the course proper, thereby reducing the drop out rate and expenditure on uncompleted courses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3339/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (27 Jan 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when building works on schools (details supplied) in counties Leitrim and Roscommon will commence; when both new schools are scheduled for completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3340/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Haddington Road Agreement Implementation (27 Jan 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 304. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 187 of 14 January 2015, the reasons specific to her Department the workforce de-layering has not yet been achieved within her Department, as it has in the Health Service Executive in line with section 3.11, workforce restructuring, of the Haddington Road agreement and section 4.2.1 - iii, develop options...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Investigations (27 Jan 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 374. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a file (details supplied) sent to him in June 2014 regarding the death of a person in Castlebar hospital on 15 February 2013; if he will refer this matter to the Health Information and Quality Authority and apologise to the person's family for the substandard care the person received between his admission on 7 February 2013 and his death in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (27 Jan 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 429. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will permit students to go directly into apprenticeships after their junior cycle exams where such students, though gifted in certain fields may be uninterested in pursuing further academic studies at that point; if she will leave open the option of their returning to sit the leaving certificate should they later change their minds; and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Industrial Disputes (27 Jan 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 430. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions being taken to resolve the junior cycle dispute with teachers; if a resolution is imminent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3381/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Data (27 Jan 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason, when completing the primary online database forms, parents are being asked for their children's PPSN numbers and religion; the repercussions for pupils, parents and schools in circumstances where parents decline to hand over this sensitive information; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3758/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Areas of Conservation Appeals (27 Jan 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 620. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a list of all appeals conducted by the Designated Areas Appeals Advisory Board in 2013 and 2014 on objections to the designation of sites to include; the location of each designated site regarding which an appeal was conducted; the outcome of each appeal; if an oral hearing formed part of the appeal; and if she...

Housing Affordability: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (28 Jan 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I commend Fianna Fáil its motion. This issue needs to be talked about. It is sad to note this evening the number of Ministers and Deputies on the other side who have walked out on one of the most important issues we could talk about in the country. Some 57,000 people face eviction over the next 18 months. They will basically be thrown out of their houses. There will probably be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Inspections: Health and Safety Authority (29 Jan 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the witnesses for their presentation. I come from a farming and contracting background. Sometimes we have to look back to go forward. Farmers now farm by date and by the weather. After Christmas there are dates for spreading slurry. Everyone is under pressure to get the jobs done. We have to consider where we were compared with where we are now. When pressure is on and one is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Inspections: Health and Safety Authority (29 Jan 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I wish to take up on Deputy Penrose's point. I know a gentleman in the farming community who lost his leg and subsequently approached the farming organisations and the HSA. He was willing to go to school. Sadly, he was rebuffed everywhere he went. Everyone was sending him to different places. As Deputy Penrose said, it is necessary to get someone who can talk in ordinary language when...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Inspections: Health and Safety Authority (29 Jan 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Senator O'Neill asked a specific question on children and tractors and the related statistics. This has not been addressed. It is twice it has not been addressed

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Inspections: Health and Safety Authority (29 Jan 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Anyone who has children knows that if a person is over in the shed, children, at four or five years of age, can come along the road and sneak away. There is no point in saying they cannot. It will create more accidents if children are not allowed to be on the tractor. A person might be in a shed believing the child is not coming over, but the child will sneak over. When writing to Santy...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: Discussion (29 Jan 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. The word "connectivity" looks to be the big player in this debate. We spoke earlier about highs and lows, recessions and airlines going through bad times. Aer Lingus has come through the biggest recession this country has ever had, and has come through it well. We have made mistakes in the past. That is why we need to debate the issue and to...

Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (3 Feb 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: The amendment is needed. The Bill is too detailed, takes too long and is too prescriptive and cumbersome. They look for the CC of an engine and the mileage of a car. I am not one who would agree that it needs to go through the courts. It can be solved before that. We have a problem coming down the line in the next 18 months in the form of 57,000 houses. If the banks do not make some...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (3 Feb 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 299. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership and the way the partnership is being structured; the position on the investor-state dispute settlement element of the proposed partnership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5002/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: UN Conventions Ratification (3 Feb 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 357. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the likely ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities by the Irish State; when this ratification is likely to happen; if there is a reason it has not been ratified already; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4683/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (3 Feb 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 532. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student whose parent is a State employee earning in the region of €65,000 per year, but who is engaged in the insolvency process and consequently has no disposable income whatsoever, is eligible for the student grant scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4783/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Feb 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the witnesses for their contributions. I ask the representatives from IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland about a hypothetical scenario in five years' time if we get guarantees on Cork and Shannon. If disaster struck and the Shannon and Cork services lost those slots, what would be the consequences for people who are trying to go out and attract foreign direct investment in the area...