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Agrifood and Rural Development: Motion (24 Sep 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I support the motion. I thank the farmers we met in different places on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. I also note that one meat processor met us on Sunday. I thank that party for being courteous and resolving the issue for the time being. We have to decide what the future of agriculture in Ireland will be. Where are we going from this debacle? We know that the price farmers...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (24 Sep 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 124. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of requests his Department received from the Office of Comptroller and Auditor General seeking approval for the recruitment of extra staff since 1 January 2018; the number of requests that are approved or refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38571/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff Remuneration (24 Sep 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the application of a circular; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38265/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (24 Sep 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when home tuition hours will be sanctioned for children with autism spectrum disorders in primary schools in view of the fact that schools are in the third week of the school year and children are losing out on valuable tuition hours and teachers are losing out on work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38555/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ministerial Meetings (24 Sep 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 326. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times he has formally met his UK counterpart to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38569/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (24 Sep 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 329. To ask the Minister for Health the weighting percentages to be used as part of the upcoming HSE FreeStyle Libre review decision-making process that will be given to criteria (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38574/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (24 Sep 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 330. To ask the Minister for Health if the reimbursement dataset will specifically cover only current HSE-funded users of the FreeStyle Libre device; and if not, if the Health Technology Assessment Group review will compare total blood glucose strip usage spend year on year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38575/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Status (24 Sep 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 491. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a commitment given by TII to carry out road safety works at the junction for Cootehall along the N4 road connecting Carrick-on-Shannon and Boyle, County Roscommon, has not been followed through; the reason for the delay in the commencement of works; and when the project will be completed. [38894/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Redundancy Payments (24 Sep 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 524. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his plans to update the Redundancy Payments Act 1967; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38570/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Council of Ireland Report: Discussion (24 Sep 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: When a farmer pays a vet who comes out to him or her, is that vet - or some other vet who got a licence to practice from the council - the person who has to get the money? No more than the TB thing, this is what I-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Council of Ireland Report: Discussion (24 Sep 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I did not ask that. I asked about circumstances in which a licence is issued by the council to a practitioner who has the certification and everything.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Council of Ireland Report: Discussion (24 Sep 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: In such circumstances, the council is saying that the practitioner, as the only person who has the licence, is the only one who can charge. Alternatively, someone who is working for a vet might be a vet. Is the council stating that a vet who is working for someone who is not a vet should not be paid?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Council of Ireland Report: Discussion (24 Sep 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Just one second. Ms Muldoon said earlier that when the council gives out a licence, there are provisions relating to service.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Council of Ireland Report: Discussion (24 Sep 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: What are the hours of service? It has been suggested that there is a 24-hour service. What is the mandatory time during which a vet must come to a farmer?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Council of Ireland Report: Discussion (24 Sep 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I am just asking in general.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Council of Ireland Report: Discussion (24 Sep 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: If someone 40 miles away says that he or she will cover three vets in an area who have decided to go away for a lovely weekend, is the price charged the subject of any regulation under the licence?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Council of Ireland Report: Discussion (24 Sep 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Under this system, it is being left wide open for a whole county to be left with one vet over a weekend. If everybody takes the weekend off, one person might say he or she will cover it. Does the Veterinary Council of Ireland think that is a good service for farmers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Council of Ireland Report: Discussion (24 Sep 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I will elaborate. We are dancing around here. We are trying to be careful from a legal perspective, etc. I want to put out in the open what is happening at the moment. Corporate entities are coming in and trying to buy out practices to control areas. They will dictate the pace and the whole lot. We might as well have all of this out in the open. The council is trying to dance around...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Council of Ireland Report: Discussion (24 Sep 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I am not talking about any specific area.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Council of Ireland Report: Discussion (24 Sep 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Can Ms Muldoon forward the list to the Chairman after this meeting?