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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Commission (28 May 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when teachers who corrected cookery examinations for home economics as part of the junior certificate cycle in March 2019 will be paid by the State Examinations Commission; if there is a delay; if so, the reason therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22330/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services Funding (28 May 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 402. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a community childcare centre (details supplied) will be granted Pobal funding to erect an extension to accommodate the growing number of parents who are eager for their children to avail of the services on offer; when Pobal funding announcements will take place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22491/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (21 May 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if discretion can be given to a national school in circumstances in which pupil numbers drop below the required amount for a three teacher school for a 12 month period in order to boost the numbers back to the required figure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21679/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Sector Staff Retirements (21 May 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason €153 per fortnight is being withheld from a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21823/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Sector Staff Retirements (21 May 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will issue to a person (details supplied) who has applied for retirement due to ill health; the reason this decision is been delayed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21824/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Indemnity: Discussion (15 May 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the witnesses for coming in. Mr. Garvey was originally down my neck of the woods on the insurance side of things. The witnesses have been brought in today because a problem is accruing. We have seen it in Galway. It seems to be spreading to other areas. The witnesses will be familiar with the amount of work done by voluntary groups like Tidy Towns committees in towns like...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Indemnity: Discussion (15 May 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I will talk about another problem that has emerged this year. Galway County Council is seeking indemnity from voluntary groups. Deputy Ó Cuív might be lucky in having Tús or RSS to do such work. Local people in towns and villages, such as Ballinamore Bridge and similar places, voluntarily cut the grass and pick up litter. Those people are expected to do three days of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Indemnity: Discussion (15 May 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: This is a problem that could be solved by allowing the schemes to be extended. The current difficulties are exacerbated by the fact more people are in employment, but that is a great thing. No one could put a figure on the value of the work done by the people on the schemes in question. Fáilte Ireland was mentioned. It has benefited enormously from the work the people to whom I refer...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Indemnity: Discussion (15 May 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Mr. Garvey states that IPB Insurance covers RSS and Tús. There are different names of groups in different counties. Deputy Ó Cuív referred to Údarás, for example. Why are those groups stating that they want an indemnity from the Tidy Towns associations and an indemnity from county councils? What change has led to them seeking such indemnity this year? Is it not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Indemnity: Discussion (15 May 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Councils cannot even fill potholes in places, never mind cut grass or clean streets. The amount of work that people in every little village are putting in might not seem like much to those in certain parts of the country, but they have pride in their places. Despite this, we are telling them that they must comply with the usual health and safety regulations in what they do. During the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Indemnity: Discussion (15 May 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Indemnity: Discussion (15 May 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: They say they do not have the money.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Indemnity: Discussion (15 May 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I forgot to say one thing. There is a situation with the partnership group. They are saying that at the moment if a Tús worker is cutting grass, the volunteer worker down the road asks the voluntary group in that area to get the signage and put it out. Johnny from Tús will come along with his lawnmower, and Joe from the voluntary body has to go back again and take all the signs down.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Indemnity: Discussion (15 May 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: That is not feasible in any world. Councils need to get involved in this for the simple reason that work is being done in that town. To put it bluntly, it is council work. Could a witness from the councils address the 1,000-car rule? What is the difference between being under and over that limit?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Indemnity: Discussion (15 May 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I understand what Mr. McHugh is saying. I apologise for interrupting him but we are talking bout chalk and cheese here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Indemnity: Discussion (15 May 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Perhaps Mr. McHugh could come back to us on this point. I understand the issues concerning parks and so on. In the countryside, we have small towns of 50, 100 or 300 people. Those people volunteer because there are no council or park workers. They have their own little insurance. They call themselves Tidy Towns groups, and in fairness the Minister for Rural and Community Development,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Indemnity: Discussion (15 May 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Does Mr. McHugh know anything about the 1,000-car rule?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Indemnity: Discussion (15 May 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: At the time of a storm such as Storm Emma, as I pointed out at the time of the snow, we headed off ourselves and just had the work done. When Storm Emma came along, however, there was an announcement from the State. In the case of people doing goodwill work or good deeds, do the councils or IPB Insurance provide insurance cover? If, for example, somebody was choking and one went to save...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Indemnity: Discussion (15 May 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: This point is by way of a proposal to the committee here. Would IPB Insurance be willing to sit on and be part of a group including a representative from the county managers, as well as representatives of the partnerships, Tidy Towns associations and the groups mentioned, together with one or two members of our committee? Such a representative of the county managers would need to be - with...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Inspection Service Expenditure (14 May 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 383. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount spent on the veterinary public health inspection service on an annual basis; the way in which this changed in the past three years; if the service received a boost in funding for 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20424/19]