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Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Contracts (26 Mar 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 886. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 302 and 303 of 5 March 2019, if the contractor awarded the contract is an established supplier and payee with the HSE (details supplied); and the date that such a status was first established. [13844/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Contracts (26 Mar 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 887. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 302 and 303 of 5 March 2019, the amount of public funding paid directly from the HSE to a contract holder (details supplied) in each of the years 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019, for contracts and other additional contracts. [13845/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Planning Framework (26 Mar 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 1350. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which he plans to meet settlement strategy objectives in unserviced rural towns and villages that are identified as settlement centres in County Galway and other county development plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12860/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Planning Framework (26 Mar 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 1351. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the policy on shared communal private wastewater treatment systems for residential developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12861/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding (26 Mar 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 1400. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on community sewerage schemes; the reason rural towns that want to establish a community sewerage scheme have been told by councils and his Department that funding will only be made available to extend existing Irish Water sewerage schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13346/19]

Credit Union Restructuring Board (Dissolution) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Mar 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill, which I welcome and will be supporting. We need, however, to recall the days when the country was in trouble. As was pointed out earlier, the then Minister for Finance said in the Seanad that the credit unions would require up to €1 billion. It was probably not his view as someone probably gave him that information. Regardless, it...

Independent Clinical Review of Maternity Services at Portiuncula University Hospital: Statements (Resumed) (13 Mar 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I welcome the opportunity to contribute. As has been pointed out, Portiuncula Hospital was opened in 1945. We have to be mindful of the parents who, unfortunately, did not have a good experience in the hospital and who lost their babies. We have to remember those tonight while we are having this debate. On the other hand, two of my three children were born there and, thankfully, everything...

Recent Developments on Brexit: Statements (13 Mar 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. He is very obliging. There has been a vote in the past few minutes in the House of Commons, with an amendment rejecting a no-deal scenario being approved by 312 votes to 308 votes. I understand that the United Kingdom will now try to seek an extension, so I urge our Government to speak to people in Europe to ensure that is facilitated and a bit of common...

Period Poverty: Motion (13 Mar 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I support the motion and commend Deputy Catherine Martin and the women's caucus on bringing this forward. We must be honest and admit that there are statistics quoted in the motion of which we were not aware and that are frightening, such as that 50% of young girls find it difficult to afford sanitary products. We should also mention the vision of Dublin City Council, as outlined in the...

Period Poverty: Motion (13 Mar 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Only two minutes.

Business Insurance: Motion [Private Members] (13 Mar 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I support the motion. We can kick Ministers all we want but we need to acknowledge that the Minister of State, Deputy D'Arcy, has brought in a few Bills to try to resolve the situation. Some Bills are being held up at the moment but the Minister of State should try to gazump the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill which will be held up for a while because of the person who is trying to...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Mar 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: In the programme for Government a commitment was made that within the first three months an application would be made by the Government to the EU for the western arc to be included in TEN-T funding. The commitment has not been honoured by the Government. I do not know where the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport has gone but he does not seem to realise that with Brexit going on it is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Civil Service Staff Data (13 Mar 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason early retirement on ill health grounds is being refused for a person (details supplied); the medical grounds on which retirement is being refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12548/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Civil Service Staff Data (13 Mar 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process used for persons to be deemed suitably qualified to assess the ill health of a person while the person is out of work (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12549/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Civil Service Staff Data (13 Mar 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the qualification and speciality of the person (details supplied) who performed a medical assessment on a person; if the person is qualified and specialised in all of the health conditions of the person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12550/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Civil Service Staff Data (13 Mar 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the deduction of spouses' and children's contributions from the pay or ill health retirement estimate of a person (details supplied) when the person does not have a spouse and the person's child is now 22 years of age; if this is a common procedure in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12551/19]

National Children's Hospital: Motion [Private Members] (12 Mar 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I compliment Deputy Mattie McGrath and the Rural Independent Group on tabling the motion. I ask how anyone reading the motion could vote against it but it is no more than many things that go on here, unfortunately, the same wagon wheel turns and the same fiasco keeps going. Are engineers, architects or quantity surveyors working on the PwC report? Generally, accountancy firms do not...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (12 Mar 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the Minister of State for his reply but we know that there is a new contract. The problem is that one long-term contract was being issued. Let us be clear that there has been a very good service for many years. We, as public representatives, did not hear anything to the contrary. In recent months, however, most Deputies have been getting phone calls on this issue. Will the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (12 Mar 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House. Over a long number of years the delivery of incontinence wear has been hugely important to people in various parts of this country, including in very remote areas, where this service has been made available by the HSE. It has been invaluable, especially for families that are vulnerable or may have a vulnerable person in their house who...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Mar 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Under the Water Framework Directive, Ireland has obligations to follow. Throughout the past few years, small towns and communities have been able to get together to source funding for community sewerage schemes. In recent days directors of services have received letters from the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government stating that it cannot give funding to community groups...