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Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (26 Sep 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I will also be brief. There is a concern that some of these breweries - they are where they are, and one cannot just pick them up and shift them to somewhere else - would be beside a park or areas where such facilities will now be forbidden. This is where they are located. Perhaps one facility might avoid the rules relating to advertising and signage while another might be situated next to...

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (26 Sep 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I move amendment No. 9:In page 13, to delete lines 36 and 37. First, everyone here agrees with the spirit of the Bill. We all acknowledge that alcohol is a major problem right around the country. Most families, including my own, have been touched by problems with alcohol. However, there is being realistic and unrealistic. The reality is I did not drink Heineken because I saw the Heineken...

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (26 Sep 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I concur with the previous speaker. When a business opens it does not ram its offerings down one's throat. They offer tea, minerals or a drink. The opening of businesses is a one-time-only occasion. Licensed premises were referred to. Those premises are not taking money for the alcohol, but rather are giving drinks for free on opening days. In most parts of the country - it might be...

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (25 Sep 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: This is not personal, but the reality is there is chaos in every aspect of housing currently. In fairness, no Minister can click his or her fingers and build houses overnight. Sadly, the figures that have come out over the past two years have been lies and damned lies. I have a problem with the people who gave the Minister those figures because they have felt no repercussions for those...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (25 Sep 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the names of a board of management of a primary school are available to the public from the school or the patron; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38306/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Transfers (25 Sep 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 332. To ask the Minister for Health the procedure for requesting a medical helicopter transfer from one HSE hospital to another; the persons authorised to make such request; if the requested hospital is obliged to accept the patient; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38689/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Transfers (25 Sep 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 333. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons authorised to travel with a patient who is being transferred from one HSE hospital to another; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38690/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Transfers (25 Sep 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 334. To ask the Minister for Health the precise role of the paramedic in the hand-over process to the medical team in a receiving hospital in the case of the helicopter transfer of a patient from one HSE hospital to another; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38691/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Files (25 Sep 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 335. To ask the Minister for Health if a patient's files travel with him or her in the case of the helicopter transfer of a patient from one HSE hospital to another; the person responsible for handing such files to the medical team in the receiving hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38692/18]

Future of the Post Office Network: Motion (18 Sep 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: First, I support the motion and the proposed amendment to it. Some 62% of all the closures are along the west coast, from Kerry right up to Donegal. Some 42% are in the west of Ireland. One in six post offices to be closed are in counties Galway and Roscommon. One thing that needs to be debunked, which I hear day in and day out, is these people had a choice. The fact is they got a letter...

Future of the Post Office Network: Motion (18 Sep 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: At least I did not go in under false pretences. I was not in in one way and out in another.

Future of the Post Office Network: Motion (18 Sep 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: At least I was able to stay out.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (7 Sep 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 418. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 260 of 19 June 2018, when a reply will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35506/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (7 Sep 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 591. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 380 and 381 of 19 June 2018, when a reply will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35507/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (7 Sep 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 609. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to grant a full medical card to all those over 80 years of age in view of the fact that 10% of those over 80 do not have a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35592/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Administration (7 Sep 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 610. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the threshold for a medical card is not adjusted (details supplied) accordingly; his plans to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35593/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network Expansion (7 Sep 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 1135. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the review of phase 2 Athenry to Tuam and phase 3 Tuam to Claremorris of the western rail corridor has commenced; if not, when it is expected to commence; the details of the appointed contractor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36751/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network Expansion (7 Sep 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 1136. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline for the completion of the review of the western rail corridor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36752/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Shortages and Drought Issues: Discussion (4 Sep 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the Minister for his presentation. I would like to clarify a few things. He said there were approximately 17 approved operators for bringing in feed from outside the country, including co-ops. We are hearing stories, and the Minister might be able to enlighten me. As he is aware, in most parts of the country people who had lorries were bringing the feed from A to B, and that was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Shortages and Drought Issues: Discussion (4 Sep 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: What about the payment of €200? Some €250 million a year was laid out.