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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation Programme (20 Feb 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 427. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons that applied for the afforestation scheme in County Leitrim in 2016 and then transferred ownership to another party; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8252/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation Programme (20 Feb 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 428. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons that applied for the afforestation scheme in County Leitrim in 2015 and then transferred ownership to another party; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8253/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation Programme (20 Feb 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 429. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons that applied for the afforestation scheme in County Leitrim in 2014 and then transferred ownership to another party; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8254/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (15 Feb 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 290. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the file of a person (details supplied) who submitted a carer's allowance appeal on 8 November 2017 is expected to be forwarded to the appeals section; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7895/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Management and Congestion in Galway Region: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. My first two questions are for Ms Graham from the National Transport Authority. It is fine to have a national planning framework that spans the next 20 years. Are there immediate plans to provide a light rail service around Galway? Are there plans to bolster the bus service? I thank Mr. McGrath and Mr. Kelly for their presentations. I...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Slaughtering Data (14 Feb 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 208. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cattle slaughtered from feedlots in each of the years 2015 to 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7552/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Knowledge Transfer Programme (14 Feb 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 211. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7594/18]

Roads Maintenance: Motion [Private Members] (13 Feb 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I welcome this motion, which I support. The roads budget is a major problem. We know that from 2008 up to now, most counties received only 55% of what they received in 2008. We are wasting a lot of money. The day of the 804 and tar and chip on top of it is over because, unfortunately the 804 is disintegrating underneath it. We need to go down the road of DPM macadam. It currently costs...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Broadband Service Provision (13 Feb 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools that do not have broadband due to lack of such services in their area; the number of primary schools that have 5Mbps or less; the reason primary school principals are left with no Internet or Internet breaking down as a consequence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7051/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Broadband Service Provision (13 Feb 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools in counties Roscommon and Galway that do not have broadband due to lack of such services in their areas; the primary schools in counties Roscommon and Galway that have 5Mbps or less; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7052/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Broadband Service Provision (13 Feb 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason his Department refuses to fund the cost of alternative broadband suppliers to primary schools in areas in which the preferred supplier cannot provide proper broadband or the coverage is better from an alternative supplier; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7053/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Equipment (13 Feb 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 267. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 541 of 16 January 2018, the Garda stations in counties Roscommon and Galway that do not have access to the PULSE system due to a lack of broadband in their area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7049/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (13 Feb 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 422. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts being made to replace the RGN in a health centre (details supplied); the locations in which this post is being advertised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7210/18]

National Broadband Procurement Process: Statements (7 Feb 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: For too long broadband has been promised by all sides of the Dáil. We must work together to ensure it is delivered. There are obstacles. We must hope Enet stays in the game because we had two other engines on the plane and they fell off. I am very wary of Eir, and I do not deny that. I was even more alarmed when I saw who is buying Eir. I have read up a little on developments in...

National Broadband Procurement Process: Statements (7 Feb 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the Independents 4 Change for giving me the time to speak. As the Minister and anyone here in the House is probably aware, the greatest mistake that ever was made was the sale of Eircom because since then, no matter what Minister is in power, it has put us on the back foot. It is probably one of the costliest mistakes this country has ever made and we probably will continue to regret...

National Broadband Plan: Motion [Private Members] (6 Feb 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: A mistake was made, not in this Dáil but in a previous Dáil, when it was decided to sell Telecom Éireann. I have always said we should own our own infrastructure. I note that one official is with the Minister in the Chamber. He probably heard the same; that they were fed up of promises of private operators saying what they would do and that there was no more licences being...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (6 Feb 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 159. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Departments that had an underspend for 2015, 2016 and 2017; the amount of the underspend; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5381/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Recruitment (6 Feb 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 388. To ask the Minister for Health when a replacement registered general nurse, RGN, will be put in place in a health centre (details supplied); if the centre will be employing another public health nurse, PHN; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5706/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (6 Feb 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 627. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1771 of 16 January 2018, the specific number of new builds finished; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5791/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (6 Feb 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 628. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1772 of 16 January 2018, the specific number of new builds finished; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5792/18]