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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (24 May 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 478. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to change the services provided at St. Joseph's day care centre, Ballaghaderreen, County Roscommon; if the services provided there will continue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11628/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Reports (24 May 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 546. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that the agricultural appeals office report of 30 April 2014 on the Keelderry commonage in County Galway appears to contain wording, context and inaccuracies identical to another report prepared by another person (details supplied) dated 2 November 2013 and based on an inspection on 31 October 2013; if the inspection...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility (24 May 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 547. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the evidence he requires from an applicant under the basic payment scheme to show that land previously deemed ineligible for what his Department determined to be a lack of agricultural activity in one year is subsequently, in the view of the applicant, eligible for payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11675/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Reports (24 May 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 548. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he accepts that the report prepared by his official (details supplied) on 2 November 2013 on the Keelderry commonage in County Galway was misleading (details supplied); if he accepts that the report of this official is therefore fundamentally flawed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11676/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Land Issues (24 May 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 549. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the precise qualification held by two persons (details supplied) to determine the nature of lands, including use, constitution, agricultural capacity and environmental significance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11677/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Land Issues (24 May 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 550. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a list, including the names and grades of the persons and the times and dates of all entrances to the lands known as the Keelderry commonage in County Galway, from 1 January 2010 to date. [11678/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann (24 May 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 600. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to request Bus Éireann to stop providing services that amount to below cost selling where private bus operators are providing a similar competing service, to review state aid procedures and the public service obligation payments and to investigate possible abuses of a possible dominant position by Bus Éireann and to make the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann (24 May 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 601. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the individual sums agreed to be paid and the actual sums paid for the provision by Bus Éireann of its public service obligations on the network of transport services in Athlone, Balbriggan, Cork, Drogheda, Dundalk, Galway, Limerick, Navan, Sligo and Waterford operated by Bus Éireann in each of the years 2009 to 2015,...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann (24 May 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 602. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average amount paid to Bus Éireann, calculated on a per kilometre basis, for meeting its public service obligations on the network of transport services in Athlone, Balbriggan, Cork, Drogheda, Dundalk, Galway, Limerick, Navan, Sligo and Waterford, for each of the years 2009 to 2015, inclusive, in tabular form. [11523/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann (24 May 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 603. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the individual agreed scheduled transport services to be performed by Bus Éireann in Athlone, Balbriggan, Cork, Drogheda, Dundalk, Galway, Limerick, Navan, Sligo and Waterford and to confirm for each of the years that the National Transport Authority had at all times a verifiable system in place to be absolutely certain that each...

Agriculture: Statements (4 May 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Agriculture is of major importance to the country. We have to continue to export cattle. In 2015, 65,000 fewer cattle were exported on the hoof than in 2010. If we keep allowing that to happen, prices will decrease. The Turkish market is about to open, which is a good thing, but we have to keep our finger on the pulse. We need a group of people to concentrate on finding foreign markets...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Farm Assist Scheme Data (4 May 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 5. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of farm assist, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8808/16]

Irish Water: Statements (27 Apr 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: We have come a fair distance from a time when we brought our can to the well to bring water to our houses years ago. All around the country, people, particularly those in rural group water schemes, got together and worked to install water infrastructure in their areas. When Irish Water was set up, I felt like tearing my hair out. In the first few weeks and months of Irish Water, I found...

Insurance Costs: Statements (20 Apr 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I am grateful for the opportunity to speak on this issue. Everybody I talk to, whether they have a motorbike or a lorry, be it a farmer or an SME owner, tells me that, in all walks of life, the hikes in insurance are unbelievable at the moment. Today I spoke to a person employing 14 people in a business that has 11 trucks. Its insurance last year was €80,000 but the bill it has...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (20 Apr 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why it is difficult for persons (details supplied) under 23 years of age to apply independently for a third level grant in their own right. [7346/16]

Housing Issues: Statements (14 Apr 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I start by thanking the people of Roscommon and south Leitrim for re-electing me. We hope to do our best. Modular homes costing €240,000 is ridiculous when we can build houses with bricks and mortar for €85 per square foot where the site is supplied. We cannot keep going down that road because it is an astronomical amount of money. We should go back to the basics. Now and...

Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (6 Apr 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: After what?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Data (6 Apr 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 653. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide further information on the statement of the chief executive of Bus Éireann last year that Bus Éireann made €4 million profit from school transport and that this money was given to Bus Éireann to buy new school transport buses but spent on school transport information and technology development; the amount of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Data (6 Apr 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 654. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average cost of the maintenance of buses used for school transport by Bus Éireann in tabular form; the average cost of the maintenance of buses per bus, per year; the number of buses being charged for maintenance; the average number of buses actually being operated on actual routes each day; the average percentage of buses being...

Agriculture and Fisheries Council Meeting: Statements (22 Mar 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I wish the Ceann Comhairle the best of luck in his new role. I wish everyone in the House well in the coming week. I am pleased to have an opportunity to speak on this issue. As the Minister knows and as Europe knows, many sectors of the agriculture industry are in trouble at the moment. We are well aware that the dairy sector was put out as the new Santy that was coming right across...