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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Wildlife Control (27 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 166. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will examine issues affecting sustainable management of wild deer, having regard for human economic interest and farmers in addition to the best interests of deer; if, arising from such examination, he will formulate recommendations to the relevant Departments charged with responsibility for wildlife, agriculture and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Wildlife Control (27 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 167. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if culling will be introduced according to best practice guidelines adopted internationally and carried out by licensed hunters and local gun club members that are themselves certified as competent in circumstances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9888/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Wildlife Control (27 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 168. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider introducing measures such as a grant scheme for farmers to erect suitable fencing to protect crops and grassland that is continuously invaded and damaged by wild deer; his views on whether in certain areas, including County Tipperary, the wild deer population is at epidemic levels; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Wildlife Control (27 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 169. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Coillte has a deer management plan in place; if not, if one will be put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9891/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (27 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether it is prudent or good practice by the National Transport Authority to run buses from Kilkenny to Clonmel four times a day to begin service in Clonmel that are empty; the reason they cannot stop in various towns and villages on the route to collect and carry passengers to and from Kilkenny and Clonmel; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Control (27 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 222. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the fact that the wild deer population of Ireland has dramatically increased and that they are causing devastating damage to farmland, crops and causing a dangerous hazard on rural and national roads particularly in areas of County Tipperary; the status of the Irish Deer Management Forum; when a chairperson will be...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Control (27 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 223. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider establishing with local stakeholders, including farmers and local gun clubs county management committees to implement policies and best practice to deal with the issue of deer management; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9885/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Control (27 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 224. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will examine issues affecting sustainable management of wild deer, having regard for human economic interest and farmers in addition to the best interests of deer; if, arising from such examination, she will formulate recommendations to the relevant Departments charged with responsibility for wildlife, agriculture and...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Control (27 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 225. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if culling will be introduced according to best practice guidelines adopted internationally and carried out by licensed hunters and local gun club members that are themselves certified as competent in circumstances (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9889/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Control (27 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 226. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if Coillte has a deer management plan in place; if not, if one will be put in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9892/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Appointments to State Boards (26 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 2. To ask the Taoiseach the appointments made by him since his election as Taoiseach to State boards or other agencies under the aegis of his Department. [7981/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (26 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding guideline changes issued by his Department and the National Council for Special Education, NCSE, for SNAs in relation to intimate care needs policy (details supplied); if there has been consultation with SNAs regarding the change; the protections in place for SNAs that feel vulnerable in an intimate care setting without...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (26 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 377. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the findings of the Health Sector National Staff Survey 2016 and the National Ambulance Service Report January 2017 carried out by a company (details supplied) that found 31% of respondents claimed discrimination in relation to their trade union activity in addition to other significant workplace difficulties; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (26 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 378. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the parents of a child (details supplied) were informed that once they reached eight years of years they were no longer entitled to such support. [9497/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Preparations (26 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 460. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures being taken to address concerns regarding the porcine genetic industry relative to a Brexit scenario (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9231/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord Bia Expenditure (26 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 468. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the marketing and promotional expenditure of Bord Bia; if he is satisfied that this spend represents value for money; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9617/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Data (26 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 617. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of social welfare recipients who had their payments cut or reduced on foot of recommendations by Turas Nua or Seetec in each of the past two years and to date in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9431/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (26 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 618. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 52 of 19 February 2019, if evidence of the financial costs referred to with respect to severing the State's contract with organisations operating the JobPath programme will be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9432/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board Enforcement (26 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 645. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an exemption will be considered for a sheltered housing service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9537/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Supply (26 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 651. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has requested the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities to carry out a review of the water supply project eastern and midlands region; if so, the outcome of the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9711/19]