Results 1-20 of 3,494 for speaker:Michael Fitzmaurice in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Reviews (10 Jul 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 153. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 14 of the 2 July 2025, why he did not provide a copy of the findings of the mid-term Irish Farm Film Producers, as requested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38584/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (9 Jul 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 106. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person who was in receipt of a blind pension prior their 66th birthday is no longer able to receive this pension or if they are no longer considered blind upon turning 66; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38266/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (3 Jul 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 319. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an ACRES payment for the years 2023, 2024 and 2025 will issue for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36741/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Reviews (2 Jul 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 14. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 86 of 9 September 2024, if he will provide a copy of the findings of the mid-term Irish Farm Film Producers’ Group review, which his Department advised it was completing, which was initiated in November 2023 and was to be completed in the last quarter of 2024; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Programmes (1 Jul 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 604. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in relation to the 2022 pilot farm environmental study programme, the delivery of which was awarded to an organisation (details supplied) after a public tender process; when the decision not to proceed with the study programme was made by his Department; when the organisation was informed by his Department that it no longer planned...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Programmes (1 Jul 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 606. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the decision not to proceed with the 2022 Pilot Farm Environmental Study Programme was made by his Department; when an organisation (details supplied) was informed by his Department that it no longer planned to proceed with the study programme; the reason the programme did not proceed as planned; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (1 Jul 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 674. To ask the Minister for Health if the funding for podiatry services has been discontinued for people with type 2 diabetes (details supplied); if so, the date this was discontinued; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35204/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (1 Jul 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 800. To ask the Minister for Health at the time of the overview, the WTE number and grade of CR staff employed in each hub site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35842/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (1 Jul 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 801. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who participated in a phase 3 cardiac rehab programme in each site (hospital and hub) in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35843/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (1 Jul 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 802. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria used to deliver funding to support 13 permanent cardiac rehab posts to integrated health authority regions (IHA) 1 and 2 (Galway, Mayo, Roscommon); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35844/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (19 Jun 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 343. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a HAS application submitted by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33446/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (17 Jun 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 748. To ask the Minister for Health whether it is possible for a brother-in-law of the person receiving long-term care in a nursing home to be named as a 'family successor”, in order to qualify for the three-year cap on family farms under the fair deal programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31835/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Transport Authority (12 Jun 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 257. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to publish, or lay before the Oireachtas, any legal advice received by his Department or the NTA regarding the lawful basis for funding public realm works where the planning authority is in breach of its statutory planning obligations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31631/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Transport Authority (12 Jun 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 258. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to complaints made to the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General, the Public Accounts Committee, and the Ombudsman concerning the legality and governance of NTA funding decisions, particularly those referenced in correspondence from a Councillor (details supplied) dated 7 May 2025; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Transport Authority (12 Jun 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 259. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether NTA embedded staff are required to comply with local authority planning policies; whether any guidelines exist to govern oversight and accountability of these activities by elected members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31634/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Transport Authority (12 Jun 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 260. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether he has received any reports or complaints that the NTA has dividing large public works into smaller phases to bypass environmental and planning assessment requirements under the Planning and Development Acts and the SEA Directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31635/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Policies (12 Jun 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 386. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether Fingal County Council is currently in breach of statutory obligations under section 19 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, having failed to adopt Local Area Plans for multiple relevant urban areas since 2000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31636/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Policies (12 Jun 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 387. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether he has considered issuing a direction under section 31 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 to Fingal County Council for its repeated failure to adopt mandatory local area plans in urban centres with populations over 5,000, as confirmed by the High Court in Byrne v FCC & Ors [2025] IEHC 204; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Policies (12 Jun 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 388. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to clarify the current legal standing of planning permissions granted in North County Dublin in areas where local area plans have been statutorily required but not adopted since 2000, including whether such permissions are legally sound or open to challenge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31638/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Policies (12 Jun 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 389. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether county development plans adopted in the absence of required local area plans are legally valid; the advice issued to local authorities and An Bord Pleanála regarding zoning and planning in these circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31639/25]