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Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (5 Nov 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I see there is approximately €3 million or €3.5 million in the context of the carbon tax. How much does the Department get in total budget from the Department of Finance in respect of the carbon tax?

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (5 Nov 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Can we get a figure?

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (5 Nov 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I am referring to a figure for the total amount the Department gets from the Department of Finance for the carbon tax. I thank the Minister. Turning to forestry, I see there is no change in this area. How is it possible to gauge forestry when, if we look at the budget for it, we are probably sowing a fifth of what our target is? Should this not be a fifth less of the money used? Our...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (5 Nov 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: No. I am talking about TB.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (5 Nov 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I am talking about what we are hearing now. The Minister might check it out with farmers.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (5 Nov 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Right. The Minister might check into it.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Business of Select Committee (5 Nov 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I nominate Deputy Joe Flaherty.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (5 Nov 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 376. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the status of a new school building (details supplied), and on the works required before commencement can take place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44106/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Development Contributions (5 Nov 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 610. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the reimbursement of charges by Uisce Éireann and fees for building houses that were waived until September is extended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45123/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (5 Nov 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 762. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of protected disclosure applications that have been received by the Irish Prison Service since 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44815/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (5 Nov 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 763. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of protected disclosure applications received by the Irish Prison Service since 2014 that have been investigated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44816/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (5 Nov 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 764. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the findings or outcomes of those investigations into the protected disclosure applications received by the Irish Prison Service since 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44817/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (5 Nov 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 1043. To ask the Minister for Health if urgent approval can be granted for the medicines nivolumab (opdivo) and chemotherapy, authorised by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) since October 2021 for gastric cancer with a PD less than 1 and CPS of 7.5, and pembrolizumab, authorised since December 2023 by the EMA for gastric cancer with a PD less than 1 and CPS greater than or equal to 1, as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Oct 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Thanks.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Oct 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Thanks Vice Chair. The witnesses are welcome. The committee need to be honest with them on this. If we had an expert in animal welfare, we would be obliged then to have experts in all different things. What the committee has the flexibility to do is bring in experts like the witnesses who have been invited today or to bring in experts who would know the ins and outs of it to give all...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Oct 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: What sort of funding does the charity get? I missed that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Oct 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I beg Ms Kenny's pardon.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Oct 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Is the rest got through fundraising?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Oct 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I assume the witnesses get paid as staff.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Oct 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Maybe it has changed, but I understood if there was a problem with welfare councils have a vet or a person on animal welfare and the councils were involved in basically rounding up horses.