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Support for Householders, Businesses and Farmers Affected by Storm Éowyn: Motion [Private Members] (1 Apr 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this motion. We need to learn many lessons from Storm Éowyn. We can blame and give out, but we need to be prepared for the next one and do a post mortem on what needs to be improved. In fairness, the Minister, Deputy Calleary, has been helpful whenever I have gone to him. I would say his Department has no closing date in its letters. You need...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Third Level Education (27 Mar 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: There are probably 200 youngsters out of the country at the moment because UCD is not fit to take the numbers who are looking for this. I understand that there is a lot of setting up to it, but the problem is, as the Minister knows in his position, that a delay of three or four months does not work in veterinary or in college because if it is not ready for September 2025, it will not start...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Third Level Education (27 Mar 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the Minister for his reply. I will follow the matter up with him as the months go by.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Third Level Education (27 Mar 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 4. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the bachelor of veterinary medicine will be delivered in Atlantic Technological University, formerly Mountbellew Agricultural College, Galway, in September 2025, as announced by his predecessor; if not, when this course will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14918/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Third Level Education (27 Mar 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: First, I want to wish the Minister and the Minister of State, Deputy Harkin, well as I did not formally do it. For a number of years, I have lobbied about veterinary colleges and I welcome the announcement where Letterkenny and Mountbellew was going to be one of them and Carlow-Kilkenny and Waterford was going to be the other. My understanding was this was going to kick off in September...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Welfare Services (26 Mar 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 109. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department allowed welfare officers or offices to pay for repairs to vehicles registered outside this country whilst here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14452/25]

Young Carers: Motion [Private Members] (20 Mar 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I welcome the debate and support the motion. When we hear the Department of Finance talking about it costing a certain amount if we were to get rid of the means test, if these carers decided to look at putting their loved ones into a nursing home, it would cost the State €1,100 every week. Those are the facts of it. They are actually saving the State about €800 to €900...

International Security and International Trade: Statements (20 Mar 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this matter. On security, there are many headwinds blowing at present in respect of the Mercosur deal. Irish farmers would be unduly affected by this deal and I urge the Government to oppose it. On tariffs, while it will be Europe that will decide the number and type of products that will attract tariffs, we must remember that the 60% of, for...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Ambulance Service (19 Mar 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 254. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when the air ambulance will be returning to the Athlone base; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12298/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (19 Mar 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 276. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there has been progress made on any capital projects such as the MetroLink or the Galway bypass since the formation of this Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10739/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Charges (19 Mar 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 894. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is an appeals procedure for a person whose application for the refund scheme for water has been refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11631/25]

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

Michael Fitzmaurice: 1044. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to clarify the amount paid under the HAS1 and HAS2 humanitarian aid scheme due to storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11941/25]

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

Michael Fitzmaurice: 1045. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to confirm whether on 7 March 2025 an email went from the Department of Social Protection to all Social Welfare offices advising them to shred all applications not yet filed for the humanitarian aid HAS1 and HAS2 due to storm Éowyn; the number of applications processed and paid under HAS 1 and HAS 2; the number of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (19 Mar 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 1281. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applicants who have left or been excluded from the sheep improvement scheme since its commencement on 1 February 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11945/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (19 Mar 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 1371. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a decision has been made to further extend the accommodation recognition payment (ARP) for Ukrainian refugees; if not, what will happen to those that are currently in accommodation under the ARP scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11466/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Construction Industry (6 Mar 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 251. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment given the current housing crisis, if he has any plans to bring in qualified non-EU workers in the construction industry, such as plumbers, electricians, bricklayers and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10304/25]

Waste in Public Expenditure: Motion [Private Members] (5 Mar 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: They signed up for the jobs.

Waste in Public Expenditure: Motion [Private Members] (5 Mar 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: To correct the record, we went in to meet the Taoiseach and Tánaiste and put a policy document in front of them. When we talked about trying to save the agricultural sector from a carbon tax, others decided to sign up to it. We talked about freezing it and perhaps putting it on aeroplane travel. People can decide whether to go on holidays but cannot decide whether to go to work 30 or...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (4 Mar 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 285. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to clarify if the hydrogen/electric bus is still running in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9820/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (4 Mar 2025)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 286. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the mileage on the hydrogen/electric bus, if it is still running; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9821/25]