319. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked 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]
14. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment 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 make a statement…
604. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked 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 planne…
606. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked 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 stateme…
674. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked 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]
800. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked 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]
801. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked 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]
802. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked 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]
343. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for 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]
748. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked 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]
257. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Transport 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]
258. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Transport 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 make a statement o…
259. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Transport 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]
260. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Transport 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]
386. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage 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]
387. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage 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 will ma…
388. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage 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]
389. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage 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]
390. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether the absence of statutory local area plans in Fingal since 2000 constitutes a breach of Ireland’s obligations under Articles 6 and 7 of the Aarhus Convention and whether he has received legal advice on potential breaches of public participation rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31640/25]
391. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm the number of local area plans currently in effect across all functional areas of Fingal County Council and what the Department’s plan is for bringing the county into compliance with the Planning and Development Act 2000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31641/25]
392. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has carried out or commissioned any audit or review of systemic failures by Fingal County Council to prepare mandatory local area plans since the Planning and Development Act 2000 came into force; and if so, to publish its findings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31642/25]
393. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he acknowledges that the Office of the Planning Regulator raised concerns during the preparation of the Fingal County Development Plan 2023–2029 regarding the absence of mandatory local area plans for settlements over 5,000 population; and if so, to clarify the reason no action was taken under section 31 of the Plann…
394. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on whether the Office of the Planning Regulator who raised concerns during the preparation of the Fingal County Development Plan 2023–2029 regarding the absence of mandatory local area plans for settlements over 5,000 population, failed to exercise its statutory requirement to ensure the plans as made address the l…
395. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm whether he or his Department has at any time represented in correspondence, Dáil statements, or other public forums that Fingal County Council was in compliance with its obligations under section 19 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 regarding local area plans, and if so, to clarify the factual basis for suc…
220. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if the forthcoming RHO will deal with the liquid fuel and gas sectors separately given the fact that the liquid fuel sector will be in a position to deliver a higher obligation rate the gas sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29215/25]