Michael Fitzmaurice

154. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider mainstreaming the criteria required between the various Departments involved when bringing a HGV driver from an non-EU country and so reducing the wait time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27853/25]

359. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting for a routine CT scan in Roscommon University Hospital as of the 16 May 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26459/25]

360. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health the weekly capacity for routine CT scans in Roscommon University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26460/25]

361. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health the number of office staff and medical staff located and employed in the radiology department in Roscommon University Hospital; the number employed in these areas in each of the years 2019 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26461/25]

942. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how many forestry felling licences were issued in 45 days or less from applications received from 1 January 2025 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24334/25]

372. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a tree felling licence will issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22638/25]

182. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Taoiseach when the disability unit that was to be established in the Department of An Taoiseach will be put into operation. [21139/25]

551. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Finance when a review of the inheritance tax threshold will be initiated to include those persons deceased who do not have children and wish to leave their estate to a person to ensure there is no discrimination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18629/25]

930. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education the reason for the requirement for professionals who wish to extend their registration with the Teaching Council in order to provide home tuition, to undertake additional courses (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19815/25]

931. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education the reason for the requirement for professionals in fields such as occupational therapists, speech and language therapists and psychologists to be registered with the Teaching Council in order to work as home tutors (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19816/25]

932. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education the reason qualified professionals are required to register with the Training Council; the reason home tutors working under the home tuition grant scheme for her Department need to register with an outside body such as the Teaching Council; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19817/25]

1493. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Justice if 30,000 student visas will be given out this year to international students; and the requirements to access these visas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19922/25]

1494. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Justice in light of the housing crisis, whether it is prudent to give 30,000 student visas to international students who will be requiring accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19923/25]

1509. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Justice the number of asylum applications in system under appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18647/25]

1510. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Justice the number of asylum applications in courts being appealed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18648/25]

1511. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Justice the cost of legal aid regarding asylum applications in courts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18649/25]

1512. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Justice the current timeframe for initial application to final appeal from a safe country, and an unsafe country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18650/25]

1513. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Justice the longest timeframe a person seeking asylum and started with application and is in courts appealing in the current cases that have not been finished; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18651/25]

1762. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will advise, following many promises to the forgotten farmers, when the scheme for the forgotten farmers will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21121/25]

2230. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health if a brother-in-law of a person receiving long-term care in a nursing home can be named as a family successor (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19814/25]

2308. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health the reason the data regulations have yet to be signed off on which would finally enable the formal commencement of the Inquiry that was given Cabinet approval to establish an inquiry into the historical licensing and prescribing of sodium valproate in Ireland after many years of delay on the part of successive Governments despite the various assurances that have been given; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20181/25]

243. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the roll-out of brown bins by waste management companies will be mandatory for households in rural areas, in line with the waste action plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16638/25]

525. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 376 and 584 of 5 November 2024, with the report in relation to the extra funding requested for the foundations having been sent into the Department, the status of this application; when a decision will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17336/25]

752. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in relation to a breeding grant fund (details supplied), which is funded by this Department and administered by Horse Sport Ireland, if the new requirement for applications is to provide a complete insurance policy before any funds can be accessed, and whether this has been stipulated by the Department directly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16643/25]

595. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in light of storm Éowyn, whether his Department has changed policy on planting distances from roadsides and overhead cables; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15250/25]