1413. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the person or body which was asked to contribute to the consultation process for the Improved Lightweight Performance Action Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18261/26]
1414. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the person or body which contributed to the final document for the Improved Lightweight Performance Action Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18262/26]
1415. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any public consultation took place in relation to the Improved Lightweight Performance Action Plan; if so where and when did this take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18263/26]
1429. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date bovine viral diarrhoea, BVD, sampling, which started as a three-year scheme in 2012, will cease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18930/26]
1430. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of calves detected under the BVD sampling scheme per year; if a farm with no detections in the past five to ten years could opt out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18931/26]
1431. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied ) will receive BVD compensation for a number of animals culled in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18932/26]
1439. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the significant discrepancies between the total number of common health entry documents for products of animal origin, CHED P, and total gross tonnage and summed individual country of origin figures for those same years (details supplied); the steps being taken to correct or verify these inconsistencies; and if he …
1440. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason 84 consignments listed in his Department's most recently published import tables indicate a country of origin but contain neither CHED-P numbers nor gross tonnage; if this indicates incomplete documentation on TRACES NT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19164/26]
1441. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the specific sanitary and phytosanitary, SPS, controls recorded on TRACES NT for consignments of products of animal origin entering the State in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, including documentary checks, identity checks, physical checks, laboratory sampling and any follow-up actions; and if he will make a statem…
1442. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of consignments in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026 for which sanitary and phytosanitary, SPS, checks were limited to documentary checks only, physical checks only, both documentary and physical checks, and laboratory sampling; the nature of the sampling performed; the number of consignments rejected or destroyed; and if…
1443. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department considers import controls to be effective where sanitary and phytosanitary, SPS, checks are not documented on TRACES NT; the measures in place to ensure completeness and reliability of control records; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19167/26]
1444. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the frequency of SPS checks recorded on TRACES NT at border control posts for high-risk third countries in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; if the frequency applied accords with EU requirements; if any change in frequency has been implemented over this period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19168/26]
1445. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number and type of follow-up actions taken under Part III of the CHED-P procedures for consignments entering the State in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, particularly regarding detained consignments, consignments subject to RASFF notification, re dispatched goods, and shipments destroyed; and if he will make a statement on th…
1446. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason only two Irish establishments appear on the TRACES NT establishment directory for imports of products of animal origin; whether this reflects the actual number of approved importers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19170/26]
1447. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine , further to his reply of 5 February, in which he stated that all consignments were subject to sanitary and phytosanitary, SPS, checks, if he will clarify whether this is fully documented on TRACES NT; if not, why not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19171/26]
1448. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the quality assurance processes in place within his Department to validate statistical data on CHED-Ps and gross tonnage of imported products of animal origin prior to publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19172/26]
1455. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide each of the annual marketing plans approved by his Department for the marketing of the sport horse sector by the Irish Horse Board; the year-end reviews, audit or value-for-money review completed on each year's activities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19866/26]
1456. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of sport horse organisations he has held direct meetings with since January 2025; the names of each organisation; the number of meetings held; the purpose of each meeting; to identify those meetings that he attended with and without his advisers or officials; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19867/26]
1616. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the review of the national personalised budgets will be completed by the NDA; when her Department will give further direction regarding the future development, scale, and implementation model of the programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20473/26]
1718. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will provide details of the capital spend on permanent health infrastructure over the past ten years in GUH, the only Model 4 hospital in the west and northwest; the way in which this compares with similar spending on other model 4 hospitals across the country namely, Beaumount, Mater, St James's, Vincent's Waterford CUH and LUH; to compare thi…
1938. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a detailed list of public hospital sites, providing CR; the number of WTE allocated to each site; to identify which locations were providing phase 3 CR; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19664/26]
1965. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health when funding will be granted for a child (detail supplied) who requires APOS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19734/26]
2091. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure that the HSE recognises and responds to the time-critical nature of Friedreich's ataxia during the current price negotiations for Skyclarys; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20251/26]
2092. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health the way in which the commitments outlined in the National Rare Disease Strategy 2025-2030, and the 2026 IPHA Framework Agreement, which aims for a 180-day decision timeline, being applied in this case to prevent further delays in addressing this clear unmet need; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20252/26]
299. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Transport the average waiting time and average number of people waiting in each county for driving tests for categories B, C1, C, BE, and CE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16501/26]