Michael Fitzmaurice

547. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht when he will announce the grants for community centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68990/25]

208. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the next payment run will be made for farmers who are not paid their ACRES first payment for the scheme year 2025, and the figures not paid yet for 2025 first payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68177/25]

209. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has enough funding to pay farmers in the different agricultural schemes the money they are owed before the year end 2025; and given his Department’s payments and budget, whether he envisages a shortfall in any scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68178/25]

218. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a project (details supplied) will receive stage 2 approval for the extension required; when outstanding stage one payments will be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67416/25]

219. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education and Youth if approval will be granted for the required four modular classrooms and a modular technology engineering room for a school (details supplied) to allow it to cater for current students and to cater for the increasing enrolment in September 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67417/25]

462. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 801 of 12 November 2025 if he will confirm the money allocated to each project application in 2025 under the equine technical support scheme, the percentage rate of funding; the unsuccessful applications, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67718/25]

463. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a tender process was initiated one year earlier than expected for the studbook services contracts; the number of applicant bidders for each lot; the score each bidder received in each lot; the names and qualifications of each member of the evaluation panel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67719/25]

413. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 93 of 6 March 2024, where the specific information requested regarding the publication of documentation demonstrating whether bank accounts, fund transfers, or other records prove that a surplus of €8.195 million from school transport was held by Bus Éireann on her behalf as of 31 December 2011 was not included; whether she accepts that the precise information sought was not supplied; whether she will now provide this information; the reason it was withheld; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65905/25]

414. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 94 of 6 March 2024, if she will investigate the reason her officials did not provide the information to the minister at the time in the preparation of the response sought by this Deputy regarding whether the transaction purportedly returning the net cash surplus of €6.7 million to her in 2018 was drawn from ‘the ring-fenced bank account’ purported to exist to separate funds from school transport from its commercial business; the corrective actions that will be taken to correct the record; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65906/25]

415. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 94 of 6 March 2024, to give supporting documentation demonstrating whether the ring fencing in bank accounts existed or whether fund funds were co-mingled in bank accounts and used as general cash flow (liquidity) as working capital across Bus Éireann’s commercial business; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65907/25]

906. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1825 of 4 November 2025, if she will insure that the most vulnerable and disadvantaged people that are incapable of safely and effectively managing their medication regimen, will not be impacted by the ceasing of free dispensing of prescription medication in blister packs in January 2026 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65924/25]

907. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health if there is an established set of criteria put in place to assist pharmacies when assessing eligibility to receive free dispensing of prescription medication in blister packs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65925/25]

405. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if a location (details supplied) is showing on the flood plain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64727/25]

224. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment when a company (details supplied) will provide the composting bins to customers pursuant to 2023 legislation to allow every household in the State to be provided with a brown bin for food waste and light garden waste by their waste collector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60910/25]

649. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person who has a private pension scheme through their employment would be able to qualify for the Government contribution part of the auto-enrolment pension scheme from January 2026, when the new pension scheme comes into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60984/25]

685. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Social Protection to reconsider the decision to make farm assist a credited benefit so that participants do not lose out on contributions while in receipt of this payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62041/25]

801. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will make the terms and conditions available for the equine technical support scheme operated by his Department for 2024 and 2025; if he can confirm the recipients of the funding, the initiative supported, the amount of grant awarded and eventually paid to date to each recipient, in tabular form; if he is satisfied that each recipient of the funding met the stated eligibility criteria; the non-Department costs of each initiative, and how that shortfall was funded; to highlight any deviation from the stated criteria and the reasons for such deviation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61398/25]

1023. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health if she will address the issue that a national transfer system does not exist for health and social care professionals only for clerical and management grades; when the need for fair mobility across the system will be available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61633/25]

1106. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if carer’s allowance income is accessible when local authorities assess the income of a person in receipt of social housing supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59347/25]

1148. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Social Protection to outline the decision making process on setting the limit on the length of time a person can work while been in receipt of carer’s allowance or carer’s benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57777/25]

1624. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health if it is the case that the paediatric cardiology department at Crumlin Hospital is no longer seeing children in clinic, and only prioritising emergencies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57693/25]

1825. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health to review the Community Pharmacy Agreement to ensure that the most vulnerable that is, people who have reading difficulties, people with mobility difficulties, elderly disadvantaged persons will not be impacted by the ceasing of free dispensing of prescription medication in blister packs in January 2026 as these persons rely on the provision of blister pack medication by pharmacies for safe self - medication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58733/25]

1986. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health if she will carry out a review of the Community Pharmacy Agreement to ensure that the most vulnerable i.e. people who have reading difficulties, people with mobility difficulties and elderly disadvantaged people will not be impacted by the ceasing of phased dispensing in January 2026 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59540/25]

511. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will confirm that all weekly contributory and weekly non-contributory pensioners will receive the full ten euros increase in Budget 2026 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56523/25]

397. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health the breakdown, by location of each CR hub and its corresponding dedicated CR WTE allocation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56461/25]