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- Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)
Michael Fitzmaurice: What about 2012?
- Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)
Michael Fitzmaurice: We are well aware of that in 2012.
- Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Can we deal with the motion? We do not need to know the history of forestry.
- Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)
Michael Fitzmaurice: What percentage are we planting every year?
- Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)
Michael Fitzmaurice: What percentage-----
- Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)
Michael Fitzmaurice: We are not going to be talking about football with the Minister. It is not a soccer match either.
- Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)
Michael Fitzmaurice: There is nowhere to apply for it.
- Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Where to apply-----
- Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Subject to-----
- Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)
Michael Fitzmaurice: That is for broadleaf.
- Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)
Michael Fitzmaurice: That is for broadleaf.
- Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)
Michael Fitzmaurice: What of the Gresham House deal?
- Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I welcome the motion. I understand there will not be a vote on it. Does that mean the whole deal will be stopped and the motion will not stand at all? Are we here talking, as we do most Wednesday nights, while thinking along with the public that something is happening when it is not happening at all? There is something that stinks about this whole scenario from beginning to end, for the...
- Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Second, he said it is going to manage it. The Minister is right about the management part. Someone is telling us porkies somewhere. I believe we were misled at our committee meeting when all its members, including Deputy Carthy, were present. We were totally misled because the boat had sailed and we were playing catch-up. We were told – the Minister of State, Senator Hackett, can...
- Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Jan 2023)
Michael Fitzmaurice: It was Lidl.
- Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Jan 2023)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I welcome the opportunity to speak in support of the Bill. One thing that needs to be recognised, and I am not going to refer to "my amendment" or whatever like some do, is that everyone in the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine put in amendments. We discussed it and worked together. One good part of being up here is that at least in the committees we are not badgering and...
- Climate Action Plan 2023: Statements (18 Jan 2023)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Climate Action Plan 2023. I often wonder about plans, including the climate plan. The rich can always afford the obstacles that are put in front of them, but the poor always suffer. Motorists in rural Ireland must contend with the carbon tax and the attempt during the past year to try to stop them burning a bit of turf. It is a half of 1% of the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation on Nature Restoration: European Commission (18 Jan 2023)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank Dr. Delgado Rosa. He spoke about favourable status and looking at favourable status and targets. I worked with scientists when we were involved in the rewetting of peatlands. You could do all the things in rewetting but for one reason or another, I have seen peatlands and boglands in Ireland such as Raheenmore, for example, which is designated, that have never been able to reach...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation on Nature Restoration: European Commission (18 Jan 2023)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Sorry, but it is the European Commission that is introducing the regulation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation on Nature Restoration: European Commission (18 Jan 2023)
Michael Fitzmaurice: The European Commission is the one that is bringing in this EU nature regulation. It is fine to talk about all the member states, but if it is agreed at European level then it is in to every country and the onus is on every country and we have to report back to the EU. Is that correct or not?