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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: The Taoiseach said a few words, including "survey". What will a survey do for a small business of four or five people with one or two at the head who are trying to do everything and make sure everything is right? The other word he used was "software". We are back to the same thing. That is grand for a business with a HR department. It will have someone dedicated to that. The Taoiseach...

Immigration: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the Cathaoirleach Gníomhach for the opportunity to speak on this matter. Ireland is signed up under different protocols to take in a certain number of refugees every year and we are doing that. In fairness to the Irish people, when the war in Ukraine broke out, they opened their doors everywhere as has been pointed out by Deputy Tóibín. The Irish Red Cross made a...

Immigration: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: -----and that is not going to work because underneath the surface the people in middle Ireland are getting fed up with it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Rising Veterinary Costs on Dog Ownership and Surrenders and Abandoned Dogs: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I have several questions. Did I pick up from earlier questions that there would be a campaign on television on the need to look after dogs after Christmas? Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Rising Veterinary Costs on Dog Ownership and Surrenders and Abandoned Dogs: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: At the moment, many people are thinking about buying dogs. Before they do, they should know that dogs will be with them for a fair while and they could live ten, 11, 12 or even 15 or 16 years. We need to be hitting the point hard before Christmas. Everyone who sees a dog loves the look of the dog, but they have to remember that they will be there for a long time and there are costs...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Rising Veterinary Costs on Dog Ownership and Surrenders and Abandoned Dogs: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Yes, I know but I am wondering what the total cost is?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Rising Veterinary Costs on Dog Ownership and Surrenders and Abandoned Dogs: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Does the Department give it to councils? Obviously, there are councils as well. Who gives it to the councils? That is more money.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Rising Veterinary Costs on Dog Ownership and Surrenders and Abandoned Dogs: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: To dog homes?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Rising Veterinary Costs on Dog Ownership and Surrenders and Abandoned Dogs: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: What I am asking is does anyone know what the councils get as well?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Rising Veterinary Costs on Dog Ownership and Surrenders and Abandoned Dogs: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: No matter how we go, there is about €14 million or €15 million being spent between different Departments, between grants the Minister gives, and what is given to local authorities. This is to solve something that should not be, to be quite frank about it. This is for the simple reason that when one gets a dog, one is responsible for it. When one buys a car, there is a tax...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Rising Veterinary Costs on Dog Ownership and Surrenders and Abandoned Dogs: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Yes but it is corporates in the UK, that is what I am on about. I am not on about corporates here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Rising Veterinary Costs on Dog Ownership and Surrenders and Abandoned Dogs: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I am not saying that. I am saying that to the corporates in the UK, it was manna from heaven. With regard to the vets, in fairness to any vet - and we have a few dogs at home ourselves - any time you go to the vet, they will tell you before they start. If there is a problem and an operation to be done, they will give a fairly good guide as to what it will cost. You can decide then, as Mr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Rising Veterinary Costs on Dog Ownership and Surrenders and Abandoned Dogs: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: When the dog is brought to the vet, they get their vaccines etc. Over the last five years, in my opinion - and I often ask how much that costs - it has nearly been the same price over the last four or five years, bar you are going for something big like an operation. That is going into a different category. It is like horses. There is now a hospital for horses. It is going to cost more,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Rising Veterinary Costs on Dog Ownership and Surrenders and Abandoned Dogs: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Is he from north Tipperary?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: An Rialálaí Agraibhia: Engagement with Chairperson Designate (6 Dec 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Like Senator Paul Daly, I wish Mr. Healy and Ms Lenehan the best of luck. As the Senator said, Mr. Healy has been in front of the committee many times and he is a Galway man like myself. Ironically, when Mr. Healy and Ms Lenehan were talking to Senator Paul Daly, this week's price of cattle came up on my phone. I was looking through it and I saw that there was not 5 cent between it and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: An Rialálaí Agraibhia: Engagement with Chairperson Designate (6 Dec 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Do the witnesses believe the legislation is there so that if they felt there was a cartel, they could go in and investigate that?

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I am thankful to have the opportunity to speak on this motion. On a personal basis, I get on well with the Minister. I think, though, that the Garda Commissioner has lost the dressing room completely. Our thoughts must be with the people who were stabbed and hurt before the riots. We wish them well. I hear all this talk about the far right in this country. Yes, there are extreme...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (5 Dec 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 530. To ask the Minister for Health when building works will commence on the planned 50-bed building at the Sacred Heart Hospital, Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53362/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (30 Nov 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 416. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on the proposal submitted by the rural social scheme and Tús supervisors to her Department for pay parity with community employment supervisors, who earn 15% more following discussions over the past two years through a tripartite forum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53115/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I was present when the witnesses were before the committee on the previous occasion. The committee was giving recommendations on doping to the IHRB and outlining what we would like to see done. How many recommendations have been implemented or how is the implementation process proceeding? The witnesses talked about horses being moved elsewhere and that they would not know where they are....