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Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Feb 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: We are quoting all this European Union legislation because Ministers love EU law. That is the problem and it is about time Irish people stood up and questioned all this stuff that is coming from Europe.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Feb 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I ask the Minister of State to ensure the Bill is amended on Committee Stage to ensure more youngsters are not forced to take the boat to another country. We must encourage people to get out and going at a young age, rather than fining them €200, €300 or €500 for not having a licence. The small fry are always hit in this country. We are good at generating tax...

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Feb 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Will people be required to obtain a licence to sell timber?

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Feb 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Timber is a clean fuel.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (18 Feb 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 62. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in view of the Government's claims that the Irish economy has turned the corner and is in recovery, if he will amend the temporary Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Acts to reduce the impact of the pension related deduction on the pensions of retired public servants, specifically those on modest pensions; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (18 Feb 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reverse the 15% cut to resource hours made by the previous Minister during the economic emergency; if she will reverse the resource hour cuts to pupils with dyslexia and general mild learning disabilities made by the previous Government in 2005, during the reign of the Celtic tiger; if she will reverse the cuts to English as an...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Activation Projects (24 Feb 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 204. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the outstanding performance of the disability activation project also know as Project DAWN in the Roscommon Disability Support Group DALE Centre, Derrane, County Roscommon, in exceeding its targets in the first seven month of operation, if she will make provision for the extension of European Social Fund co-funding beyond April 2015,...

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Feb 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Children and Family Relationships Bill. There are many good sections in the Bill, but I have some concerns about it. In order to get this right, we must make sure that children are the paramount consideration and that what we decide here for the future of children is done in the proper way. I have concerns about unmarried fathers, who in my...

Climate Change and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Feb 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I am grateful for this opportunity to speak on the Bill. For the past ten or 15 years I have listened to people speak about global warming, and when that Houdini act did not work they headed to climate change. Let us be clear on a few matters. In recent years we have heard about climate change and flooding in Dublin, Cork and Galway. The fact is that 40 or 50 years ago we had only...

Climate Change and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Feb 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Let us consider the statistics down through the years. There was approximately 1,600 places in the world used to decide the temperatures. Someone had a good idea and decided to pull the figures from some of the coldest places. Now, we are down to a total of approximately 700 places from which we take our figures. If we were to put a blanket over this country for the rest of my life, it...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ministerial Correspondence (3 Mar 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 269. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the contents of an open letter to him, dated 19 February 2015, from the Irish Natura and Hill Farmers Association, which is supported by 21 other organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8887/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Payments (3 Mar 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 623. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of persons who received compensation in the Barroughter, Cloonmoylan and Ardgraigue bog complexes; the number that are individual plot owners; and if one, or more, family members are claiming on the same turf bank. [8891/15]

Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: They have not been sorted out.

Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: It is a question of eligibility for all schemes.

Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Take a look at the Welsh model.

Dairy Sector: Statements (4 Mar 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I wish to share time with Deputy Naughten. I welcome the opportunity to contribute and I also welcome the Minister's announcement earlier that he anticipates the creation of 10,000 jobs following this regime change. This will be welcomed by everybody in rural Ireland, which has not experienced the best of fortunes over the past few years. He said that on the Dublin road out of Cork,...

Dairy Sector: Statements (4 Mar 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Farmers travel from various counties to compete for large tracts of land used by beef farmers and they use mobile units for milking. That has put pressure on local farmers in all the western counties and I hope the Minister will take this on board. There seems to be a move towards having bigger farms but I am very much in favour of always protecting the family farm. According to...

Dairy Sector: Statements (4 Mar 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I have never talked down rural Ireland in my life. The Deputy should have listened to what I said.

Dairy Sector: Statements (4 Mar 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I set out the facts.

Dairy Sector: Statements (4 Mar 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I did not. I welcomed it.