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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Staff Relocation (4 Mar 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 53. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm receipt of a valid request in respect of a person (details supplied) to transfer from her Department's County Longford office to the Department's offices in Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim, which is now in excess of three years; if she will facilitate this transfer request; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Western Rail Corridor: Discussion (4 Mar 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the witnesses for their presentation. I have said for years that infrastructure is required in rural areas if we intend to retain jobs there. I have listened all day to certain views being put forward here. My view is that when a gas pipe went into Dublin, it might not have been economically viable the day it went in, but they built a city around it which pays back. A Government...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Western Rail Corridor: Discussion (4 Mar 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I apologise for interrupting Mr. Cunningham. At present, Iarnród Éireann is at a disadvantage.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Western Rail Corridor: Discussion (4 Mar 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I presume, if there is flooding, it is the OPW that is resolving that to bring water somewhere else. Would I be correcting in saying so?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Western Rail Corridor: Discussion (4 Mar 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: It is not Iarnród Éireann's funding. It is a problem in an area where there is flooding and it is the OPW that must carry out those works.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Western Rail Corridor: Discussion (4 Mar 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Is there farmland flooded?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Western Rail Corridor: Discussion (4 Mar 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: They would be beneficiaries as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Western Rail Corridor: Discussion (4 Mar 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Are there houses?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Western Rail Corridor: Discussion (4 Mar 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I rest my case.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Western Rail Corridor: Discussion (4 Mar 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Could Mr. Cunningham address my query about whether, with the use of new technology, the service could be made more efficient, with X number of carriages being put at the back of the train and freight also being transported? In that way the service would facilitate multitasking, or whatever one would term that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Western Rail Corridor: Discussion (4 Mar 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Is it not more efficient to have one engine pulling all the carriages rather than having to use two engines?

Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: How many questions, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle?

Topical Issue Debate: EU Regulations (5 Mar 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: On 1 July 2014, a directive entitled EN 1090 came into force in Ireland. To simplify the issue, it essentially means that people around the country who have small or large fabrication works must get new quality assurance certification. The first problem was nobody knew about it, even though it was being kicked around in Europe for eight years. As people got word of it - I only got word...

Topical Issue Debate: EU Regulations (5 Mar 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: There is a fear abroad among the smaller operators, many of whom are talking about shutting up shop. While everyone is in favour of creating jobs, we must hold on to what is in place. In fairness, I have been in contact with the local enterprise office, LEO, in County Roscommon and with the National Standards Authority of Ireland, NSAI, and we held meetings in Claremorris to try to explain...

Topical Issue Debate: EU Regulations (5 Mar 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: While I know this is not the responsibility of the Minister of State, Deputy Deenihan, with all due respect, someone in an office wrote that reply who does not have a clue what is happening on the ground. We know all the regulations and that they have been in place since 2014. However, there is a problem on the ground that is costing money for the smaller firms involved. The only firms in...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (5 Mar 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 52. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider creating a status analogous to being on the live register for previously self-employed persons who, following the financial crash, are now de facto long-term unemployed, enabling them to apply for positions or employment schemes, often with State agencies on a part-time or a temporary basis, where there is a stipulation that...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Felling Licences Applications (5 Mar 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 110. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide copies of all general and limited felling licences associated with a development (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9622/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Land Parcel Identification System (5 Mar 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 112. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that all commonage land parcel identification system reviews, from 2009 to date in 2015, have been carried out in a transparent and non-discriminatory manner, with specific regard to notice and the provision of reports to the affected applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9629/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: State Properties (5 Mar 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 271. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the area of bog owned by the State in an area (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9607/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Data (5 Mar 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 272. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the names of bogs to which her Department has successfully relocated applicants from (details supplied); the number of plots available for relocating applicants in each of these relocation bogs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9608/15]