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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Joint Meeting of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Joint Committee on Rural and Community Development
Common Agricultural Policy: Discussion (22 Jan 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Were there limits on numbers applied to GLAS?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Joint Meeting of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Joint Committee on Rural and Community Development
Common Agricultural Policy: Discussion (22 Jan 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Would it be accurate to say there are 12,000 farmers coming out of AEOS who will not have a scheme until 2021?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Joint Meeting of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Joint Committee on Rural and Community Development
Common Agricultural Policy: Discussion (22 Jan 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Does Mr. Hayes have concerns about-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Joint Meeting of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Joint Committee on Rural and Community Development
Common Agricultural Policy: Discussion (22 Jan 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: -----the locally-led schemes? In fairness to the Department, when it puts out a scheme the amount of money held for administration is not the same amount as in locally-led schemes and what consultants are given.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Joint Meeting of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Joint Committee on Rural and Community Development
Common Agricultural Policy: Discussion (22 Jan 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Is it correct that one has to have 5 acres when one is planting? What about when there is a group of trees in the corner of a field? Could one put 50 or 100 trees in a corner or along a ditch to bring it to an acre and get paid for that acre? It may help in climate mitigation if one wants to go down that road but also people would not be tied to having 4 acres or 5 acres. Will the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Joint Meeting of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Joint Committee on Rural and Community Development
Common Agricultural Policy: Discussion (22 Jan 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: What is the Department's definition of a farmer? There is a query in the new CAP about what a farmer is.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Joint Meeting of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Joint Committee on Rural and Community Development
Common Agricultural Policy: Discussion (22 Jan 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: What will the definition of a farmer be?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Joint Meeting of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Joint Committee on Rural and Community Development
Common Agricultural Policy: Discussion (22 Jan 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: It is not yet defined.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Joint Meeting of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Joint Committee on Rural and Community Development
Common Agricultural Policy: Discussion (22 Jan 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: On digesters, would it be used where one can put in grass or slurry? If one produced gas, could one sell it to the grid or put an engine in front of it to generate electricity? Will it be all the district heating system, which, let us be honest, will probably not work?

Local Government Bill 2018: From the Seanad (23 Jan 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I welcome the opportunity to speak to the Bill. Regardless of which side of the debate we are on, we should acknowledge that the Minister of State with responsibility for local government, Deputy Phelan, has met us several times to discuss the issue. This compares favourably with has been done by any other Minister and needs to be respected. The report on Galway was clear in stating...

Local Government Bill 2018: From the Seanad (23 Jan 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: The Minister of State's wife would be helpful in Leitrim.

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I will not delay people long. There are many positives in the Bill. We know the situation in Dublin and in the larger cities, but also in all counties and in smaller towns. I refer to the problems of housing and homelessness in this country. We have seen some of the major landlords coming from foreign lands and dictating the pace of what they do and getting away with many different...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (23 Jan 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3271/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Quality Assurance Scheme (23 Jan 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 182. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of tonnes of beef produced on quality assured farms in each of the years 2016 to 2018; the number of tonnes deemed ineligible for the quality assurance payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3256/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Slaughtering Standards (23 Jan 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 183. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the regulatory with which inspections were carried out by departmental personnel on weighing equipment in livestock processing plants in each of the years 2016 to 2018; the number found to be out of calibration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3257/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Slaughtering Standards (23 Jan 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 184. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the regulatory with which weighing equipment in livestock processing plants is required to be independently calibrated to ensure the accuracy of these machines is kept to a high standard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3258/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Slaughtering Standards (23 Jan 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 185. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the regulatory with which a grading machine in a beef processing factory is required to be independently calibrated to ensure its accuracy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3259/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Slaughtering Data (23 Jan 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 186. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a food business operator in a slaughter plant can access information on an animal that is not being presented for slaughter by a herd keeper; the information the operator can see relating to other animals in the herd on the animal identification and movement system when accessing information on an animal being presented for...

No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (29 Jan 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I offer my condolences to Deputy Pearse Doherty, the Leas-Cheann Comhairle and the other Deputies from Donegal on the tragic loss of four young people over the weekend. I will support this Bill. It is a good Bill. I do not understand why we would not want to do something about an element of the code of practice that would basically give it a bit of power. I listened to the Minister of...

No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (29 Jan 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Does the Deputy mean vulture funds?