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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Jul 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: They have been going on about two years.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Jul 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Is anything being looked at in terms of Europe helping designated areas?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Jul 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: That would be a bit extra, yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Jul 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: There is much talk about the definition of a farmer. Is there any danger, through no fault of their own, that the 50, 60 or 70-acre farmer who spends every day farming, including all weekend and four or five hours every evening, would lose out in terms of the definition of a farmer?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Jul 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Can a farmer who has entitlements and leases them on still get entitlements under the new CAP if he or she is not farming his or her land?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Jul 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Is there any danger that they could be pushed out?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Jul 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Is there anything being considered in terms of someone on an off-farm income of, say, €250,000 a year still getting single farm payments? Will that continue?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Jul 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Can somebody on an off-farm income of, say, €250,000 or €500,000 a year still draw single farm payments whereas someone on an off-farm income of €20,000 or €30,000 and who might have only a few thousand euro of a single farm payment is struggling? Is anything being looked at in the overall context?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Jul 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: The taxation systems would not work.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Jul 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: In terms of what the Department is looking at, can it come down to €50,000 or €60,000?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Jul 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Am I right in saying that it would be 2027 before it would be back to €60,000. Is it fair to say that?
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (3 Jul 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: 196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all new apprenticeship programmes developed since 2017 will receive the same allowances for apprentices attending college as apprenticeships developed prior to 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28546/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (3 Jul 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: 197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new apprenticeships developed since 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28547/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (3 Jul 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: 198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprentices enrolled per apprenticeship programme developed since 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28548/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (3 Jul 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: 199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if equality of allowances for all apprenticeships will be introduced in Budget 2020; the estimated cost for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28549/19]
- EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement: Statements (Resumed) (9 Jul 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: It is not that people are against trade deals, although I have heard that thrown out during the debate. I do not often agree with Deputy Boyd Barrett but, in fairness, on the Lisbon treaty he is correct. We have lost our veto and we need to be honest with people about that. There are Brexit headwinds in the UK, where 70% of our beef is sold. Unfortunately, our suckler herd is in trouble...
- EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement: Statements (Resumed) (9 Jul 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Does the Minister accept that there will be a deal? I gather from his contribution that there will be a deal, although we might not like it. I may have picked him up wrong. Has he accepted that there will be a deal between the EU and Mercosur countries?
- Special Educational Needs: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: It is deplorable to see how some children with special needs are treated as they look for occupational therapy services and speech and language therapy. I saw one young child in County Galway put on a panel of 99 children. It was said clearly that 15 children will be taken care of in a year, but we know that if a child is not seen between the ages of two years old and eight years old, there...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (9 Jul 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: 224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a student (details supplied) is being denied an exemption to the cost of the school transport scheme despite holding a medical card; the reason they are not allowed to travel on the bus under an exemption to a secondary school in Athlone in view of the fact that the bus route is close to their home; if the decision by Bus...
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Control of Horses (9 Jul 2019)
Michael Fitzmaurice: 537. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason unregistered stray horses have been allowed to remain on lands in Hollyhill, Cork city which have been reported to Cork City Council over the past six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29619/19]