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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) Virgin Atlantic Airlines (2 Apr 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I am going by the figures provided.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) Virgin Atlantic Airlines (2 Apr 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: My analysis is that in any business, if one wants to look after one's customers or make it cheaper for them, one does not talk about it but just gets stuck in. My impression is that it is akin to the people in the stand in Croke Park who know how to win the all-Ireland but if they are asked to put on the jersey they do not want to do it. There is one way to do this in order to provide...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) Virgin Atlantic Airlines (2 Apr 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Why does Mr. Thompson think Aer Lingus Regional, or Stobart Air, is not overly concerned about the link flights?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme and GLAS: Discussion (14 Apr 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Last Friday night, I was at a meeting in Athlone about land eligibility. The fact is that if this continues the way it is going, we will see the abandonment of land, or else people will forget about the payments system and will stock mountains or land again the way they always did. The Department cannot have it both ways. I think the farming organisations would agree there are no clear...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme and GLAS: Discussion (14 Apr 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: It was stated that this system was built around the computer. Is that workable? Is it true that under this computer system organic farmers are being put into category three? Could Mr. Dawson elaborate on whether problems have arisen with regard to the computer system?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme and GLAS: Discussion (14 Apr 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I noted with interest that they referred to Slieve Aughty. There are satellite images of where it has been grazed. What has gone on in Slieve Aughty is a disgrace. I have followed the story with interest and I have talked to those involved on a regular basis. Yesterday, I discussed the issue with officials from the National Parks and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme and GLAS: Discussion (14 Apr 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Mr. Joyce referred to the National Parks and Wildlife Service. Has he had meetings with that body and has it come out to say it will back the Irish Natura and Hill Farmers' Association in the problems arising? I hope Mr. Joyce has more luck than I had. Nine or ten months ago I brought a delegation of farmers from Sligo on an issue to do with fencing and planning permission. My...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (15 Apr 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 284. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 101 of 17 December 2014 and subsequent correspondence (details supplied), if he will ask the European Commission to re-assess its advice in respect of Article 7 of European Union Regulation No. 576/2013; if he will seek to have Ireland and the United Kingdom placed on the list of member states...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Spent Convictions Legislation (15 Apr 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 346. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when legislation allowing for convictions to be deemed spent will be debated in Dáil Éireann; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14127/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Administration (15 Apr 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 715. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide for the obligatory ongoing maintenance of the Clárleabhar in primary schools, following the introduction of the primary online database in 2016, as an invaluable source of local history, and out of respect for long established tradition; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14515/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: State Land Ownership (15 Apr 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 907. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the area of bog owned by the State in Clonmoylan Bog (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14235/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme (15 Apr 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 908. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of plot owners who were paid money for turf plots in Clonmoylan Bog (details supplied) in County Galway, under schemes other than the current Cessation of Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme; the amounts paid to each recipient in such instances categorised by year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14236/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme (15 Apr 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 911. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of compensation payments made to applicants which her Department has sought, or is now seeking, to have repaid to Departmental funds, categorised by year, from January 2011 to December 2014, in Clonmoylan Bog (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14239/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme (15 Apr 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 912. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of applicants who did not meet the criteria of the scheme, that is were not cutting turf on their plots in any of the five reference years or where their plots are cut out and have no raised bog remaining, categorised by year, from January 2011 to December 2014, in Clonmoylan Bog (details supplied) in County Galway; and...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme (15 Apr 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 913. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of turf plots on which multiple compensation payments were made, and the specific amounts paid for each such multiple plot, categorised by year, from January 2011 to December 2014, in Clonmoylan Bog (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14241/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme (15 Apr 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 914. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of applicants who received monetary compensation and turf deliveries, categorised by year, from January 2011 to December 2014, in Clonmoylan Bog in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14242/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme (15 Apr 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 915. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of applicants who applied for compensation under the Cessation of Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme, categorised by year, from January 2011 to December 2014, in Clonmoylan Bog in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14243/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme (15 Apr 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 909. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the names of bogs to which her Department has successfully relocated applicants from Clonmoylan Bog (details supplied) in County Galway; the number of plots available for relocation applicants in each of these relocation bogs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14237/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme (15 Apr 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 910. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of applicants who have applied for relocation; who have been successfully relocated from Clonmoylan Bog (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14238/15]

Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I am grateful for the opportunity to speak on this Bill. I welcome the fact that young families with children under six and elderly people will see some bit of light. There are a lot of families who are struggling throughout the country. People with young children often try to be the doctor at home, rather than paying the €50 fee. If children have the flu or some such, their...