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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 561. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost if 1,000 additional gardaí were recruited in each of the years 2022 to 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37612/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 562. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if funding will be provided for the purchase of high-powered jet skis for the Garda water unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37613/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 563. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of quad bikes, all-terrain vehicles, scramblers and similar types of vehicles seized by gardaí in each Garda division in 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37614/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (13 Jul 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 599. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 538 of 25 May 2021, the project manager of Project Woodland (details supplied) has stated that the Assistant Secretary is the project sponsor for Project Woodland; if he will explain the role of the project sponsor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37235/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (13 Jul 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 619. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will prioritise private afforestation licences given Coillte has been issued its full allocation of felling licences for 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37439/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (13 Jul 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 620. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Minister of State with responsibility for land use and biodiversity supported the decision not to have the forestry industry represented on the CAP Consultative Committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37440/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (13 Jul 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 644. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the Charities Regulator first became aware of the alleged misappropriation of funds relating to an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37798/21]

Mandatory Hotel Quarantine Extension: Motion (14 Jul 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: The House is running ahead of schedule. I am grateful to have the opportunity to speak on this motion. Hotel quarantine has been fairly well debated over the last while. There is something I cannot understand. We have been contacted by many people about this issue, for instance, people who were travelling from Abu Dhabi or countries in that region and had parents going into hospital for a...

Lifting of Covid-19 Restrictions: Motion [Private Members] (14 Jul 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I welcome this motion and I thank the Rural Independent Group for tabling it. The mantra over the last 15 months has been that we are all in this together. However, this circus continues. When I was a gouger I remember the Pope saying to people in Galway: “Young people of Ireland, I love you”. This Government has sent a clear message by bringing in this legislation that it...

Health (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2021: Second Stage (14 Jul 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this legislation. I do not know where we are going, as a country. I will give the Minister an example. I was talking to a woman last night who is vaccinated. Her youngster is under the limit, in that he or she can walk in with his or her parents to a restaurant or pub. The child will be able to do that next week but in two weeks' time that youngster...

Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I know that. I am talking about the amendment and I have said I am supporting it. While the amendment is in good faith I do not think we should be going down this road because the Dáil is not functioning in the way a democracy should function. We are heading towards dictatorship in this country.

Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I speak in support of this amendment, but it is a damn bad day when we have to introduce an amendment like this and support it. I understand where the proposers of this amendment are coming from and I said that I would support it. I hope, however, that we never do this again and that it will not go any further. I reiterate that I understand where Deputy Boyd Barrett and the other proposers...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Business of Joint Committee (29 Jun 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the Chair for the update. There was a fair bit of confusion because some of us might not look at emails but the Chair is as good a person to look at it as any. Did he discuss the price per tonne? Can he repeat the tonnage they said they would be able to get through.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Business of Joint Committee (29 Jun 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: How much a tonne?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Business of Joint Committee (29 Jun 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Have they a contract with anyone or will they take it from anybody?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Business of Joint Committee (29 Jun 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: You have to bring it somewhere. The likes of bring centres have to be able to bring it somewhere afterwards, with transport and so on. The Deputy is asking an interesting question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Business of Joint Committee (29 Jun 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: It would have to be baled.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Collection and Recycling of Farm Plastics: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the witnesses for coming in. Looking back at our previous meeting, Mr. Moloney stated that there are 10,000 to 11,000 tonnes of waste around Ireland. I ask him to break that down. In the Kerry-Cork area, how many tonnes are there?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Collection and Recycling of Farm Plastics: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Who owns the plastic in the Walker Recycling yard?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Collection and Recycling of Farm Plastics: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: How many tonnes is that?