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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I may have picked Dr. Mullins up wrong. When speaking about GM crops grown outside the EU he referred to a licence or different systems. Is be concerned about the licence system in America we read about many years ago?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: From what I picked up, a big family seems to be examining all of this. I have raised waste issues and the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, has been considering them for the past two and a half or three years and it does not seem to be bothered about them. It appears the EPA will be the guiding light for Ireland on nearly everything but no results have emerged on most of the issues with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: How long is that pathway?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I am trying to establish what part of the EU the information is fed into. Is it DG X? My understanding is that DG XI, is environmental? Is it to one of these Teagasc feeds the information or is it the five different parts of the orchestra here?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: With the best will in the world, Teagasc could be doing the greatest work. I am not questioning that. I am trying to establish who contacts Teagasc in regard to research on this or that. Is that done by the EPA, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine or the Department of Health? Is Teagasc asked to carry out research over, say, a two-year period, and to feed all of that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Does all of the research undergo peer review in a journal and so on?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I did not get a response to my question about the soya that is travelling the world. Am I correct in saying that it can grown somewhere else and brought in?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: For those who carry out the research, is there any facility whereby under licence, which is how many of these studies are done, they could take a portion of that and grow it here or in some country in Europe to prove there is or is not damage to the soil? Is Teagasc permitted to do that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I do not wish to hold up the meeting. Mr. Deegan spoke about the legislation and he referenced the term "likely slow". What is meant by "likely slow" in regard to legislation? Is it three years, five years or longer for different directives in terms of this research?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I understand the EPA and the Departments of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and Health are involved. In regard to this issue, should we not have one body that would have all the expertise within it? My fear is that there would be a going over back from one to the other and that that would delay processes. Is there any fear of that?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Mar 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: At the close of business last night Deputies Conway-Walsh, Calleary and Ring raised the problems in Mayo in regard to the Oweninny wind farm. The reason Deputy Ring is beside me is we are standing in solidarity with the people who have worked on that wind farm installing up to 31 turbines, three or four of which remain to be installed. There are contractors in Mayo who are owed €1.3...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Mar 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I am asking the Minister whether he and his Government will intervene with the ESB and Bord na Móna to bring a bit of common sense to the situation and bring some of these so-called directors back to ground?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Mar 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the Minister for what he has said. I acknowledge the work by the Departments of Social Protection and Enterprise, Trade and Employment. We are moving to phase 2 on this issue and I recognise the point about the receiver process. Is it not ironic, however, that the ESB was able to bring down two Northern contractors to look at finishing the job? The job at the moment is standing,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Mar 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: -----down to the Owenwinny wind farm, while the contractors down there are owed €4 million. There is a retention fund and I know what retention is. I saw the contract, to be quite frank, and if I was a receiver I would worry. I put it to the Minister that someone needs to talk to the CEO of the ESB to get him back to realism in order that the contractors in the west of Ireland and...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Mar 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I want to bring in Deputy Ring on the theme I brought up on Leaders' Questions regarding legislation.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (22 Mar 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 754. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a join family non-EEA national spouse visa application by a person (details supplied) will be processed given that it has been in the system for over six months which is over the business target for dealing with this type of application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14240/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Expenditure (22 Mar 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 1122. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the expenditure by the Forest Service of his Department is in line with the budget for the month of February 2022 thereby ensuring that there is no underspend for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13982/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Expenditure (22 Mar 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 1123. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the expenditure by the Forest Service of his Department for the month of February 2022 versus February 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13983/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (22 Mar 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 1130. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive their GLAS payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14238/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (22 Mar 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 1131. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of samples that were taken to be tested for TB annually in 2019, 2020 and 2021; the breakdown of the samples taken for testing by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14241/22]