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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Peat Briquette Production: Bord na Móna (27 May 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Mr. Quinn spoke about the new mix of 50:50 peat and biomass for the new briquette Bord na Móna is bringing out. Will the briquette be dearer than the current peat briquette? Bord na Móna sells peat currently for €23 a tonne or €25 a tonne, and it makes briquettes from some of its stock, and so it can produce a briquette much more cheaply. How much will profits be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Peat Briquette Production: Bord na Móna (27 May 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I do not want to know the exact pricing. I simply wish to know the approximate percentage.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Peat Briquette Production: Bord na Móna (27 May 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Does Mr. Quinn think that Bord na Móna will lose market share given that peat briquettes coming in from Estonia and other places are being sold more cheaply than the price at which Bord na Móna can produce them? I would be the first to say that they may not be of the same quality. If the price of the biomass briquette increases, which will be the case until Bord na Móna can...

Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Motion (Resumed) (28 May 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I am thankful for the opportunity to speak to this issue. I acknowledge the Minister being here and I thank him for that. Some of us are on the transport committee and over the past few months we have seen people from both sides of the argument coming before the committee. One day we would listen to one side and another day we would listen to the other side; at the end, we had to assess...

Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Motion (Resumed) (28 May 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: If we look at the bigger picture including tourism potential and the development of the regions, we need to ensure that we give equal treatment to Knock, Shannon and Cork. With the population that is in Dublin, Dublin Airport will always prosper. There is no point in saying it will not. The volume of people is coming through it. If we are to have balanced economic regions and people...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (9 Jun 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 247. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the fact that it is Government policy that An Post remain a strong and viable company, which will be in a position to provide a high-quality postal service and maintain a nationwide customer focused network of post offices in the community, if her Department's policy and practice of promoting financial institutions outside the post...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (9 Jun 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 248. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the fact that seven out of the eight of her Department's payment application forms delivered to An Post postmasters recently, as part of their stationary deliveries, recommend that prospective payment recipients should have their payments paid directly into accounts in financial institutions instead of to the local post office, her...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (9 Jun 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 249. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the fact that part three, on page six of her Department's pension application form (details supplied), positively recommends that prospective pension recipients should have their pensions paid into current, deposit or savings accounts in financial institutions, to the exclusion of the local post office; her views on her Department's...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Administration (9 Jun 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 421. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 365 of 21 April 2015, if the phrase on-the-spot check in respect of eligibility in the regulations has a specific procedure prescribed under the regulations; the reason his Department deviates from this regulation when carrying out a land parcel identification system review which is not...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Administration (9 Jun 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 423. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 360 of 21 April 2015, if he is satisfied that it is appropriate to transfer statutory decision making powers in the manner stated; the reason it was not necessary to set up the land parcel identification system appeals committee by statutory instrument and make statutory provision for procedure...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Administration (9 Jun 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 424. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 360 of 21 April 2015, if he will confirm that an applicant who is subject to penalties after an eligibility inspection is afforded a statutory appeal procedure, but an applicant who is subject to reductions following an land parcel identification system review is not entitled to a statutory...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Administration (9 Jun 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 425. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No.360 of 21 April 2015, if the land parcel identification system ortho-imagery assessment that triggers a verification visit is made available to applicants prior to considering an appeal; if not, if they will be made available in future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21306/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Administration (9 Jun 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 429. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 364 of 21 April 2015, the reason his Department requires a verification visit, in circumstances where a land eligibility inspection process is already provided for under the direct payment scheme's regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21346/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Administration (9 Jun 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 438. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 360 of 21 April 2015, if he will confirm that his Department’s custom and practice is to notify landowners of private lands in advance of land parcel identification system verification visits, but his Department’s custom and practice is not to notify commonage land owners in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Administration (9 Jun 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 422. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to the recent publication of the guidelines on land eligibility, if he will confirm that these guidelines also apply to Article 34(2)(b)(i) of 73/2009 which was repealed and replaced by Article 34(2)(b)(i) 1307/2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21302/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Administration (9 Jun 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 427. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 365 of 21 April 2015, if he will clarify the relevance of Article 24(3) of Regulation (EU) No. 809/2014 to the Parliamentary Question asked; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21318/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Inspections (9 Jun 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 428. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he agrees with European Union Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr Phil Hogan, that no-notice inspections should end (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21345/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Disease Controls (9 Jun 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 500. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 284 of 15 April 2015, if he will provide a copy of the European Union Commission's confirmation and/or advice that the derogation provided for in Article 7 of EU Regulation No. 576/2013 is applicable to non-commercial movement of pets only, and must be applied on an all-or-none basis, and that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Audiology Services Provision (9 Jun 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 828. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the waiting times for audiology assessment in each of the counties Roscommon, Leitrim and Galway; if he will provide, in tabular form, the waiting times in each of these counties for the provision of a hearing aid following audiology assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22156/15]

Draft Commission of Investigation (Certain matters concerning transactions entered into by IBRC) Order 2015: Motion (Resumed) (10 Jun 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I am grateful for the opportunity to contribute on this matter. I welcome an investigation. I have not been in the Dáil for long, but I have seen something. As Deputy Ross stated, the banking inquiry is taking place down the corridor. The more one learns about this place and that no one will be crucified or made to pay a price for doing wrong, the more one grows frustrated. I have...