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

Michael Fitzmaurice: I have with me a letter that I received this morning. According to it, the Minister and the Taoiseach have been sent copies. A couple with a house in Lucan is being kicked around by the same bank that supposedly gave others favourable treatment. The couple's loan has been sold. The list of directors at the various companies that buy secondary mortgages off the likes of IBRC makes for...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Better Energy Homes Scheme (10 Jun 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 197. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of the enormous potential for both monetary and energy savings, his views on the fact that the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland's better energy home owner grant scheme and better energy warmer homes scheme do not cover the replacement of external windows and doors; if he will use his influence with the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Joint Sitting with the Joint Comittee on Justice, Defence and Equality
Pro-Social Drivers Programme: Pro-Social Ireland (10 Jun 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Do the witnesses talk to councils about the roads programme and alleviating problems in high-risk areas? Youngsters drive fast, but one can put a speed restrictor into a car as easily as into a lorry and it would restrict them whether they liked it or not. I have been an advocate of this but I do not know if the delegates have done anything about it. Is there an incentive for youngsters...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (16 Jun 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 583. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter regarding the treatment of a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon, and on ambulance delays in this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23287/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (16 Jun 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 587. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the recent withdrawal, for cost saving reasons, of the essential emergency cardiac drugs Ephedrine and Epinephrine from ambulances, save those minority of ambulances that are crewed by an advanced paramedic; his further views on the inevitability that this latest cost saving measure will result in unnecessary loss of life; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Staff (16 Jun 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 588. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the recent withdrawal of stand-by ambulance crews under the new rostering regime; his further views on the potential impact this will have in County Roscommon, where the enhanced ambulance service promised following the closure of the newly constructed accident and emergency unit at Roscommon Hospital has not yet been delivered; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (16 Jun 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 590. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23307/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank Mr. Gleeson for his presentation. A few months ago I used the analogy of an apple high up in a tree to describe the programme, which means it will be hard to attain. As much as 70% of the suckler herd is located in the west of Ireland in a region that spans the country from County Clare all the way up to County Donegal. People were frightened when they received a letter with red...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I wish to raise an issue about replacement heifers. If one has cows and one bulls them with five-star bulls from this year on - as we all know, the ICBF changes its data three or four times a year - by the time a heifer comes to calving, she could have between nine and 12 judgments on her, so her rating could be reduced to two or three stars. How does the Department intend to address the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I ask the assistant secretary to answer my question. The ICBF will judge a bull on 12 tests. One will start off in good faith with one's animal and then one will get a calf. What happens if the rating changes, following 12 different tests, by the time the heifer has had her calf? Where does the Department stand on that issue? Does one have to buy a five-star animal? I expect a "Yes" or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: The assistant secretary has not addressed my question, so I will repeat it. Let us say one starts the scheme in good faith with a five-star bull, and the ICBF carries out 12 assessments. If someone ends up with a two-star or three-star animal after starting off with a five-star animal, do they have to get rid of it the next year or the year after, if they do not have 50%, in order to make...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: The following year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Before 2018 or 2019?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Mr. Gleeson is saying that if I buy a bull this back end that has five stars, he is perfect for the six years?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Even if the ICBF downgrades him to a two-star bull?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: If many of these Friesians come on board in two years' time and the price of the suckler calf goes down and it is unproductive, will that be an example of force majeure?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I have followed this issue with interest for a while. I wish Mr. Finan the best in his new position. I listened to him speak about the TAMS and he is right about including people. If a young farmer walks into a bank in the morning and tells the bank manager he or she is putting up a shed or buying a bit of land, am I correct to state the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I second Deputy Denis Naughten's proposal.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (17 Jun 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 58. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 247, 248 and 249 of 9 June 2015, and in view of her reiteration in her reply that it is Government policy that An Post remains 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,...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (17 Jun 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 59. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 247 to 249, inclusive, of 9 June 2015, and in view of her reiteration in her reply 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...