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- An Bord Pleanála: Statements (15 Sep 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: The Deputy can take a minute.
- An Bord Pleanála: Statements (15 Sep 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: The planning issue is going on for years and planning is getting tighter. I believe the Government will table legislation in the next few months, and I hope it will be made more workable for rural families. The first thing I wish to talk about is An Bord Pleanála. Why is it that nearly all An Bord Pleanála employees are from or live in Dublin? If I live in Dublin, I know how...
- Security of Electricity Supply: Motion [Private Members] (15 Sep 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I would never be that way. I thank the Regional Group for bringing this motion forward which I support. A few corrections need to be made to what was said by speakers earlier who would not have done much homework. In 1997, Derrybrien, under planning number 973470, did a full environmental impact survey, EIS. It was because Ireland did not transpose the environmental impact assessment,...
- Security of Electricity Supply: Motion [Private Members] (15 Sep 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: How long will it take, for Jesus's sake?
- Security of Electricity Supply: Motion [Private Members] (15 Sep 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Is there one off the west coast yet?
- Security of Electricity Supply: Motion [Private Members] (15 Sep 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: The west, I said.
- Security of Electricity Supply: Motion [Private Members] (15 Sep 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: When are you going to open Lanesborough?
- Security of Electricity Supply: Motion [Private Members] (15 Sep 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: What about Derrybrien?
- Security of Electricity Supply: Motion [Private Members] (15 Sep 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: We can make an order.
- Security of Electricity Supply: Motion [Private Members] (15 Sep 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: In the national interest.
- Security of Electricity Supply: Motion [Private Members] (15 Sep 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: We are talking about a wind farm in the county that you are from, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle, that could power the second biggest county in Ireland and we are talking about Europe telling us what to do. We can bring out an emergency order if a Minister wants to do it. It is so frustrating.
- Water Services (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Second Stage (15 Sep 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this. I will first say I am the chairman of a group water scheme. We run it ourselves voluntarily. We do not need Irish Water or anyone else, thankfully; we do it ourselves. There is a great community in our area. I want to make that clear. I probably have an advantage over most people where I would have dug and laid it, filled it in and scoured it...
- National Retrofit Plan: Motion [Private Members] (20 Sep 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I support the motion. Some types of retrofit work, such as heat pumps and insulation in roofs, but doing insulation inside or outside older houses is an expensive job. Doing a deep retrofit costs about €90,000. Unless there are interest-free loans, it is not going to work. People do not have the money because they have their tongues out trying to keep themselves warm, never mind...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: EU Regulations (20 Sep 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: 58. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will oppose the proposed European Union regulation on land and peat restoration with reference to the biodiversity strategy and climate strategy as part of the European Union Council of Ministers, given that the consequences for Irish farming will be detrimental if this regulation is left in its present form...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: EU Regulations (20 Sep 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: This question concerns COM (2022) 304, to ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will oppose the proposed European Union regulation on land and peat restoration with reference to the biodiversity strategy and climate strategy as part of the European Union Council of Ministers, given that the consequences for Irish farming will be detrimental if this regulation...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: EU Regulations (20 Sep 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: If the Minister supports the regulation in its present form, he will be a traitor to the people in rural Ireland. That is the fact. What has been proposed would make Cromwell blush when compared with what he tried to do to Ireland. The Minister used the word "voluntary". This is bringing into law a regulation that will affect people with land containing peaty soils. The Minister should...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: EU Regulations (20 Sep 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: The Minister could have a look at Listowel. Where are the cows reared around Listowel?
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: EU Regulations (20 Sep 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Yes, and where are the cows?
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: EU Regulations (20 Sep 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I am talking about land that is reclaimed, that cattle are on.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: EU Regulations (20 Sep 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: And what does the regulation do?