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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Does the IHRB target horses that are winning or is that how it is done?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Ireland has a good name as regards racing. It is a good industry, and that is why we need to keep its reputation as good as possible. It is great to see Irish horses going over to the UK and winning. I am not expert on them but they sort of take over when they go over to the likes of Cheltenham. This is great to see but we need to make sure it is kept 100% right. Did the IHRB ever ask...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Has everything relating to governance been resolved?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: What is Mr. O'Loughlin's gut feeling?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I do.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Is Mr. O'Loughlin confident that everything will be alright?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Thank you.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Does lab testing go out for procurement?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: How often?

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (30 Nov 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 416. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on the proposal submitted by the rural social scheme and Tús supervisors to her Department for pay parity with community employment supervisors, who earn 15% more following discussions over the past two years through a tripartite forum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53115/23]

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I am thankful to have the opportunity to speak on this motion. On a personal basis, I get on well with the Minister. I think, though, that the Garda Commissioner has lost the dressing room completely. Our thoughts must be with the people who were stabbed and hurt before the riots. We wish them well. I hear all this talk about the far right in this country. Yes, there are extreme...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Rising Veterinary Costs on Dog Ownership and Surrenders and Abandoned Dogs: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I have several questions. Did I pick up from earlier questions that there would be a campaign on television on the need to look after dogs after Christmas? Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Rising Veterinary Costs on Dog Ownership and Surrenders and Abandoned Dogs: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: At the moment, many people are thinking about buying dogs. Before they do, they should know that dogs will be with them for a fair while and they could live ten, 11, 12 or even 15 or 16 years. We need to be hitting the point hard before Christmas. Everyone who sees a dog loves the look of the dog, but they have to remember that they will be there for a long time and there are costs...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Rising Veterinary Costs on Dog Ownership and Surrenders and Abandoned Dogs: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Yes, I know but I am wondering what the total cost is?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Rising Veterinary Costs on Dog Ownership and Surrenders and Abandoned Dogs: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Does the Department give it to councils? Obviously, there are councils as well. Who gives it to the councils? That is more money.

Immigration: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the Cathaoirleach Gníomhach for the opportunity to speak on this matter. Ireland is signed up under different protocols to take in a certain number of refugees every year and we are doing that. In fairness to the Irish people, when the war in Ukraine broke out, they opened their doors everywhere as has been pointed out by Deputy Tóibín. The Irish Red Cross made a...

Immigration: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: -----and that is not going to work because underneath the surface the people in middle Ireland are getting fed up with it.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: This country is made up of a lot of SMEs. In fact, there are 23,000 SMEs that employ between nine to 45 people and a huge number of SMEs that employ larger numbers of people. Especially the smaller ones, in carrying out their day-to-day work, and especially in the groundworks and machinery side of the housing sector, many people have to go to a site to price a job and look after their...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Will the Taoiseach talk to the Ministers and get a bit of common sense into this for the sake of the survival of small businesses?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: The Taoiseach said a few words, including "survey". What will a survey do for a small business of four or five people with one or two at the head who are trying to do everything and make sure everything is right? The other word he used was "software". We are back to the same thing. That is grand for a business with a HR department. It will have someone dedicated to that. The Taoiseach...