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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Drainage works were included.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: According to some media coverage, cheaper quotes were received. Is that correct? I heard media reports of quotes coming in at €30,000, €40,000 or €50,000 less. Were those bids assessed as not supplying the same works?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I am trying to establish something. When the OPW puts a project out for tender, it uses a preferred supplier in the south of the city and another in the north. Am I correct in saying that only one can work on a project or can other people who do that type of work-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Did the bike shelter go through eTenders?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the witnesses. That is all I wanted to know.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (24 Sep 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 122. To ask the Minister for Finance if the 3% USC surcharge on income in excess of €100,000 for the self-employed will be reviewed to bring it in line with that of the employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37812/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Sep 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 69. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the legal basis on which additional, non-means-tested benefits are being provided to Ukrainian nationals in a manner that exceeds the provisions of the International Protection Act 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37990/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Sep 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 70. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how the Government justifies preferential treatment through the means of additional benefits to Ukrainian nationals, which results in the unequal and discriminatory treatment of an Irish citizen who has contributed to the State over many years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37991/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Sep 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 71. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures that will be implemented to rectify a disparity (details supplied) and ensure that Irish citizens are not disadvantaged in their own country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37992/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (25 Sep 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 100. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to recruit an ophthalmologist in the Longford eye clinic to enable patients to continue their treatment there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37980/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: If possible, I would like the committee to get that information from the parties involved. Is there a procurement framework document on which suppliers of projects valued at €500,000, €1 million or whatever are put? How does it work?

Finance (Provision of Access to Cash Infrastructure) Bill 2024: Second Stage (26 Sep 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill. If anything was ever to be learned by people across this country or, indeed, across Europe, it was when there was a bit of an outage in technology a few months ago and nobody was able to use their phone set-up or card set-up. Sometimes people go down a road and it is the cool thing to have this card and swipe everywhere they go. That day,...

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Budget Statement 2025 (1 Oct 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the budget. Like most Deputies, I welcome the increases for carers and our elderly. Childcare supports and the €2,000 increase in the threshold before entering the higher tax bracket are also welcome. Nobody will be against these changes. The only problem is that today is a day when the Government has a lot of money. We did not have a fraction...

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I welcome the opportunity to come back on more parts of the budget. Obviously, budgets for infrastructure are welcome. I have touched previously on the fact that Irish Water let 350 workers and subcontractors go because there was no work going on around the country. If we are talking about building houses, obviously, we have to make sure we have the infrastructure in place. Roads, sewers,...

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I welcome that, if it is going to happen, because a lot of farmers have raised it today. I urge the Minister of State to try to do that if he can. One issue that has come out today, and the devil is always in the detail and things might be said that are right or wrong, is the €9 million for some sort of pouches for people to put their phones into in schools. I would like...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Swimming Pools (2 Oct 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 117. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the Government has any intention of providing a public swimming pool in Loughrea, Galway (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39264/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Swimming Pools (2 Oct 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 115. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the Government has any intention of providing a public swimming pool in Loughrea, Galway (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39265/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Usage (3 Oct 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 153. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers in derogation (details supplied); and the number above 700 units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39534/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Issues Impacting the Fisheries Sector and Aquaculture: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (9 Oct 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the witnesses for coming in. I have a few questions for the witnesses. What percentage of the fish of Europe are caught in Irish waters?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Issues Impacting the Fisheries Sector and Aquaculture: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (9 Oct 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Okay, I will go on. The witnesses spoke earlier, and I was looking some things up on it, on the marine Bill or was it the maritime-----