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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: DART Underground and Expansion Projects: National Transport Authority (5 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: When?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: DART Underground and Expansion Projects: National Transport Authority (5 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: When will that happen?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: DART Underground and Expansion Projects: National Transport Authority (5 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: The Government is finishing in a few months' time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: DART Underground and Expansion Projects: National Transport Authority (5 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Does Mr. Creegan know when this will be built?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: DART Underground and Expansion Projects: National Transport Authority (5 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: When we were speaking earlier about engaging a project, Mr. Creegan spoke about the importance of assessing the need for that project as against the value of it, etc. If it transpires when an assessment is done three or four years from now that the relevant ratio is 1:1.5, as opposed to the ratio of 1:5 that was mentioned earlier, will the project be abandoned then?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: DART Underground and Expansion Projects: National Transport Authority (5 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: It seems to me as I listen to what the witnesses are talking about today that everything is based around Dublin. Does the NTA have any plans for rural Ireland to lift it up a bit and give it better services?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: DART Underground and Expansion Projects: National Transport Authority (5 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I know that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: DART Underground and Expansion Projects: National Transport Authority (5 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Does the NTA cover all the bus routes?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: DART Underground and Expansion Projects: National Transport Authority (5 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Does the NTA have a vision for those rural areas where services have been cut in the past few years? There are many parts of rural Ireland that need services, including small towns. While there is a rural service and I acknowledge that it is a help, there is a need in the different aspects of life in rural Ireland. We have the rural bus link, which is good. It has worked well in Sligo and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: DART Underground and Expansion Projects: National Transport Authority (5 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: In talking to the 17 offices which I acknowledge are making progress I ask the NTA not to focus completely on the larger towns. There may be five or six small communities or small towns in a rural area and everyone is whipped out of them on a Friday and brought to the larger town where there is a Lidl and a Tesco store. However, it is the small trader in the small town to whom the NTA...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: DART Underground and Expansion Projects: National Transport Authority (5 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Does the NTA ever talk to the HSE? Some hospitals provide concentrated services in areas, including cancer services and so on. Does the NTA liaise in any way to ensure people from County Leitrim can have their appointments in Galway later in the day because its services might be run in that way? Is there any joined-up thinking? Does the NTA ever sit down with people to ensure the right...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: DART Underground and Expansion Projects: National Transport Authority (5 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Can the NTA drive it to a greater extent?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: DART Underground and Expansion Projects: National Transport Authority (5 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I wish to back up the Chairman. What is happening is that in a lot of cases there are byroads and at one time the bus pulled in at each one along the way. Now the local authority states, "You cannot park there. It is not safe". However, that is where they get their business. It is safety gone mad. A solution must be found, even if it involves bringing in a digger to make a corner in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: DART Underground and Expansion Projects: National Transport Authority (5 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Ms Graham is saying the NTA gives the licence, but the local authorities decide whether the stops can or cannot be used. They are stating the stops where the buses have picked people up for the past 50 years cannot be used. Basically, they are stating people can walk. To be honest, one is nearly obliged to walk from Tuam to Galway in view of the local authorities stating one cannot pull in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Eligibility (10 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 273. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme plus payment for hen harrier designated lands in the sum of €370 per hectare is not payable on commonage lands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39226/15]

Horse Racing Ireland Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Five minutes will do me.

Horse Racing Ireland Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the Acting Chairman for the opportunity to contribute on this Bill. Before I start, my condolences go to the Eddery family. Horse racing is a major money spinner and is important to rural Ireland, where the business has been handed down to breeders and trainers through the years. The amount of money that horse racing generates around the country is incredible. For example,...

Horse Racing Ireland Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Fair enough, but this issue may need to be examined. Another issue needs to be raised, namely, the number of horses without books. While that has been addressed to a certain extent, there have been major problems. Various groups made proposals to the Government to try to resolve the situation and reduce the number of horses in question. Will the Minister of State ensure that this...

Hospital Emergency Departments: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (11 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I commend Deputy Kelleher on the motion. Accident and emergency units around the country are chronic at the moment. I am not saying it is not a question of money but I firmly believe it is a question of organisational skills. There has to be a full root-and-branch analysis of what is being done. In response to any letter representing a person in need of a hip replacement, a Deputy gets...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Data (17 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 304. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers' payments under the areas of natural constraint scheme and the basic payments scheme that have been delayed since the payment commencement dates in September and October 2015 for reasons other than stock density queries; of these farmers whose payments have been delayed, the number the Department has notified...