Results 81-100 of 268 for long speaker:Michael Fitzmaurice

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Derogation and Nitrates Action Programme: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: One thing we need to do as a committee, which I will propose and perhaps it may be seconded, is where Mr. Drennan mentioned earlier that the EPA report has been held up for so long and that the ICMSA did not receive it. There is a duty on the EPA to give the report to the ICMSA and to publish it for the betterment of all, in the first instance. When the Department appears before the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (14 May 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...entitled, due to lack of funding; his views that it is more cost-effective to support such persons in their own homes, rather than allowing their circumstances to deteriorate to the degree at which long-term hospital or nursing home care becomes a necessity; his further views that the interests of the health and well-being of the persons involved, and efficiency and cost savings within the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Sep 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...Ironically, they have been told that if they can work it for the next ten months until the child reaches 18, they will be guaranteed a place. I presume every other Deputy here, as I do, has a list as long as his or her arm of the fathers and mothers who, down through the years, have tried to help these adults for as long as they are able. However, when they look for residential care,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Relief Schemes (23 Apr 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...legislation to put a solution in place where a site of community of importance or an SAC is being damaged to basically move water, or whatever the problem is, in any part of the country until a long-term solution is found. Those are the facts. If the Minister of State needs help from us we are here to work with him. We are not against it. We are here to work with him on whatever needs...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural Schemes, Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis and Compensation: Discussion (14 Dec 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...abuse this privilege and may be directed to cease giving evidence on an issue at the Chair's direction. Witnesses should follow the directions of the Chair in this regard and are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice to the effect that, as is reasonable, no adverse comments should be made against an identifiable third person or entity. Witnesses who choose to give evidence...

Topical Issue Debate: Community Development Initiatives (20 Jun 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...xed;v provided the Minister of State with statistics for the numbers of positions which remain unfilled nationally. We are not worried about all of the things that civil servant, or whoever it was, wrote that long palaver. We are talking about ordinary people from County Donegal to County Cork and from Connemara to Dublin who are trying to keep villages in shape and cannot fill...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Discussion (6 Jul 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...With the new legislation coming in we will be monitoring what we can put into it in the line of amendments. It raises an eyebrow for anybody that in 2019, the retailers needed a list of stuff as long as a copybook to have with an animal when it was going for sale but this year they would grab your hand for an animal. How come that happens when over three and four years ago, it was put...

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

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...rate, but the company will not listen because it wants to get its pound of flesh. We cannot continue in an Ireland like this. Transparency must come to the fore and we must ensure that, at long last, a nod and a wink will not let someone get away with whatever he or she wants. There must be a new type of politics. Deputy Ross was right. For the Opposition, this is great and will...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (11 Mar 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...? In a referendum a few years ago we were told European armies would not be put together, that it could not happen. Now we learn what is being said from media reports. I have not been here long but Deputies who go on trips to other countries tell me Ukraine is a corrupt country and of other countries supported by the European project which are corrupt, but we turn a blind eye to that....

Water Services Bill 2017: Report Stage (7 Nov 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...must be put in place for that. Ultimately, however, there is the issue of pipes, especially in Dublin. I worked on this in Dublin. There are pipes around Dublin that have been in place for a long time and they will have to be replaced. There must be district flow meters, loggers and meters to find out where the problems are. The one thing required for all of that is money.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (5 Nov 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ..., and I am sure the Minister will talk about the Government assisting people with fuel allowance and so on. Nevertheless, I refer to people who are not in that category and who have no choice but to travel long distances to work. The amendment seeks to raise the mileage limit to the figure stated not in order that everyone will reach it but rather for work purposes only. I ask the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Further Education and Training Strategy: Discussion (12 Nov 2014)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...that this cannot continue. The standard being set for apprenticeships is not good enough. A little piece of paper that tells someone he or she can go down a fall and dig a trench 20 yards long does not make him or her a digger driver. As Senator Hildegarde Naughton said, a long time ago people went to Mervue or the boatyards in Galway to take welding courses and so on and they learned a...

Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...is someone who can organise the set-up. It is like any business in that one has to ensure one can organise people. Currently, it seems as though nobody is organising as captain of the ship. How long will the Taoiseach wait? It is not getting better. Will the Taoiseach contend with the same Minister if the service is not getting better? For one reason or another, one Minister moved...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issues in the Horse Racing Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...that in recent years the IHRB does not have a system in place? It puts the IHRB at a huge disadvantage. It is not Dr. Hillyer's fault. I do not blame her, but why are we looking at this for so long without making a move and when will that move be made? Who is going to answer that question? Will it be done before the end of this year? When will we have a card system for horses, like...

Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (14 Dec 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...ago. The O'Neill sisters from Kerry, if my memory serves me right, and Phil Coulter were there, which shows the talent from one age to next that we have in this country and that has been nurtured along. That is a great asset. No matter where we are, it might be at a wedding and we might have too many pints on us, the final thing the Irish will do at night is to get together and sing the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticultural Industry: Discussion (20 Jul 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: The witnesses talk about not going down the route of a single consent system in legislation and they say the route we are on at the moment would be better because one route would take as long as the other. I mention someone who has 50 ha and has to get an IPC licence and go through all of this. This is similar to the quarry situation that the Departments are involved in, which is a total...

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: ...quite frank about it. This is for the simple reason that when one gets a dog, one is responsible for it. When one buys a car, there is a tax book with it, and wherever it is got, one is done. That is the long and the short of it. We need to get a bit tougher on this craic. It is lovely looking at something but the message has to be clear that there are responsibilities with it. ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (24 Jan 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...put in there for Ireland, we are going to sell our farmers down the Swanee in those areas. Mr. Ryan referred to 10 cm but if it is bog it is bog; if it is peat, it is peat. I am dealing with land long enough and if you shore it, when you go down below the grass you will see what it is. However, it is farming and is keeping farms sustainable. My fear is that we are leaving out a cohort...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: UK Driving Licences (27 Mar 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...the spirit of partnership and in the context of the common travel area, I put it to the Minister that we should not ask people to change over their driving licences. There was a common travel area long before the UK or Ireland was in the EU. If the Minister cannot do that perhaps he could tell the House who is making up these rules. Is the EU pushing the Government on this? What part...