Results 121-140 of 268 for long speaker:Michael Fitzmaurice

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Thank God the turf cutting industry is alive and well, in case anyone thinks it is gone. It will not be gone for a long time. Mr. Boland is talking about the mushroom industry with respect to Rochfortbridge. We should engage with people involved in the mushroom industry. My understanding is that Rochfortbridge is going to be turned into a lake, correct me if I am wrong. You could not...

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Budget Statement 2017 (11 Oct 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...regard to agriculture, I welcome the €25 million for sheep. On the loans scheme for farmers, the detail has not been given out yet but I hope the scheme, which offers loans at 2.9%, will last long enough and that it is not just a short-term scheme. GLAS was opened a good while ago and the money is already there for it. With regard to beef genomics, there does not seem to be any...

Correcting Pension Inequities: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...and leaving them there. Many people rang me today and asked whether the matter will be dealt with when the vote goes through. The answer is that it will not. I have not been a Deputy for that long but I have seen many motions on subjects that have featured for months but in respect of which nothing happened. This is because a motion is not legislation or a budget. People need to be...

Level 5 Response to Covid-19: Statements (Resumed) (23 Oct 2020)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...Carthy talk about that. I would also like to refer to the issue of PCS numbers. We raised this at the Joint Committee on Agriculture and the Marine. Companies have been waiting a hell of a long time to get their PCS numbers. Today, the company that supplies this product said it has an alternative product which it can supply straight away. I do not know how another product can be...

Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I am not long in the Dáil but after listening to that waffle a person would lose the will to be here. The same ding-dong goes on every day. I look around me and no one answers a question straight. The fact is those politicians who are gone have given the two fingers to the State. We need to do something as legislators to stop what is going on. Go out on the ground and listen to the...

Vacant Housing Refurbishment Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (4 Oct 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: .... I have seen the exact opposite of this proposal where the owners of a house wanted to turn into a small restaurant. They had to go to hell and back with the council to sort it out and it took a long time. That type of thing puts people off. We have an opportunity here and it is welcome that the Minister is not objecting to the Bill and, from what I hear, there seems to be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action
Exploring Technologies and Opportunities to Reduce Emissions in the Agriculture Sector: Discussion (24 Mar 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...me through something I am trying to get into my head. On slat mats, Mr. Boyle said the animal thrives quicker, but Teagasc did research that found it actually ends up that the animal is not as long on the farm, to put it simply. Can Mr. Boyle explain where he was talking about the solid manure not mixing on the slat when it goes down and how it does not allow methane? I want to get my...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...we tended to do in Europe, and I mention the Green Deal. We are becoming the sales people. If it is dirty, we get Brazil or some other country or continent to produce it. We will sell it on as long as it does not produce carbon emissions. It should be brought home to us now that heat and food are two of the most important things. We are stuck at the moment. We are like birds in the...

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Uisce faoi Úinéireacht Phoiblí) (Uimh. 2) 2016: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Nov 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...It is not popular to say, but I have seen in my area that problems and upgrades are addressed much more quickly than they ever were before. People must remember that we can talk about water as long as we want, but at the end of the day the regulations relating to water are growing in number. Various regulations are coming out from Europe and they are harder to meet and result in...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I will not delay people long. There are many positives in the Bill. We know the situation in Dublin and in the larger cities, but also in all counties and in smaller towns. I refer to the problems of housing and homelessness in this country. We have seen some of the major landlords coming from foreign lands and dictating the pace of what they do and getting away with many different...

Special Educational Needs: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...ideas because I have seen some of those ideas in practice and they have worked out well. This is not the Minister's fault and I am not blaming him because he has not been in his position for long, but I have said this to teachers before and I will say openly now that I believe that the lack of speech and language therapists, occupational therapists, and all of that means in years to...

Nomination of Taoiseach (10 Mar 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I congratulate the Ceann Comhairle on his appointment. I do not envy his job, given some of the bickering I have heard today. I have not been in the Dáil long. I hope that, across the divide, we will give everyone an opportunity to speak and not butt in and criticise what they have to say. Every Member of this Dáil is elected by people who went to a ballot box and put their...

Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2014)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...a worrying trend. Last night I listened to the former Minister of State, Deputy Fergus O'Dowd, and I thought he was very honest. He said he had indicated the problems to the powers that be all along but they did not listen. It is true that Deputy O'Dowd rolled out the scheme, but if this is how the country functions, with senior civil servants dictating the pace, we in the Dáil...

Development (Emergency Electricity Generation) Bill 2022: Second Stage (26 Oct 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...and opening a coalmine under it. That is fairly unusual for a country that is in the same Europe as we are. We have to face up to realities in times of need and times of war. We will need gas for a long time into the future. We might not like an LNG terminal or putting the gas back down in Kinsale again, but we have to make sure we do that. There are a few things we need for our...

Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...solve the problems of the country. We cannot have a family home being repossessed. We cannot have banks closing in on families throughout the country and at the same time give €2,000 to the fat cats. I am not long a Member of the Dáil but I will ask the Tánaiste one thing. Will she answer me straight? I do not need an epitaph. I want straight answers. Does she agree...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Proposed Legislation (14 Sep 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...know who is responsible for this. Is it within the Minister of State's Department where an assistant secretary or a principal officer is responsible? This has to be called out now. It has been going on for too long. The Bill came in here. Deputy Ó Cuív was here and Deputy Kyne was here in the previous Dáil. He came in one evening. We are willing and, to be fair to the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...contractor, there is a certification system so that every subcontractor is paid on-site. It is not complicated. Revenue has all the details of any subcontractor that works on-site. It is not a long list to have to go through. I urge Government to do this because there are many small employers that have two, three or four people working for them and they are being left high and dry. It...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Regulation on Veterinary Medicinal Products (Resumed): Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Oct 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...problem. I ask the witnesses to give us the full printout of the legal advice document. It should be standard under freedom of information. The taxpayers are paying. Our guests should look long and hard at a providing course that will allow a qualified person, for example, a person in the merchants who is qualified to give it out, to achieve a certain standard. To be clear, I am...

Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Nov 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...afraid they may lose their allowance. We need to address that. It is the same for those who are unemployed, especially in parts of rural Ireland, who might go to work for someone but it takes so long to get back on benefits if it does not work out, it is not enticing enough. We need to bring in a new system to ensure that we accommodate such persons, especially those with disabilities...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine's Response to Ash Dieback: Limerick and Tipperary Woodland Owners (25 Oct 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: The Ministers will be responsible for not moving on this. Be it via county councils, the single farm payment or some other system, funding should be provided for any ash trees along a road to be cut down. This should have happened already because someone, somewhere is going to be injured or killed. We see what happens during storms. The other day I saw a branch of an ash tree snap...