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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Just one second. I wish to clarify this. Everyone is fond of exams and getting people to press buttons and answer questions. At the end of the day, there are some people driving, as Ms Verona Murphy mentioned, who are 55 years and over. Some of those people could be the best drivers in the world and be doing things right. However, they may not have had the opportunity that the witness or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Is it correct to say there has been what we call a light tip because if a car is hard, one will draw on his or her insurance policy?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Is Mr. Lee suggesting we have should have categories similar to those in England?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Am I correct in saying the insurance industry in Ireland knows when a car has been hit and written off for financial or other reasons, as the issue comes up when the vehicle is being reinsured?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: All of them do.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: If a French lorry comes here they have not done the CPC. My understanding is that there is nothing done to them.

Intoxicating Liquor (Breweries and Distilleries) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Mar 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: As with the previous speakers, I welcome this Bill and I commend Deputy Kelly on putting it forward. This group has through the years ploughed a furrow when many people would not have taken notice of them. They had to go without much funding or backing and they did not have the media coverage that many drinks companies have. They had to try to spread the word on the basis of the few pounds...

An Garda Síochána: Statements (28 Mar 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Does the letter Mr. Gay Byrne received not show the type of systems in place, in that they were more interested in finding out who wrote the letter? The Commissioner was appointed at a time when it was known in the Department of Justice and Equality, in the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport and by a Minister that some fiasco was going on in the Garda Síochána, yet she was...

Money Advice and Budgeting Service and Citizens Information Centres: Motion (28 Mar 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I congratulate Deputy Willie O'Dea on bringing froward the motion. The only problem with motions that have been brought forward in the Dáil in recent years, and on which we have voted, is that, sadly, nothing seems to happen on foot of them. I hope this one will be different, but I have my fears about it. MABS provides a local service in the towns in which they are located around...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Appeals (28 Mar 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 246. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made regarding an appeal for family income supplement submitted in October 2016 by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15292/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Imports (28 Mar 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 430. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to call for an EU Council of Ministers meeting with a view to introducing an immediate ban on Brazilian food products being imported into the EU, in view of the recent revelation regarding the substandard food products being exported by Brazilian food processors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14815/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Imports (28 Mar 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 431. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will to take to safeguard persons from inadequate products in view of the recent revelation regarding the substandard food products being exported by Brazilian food processors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14816/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Transfer of Entitlements (28 Mar 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 509. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person whose entitlements are the subject of a garnishee order can lease and or sell their entitlements in circumstances in which the garnishee order does not specifically state that the entitlements cannot be leased or sold; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15443/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Transfer of Entitlements (28 Mar 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 510. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person whose entitlements are the subject of a garnishee order and who is unfit to carry out farming activities due to illness or injury can lease and or sell their entitlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15444/17]

National Children's Hospital: Motion [Private Members] (29 Mar 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the Deputy for sharing time. I welcome this motion from the Rural Independent Group. Everyone in the House agrees that we need a world-class hospital for children. What should we build the hospital for? Should we build it to cater for all of Ireland or part of it? A few things emerged from the Minister's speech. He spoke about inflation. I come from the building sector and have...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (29 Mar 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 72. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the documentation and other requirements a Syrian national would be required to provide in order to obtain a category C visitor's visa for 90 days to visit family here, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15728/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Benefit Eligibility (29 Mar 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 114. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person who, in the relevant year, was both self-employed and employed as a PAYE worker and made 52 paid S class contributions and in excess of 13 paid A class contributions, would have an entitlement to jobseeker's benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15729/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I have two quick questions. The Minister must realise that in small rural towns around Ireland, and where I come from, there is no bus at all now. There are private buses in some of the larger towns but we have no bus service now. Does the Minister believe that a Bus Éireann driver who goes from Waterford to Galway, for example, should be on the equivalent wage as a Dublin Bus driver?...

Brexit: Statements (4 Apr 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I am glad to have the opportunity to speak on this debate. The Europe we joined years ago - many people were in favour of it - was the European Economic Community, EEC. A community in anybody's eyes is a good thing. However, over the years it has changed considerably, some of it good, but an awful lot of it has intruded on the lives of people in different countries. People wonder why the...

Defence Forces: Motion (4 Apr 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank Deputy Noel Grealish for sharing time and I compliment Fianna Fáil on tabling the motion. We need to salute the soldiers throughout the country and the work they do. We have seen the work they have done rescuing people in foreign lands. It would make one proud to be Irish. They have worked with the United Nations on peacekeeping duties for many years and the Irish soldiers...