Results 141-160 of 268 for long speaker:Michael Fitzmaurice

Roads Funding: Motion [Private Members] (1 Feb 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...had a budget of €32 million for roads and it is down to €19.5 million. Roscommon County Council has €11.5 million for roads but it once had €19 million. It will cost money but in the long run it will save us money and it would help more people to find work and make the roads safer. A report showed that in certain counties, 14% of the roads are dangerous. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ongoing Fodder Crisis: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Apr 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...? The farmer organisations and co-operatives had moved and the farmers and the farmer organisations knew. What is the Minister's opinion on that? There are a lot of people watching this. How long does it take to get the refund in the first scheme the Minister announced? On the second scheme, the import subsidy, is it co-operatives? What about the merchants in the different parts of...

Taoiseach a Ainmniú (Atógáil) - Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (27 Jun 2020)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...have made. Today is an historic day. I wish Deputy Micheál Martin the best of luck. It is probably inevitable that he will be Taoiseach and, for the course of the next few years or however long it lasts, I wish him good luck in his journey ahead. Our group put together documents. We met representatives of the incoming Government a few times and have been constructive but,...

Credit Union Restructuring Board (Dissolution) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Mar 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...deficit in areas that the banks have left. I learned from the heads of the credit union that they wanted to help with housing, as Deputy Ó Caoláin stated. They have a large amount of money that they were willing to lend on a long-term basis to help with the housing crisis. It is my understanding they have never been taken up on it. We must keep money circulating. Credit...

Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020: Second Stage (30 Jul 2020)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I will not delay the House for long. I wish the Minister the best of luck in her new position. If she is to leave a mark with the new Government, she has an opportunity to do so this evening. I ask her to listen to the previous speaker, Deputy McGuinness, and to read the amendments that have been tabled, whoever is able to get to whoever from the banking sector in the Department. This is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Sector: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (17 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...in the scheme but went out of it and came back in again at some point? The Department is looking at 1,600 altogether so that means there are 720 existing participants. Can Mr. Dillon clarify how long it will be before the existing farmers who will enter the scheme this year are fully converted to organic production? From what they are saying, I understand that many of the smaller...

Regulation of Private Security Firms Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Nov 2020)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...is accepting the Bill but I note that the Government is talking about bringing in its own legislation on this matter. As Deputy Howlin pointed out, we all knew a year ago or two years ago - probably longer for anyone who has been here that long - that something was required in this area. I do not know why we put a group of people from all different Departments together to decide on what...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticultural Peat Supply and Willow Scheme: Bord na Móna (23 Mar 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...willow and farmers bought into it around the country around that time. I have a case in Mayo where a farmer bought into it and was told - I am aware the witnesses did not know this - that it would be going up the country a long distance from Mayo and that, for example, Lanesborough and Shannonbridge would be going down the willow road as well. I understand fully that the court case and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (12 Mar 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House. Over a long number of years the delivery of incontinence wear has been hugely important to people in various parts of this country, including in very remote areas, where this service has been made available by the HSE. It has been invaluable, especially for families that are vulnerable or may have a vulnerable person in their house who...

Hospital Trolley Crisis: Motion [Private Members] (16 Jan 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...line staff who are trying to fight a fire day in, day out because the necessary infrastructure and system have not been put in place. The GP contract has to be tidied up. This matter has gone on for so long. The Department is weaving in and out. I spoke to a doctor some days ago who explained very clearly the fact that he cannot pay staff to be going around the country and that this...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...In fairness, the Taoiseach, Tánaiste, Minister for enterprise and a whole host of Ministers visited the area where businesses and families were left devastated. Extra funding was given. However, long before Midleton there is a place that the Taoiseach's satnav did not seem to find. It is in County Roscommon and is called Lough Funshinagh. In fairness, the Minister with...

Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (30 Apr 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the House for the opportunity to speak on this issue and understand that the Chair may have to call time on it shortly. The spring statement is a new idea in Ireland. I am not that long in this House, but from what I understand it had been circulated in recent years. It is basically a statement of where we are and a projection of where we are going. There are positive things in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Forthcoming Transport Council Meeting: Discussion with Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (9 Dec 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: .... A problem arose for people who had obtained their licence some years ago and were then required to obtain a trailer licence. Through no fault of their own, some of them did not go to school for long. The idea appears to be that in different towns they sit in the back of a van and take a test pressing buttons. They are sweating even before they start the test. Many of them are...

Mandatory Hotel Quarantine Extension: Motion (14 Jul 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ..., people who were travelling from Abu Dhabi or countries in that region and had parents going into hospital for a serious operation. They had been vaccinated, and were actually fully vaccinated long before many EU citizens, but the vaccine was not recognised by the EU. This put them in a quagmire when it came to quarantine. We have to look at whether we are closing the country or...

Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Jan 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...agricultural sector, not alone in cattle, sheep, dairy or pigs. There is horticulture, with lettuce and onions and everything coming in from different parts of the world. North County Dublin is a long way from where I live but those people who are growing different types of vegetables are very important as well. If we have learned anything from the war that went on, it is that the more...

National Broadband Plan: Motion [Private Members] (22 Jan 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...supposedly been coming to rural areas since 2012. I am from a rural area. I worry about competence in respect of what is happening. I am not saying it directly to the Minister because he is not long in the job but if someone has been trying to do something for seven years and is unable to deliver, serious questions need to be asked of the people involved in the process. Do children in...

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...a mathematician. 9 o’clock In my opinion, gardaí are the secret to making sure roads are safe. It costs money to deploy gardaí, patrol cars and everything that goes with them. Unfortunately, people who have lost someone belonging to them are thinking tonight that this measure will solve something. It is a sad thing to say, but my belief is that the limit can be...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (3 Dec 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...is a major problem. Some of this has to be fizzled out. Everyone now thinks they can shoot to the courts and basically block whatever housing is coming near their area. Everything is granted so long as it in someone else's area but not at my back door. Some of the decisions I have seen would cause anyone to raise an eyebrow. There might be some wording left out in some bit of a...

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

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...in a desperate state and has to wait 35 minutes for an ambulance will put her child in the back of her car and drive like hell. In fairness, she will reach the M50 quickly enough but it takes as long to go from Glenamaddy in Galway to the M50 as it takes to go from the M50 to the St. James's site on any given day. These are the things that need to be looked at. This is the anxiety felt...

Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 May 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...out the window. However, if that person had a farm or a business, the rate was 7% a year and that kept going for whatever length of time. It is great that those people were living a good while but the longer they lived another 7% was defrayed and the State would end up owning the farm or the business. I ask the Minister of State to look again at people who have been in homes for the...