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CJEU Judgment in Apple State Aid Case: Statements (18 Sep 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: First, if we are to build houses, we need infrastructure, water and sewerage, so money has to go towards that, probably a few billion euros. Second, at a meeting in Limerick, we discussed the designated maritime area plan, DMAP, for offshore wind but the Government had not done anything about it. If that is the opening to the huge potential of wind turbines 30 miles off our coast, we need a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: The problem appears to be that if a case is a difficult one, the provider can decide that it is too much hassle and throw the money back. That is what is going on. People need to start being responsible for the jobs they have at hand. The facts at the moment are that if someone is under 18 years of age there is really no place to go. We tried everything for that youngster. It is such a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: The hospital in Galway said to bring him home because it did not have a bed. Is that the Ireland we have for treating people with disabilities? Are we going to change it and tell people they have a job to do and they must deliver? This is not about money; it is about delivery. It is scandalous what that father has gone through.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: On a different matter, I welcome the Taoiseach's announcement the other day on Lough Funshinagh. An Bord Pleanála will get the application before Friday. I know it is three weeks late and I hope it can be expedited. I welcome it. This evening, we will debate the Apple tax and we are talking about fair sums of money in the budget. Money does not solve every problem. In late 2022,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Recycling Policy (9 Sep 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 86.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide a copy of the findings of the interim review of H1 2023 of the IFFPG renewal of approved body status, as per the opening statement of an official of the Department to the Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine on the collection and recycling of farm plastic, which was published on 29 June 2021.[34116/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (9 Sep 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 570.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 52 of 17 April 2024, if the Teaching Council has considered whether it can make any further amendment to the registration regulations to again put in place the provision to enable overseas qualified applicants to complete induction in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter.[34605/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (9 Sep 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 1960.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the income that is assessed in the case of an applicant who may apply for SUSI grant funding whose parents are deceased and who is in the care of a guardian; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[33990/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (9 Sep 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 1972.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the age category was changed from 16 to 18 years for the intake of students who had enrolled on the pre-apprenticeship programmes at Longford and Westmeath Education and Training Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34571/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (9 Sep 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 1973.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the age category was changed from 16 to 18 years for the intake of students who had enrolled on the barbering programme at Longford and Westmeath Education and Training Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34572/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (9 Sep 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 1974.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the age category was changed from 16 to 18 years for the intake of students at Longford and Westmeath Education and Training Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34573/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (9 Sep 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 1975.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the age category for the intake of students at Longford and Westmeath Education and Training Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34574/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Going by the reports done by the EPA and if it has to send a report next year, I know the witnesses have said it is an annual report. Regarding the report that has already gone to Europe on nitrates, would it be any better than what was sent before?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: The west would have a high percentage of forestry. I see the EPA has done a chart on the pressures and it looks at it nationally. Leitrim is down as being high in phosphorous. Is that down to forestry because a huge percentage of the county is forestry?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Is it possible to get that? Does the EPA have that information?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: People involved in the farming groups, including one in Senator Paul Daly's county, and farmers around the country are watching a lot of what is going on and are getting proactive. There seems to be considerable runoff. When you see green grass growing behind a sewage treatment plan, you know that something is coming out, to put it simply. The farming community is sending us photos, day in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I take Dr. Cotter's point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I understand that inspections happen on an annual basis.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Is anybody checking on the recording in every plant? Dr. Cotter mentioned 73 areas. How many Uisce Éireann plants are there around the country?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Would it be fair to say that the EPA is looking at 15% of them? Dr. Cotter mentioned 73 sites.