Results 201-220 of 268 for long speaker:Michael Fitzmaurice

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 29 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (Supplementary) (3 Dec 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: The fact that this was expected to be done but has not been done yet has obviously set the project back. For how long will it be put back?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Energy Policy: Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (3 Dec 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...be put out of commission. I understand the Canadians are getting out of it. What is the plan for the future there? How much of our own gas are we getting at present? Is it 60% or 70%? For how long is this forecast to last? We have to be honest and straight with people. We cannot jump away from fossil fuels for many years to come. Such a move does not happen overnight. We have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Unconventional Gas Exploration and Extraction: Environmental Protection Agency (2 Dec 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...chemicals pumped into the water in America. Where does the water needed for fracking go afterwards when it is contaminated? We are trying to build tourism in this country, yet we could also damage the long-term interests of the country by going down a different road that could have grave consequences for our water system. Has this side of it been examined by the Environmental Protection...

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...

Leaders' Questions (18 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Everyone else talks as long.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: ESB: Chairperson Designate (18 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank Ms Graham for her presentation. Like other Deputies and Senators, I would like to see the ESB drive on its apprenticeship programme. For far too long, we have neglected apprenticeships in this country. I would ask Ms Graham to pursue this programme and, where possible, to increase numbers in that regard. I read in the media recently that the ESB subsidises wind energy to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electric Vehicles: Discussion with Irish EV Owners Association (18 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: How long does that take?

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...

Financial Resolutions 2016 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Some are but most are imported. The ones for which prices are being quoted are imported from abroad. If they are made in Ireland, that is good, but in the long term we must ensure there are no obstacles. Planning is a problem. I first came into the Dáil last year and there has been a full year for people involved in councils throughout the country to get planning applications...

Corporate Tax Policy: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (7 Oct 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...- we have seen it in Limerick and other counties - it is like a bomb hitting an area. The devastation it causes is unbelievable for families, the Government and the entire area and it takes so long to replace those jobs. We need to keep concentrating on Irish companies, especially small and medium-sized enterprises, to ensure we create as much sustainable employment as possible. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 29 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (7 Oct 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...'s comments on An Post because the viability of An Post is very important to rural parts of Ireland, and indeed all parts of Ireland. The Minister spoke about broadband provision. I was not long a Member last February or March but it is my understanding, and I do not believe I misheard him, that the Minister said a document was being prepared and would be sent to Europe so that he...

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...

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...

Social Services and Support: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (15 Jul 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...Roscommon. We need full teams of nurses and carers to assist elderly people across the country. I know there is a pilot project in Galway which is working well. These projects can actually save money in the long term. Every old person wants to spend their last days at home with their families and neighbours. We need to ensure the recommendations of the national positive ageing...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: School Guidance Counsellors (30 Jun 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I welcome the fact the Minister will look for more funding. A long time ago the guidance counsellor was not included as a normal, run-of-the-mill teacher in a school. With our country hopefully now taking off, children will need the best guidance possible. I know from talking to guidance counsellors that there are problems throughout the country and they do not get the time to see all...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...will come back when the animals are killed as the quality of the cow will not be good. An issue that we will need to consider in the next three or four years is the general configuration of the animal. Not so long ago the heifers that a farmer brought to the mart could either be put in calf or killed for meat. Now we are going down a road whereby the heifers will be classified and...

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

Michael Fitzmaurice: I am grateful for the opportunity to contribute on this matter. I welcome an investigation. I have not been in the Dáil for long, but I have seen something. As Deputy Ross stated, the banking inquiry is taking place down the corridor. The more one learns about this place and that no one will be crucified or made to pay a price for doing wrong, the more one grows frustrated. I have...

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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data (26 May 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 749. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who availed of long-term nursing home care since the introduction of the nursing homes support scheme, also known as the fair deal scheme, from October 2009 to 31 December 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20789/15]

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...