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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jun 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: So the body will not be involved in that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jun 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I apologise for interrupting. If the price of beef was €5 and a task force said it had carried out an analysis and believed there was room for the price to be €5.20, there is no legal mechanism or power to force a processor to accept that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jun 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Will it examine offal and all other parts?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jun 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: From reading the proposed legislation, I note that there may be a fee in the context of those who wish to make complaints. What will be the amount involved?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jun 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Will the office have the power to examine feedlots, farmers, VAT and different things involving the agricultural sector?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jun 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Regarding the new board, will it be voluntary? What are the budgets? Have figures been done up in this regard yet?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jun 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: What?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jun 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: There was a great deal of criticism that the task force did not meet often enough. Will there be a meeting every month or every two months? The general scheme is silent in this regard. Who will decide to break this silence?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jun 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Regarding the money, approximately €1 million, going to set up this body initially, will farmers be paying any of this cost in the form of a levy or anything like that? I ask this question because levies for many different things are now being applied to farmers. Will they be exempt from having to put their hands in their pockets in this regard? Things are tight enough for them....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jun 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Will the processors then pass that on to the farmers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jun 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: It will probably be necessary to pay for them as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jun 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Will the new body or office that will look after this include people who come from farming backgrounds or the private sector. What will be its make up?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jun 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Will this board meet often?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jun 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: If it is a report to be laid before the Houses, would it not be better if it was yearly? What are the Minister's thoughts on that?

EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (28 Jun 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this legislation. In the last few hours it was on the news that the G7 has said very clearly that unfortunately for them, because of the situation that is evolving, they are now making sure about fuel security and that fossil fuels have to be used more. I have said this for the last few years but people did not want to listen. That is the reality...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Jun 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: When Iberdrola left Ireland, it did so voluntarily. It did not go bankrupt. It made a €1 billion profit in the first three months. Some companies have to take the hit in one place while they make money somewhere else. The Tánaiste said the CRU contacted Bord Gáis Energy and Electric Ireland. This company had a contract signed with Bord Gáis Energy and was told it...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Jun 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Over the past number of years, different electricity suppliers entered the Irish market. one of them was Iberdrola, which acquired approximately 30,000 customers, mostly businesses, in Ireland. The company has since left the country voluntarily. It posted a profit of €1 billion in the first quarter of this year. I can provide an example of a business whose owners I have spoken with...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (23 Jun 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 297. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a refund will issue for a cancelled passport appointment to a person (details supplied) who has been waiting for more than two months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33356/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fixed-Milk Price Contracts: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the witnesses for coming in. The reputation we have is pretty good. How many litres are locked up? Is it 1 billion litres that are locked up in fixed-price contracts? Is that per year or over a three-year period?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fixed-Milk Price Contracts: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: What is Ornua's contract with the co-ops? How many litres are involved?