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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: 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?

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

Michael Fitzmaurice: If there was 20 cent of a difference in that, how much would it be per year?

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

Michael Fitzmaurice: Right. What is Ornua's profit yearly?

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

Michael Fitzmaurice: Am I correct in saying the new fixed-price contract Ornua appears to be offering for 2023 is 42 cent or something like that?

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

Michael Fitzmaurice: Explain the 10 cent to me, because I want to get my head around that.

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

Michael Fitzmaurice: I read in the newspapers that it is 1 cent per litre. Is that right? For the farmer, is that on every litre around the country or on the fixed price per litre?

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

Michael Fitzmaurice: Is it not 7%? How many farmers are involved in this? My understanding is that it is 7%.

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

Michael Fitzmaurice: What would it be to them, in monetary terms, per litre?

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

Michael Fitzmaurice: Why is there this snag in it from Ornua whereby if a co-op goes into this, it has to come into the 2023 contract? Simply put, why is there not a recognition we are in wartime? At the moment, the Government has made a decision on roads contracts, and if we consider electricity for businesses, companies have left this country and contracts have gone out the window. Why is there not a...

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

Michael Fitzmaurice: I know that, yes.

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

Michael Fitzmaurice: Is there not a simple way? The co-ops say they are tied into Ornua. Is Ornua a big enough and bold enough company to recognise the situation that exists at the moment that it is prepared to say to the co-ops that this is wartime, there are contracts but it is prepared to waive them. Then the co-ops will put the pressure on them that they do likewise for the farmers. This cannot go on,...