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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Agriculture Schemes (6 Apr 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: First, to give the Minister of State a bit of background, this is an area of what one would call marginal land. Obviously, if there is a slide from bog, as the Minister of State knows because I know where he comes from and met him up in his own country, where there is bog, the land around it is marginal. These people are rearing families on small portions of land and in my opinion, they...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Agriculture Schemes (6 Apr 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: The Minister of State talked about 18 basic payment scheme applications. When one divides the number of hectares multiplied by 2.5 into the 18 applications, it shows how small the farms are and one sees how many people were affected by it. These people are trying to eke out a living, rear a family and do what people do in every other part of the country. I know the Minister is going to...

Carbon Budget: Motion (6 Apr 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: It is a wonder that the EPA does not know that with new vehicles it bought.

Carbon Budget: Motion (6 Apr 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: What is a committee? It is carrying out the orders of the Government, for God's sake.

Carbon Budget: Motion (6 Apr 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: The Minister will see with planning. He knows this country. We cannot take a drop of water in Roscommon two miles not to mind putting a wind turbine out on the sea. We are letting people drown in Roscommon and we are talking about building 200 m masts abroad in the sea. For God's sake.

Carbon Budget: Motion (6 Apr 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I agree with the previous speaker that if the individual targets are not laid before the House one by one, it is totally undemocratic. If I go on a journey from my place to Dublin and check it on Google, it tells me where I will start and finish. We have not done the measurements in the line of anything in agriculture. We are at a default position. I met members of Teagasc and we looked...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013: Post-Enactment Scrutiny (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. From what I heard, it is my understanding that everybody has to get a dog licence. Why can we not incorporate all of this? If I own a car, for instance, I must have the serial number and everything right when I got to tax it. If I do not have everything right then it will not be taxed and will obviously be seized. I am reading into what the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013: Post-Enactment Scrutiny (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: That is all I wanted to know.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (5 Apr 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 608. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when an application for permission to remain in the State by a person (details supplied) will be processed given that the application was submitted in July 2020; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17956/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (5 Apr 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 929. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the dates his Department received the ash dieback RUS applications that remain unapproved by month in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17844/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (5 Apr 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 930. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the area of ash dieback RUS approvals his Department expects to approve in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17845/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (5 Apr 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 931. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date the Secretary General of his Department committed to the Joint Oireachtas Committee to engage with his counterpart in the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications with regard to the issue of planning permission for the conversion to conifers from dead and dying ash; the progress to date and the expected...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (5 Apr 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 932. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that ash plantations infected by ash dieback are now starting to rot and present a serious health and safety issue in their removal. [17847/22]

Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (31 Mar 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Yes. This can be seen in washing machines or any other feature of a house. Given the price of a washing machine versus the cost of calling someone to come and fix it, you would better off putting it into the boot of the car, bringing it to the recycling plant and buying a new one in the shop. If we keep that mentality going, there will never be a circular economy. We have to go back to...

Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (31 Mar 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I welcome the opportunity to speak to this Bill. When we talk about a circular economy, the first part I read about was CCTV and so forth, which I welcome. There is a major problem with dumping in many areas. More communities need to be encouraged and get involved. General data protection regulation and all this craic that is going on, whereby someone can have a person on video but cannot...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Procedures (31 Mar 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 349. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of court-ordered section 32 reports that were sought by the courts in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17127/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Procedures (31 Mar 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 350. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of court-ordered section 47 reports that were sought by the courts in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17128/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Orders (31 Mar 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 351. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of interim safety orders applied for in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17130/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action
Exploring Technologies and Opportunities to Reduce Emissions in the Agriculture Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (31 Mar 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I welcome the witnesses. I want to hear about a few elements of the trials Dolan Industries has done. They are talking about water quality all the time. Am I correct in saying the machine can be programmed on the USB once the soil sampling is done? Is the soil sampling just done once or is it every few years? My understanding is it can be programmed through the USB stick so that where...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action
Exploring Technologies and Opportunities to Reduce Emissions in the Agriculture Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (31 Mar 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Explain UTV.