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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fixed-Price Milk Contracts: Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (13 Apr 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: If we could do so we should find out who these people are and bring them in here to talk to them. Would the Vice Chairman agree to that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fixed-Price Milk Contracts: Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (13 Apr 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: They can be changed collectively with agreement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fixed-Price Milk Contracts: Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (13 Apr 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I want to make a point that will help Deputy Carthy in his question. Can Mr. O'Gorman give Deputy Carthy the breakdown in the line of customers? Is there one customer that takes 90% and one that takes 10% or what?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fixed-Price Milk Contracts: Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (13 Apr 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: We do not want to know their names; I am just asking about the percentage.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fixed-Price Milk Contracts: Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (13 Apr 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: That is all I wanted to know.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fixed-Price Milk Contracts: Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (13 Apr 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: First, I agree with Mr. Flanagan on the rainy day fund. There should be some sort of a tax system to work with that that could help the farmer. To put it simply, you will go through hills and hollows in order to get to a level playing field. I agree with that 100%. I do not agree with has been said about the banks for one simple reason. Above all men, I am no fan of them, given some of...

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

Michael Fitzmaurice: Will the Minister of State clarify whether farmers should apply now for the ANC or BPS schemes?

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

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the Minister of State. For clarity, it would be good to know because applications will have to have been received by 16 May.

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

Michael Fitzmaurice: On a point of order, the Leas-Cheann Comhairle suspended it on the previous occasion.

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

Michael Fitzmaurice: Go raibh maith agat.

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]