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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2024: Motion (16 Oct 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2024: Motion (16 Oct 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: With regard to thoroughbreds, there were debacles during the year about new rules being imposed at the racetracks. Has this been resolved?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2024: Motion (16 Oct 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: It is about access for ambulances. I understand that one or two courses could not hold races because of a new rule brought in. I am not sure whether it involves two ambulances being able to access at all times. There was some stand-off on that. Was it resolved?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2024: Motion (16 Oct 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: That is all right. How does the Department monitor value for money?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2024: Motion (16 Oct 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Obviously we are all aware of some of the recent television programmes broadcast about the greyhound industry. Is the Department following up to ensure the welfare of dogs?

VAT Rate for Hospitality Sector: Motion [Private Members] (16 Oct 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank Deputy Harkin. I thank the Minister of State and everyone else who spoke on the motion. I thank the Minister of State for his engagement on this. Everybody is entitled to their opinion and I acknowledge that Deputy Nash of the Labour Party has an amendment in. For people who go into business in their local areas, there seems to be a disconnect from what I would call the people in...

VAT Rate for Hospitality Sector: Motion [Private Members] (16 Oct 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — inflationary pressures over the past number of years have significantly exacerbated financial pressures on both consumers and businesses, particularly within the food service sector, which has been severely impacted by the spiralling costs of energy, food produce, insurance, labour and supply chain disruptions; —...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Public Inquiries (15 Oct 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 88. To ask the Taoiseach the status of the Covid inquiry and its terms of reference; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41129/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (15 Oct 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 93. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if RTÉ received funding from the Global Ireland Media Challenge Fund to boost media coverage of major geo-political developments and the changing nature of Ireland’s role in the world; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40998/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (15 Oct 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made in respect of an application for special needs school transport for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41292/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Pension Provisions (10 Oct 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 123. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 135 of 11 July 2023, if a decision is close to being reached as to the increase for pensions and deferred pensions for members of the An Post superannuation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40695/24]

Agriculture Appeals (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (9 Oct 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: The Minister knows that the agriculture committee is sitting at the moment and that some of its members will try to be over and back between the House and the committee. To be fair to the Minister and his staff, we went through the Bill in detail. The committee had no problem with it. We welcome that people can be over 70 years of age and still able to sit on the board. The committee...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Issues Impacting the Fisheries Sector and Aquaculture: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (9 Oct 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the witnesses for coming in. I have a few questions for the witnesses. What percentage of the fish of Europe are caught in Irish waters?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Issues Impacting the Fisheries Sector and Aquaculture: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (9 Oct 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Okay, I will go on. The witnesses spoke earlier, and I was looking some things up on it, on the marine Bill or was it the maritime-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Issues Impacting the Fisheries Sector and Aquaculture: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (9 Oct 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Yes. There will be designations twice the size of our landmass in this country by 2030. Is that correct? It is proposed that it will be 30% of all marine waters by 2030. My understanding is that two sites will be designated, of 3 billion ha. What effect will this have on fishermen or fisherwomen or fisherpeople?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Issues Impacting the Fisheries Sector and Aquaculture: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (9 Oct 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I know that but, with all due respect, I heard the witnesses' earlier submission. I presume, in all of these things, that the submissions put in by the witnesses' Department will include the consequences of some of these actions that are coming in the next few years, between now and 2050, including consequences for the fishing industry and the effects of offshore wind generation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Issues Impacting the Fisheries Sector and Aquaculture: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (9 Oct 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Would it be concerning to the Department if one of those proposed designated areas, which I am sure it is well aware of, was off the north-west coast, up near where Pádraig Mac Lochlainn is based, and another one down off the south-east coast, where there is a proposal relating to an area equivalent to 3 billion ha? Would it be alarmed if 30% of our area was going to be protected?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Issues Impacting the Fisheries Sector and Aquaculture: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (9 Oct 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Does Ms. O'Sullivan have that figure for us?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Issues Impacting the Fisheries Sector and Aquaculture: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (9 Oct 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: With all the different countries coming into our waters, what is the percentage?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Issues Impacting the Fisheries Sector and Aquaculture: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (9 Oct 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I am not going to say I am an expert on fishing but, when you talk to fishermen, no more than on all sides of it, with farmers and such, the amount of paperwork involved is one thing you will hear about. There is a scheme some people were offered under which they could cut up their boat. Why are we going down that road? When you look at the statistics on the number of people or the number...