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Finance Bill 2020: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (3 Dec 2020)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this. I am disappointed that amendment No. 74, which I tabled, was ruled out of order. I do not know why because it was a very simple amendment based on the fact that agricultural contractors do 90% of the work. I know the Minister will tell us about the tax rebate the farmers have and that there is double taxation. The reality is that farm...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 30 – Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary)
(3 Dec 2020)

Michael Fitzmaurice: First, I will deal with the forestry sector. What genius put in the minus €8 million because the less than 3,000 ha, not even at 2,500 ha, is largely attributed to the fall-off in interest by farmers? We know the situation. The Minister referred to 4,300 licences. In fairness, the committee has found it is 4,700 licences. In a statement yesterday, which was like a goading...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 30 – Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary)
(3 Dec 2020)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Does the Minister expect the full allocation of the money to be used up in the TAMS programme?

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 30 – Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary)
(3 Dec 2020)

Michael Fitzmaurice: The Minister has referred to additional people being recruited into the forestry section. Apart from the applications gone to appeal, there are 4,700 applications currently in the system. It was stated yesterday that 2,700 of those have no problems. Why are they not out so, if there are so many people assisting?

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 30 – Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary)
(3 Dec 2020)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Yes, but why are the 2,700 applications not being sent out?

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 30 – Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary)
(3 Dec 2020)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Is it fair to say that the Department has massively ramped up the numbers of people, including ecologists, who are looking after applications in the last six or eight months? Why then is the figure for tree-felling licences for November 2019 greater than that of November 2020, according to dashboard that we get?

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 30 – Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary)
(3 Dec 2020)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I am talking about felling.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 30 – Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary)
(3 Dec 2020)

Michael Fitzmaurice: The Department gives us a dashboard, which is very helpful. In November 2019 the number of felling licences issued, with fewer staff members and fewer ecologists and less everything, is greater than the number of licences issued in November 2020, even with the heap of extra staff. That is unusual. This year there were fewer licences issued in November than in 2019, even though the number...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 30 – Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary)
(3 Dec 2020)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I am looking at them here. I have the dashboard in front of me.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 30 – Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary)
(3 Dec 2020)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I worry about this. In the week the committee had the Department in, to be fair, there was a real surge that week and 68 and 41 licences were issued for felling to both Coillte and the private sector. Funnily enough, since then, the figures have come down to 23 and 24, 5 and 21, 23 and 14, and, on the 30th, it was 51 and 22, so that week was way higher. This needs to be addressed, given...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Direct Provision System (2 Dec 2020)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 96. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his Department has bought or leased housing in an area (details supplied) for direct provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40625/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff (2 Dec 2020)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 161. To ask the Minister for Health if late applications will be allowed for staff nurse national rolling campaigns which ended on 9 September 2020 due to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40621/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff (2 Dec 2020)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 162. To ask the Minister for Health the date that the next campaign will open for staff nurse national rolling campaigns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40622/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Covid-19 Pandemic (2 Dec 2020)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 180. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the person or body who designed and sanctioned the wording of the level 5 restrictions to include the measure that marts must operate online only; and if this can be amended for any future level 5 lockdown. [40562/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Imports Data (2 Dec 2020)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 186. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of tonnes of barley, oats, wheat, soya beans and maize imported in each of the past five years; the origin of the imports by country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40608/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry (2 Dec 2020)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 187. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the length of the approval process for PGI applications to the Europe Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40609/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry (2 Dec 2020)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 188. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average processing time for a joint jurisdiction PGI application to be approved by the Europe Union; the number of joint jurisdiction PGI applications rejected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40610/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Feedstuffs (2 Dec 2020)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 189. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of tonnes of antibiotics added to rations in each of the years 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020 from records kept by compound feeders; the sectors those rations were designated for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40611/20]

State Pension Age: Motion [Private Members] (1 Dec 2020)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I welcome and support the motion. A radical review of the whole system of pension provision is needed. One sees people who have worked and grafted hard for 50 years and who come out with €248 a week. In other sectors, workers are entitled to a pension after 30 years. We need to ensure we look after all our people and all sections of our communities. It is well known that the...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Dec 2020)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 133. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the reason wet pubs are one of the last remaining industries to be allowed to reopen (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39912/20]

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