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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (1 Oct 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I am not picking on one particular person.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition Law and Trade Associations: Discussion (1 Oct 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I have listened to Mr. O'Leary. I worry about the family farm in Ireland, given some of the comments he has made, for the simple reason it seems to be a race to the bottom and no one minds what happens. A group of farming organisations may decide to come together with the members they represent. It was pointed out earlier by Ms Goggin that things are generally roughly the same price and,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition Law and Trade Associations: Discussion (1 Oct 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Was it European?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition Law and Trade Associations: Discussion (1 Oct 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: It was reported as European. Why are we not doing that when there is suspicion? I accept it may be unfounded. Ms Goggin spoke about the large operator and the smaller operator. Does the commission ever look at procurement? The National Parks and Wildlife Service, NPWS, has a procurement process for re-wetting peatlands. A guy with one digger, a laptop and bad broadband coverage is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition Law and Trade Associations: Discussion (1 Oct 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: On the chicken processing industry, substantial evidence has been given about some practices but nothing has happened.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition Law and Trade Associations: Discussion (1 Oct 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I have many examples of the mouse against the elephant. I am not blaming the NPWS as it is using the system in place. However, take the example of re-wetting a peatland and a small operator with one machine who lives in the back of beyond and does not have broadband. He has to go through all this procurement process and tick all these boxes. He is at a huge disadvantage compared with the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition Law and Trade Associations: Discussion (1 Oct 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I will give Ms Goggin an example.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition Law and Trade Associations: Discussion (1 Oct 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I am not talking about the Beef Plan Movement. What I am saying is that, for example, if several of us were to join Fianna Fáil, which is highly unlikely for me, or others join Fine Gael and they represent the people that wanted them to represent them, can they not go in because of who they represent and talk about the price because they are representing people?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition Law and Trade Associations: Discussion (1 Oct 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Forget about the producer. I am talking about a farming body. Going down to a producer thing is no different. If I join a farming organisation, I do so because I believe it will do something for me. If it has 20,000 members or 50,000 members can it not collectively, because it has all the farmers in the country bar a few because not everyone will join a producer organisation either, go in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition Law and Trade Associations: Discussion (1 Oct 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Why can a farming organisation not do it when it is representing the same people who might be in a producer organisation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition Law and Trade Associations: Discussion (1 Oct 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Mr. McHugh is not listening to what I am saying.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition Law and Trade Associations: Discussion (1 Oct 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: What is the difference for a member of a producer organisation? If Deputy Rabbitte set up a producer organisation she would have membership of our club without being in the thing. What is the difference with a farming organisation such that when it goes into talks with factories or whatever it cannot talk about base price, but if it forms a producer organisation, it can go into the same...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition Law and Trade Associations: Discussion (1 Oct 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Is there an obligation on the processors to engage with them because at the moment they are stonewalling. A farm organisation - a group of them together - might be boxed into a corner given what they are dealing with. They had to discuss price because there was a group of them together that represented most people in the country. At the moment if there is a producer organisation because...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition Law and Trade Associations: Discussion (1 Oct 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I am not talking about them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition Law and Trade Associations: Discussion (1 Oct 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Does Mr. McHugh not regard it as unusual that everywhere in the country €3.45 per kg is the price for a steer and €3.55 per kg is the price for a heifer? There is not even a difference of one cent or two cent between processors. Does Mr. McHugh worry about it?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Staff (25 Sep 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 117. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 363 of 18 June 2019, when a position (details supplied) will be filled in the primary care centre in Roscommon town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38967/19]

Agrifood and Rural Development: Motion (24 Sep 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I support the motion. I thank the farmers we met in different places on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. I also note that one meat processor met us on Sunday. I thank that party for being courteous and resolving the issue for the time being. We have to decide what the future of agriculture in Ireland will be. Where are we going from this debacle? We know that the price farmers...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (24 Sep 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 124. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of requests his Department received from the Office of Comptroller and Auditor General seeking approval for the recruitment of extra staff since 1 January 2018; the number of requests that are approved or refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38571/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff Remuneration (24 Sep 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the application of a circular; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38265/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (24 Sep 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when home tuition hours will be sanctioned for children with autism spectrum disorders in primary schools in view of the fact that schools are in the third week of the school year and children are losing out on valuable tuition hours and teachers are losing out on work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38555/19]