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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Joint Meeting of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Joint Committee on Rural and Community Development
Common Agricultural Policy: Discussion (22 Jan 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Everybody had the opportunity. The issue is that someone may have been in AEOS for three years when the opportunity to jump arose. Those who wanted to stay in AEOS no longer have that opportunity. We had a budget of between €15 million and €20 million when AEOS was in place. If someone jumped from AEOS to GLAS, the funding was to be taken from GLAS and the farmer had two...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Joint Meeting of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Joint Committee on Rural and Community Development
Common Agricultural Policy: Discussion (22 Jan 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: They were offered a choice.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Joint Meeting of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Joint Committee on Rural and Community Development
Common Agricultural Policy: Discussion (22 Jan 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Were there limits on numbers applied to GLAS?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Joint Meeting of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Joint Committee on Rural and Community Development
Common Agricultural Policy: Discussion (22 Jan 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Would it be accurate to say there are 12,000 farmers coming out of AEOS who will not have a scheme until 2021?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Joint Meeting of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Joint Committee on Rural and Community Development
Common Agricultural Policy: Discussion (22 Jan 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Does Mr. Hayes have concerns about-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Joint Meeting of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Joint Committee on Rural and Community Development
Common Agricultural Policy: Discussion (22 Jan 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: -----the locally-led schemes? In fairness to the Department, when it puts out a scheme the amount of money held for administration is not the same amount as in locally-led schemes and what consultants are given.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Joint Meeting of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Joint Committee on Rural and Community Development
Common Agricultural Policy: Discussion (22 Jan 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Is it correct that one has to have 5 acres when one is planting? What about when there is a group of trees in the corner of a field? Could one put 50 or 100 trees in a corner or along a ditch to bring it to an acre and get paid for that acre? It may help in climate mitigation if one wants to go down that road but also people would not be tied to having 4 acres or 5 acres. Will the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Joint Meeting of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Joint Committee on Rural and Community Development
Common Agricultural Policy: Discussion (22 Jan 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: What is the Department's definition of a farmer? There is a query in the new CAP about what a farmer is.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Joint Meeting of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Joint Committee on Rural and Community Development
Common Agricultural Policy: Discussion (22 Jan 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: What will the definition of a farmer be?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Joint Meeting of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Joint Committee on Rural and Community Development
Common Agricultural Policy: Discussion (22 Jan 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: It is not yet defined.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Joint Meeting of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Joint Committee on Rural and Community Development
Common Agricultural Policy: Discussion (22 Jan 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: On digesters, would it be used where one can put in grass or slurry? If one produced gas, could one sell it to the grid or put an engine in front of it to generate electricity? Will it be all the district heating system, which, let us be honest, will probably not work?

Nurses and Midwives: Motion [Private Members] (16 Jan 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the motion. As everyone knows, nursing is not a job, it is a vocation. Nurses' dedication, the hours they put in and the way they look after people day in and day out is a credit to them. Nurses on the front line have endured horrific working conditions in recent years and they have kept going, kept working and kept airing their views as to the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Meat Processing Plant Inspections (16 Jan 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 217. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of inspections carried out on adult sheep carcasses, that is, those over one year of age, in processing factories in each of the years 2016 to 2018, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1919/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Meat Processing Plant Inspections (16 Jan 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 218. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of inspections carried out on lamb carcasses, that is, those under one year of age, in processing factories in each of the years 2016 to 2018, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1920/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Meat Processing Plant Inspections (16 Jan 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 219. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of instances of non-compliance in relation to carcass trimming regulations detected when adult sheep carcasses over one year of age and lamb carcasses under one year of age were inspected in processing factories in each of the years 2016 to 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1921/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Identification Schemes (16 Jan 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 220. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of times food business organisations have accessed herd numbers of farmers through the AIM system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1922/19]

Rural Crime: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jan 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I welcome this debate and support the motion introduced by the Rural Independent Group. Some of the proposals in the motion such as the establishment of a taskforce and a review of trespass laws are good idea. We need to move forward with those. The recommendations of Kathleen O'Toole's report included much of what many people have said about ensuring there are gardaí in local areas....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Transfers (15 Jan 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 537. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to move a resident of a unit (details supplied) who requires one-to-one specialist care to a nursing home in which the standard of care they are receiving will not be attainable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54041/18]

Promoting Cycling: Motion [Private Members] (19 Dec 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I welcome the holding of this debate and compliment Deputy Troy. It is clear to anybody who drives into a city every morning that more and more people are using bicycles. This can be seen every single day, especially in the larger cities. Motorists always fear encountering a cyclist when turning left. We need to consider constructing something like a flyover. It is a death trap when...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (18 Dec 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 618. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will issue in regard to a review of a carer's allowance application submitted in April 2018 by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52956/18]