Results 5,281-5,300 of 7,789 for speaker:Michael Fitzmaurice

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Direct Provision System (14 Nov 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. Is he or his Department concerned at what appears to be the concentration of contracts in the hands of certain providers? He is correct that it is not the fault of the Department and that people are free to tender for the contracts. Is there a concern that some providers are seeking the contracts for three, four or five centres? I welcome that...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Direct Provision System (14 Nov 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Whether a person is refused or granted asylum, the process is taking far too long. Those people are kept locked up given the way it is done. Media reports from the last few days suggest that some people appear to be making a business of going around the country getting hotels to access the financial gain, to put it bluntly. When agreeing terms with a prospective person or company, does the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Sustaining Small Rural and Community Business: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Very true.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Sustaining Small Rural and Community Business: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the witnesses for their presentation. I agree with much of what was said by Deputy Penrose. On shopping local, people may try to save a few cent by going to supermarkets but if they need something at night or at 7 a.m. in the morning they can phone their local shop to arrange to collect it. My mother has known Mr. Boland for many years. He is joined by Ms Lennon. Last Sunday...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Sustaining Small Rural and Community Business: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Is it good for the Credit Union Development Association if we bring in officials from the Central Bank and explain where we are coming from in rural Ireland? We are all rural Deputies.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Sustaining Small Rural and Community Business: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: What about the interest rates?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the witnesses for the presentation. I have a few quick questions. Mr. Donnellan was not there at the time, but Donnelly's Coal in Galway was closed last year with redundancies. This Christmas, the coal yard in Sligo is closing and Bord na Móna is involved in that. Derryfadda on the western side of the Shannon is out of peat production. Mr. Donnellan referred to 150 jobs...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: It is everything west of the Shannon.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Why are there no pilots west of the Shannon?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I would like to make sure I understand what Mr. Shier is saying. Obviously, gas and coal have to be brought from one place to another. Is Mr. Shier telling me that when we are comparing, the comparison cannot be with the little train that is used to bring peat from the bog in the midlands to various places? Is it the case that the comparison must be with gas and coal?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: If that is the case, the EU has gone mad.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: What if we are talking about bringing peat in from right beside the station?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank our guests for their presentation. We are way behind with the infrastructure required for electric cars, particularly when one hears what people who own such vehicles have to go through in order to charge them. If Ireland moves fast in the context of providing incentives and so forth for electric cars, it appears it will not be able to keep up with providing enough power points to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I heard that with the subsidy it works out at approximately 20 cent per unit where the developer is a supplier.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: What is the cost involved if there is a move to 80% wind, for example?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I also asked about the volume of wind being produced this year. Has EirGrid statistics for that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: My understanding is that this year has been the second worst in history. I am not talking about the number of turbines.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (13 Nov 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 266. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has approved a contract to a company (details supplied) to accommodate up to 80 refugees at a hotel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46704/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (13 Nov 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 355. To ask the Minister for Health the number of places available for day care services per day in the Sacred Heart Hospital, Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46713/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (13 Nov 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 356. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons attending the day care services on a daily basis that are available in the Sacred Heart Hospital, Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46714/18]