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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Shortages and Drought Issues: Discussion (4 Sep 2018)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I asked a question on hauliers.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Impact of Retirement Packages for Postmasters: Discussion (4 Sep 2018)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I put my name down in time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Impact of Retirement Packages for Postmasters: Discussion (4 Sep 2018)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Yes, and I wish to have them addressed directly by the Minister and Mr. McRedmond. I thank them for their presentation. An Post tendered for a contract with the then Department of Social Protection. When it tendered it gave the number of outlets it has around the country for the services. That is how it got the contract. An Post is now in breach of the contract up to 2019 because it is...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Impact of Retirement Packages for Postmasters: Discussion (4 Sep 2018)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I am sorry if I misunderstood the Minister.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Impact of Retirement Packages for Postmasters: Discussion (4 Sep 2018)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the witnesses for their time. I want those questions to be given straight answers.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Impact of Retirement Packages for Postmasters: Discussion (4 Sep 2018)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Could the Minister answer the question I asked? He knows about contracts from his own Department. When the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection tendered for the contract, An Post put forward the list of what was being supplied for the duration of the contract. Is the contract not null and void if it is being taken away and An Post does not do what it said it would do?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Impact of Retirement Packages for Postmasters: Discussion (4 Sep 2018)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Will they be offered new contracts?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Impact of Retirement Packages for Postmasters: Discussion (4 Sep 2018)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Is there a bonus under the new contract?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Impact of Retirement Packages for Postmasters: Discussion (4 Sep 2018)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Let us be clear. Is Mr. McRedmond saying that if those post offices want the new contract, it can be given to them?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Impact of Retirement Packages for Postmasters: Discussion (4 Sep 2018)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Well-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Impact of Retirement Packages for Postmasters: Discussion (4 Sep 2018)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Is Mr. McRedmond telling us that the criteria mean that even if a post office was doing the greatest trade in the world, it would still be closed?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Impact of Retirement Packages for Postmasters: Discussion (4 Sep 2018)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Is there a place where a post office is doing well - with a lot of transactions being done by businesses or people outside the community - but where, because there are fewer than 500 living there, An Post is sticking with the criteria and closing it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Impact of Retirement Packages for Postmasters: Discussion (4 Sep 2018)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Postmasters decided to take the package because they received a letter stating their post offices no longer formed part of An Post's future plans and the Minister is aware of this.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Impact of Retirement Packages for Postmasters: Discussion (4 Sep 2018)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Whether a postmaster-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Impact of Retirement Packages for Postmasters: Discussion (4 Sep 2018)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Where a postmaster wants to retire, does the area have the right to have a post office?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Impact of Retirement Packages for Postmasters: Discussion (4 Sep 2018)
Michael Fitzmaurice: The only problem is Mr. McRedmond outlined that the criterion is a population of more than 500 people, rather than the business that was going through the post office. I am surprised at that as a business model.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Impact of Retirement Packages for Postmasters: Discussion (4 Sep 2018)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Mr. McRedmond has said he will come back on a few questions, for which we are grateful. When will we get the answers?
- Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Jul 2018)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I, too, welcome what has been done. Many who took out policies were very uneasy because they were afraid for their houses and properties. They were very afraid of being bothered after doing things right. Senanta Insurance came in here. Under European legislation, is there anything that will ensure what happened will not happen again on a Europe-wide basis? Does the Union not have a set...
- Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Jul 2018)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I want to get some clarifications to ensure that I am understanding this correctly. I refer specifically to customers of Setanta. Third-party claims will be paid. If someone had comprehensive insurance on a vehicle and was involved in an accident, would the customer be paid for his or her car if that customer had comprehensive insurance? Up to now, that was being paid at 65%. People have...
- Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Jul 2018)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Insurance companies are picking and choosing in the line of flooding and so on. At the moment there are areas where a person may buy a house that never flooded but because the company has that property on a map, it will refuse the new owner insurance. At the same time, insurance companies from other countries have gone into liquidation or gone bust and we are trying to ensure we protect the...