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Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Jul 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: The companies will not insure now in places where there was never flooding previously.

Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Jul 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Yes, It may be 1,000 years from now.

Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Jul 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: The CFRAM report dealt with certain parts of the country. Its scope has widened because the analysts have looked at one in 100 year events and one in 1,000 year events. I imagine the Minister of State has, like every other Deputy, encountered cases such as those I have encountered in Roscommon. A person may be selling a house on a hill, but the CFRAM report will have that house in the...

Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Jul 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Could insurance companies be forced to absorb this rather than having the people out there paying insurance, which has gone up for different reasons? They seem to be getting screwed the whole time. As Deputy McGrath has pointed out, when the threshold is reached, is there something to ensure it will be dropped from 2% to 1% or zero? Is there a forecast from the Department? If the...

Water Conservation: Statements (12 Jul 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I join other Members in asking the public to conserve water in every way possible. Over the years there has been underinvestment; there is no point in saying otherwise. I have heard people talking about how the climate has changed. In 1976, we had about a month of fine weather. It has not rained now for 19 days and we are short of water in a country that has plenty of water. The reason...

Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate. I do not have a problem with governments not investing in fossil fuels in future but there are few issues of which we should be mindful. According to reports, it seems that the rate of coal consumption last year was one of the highest ever, so despite what we are trying to do in this country, other countries do not seem to be adhering...

Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second and Subsequent Stages (11 Jul 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I welcome this Bill. Providing a GP medical card is a step in the right direction. I emphasise the word "step". However, I believe we need a total re-examination of the way carers are treated. Every one of us across this floor has put in applications or helped people with their applications. The process is very cumbersome. It might take three or four months, and longer if it goes to an...

Implications of Brexit for Irish Ports: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (11 Jul 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I welcome this opportunity to speak and I thank Deputy O'Sullivan. Brexit or no Brexit, this infrastructure should be have been in place down through the years. The Minister may recall that during negotiations on the programme for Government one of the first things to be discussed was putting the west of Ireland into the TEN-T funding. Alas, as per usual, the people who do not realise...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (10 Jul 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 393. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on a medical card application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30057/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme (10 Jul 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 702. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason Ireland opted to take forestry out of its rural development programme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30056/18]

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: From the Seanad (5 Jul 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: It would be the Minister.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: From the Seanad (5 Jul 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: The Minister of State referred to the Ireland 2040 plan. I do not have an objection to a planning regulator. We are aware of the housing targets in each part of the State but there is a fear, once a planning regulator is in place, that most of the houses in Leitrim, for example, would be built in Carrick-on-Shannon and there would be quotas in each Border, midlands and west area. Leinster...

Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Until we decide to have the attitude that we will get them built and that the reams of paperwork will start being taken out of the way, and where we will build them that we have the land ready, and that there will be no law agents making millions of euro out of sending lettereens over and back stating this and that is wrong, and then someone else in the local authority sending it to the...

Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill. As I have pointed out previously, there is a problem for builders. People have been giving out about them and they have a lot to answer for down through the years. At the end of the day, however, we need builders to build houses. There is also a problem with getting the money. As we know, investment companies are looking for up to 15% and a...

Intoxicating Liquor (Breweries and Distilleries) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Jul 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: When one looks at where breweries are situated around the country, in many cases they are in small rural villages or townlands. It involves people who believe in something and who probably had very little money. In fairness, in some cases, the local enterprise offices help them, but in other cases, these people followed their passion, kept their belief, saw their goal and went for it. We...

Intoxicating Liquor (Breweries and Distilleries) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Jul 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Hear, hear.

Intoxicating Liquor (Breweries and Distilleries) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Jul 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I urge the Minister to reach a compromise between Deputy Clare Daly's amendment and Deputy Alan Kelly's amendment. I accept there are three amendments in the group. We need to be understanding of the specialised nature of the beer involved. The fellow who goes to the pub every night is not drinking this type of beer every night of the week. As Deputy Danny Healy-Rae said, they are...

Intoxicating Liquor (Breweries and Distilleries) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Jul 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: They would need to have very deep pockets. The Dáil should not leave such an anomaly in legislation. If someone wants to go once a week to a microbrewery to get a six-pack of beer, he or she should not have to do a tour.

Intoxicating Liquor (Breweries and Distilleries) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Jul 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: However, if someone wants to spend some time in a microbrewery and have a drink, he or she should be required to do a tour. We should be able to work out a common-sense approach. I support the amendments and I commend Deputy Kelly on his Bill. We have microbreweries in Roscommon as well. They give employment to areas that may not have the same level of employment that is available in...

Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Jul 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Under the Government and HSE strategy for mental health, why is A Vision for Change implemented in a different way in County Roscommon than in other counties? Athleague hostel is closed, St. Joseph's in Ballaghaderreen is closed and there is now the situation regarding the Rosalie unit, to which the Tánaiste referred. The families have not been consulted in a proper way and the...