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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (4 Dec 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 421. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue on a medical card application made by a person (details supplied) on 19 September 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50766/18]

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I will be supporting this amendment. Even if one was just to go on the precautionary principle, be the person young, middle aged or older, we never want to see or hear of anyone in pain. This will go down and be remembered. Knowledge in medicine is changing constantly. 6 o’clock I do not think we can risk not putting this in the Bill. A few years down the road, if more evidence...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Flooding at Ballycar on the Galway-Limerick Railway and Investment in Heavy Rail: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the group for its presentation and I have a number of questions. Mr. Verbruggen said he was going to do analysis. Has the analysis started? Is it nearly done? How long will it take? Is there agreement on the scope of work RPS is doing? Is it just to deal with the railway or with flooding as a wider issue? I know he is using the framework that has been done. At the end of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Flooding at Ballycar on the Galway-Limerick Railway and Investment in Heavy Rail: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: When will they be ready?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Flooding at Ballycar on the Galway-Limerick Railway and Investment in Heavy Rail: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: This December. GSI will have all the data for December.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Flooding at Ballycar on the Galway-Limerick Railway and Investment in Heavy Rail: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: That is good.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Flooding at Ballycar on the Galway-Limerick Railway and Investment in Heavy Rail: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Mr. Fitzgerald may be able to come in on this. Obviously, there will be screening out and appropriate EIAs. Could Mr. Fitzgerald let me know if there is any word of IROPI stuff or anything like that? Are there any problems like that ahead of it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Flooding at Ballycar on the Galway-Limerick Railway and Investment in Heavy Rail: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: We are waiting for the proposals. When do our guests envisage having a solution? Will it be February, March or April when funding is sought and the problem is solved?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Flooding at Ballycar on the Galway-Limerick Railway and Investment in Heavy Rail: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I refer to the cost-benefit analysis. We must be careful to note that a bigger scheme could alleviate flooding for farmland as well as the railway track. Who is the OPW working with on it? Is the OPW to any applications on this? Will it take into account the number of passengers and the value of the line if an application is submitted?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Flooding at Ballycar on the Galway-Limerick Railway and Investment in Heavy Rail: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank Mr. Meade for his submission. Several Deputies have spoken recently about the train station at Castlerea. Will Mr. Meade ensure refurbishment works are carried out in order that it is presentable and attractive to those who use it? Some train stations are not being maintained very well. Mr. Meade spoke about high-speed trains. Will 100 km/h be the maximum speed on the high-speed...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Flooding at Ballycar on the Galway-Limerick Railway and Investment in Heavy Rail: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I understood Iarnród Éireann had 40 carriages it was refurbishing. Are they on the network now?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Flooding at Ballycar on the Galway-Limerick Railway and Investment in Heavy Rail: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: What are the new trains Iarnród Éireann is buying?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Flooding at Ballycar on the Galway-Limerick Railway and Investment in Heavy Rail: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: They are diesel.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Flooding at Ballycar on the Galway-Limerick Railway and Investment in Heavy Rail: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: That means it will be done by the end of May.

Microgeneration Support Scheme Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Nov 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill and thank Deputy Alan Kelly for accommodating me. I commend Deputy Stanley on bringing forward the Bill, which I intend to support. There is a great deal that could be achieved nationally through small-scale microgeneration. If the Minister went to Germany, he would see that many farms generate their own electricity. There is a facility there...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Local Authority Funding (27 Nov 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: As other Deputies pointed out, the serious gap in funding has been acknowledged in this report. People are reasonable and, in fairness to them, every Deputy here is reasonable. This is the one thing we need and it must be worked on. We cannot put the cart before the horse. We have to make sure that we do this right. Galway deserves to be treated well. There are three counties on the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Local Authority Funding (27 Nov 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: In the peripheral areas and municipal districts in County Galway, which Deputies Ó Cuív and Eugene Murphy represent along with me, there is a great shortage of staff. Second, there is a shortage of funding. This has a knock-on effect. I thank the Minister of State for the meeting last week but there is fear in the rural areas on the periphery. Galway borders probably six...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (27 Nov 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank Mr. Dillon for his presentation. On the face of it, the scheme looks pretty good. Where can we get the information on the townlands? There is some information about Shannonbridge and the Eyrcourt area in Galway. What criteria were used to include areas? I see some areas down south that I would have imagined was fairly good ground. What will the rates be and what will be the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (27 Nov 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Is there anything to help small farms, say 20 or 30 acres, for whom schemes such as the areas of natural constraints, ANC, were very important?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (27 Nov 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I am just doing the maths. The €25 million works out at something like €260 or €270 to everyone in the last batch. When the new people are brought in, by what I am looking at, the increase across the board will be about €100. Is that correct?