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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte's Annual Report for 2016 and Climate Change: Discussion (12 Dec 2017)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I would like a response to the other questions I raised.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte's Annual Report for 2016 and Climate Change: Discussion (12 Dec 2017)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Where was the land purchased?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte's Annual Report for 2016 and Climate Change: Discussion (12 Dec 2017)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Was most of the land purchased in the west?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte's Annual Report for 2016 and Climate Change: Discussion (12 Dec 2017)
Michael Fitzmaurice: How many are direct employees of Coillte?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte's Annual Report for 2016 and Climate Change: Discussion (12 Dec 2017)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Perhaps the witnesses would respond to my question on the 18,000 acres.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte's Annual Report for 2016 and Climate Change: Discussion (12 Dec 2017)
Michael Fitzmaurice: New land?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte's Annual Report for 2016 and Climate Change: Discussion (12 Dec 2017)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Will Coillte lose the 5% I mentioned under the new rules?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte's Annual Report for 2016 and Climate Change: Discussion (12 Dec 2017)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Am I correct in saying that when we subtract 5% from what Coillte is planting - 18,000 acres - the company actually has less land growing trees now, than it had last year or the year before, even when the 70 acres are added?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte's Annual Report for 2016 and Climate Change: Discussion (12 Dec 2017)
Michael Fitzmaurice: The witnesses have addressed the issue of turbines. There have been drainage problems at Slieve Bawn. Is Coillte going to work with farmers there to try to resolve everything?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte's Annual Report for 2016 and Climate Change: Discussion (12 Dec 2017)
Michael Fitzmaurice: One hectare is 2.45 acres.
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (12 Dec 2017)
Michael Fitzmaurice: 377. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 356 of 14 November 2017, if farmers and planners will be paid before Christmas 2017 for the GLAS training courses as previously advised (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52753/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (12 Dec 2017)
Michael Fitzmaurice: 434. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the decision to opt for the green option on the route selection for the Foynes to Adare road project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52828/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (12 Dec 2017)
Michael Fitzmaurice: 435. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the methodology and assessments carried out when choosing the green option for the route selection for the Foynes to Adare road project; if copies of these assessments are available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52829/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (12 Dec 2017)
Michael Fitzmaurice: 436. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the level of community consultation that was involved when choosing the green option for the route selection for the Foynes to Adare road project in view of the fact that many farms will be split should this green option go ahead; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52830/17]
- Climate Change: Statements (7 Dec 2017)
Michael Fitzmaurice: It is not cheaper.
- Climate Change: Statements (7 Dec 2017)
Michael Fitzmaurice: The cars.
- Climate Change: Statements (7 Dec 2017)
Michael Fitzmaurice: It is O'Leary.
- Climate Change: Statements (7 Dec 2017)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Ireland signed up to unattainable goals. We are praising ourselves this evening because emissions dropped between 2007 and 2012. They did so because we exported 245,000 youngsters from our country in one of the worst recessions we have seen. Thank God the economy is picking up. There are 2.1 million people working now for the first time ever. When people do not have public transport they...
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Stamp Duty (7 Dec 2017)
Michael Fitzmaurice: 64. To ask the Minister for Finance the stamp duty that applies to a site of less than one acre which is intended for one off housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52382/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Stamp Duty (7 Dec 2017)
Michael Fitzmaurice: 65. To ask the Minister for Finance if a site of less than one acre that is used for the development of one dwelling within 30 months can qualify for the refund scheme under the Finance Act 2017; the conditions that must be satisfied prior to the refund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52383/17]