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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Renewable Energy Directive: Discussion (24 Oct 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: However, carbon credits are traded around the world and people own them. Is Dr. Hendrick saying we are different, that the State uses them and that the farmer does not own the carbon credits on his land?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Renewable Energy Directive: Discussion (24 Oct 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: The witness is saying one cannot trade a carbon credit, even if one owns it, in Ireland.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Renewable Energy Directive: Discussion (24 Oct 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: If I own a forestry can I go on the American market? The Department might be using it but can I use it if I own the forestry? There are places in America where one can trade credits. Can the individual do that?

Correcting Pension Inequities: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this motion. I support it fully. I commend Age Action Ireland, the ICA and each individual who picked up the telephone to contact Deputies in recent years to highlight this grave injustice. Many women were forced to give up work, as everybody knows, and stay at home. They reared the next generation. In fact, some of those present are of the...

Water Services Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Oct 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Obstacles are being put in front of Irish Water such as in Lough Talt in Sligo where it is willing to put in a new system to upgrade the water quality because of the danger of trihalomethanes, THMs. Water has been extracted here for 30 or 40 years by Sligo County Council but now, because of new regulations and even though the same water is coming out today, the council will not give Irish...

Local Authority Boundaries Review: Motion [Private Members] (17 Oct 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate. I remember when there was talk of Galway city and county coming together and, at first, I thought it might be a good thing. Then I went trawling through the different ups and downs, the changing of borders in different areas and so forth, and I changed my mind. County councils in most counties are struggling for money. They are...

Water Services Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Oct 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I welcome the opportunity to speak to the Bill. The debate on whether we should pay or not pay for water in the public system appears to be over. A decision has been taken democratically and that is where the issue stands. However, people need to understand that, whether the money comes from the right or the left pocket, it will come from some pocket to provide the €10 billion or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Tillage Sector in Ireland: Discussion (17 Oct 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. Professor Doohan spoke on energy crops and so on that are successful in other countries. A lot of maize is imported into Ireland. The witnesses are considering crops that may be able to be grown in Ireland to replace that dependence. How far advanced is that work? It would be great if we could reduce the imports of products such as maize. ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Tillage Sector in Ireland: Discussion (17 Oct 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: With regard to grass in different parts of the country, there is grass seed that one can adapt to different types of land and it is fairly successful. We do not seem to have attained success in the tillage sector to the same extent as in the grass sector. Why is that and are we moving to resolve that? I agree with Professor Ferguson about the great progress made in the genomic aspect of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Tillage Sector in Ireland: Discussion (17 Oct 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the witnesses for their presentation. In a year that Minch Malt does not get the protein that was mentioned, does it hold its Origin Green status? In the line of price, the witnesses mentioned meeting the IFA. Do the brewers and distillers and everyone come together then? At the end of the day, Minch Malt is meeting one party that it is buying something from. The farmer is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Tillage Sector in Ireland: Discussion (17 Oct 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I will tell the witness. Farmers get €200 an acre to sow spruce trees on the land. The single farm payment is on top of that, and is guaranteed for 15 years. Does the witness not think it is an insult to farmers to have to survive on that?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Provision (17 Oct 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 320. To ask the Minister for Health if all nursing posts that have been filled in the Roscommon mental health service within the past two years were advertised; if so, the locations where these positions were advertised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43599/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Provision (17 Oct 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 324. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nursing staff employed in the Roscommon mental health service in September 2017; the number employed in September 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43603/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Provision (17 Oct 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 327. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nursing staff in the Roscommon mental health services employed by an employer other than the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43606/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Provision (17 Oct 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 329. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact there are persons in the community who need the supports of the Roscommon mental health services; the number of nursing staff available to those persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43608/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Provision (17 Oct 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 332. To ask the Minister for Health the number of clerical staff in the Roscommon mental health services to offer clerical assistance to nursing staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43611/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Data (17 Oct 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 321. To ask the Minister for Health if all nursing posts that have been filled in the Castlerea mental health service within the past two years were advertised; if so, the locations where these positions were advertised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43600/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Provision (17 Oct 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 322. To ask the Minister for Health if all nursing posts that have been filled in the Ballaghaderreen mental health services within the past two years were advertised; if so, the locations where these positions were advertised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43601/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Provision (17 Oct 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 325. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nursing staff employed in the Ballaghaderreen mental health service in September 2017; the number employed in September 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43604/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Provision (17 Oct 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 326. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nursing staff in the Ballaghaderreen mental health services employed by an employer other than the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43605/17]