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Other Questions: Departmental Investigations (25 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Will the Minister confirm that the formal investigation has been concluded? Will the findings be sent to anybody? I understand that if something has gone the legal route, the Minister cannot go into legal technicalities. Has the formal investigation been completed? Has the outcome been provided to anybody?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Commonage Land (25 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 3. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in relation to the basic payment scheme, why he is continuing to rely on maps and reports that were prepared on foot of an inspection by a district superintendent (details supplied) in County Galway in August 2012 when his appeals office has stated, in its decision of 26 August 2015, that the report from this inspection cannot be...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Commonage Land (25 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I have three booklets with me which were produced by the same ecologist. Two of them have been accepted but for one reason or another one is the sticky wicket on this commonage. The three are side by side. The same ecologist did everything but for whatever reason there is a problem with one. At first, 95% of it was accepted, but then that was thrown out the window. What has happened in...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Commonage Land (25 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: We all wish for one thing, that farmers will be looked after in this. However, it appears that many farmers are being cut, especially in the west of Ireland. That is to put it simply. In fairness to the inspectors, one guy will say that the heather must be up to one's knee, another could say it must be up to one's shin and another might say it must be up to one's ankle. We do not know...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Commonage Land (25 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: The farmers do not know where they stand. Look at the amount of penalties that have been incurred in these areas by families who need the money. Departmental inspectors are going around at present. In this case, the people who have investigated it for the second time were already on the case on the first occasion. That cannot be. There must be a clean sweep with new people, including an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Conviction Rates for Drink Driving: Discussion (25 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I apologise for not being present earlier but I was attending Question Time in the Dáil. I wish to raise the requirement for a driver to carry his driving licence when driving a vehicle. This is a problem I have had myself, as have others like me. A person may jump into a van and leave their licence in the van, forgetting to take it if they go on to a machine or a tractor.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Conviction Rates for Drink Driving: Discussion (25 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Could a measure be brought in so that a person could have a clear copy of their licence in each vehicle if need be? The driver certificate of professional competence is held over a five-year period and people are supposed to do one a year. Some people do not get to one a year and they could do two the next year, but they have to write in letters and give excuses as to why they could not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Conviction Rates for Drink Driving: Discussion (25 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Yes, graduated fines. After the third time there could be a slap on the wrist and the penalty points could be applied, but before that it should be a monetary type of penalty. I will conclude on that note. I thank Mr. Naughton for what was done in Athlone. It was very efficient.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Conviction Rates for Drink Driving: Discussion (25 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I forgot to make this point. If a person is driving with a wagon in England, if the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency, VOSA, goes through their vehicle and sees a crack in a leaf spring the driver will be given a piece of paper saying that it has to be repaired in 14 days. In Ireland, it is a low loader. We have to think of businesses as well. We must engage common sense in what we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Conviction Rates for Drink Driving: Discussion (25 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I want the issue regarding licences addressed because I have had-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Conviction Rates for Drink Driving: Discussion (25 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I have had this before with the licences.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Conviction Rates for Drink Driving: Discussion (25 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I am directing my question about the licences for those who had to go through the theory test to the RSA. There are problems, and they are not getting the licences.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Commonage Land (25 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 12. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in relation to the Roxborough and Derrybrien West commonage lands, the reason he did not apply his Department's inspection findings from the inspections undertaken in or around October 2013, the findings of which he sought to apply without notice or right of appeal to the shareholders in October 2014; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Commonage Land (25 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 16. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that the review which he authorised following the European petitions committee’s recommendation to conduct a fresh and independent inspection into the Keelderry commonage lands was sufficiently fresh and independent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41240/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Commonage Land (25 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 31. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why he has not accepted the evidence that the shareholders of the Keelderry commonage lands have provided, in the form of a detailed survey and report by suitably qualified experts, with their applications under the 2015 basic payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41238/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Land Parcel Identification System (25 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 94. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that the inspection criteria and his inspectors’ interpretation, methodology and procedures cannot be relied upon, as stated recently by the appeals office in his Department, as the exclusions provide no quantification or description for the deductions made in relation to an applicant (details supplied) in...

Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I agree with the other speakers that the nurses' dispute must be sorted urgently. This morning I spoke to a gentleman in Roscommon whose sister is living in Tipperary. He said she was to be brought in for a badly needed hip operation one month ago but that, after she had prepared herself, she got word at the last minute that she should stay at home. I got involved in the case and was...

Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: She landed at the hospital and was told to go home. That is some way to treat our elderly.

Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: The number of patients on trolleys is increasing right around the country, but since 2012 there has been a 33% increase in the number of administrative staff in the health service. There are young children who need spinal operations but whose parents are told by letter that there is a 15-month waiting list, although their consultants say they need the operation sooner. When a Deputy...

Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: "Sorry" does not work any more in this country. People are fed up of waiting. Since 2012, 33% more administrative staff have been brought into the health service. I know from talking to people that when there was a problem in a place in Mayo, the Taoiseach's county, another layer of staff was put in to ensure management was always kept away from the hits of the media or whatever. This...