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- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Commonage Land (24 Nov 2015)
Michael Fitzmaurice: 232. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why horses were grazing on the Keelderry commonage lands during the inspection by his officials (details supplied), given that the officials stated that the parcel was being grazed by horses but that the horses could find no forage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41449/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Commonage Land (24 Nov 2015)
Michael Fitzmaurice: 233. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the powers and authority his officials (details supplied) have in investigating applications by a landowner in respect of forestry, and under the farm investment scheme and the farm waste management scheme, his day-to-day employment arrangements, if he had appropriate planning for various buildings on his lands, his private...
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Commonage Land (24 Nov 2015)
Michael Fitzmaurice: 234. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he verified the findings of the informal investigations conducted by his officials (details supplied) regarding the Keelderry commonage lands; the steps he took to ensure that all persons involved were properly notified of the findings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41451/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Commonage Land (24 Nov 2015)
Michael Fitzmaurice: 235. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the person who authorised an official (details supplied) to conduct a review in or around July 2011 onwards, into his own decisions made following his inspection of the Keelderry commonage lands on 24 February 2011; if this is an appropriate way for his senior inspectors to conduct investigations, despite clearly creating a...
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Commonage Land (24 Nov 2015)
Michael Fitzmaurice: 236. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his inspectors conducted the inspections on Roxborough and Derrybrien West commonages; if these inspections identified flaws in his Department's findings; if his Department is continuing to apply these findings to the Keelderry commonage lands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41453/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Commonage Land (24 Nov 2015)
Michael Fitzmaurice: 237. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which the Agriculture Appeals Office noted the presence of the habitat type raised bog on the Keelderry commonage lands in its report dated 30 April 2014, following its inspection of the commonage on 24 January 2014, given that this habitat does not exist on the commonage; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Commonage Land (24 Nov 2015)
Michael Fitzmaurice: 238. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which the Agriculture Appeals Office could find no evidence of any handling facilities on the Keelderry commonage lands in its report dated 30 April 2014, following its inspection of the commonage on 24 January 2014, even though his staff drove past the animal-handling facilities during the inspection; and if he will...
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Commonage Land (24 Nov 2015)
Michael Fitzmaurice: 239. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine following the various inspections into the Keelderry commonage lands, why the inspectors and staff of the agricultural appeals board systematically use the term bog when referring to areas of the site that contain historical turf banks, which are now completely revegetated and grazed by livestock, with specific reference to the...
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Commonage Land (24 Nov 2015)
Michael Fitzmaurice: 240. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why the Agriculture Appeals Office made no mention of the Natura 2000 designation in its report dated 30 April 2014, following the various inspections into the Keelderry commonage lands, despite the habitats on the commonage being rare and important for a range of threatened and red-listed (annex I) birds and vascular plant and...
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Commonage Land (24 Nov 2015)
Michael Fitzmaurice: 241. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine following the Agriculture Appeals Office's inspection of the Keelderry commonage lands on 24 January 2014 and its report dated 30 April 2014, the way it can say that no evidence of horses, cattle or sheep was found on the date of the visit to the Keelderry commonage lands, without noting that the commonage framework plan and the...
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Commonage Land (24 Nov 2015)
Michael Fitzmaurice: 242. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine following the inspection of the Keelderry commonage lands by the Agriculture Appeals Office on 24 January 2014 and its report dated 30 April 2014, if his staff were assessing the level of agricultural activity on the site for the summer of 2010 in winter of 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41459/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Commonage Land (24 Nov 2015)
Michael Fitzmaurice: 243. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine following the inspection of the Keelderry commonage lands by the Agriculture Appeals Office on 24 January 2014 and its report dated 30 April 2014, why his staff did not take the fact that heather is abundant throughout the commonage in different stages of its life cycle, which clearly indicates that livestock grazing is...
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming Scheme Applications (24 Nov 2015)
Michael Fitzmaurice: 244. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if organic farmers who were excluded from the electronic payment system in 2015 will be paid before Christmas 2015; if these organic farmers will be added to the electronic payment system from now on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41461/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Offices (24 Nov 2015)
Michael Fitzmaurice: 552. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there has been a problem with doors and windows in the new Civic Offices in Roscommon, if some or all of these windows and doors had to be replaced; and the cost incurred as a result. [41658/15]
- Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2015)
Michael Fitzmaurice: When will the Government stand up to the EU?
- Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2015)
Michael Fitzmaurice: When will we stand up to the EU? The Dutch can do it.
- Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2015)
Michael Fitzmaurice: It will tell us how high to jump.
- Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2015)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Hear, hear.
- Leaders' Questions (18 Nov 2015)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Over the last number of years, in this country and other countries in Europe, we heard great talk about a cashless society, where everyone was moving to cards and going away from chequebooks. I know the Taoiseach is an admirer of European policy and he has bought into this idea of a cashless society. Fine Gael often talks about SMEs. They are the backbone of business across the country....
- Leaders' Questions (18 Nov 2015)
Michael Fitzmaurice: This is a scandalous situation that small businesses have to contend with in this country.