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Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Payments (18 Jun 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 271. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will state for the record of Dáil Éireann that all persons, individual or corporate, who were cutting turf or extracting peat commercially on those bogs that are designated as sites of community importance, have received full compensation and-or relocation to another bog in respect of the losses imposed upon them...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Transport Council: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (17 Jun 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I note the main issue arising today appears to be the European rail network. In the context of TEN-T, funding is to be provided to develop the ports, rail and road network along the route from Foynes Port to Limerick, Limerick to Dublin and from Cork to Dublin and on to Newry . All of the road and rail networks in the west, from Derry to Galway, which up to 2011 were eligible for this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Transport Council: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (17 Jun 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: That is the line of core funding for railways, airports and roads. I can show the Minister that there is a difference between Ireland and England in this regard. I cannot guess the criteria used by the Minister's Department.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Transport Council: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (17 Jun 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Why was the west included up to 2011 and it was taken out along with the change of Government?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Transport Council: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (17 Jun 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Would it be possible for the Department to give me information on the criteria used in the case of Ireland? I have been trying to get this information for the past month.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Transport Council: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (17 Jun 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: What I was looking for was not provided.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Transport Council: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (17 Jun 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Yes, but the exact information I was looking for was not provided.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Transport Council: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (17 Jun 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the Minister.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (17 Jun 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 58. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 247, 248 and 249 of 9 June 2015, and in view of her reiteration in her reply that it is Government policy that An Post remains a strong and viable company which will be in a position to provide a high quality postal service, and maintain a nationwide customer focused network of post offices in the community,...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (17 Jun 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 59. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 247 to 249, inclusive, of 9 June 2015, and in view of her reiteration in her reply that it is Government policy that An Post remain a strong and viable company which will be in a position to provide a high quality postal service, and maintain a nationwide customer focused network of post offices in the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (17 Jun 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 60. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 247 to 249, inclusive, of 9 June 2015, the reason she can emphasise in her reply that the amendments do not remove the option to be paid at the post office, when the option to be paid at the post office no longer exists on the family income supplement application form; if she will explain the modality by...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank Mr. Gleeson for his presentation. A few months ago I used the analogy of an apple high up in a tree to describe the programme, which means it will be hard to attain. As much as 70% of the suckler herd is located in the west of Ireland in a region that spans the country from County Clare all the way up to County Donegal. People were frightened when they received a letter with red...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I wish to raise an issue about replacement heifers. If one has cows and one bulls them with five-star bulls from this year on - as we all know, the ICBF changes its data three or four times a year - by the time a heifer comes to calving, she could have between nine and 12 judgments on her, so her rating could be reduced to two or three stars. How does the Department intend to address the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I ask the assistant secretary to answer my question. The ICBF will judge a bull on 12 tests. One will start off in good faith with one's animal and then one will get a calf. What happens if the rating changes, following 12 different tests, by the time the heifer has had her calf? Where does the Department stand on that issue? Does one have to buy a five-star animal? I expect a "Yes" or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: The assistant secretary has not addressed my question, so I will repeat it. Let us say one starts the scheme in good faith with a five-star bull, and the ICBF carries out 12 assessments. If someone ends up with a two-star or three-star animal after starting off with a five-star animal, do they have to get rid of it the next year or the year after, if they do not have 50%, in order to make...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: The following year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Before 2018 or 2019?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Mr. Gleeson is saying that if I buy a bull this back end that has five stars, he is perfect for the six years?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Even if the ICBF downgrades him to a two-star bull?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: If many of these Friesians come on board in two years' time and the price of the suckler calf goes down and it is unproductive, will that be an example of force majeure?