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- Other Questions: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Relocation Options (22 Oct 2014)
Michael Fitzmaurice: -----as efficiently as possible. Will the Minister address this situation-----
- Other Questions: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Relocation Options (22 Oct 2014)
Michael Fitzmaurice: -----because it is taxpayers' money going down the drain?
- Other Questions: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Relocation Options (22 Oct 2014)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Tell me where the SACs are.
- Other Questions: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Relocation Options (22 Oct 2014)
Michael Fitzmaurice: 10. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on relocation sites here; the way she proposes to resolve the debacle that is going on for 17 years regarding the 53 so-called special areas of conservation complexes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40149/14]
- Other Questions: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Relocation Options (22 Oct 2014)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Will the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht provide an accurate update on relocation in respect of turf cutting? The Minister knows that I make the assertion that no issue in respect of turf cutting and relocation has been resolved in 17 years. The Minister is not long in her new job and I wish her luck, but I do not want the same stuff as I have listened to down through the...
- Irish Water: Motion [Private Members] (21 Oct 2014)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I am not going to harp on about Irish Water. We know that its public relations set-up and everything else about it has been in trouble from its very concept. It is really a farce. As I listened to the debate all night, I heard everybody talking about water. We have got to realise that if we talk about water as a commodity, we are going down a dangerous road. The service of water is what...
- Seanad Reform: Motion [Private Members] (16 Oct 2014)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Everybody in the country knows that politics is in difficulty. There is a great deal of apathy among the public and regardless of whether one is a party member or otherwise, when one knocks on doors one encounters a feeling of frustration. Politics must be done in a new way. The first opportunity for that is in the Seanad. In the past ten or 15 years we have seen a large amount of EU...
- Financial Resolution No. 2: Refunds of Appropriate Tax to First Time Buyers (14 Oct 2014)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Like the other Deputies, I welcome the proposal, but I think that as a nation we need to look at the entire housing scenario. First of all, we have a dysfunctional banking system. So many people have come to me who might have a certain amount for a deposit but have gone to two or three banks and have been refused. One then looks at local credit unions. They were not the ones who took down...
- Financial Resolutions 2015 - Budget Statement 2015 (14 Oct 2014)
Michael Fitzmaurice: As a newly elected Deputy, I want to thank each and every person who has helped me here today. We have been thrown into the frying pan. Parts of this budget are welcome, but other parts are not. I welcome the retention of the VAT rate of 9% for tourism, because any measure that can boost tourism is good. The Minister spoke about water and promised a tax rebate for people paying water...