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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Western Rail Corridor: Discussion (4 Mar 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the witnesses for their presentation. I have said for years that infrastructure is required in rural areas if we intend to retain jobs there. I have listened all day to certain views being put forward here. My view is that when a gas pipe went into Dublin, it might not have been economically viable the day it went in, but they built a city around it which pays back. A Government...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Western Rail Corridor: Discussion (4 Mar 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I apologise for interrupting Mr. Cunningham. At present, Iarnród Éireann is at a disadvantage.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Western Rail Corridor: Discussion (4 Mar 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I presume, if there is flooding, it is the OPW that is resolving that to bring water somewhere else. Would I be correcting in saying so?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Western Rail Corridor: Discussion (4 Mar 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: It is not Iarnród Éireann's funding. It is a problem in an area where there is flooding and it is the OPW that must carry out those works.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Western Rail Corridor: Discussion (4 Mar 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Is there farmland flooded?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Western Rail Corridor: Discussion (4 Mar 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: They would be beneficiaries as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Western Rail Corridor: Discussion (4 Mar 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Are there houses?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Western Rail Corridor: Discussion (4 Mar 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I rest my case.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Western Rail Corridor: Discussion (4 Mar 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Could Mr. Cunningham address my query about whether, with the use of new technology, the service could be made more efficient, with X number of carriages being put at the back of the train and freight also being transported? In that way the service would facilitate multitasking, or whatever one would term that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Western Rail Corridor: Discussion (4 Mar 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Is it not more efficient to have one engine pulling all the carriages rather than having to use two engines?

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Staff Relocation (4 Mar 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 53. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm receipt of a valid request in respect of a person (details supplied) to transfer from her Department's County Longford office to the Department's offices in Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim, which is now in excess of three years; if she will facilitate this transfer request; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ministerial Correspondence (3 Mar 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 269. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the contents of an open letter to him, dated 19 February 2015, from the Irish Natura and Hill Farmers Association, which is supported by 21 other organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8887/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Payments (3 Mar 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 623. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of persons who received compensation in the Barroughter, Cloonmoylan and Ardgraigue bog complexes; the number that are individual plot owners; and if one, or more, family members are claiming on the same turf bank. [8891/15]

Climate Change and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Feb 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Let us consider the statistics down through the years. There was approximately 1,600 places in the world used to decide the temperatures. Someone had a good idea and decided to pull the figures from some of the coldest places. Now, we are down to a total of approximately 700 places from which we take our figures. If we were to put a blanket over this country for the rest of my life, it...

Climate Change and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Feb 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I am grateful for this opportunity to speak on the Bill. For the past ten or 15 years I have listened to people speak about global warming, and when that Houdini act did not work they headed to climate change. Let us be clear on a few matters. In recent years we have heard about climate change and flooding in Dublin, Cork and Galway. The fact is that 40 or 50 years ago we had only...

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Feb 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Children and Family Relationships Bill. There are many good sections in the Bill, but I have some concerns about it. In order to get this right, we must make sure that children are the paramount consideration and that what we decide here for the future of children is done in the proper way. I have concerns about unmarried fathers, who in my...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Activation Projects (24 Feb 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 204. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the outstanding performance of the disability activation project also know as Project DAWN in the Roscommon Disability Support Group DALE Centre, Derrane, County Roscommon, in exceeding its targets in the first seven month of operation, if she will make provision for the extension of European Social Fund co-funding beyond April 2015,...

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Feb 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Will people be required to obtain a licence to sell timber?

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Feb 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Timber is a clean fuel.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Feb 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: We are quoting all this European Union legislation because Ministers love EU law. That is the problem and it is about time Irish people stood up and questioned all this stuff that is coming from Europe.