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Nature Restoration Law: Motion [Private Members] (5 Jul 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...we say. A lot of Deputies referred to water quality. They should take a look at the map that came out last week showing where the water quality was supposed to be not so good. Was there bogland or peaty land on that? The Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, should have a look at where the peaty land was and the quality of water in that area. He and his colleagues might educate...

Nature Restoration Law: Motion [Private Members] (5 Jul 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...steps must be taken to improve the state of biodiversity across the Europe Union (EU); — the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 already sets out a commitment to legally protect a minimum of 30 per cent of its land, including inland waters and 30 per cent of the sea in the EU, of which at least one third should be under strict protection; — therefore, under the EU...

Nature Restoration Law: Motion [Private Members] (5 Jul 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...the outset I want to make it clear that those of us who signed this motion are not against nature. Every one of us lives in nature; we promote nature; we were brought up with nature. We come from the land and from knee-high we were always told to make sure we look after birds, bees and whatever, and we have done that. I do not want the narrative to go out that we are opposed to these...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality: Discussion (5 Jul 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...farmers with smaller herds, for example, 100 cows? We hear of farmers who have to go from 80 cows down to 60. Banding came in this year and now this will be implemented. It will put pressure on land. There is no point in saying it will not. The Minister of State with responsibility for forestry did not know what was happening in forestry, so no tree is being planted. If trees start...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Update on Ireland's Forestry Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (5 Jul 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...and watching every place where there is a hen harrier and watching all the things witnesses have mentioned, people will have to head for the Cathaoirleach’s country in the Golden Vale to look for land because, bejaysus, we will soon have no land. It will not be up to standard. That is a huge problem.

Environmental Protection Agency Water Quality Report 2022: Statements (28 Jun 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...of State or the Department to look at that. If it is four times the €5, that is fine. We will not be jumping up and down about it. I live in an area that has one of the most pristine rivers in Ireland. The river runs through agricultural land, which everybody gives out about, and through bogs, which everybody gives out about. Ironically enough, the part of the river that...

Our Rural Future Policy: Statements (14 Jun 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this matter. There are some positives, including that the population has increased in rural Ireland. The Department has the town and village renewal scheme and all the different things that have helped many communities; there is no denying that. The local improvement schemes have been a huge help as well and that has to be recognised. I live in rural...

Nature Restoration Law and Irish Agriculture: Statements (31 May 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...binding on people. Tell me of a proposal brought into a country that does not end up legally binding. What has the habitats directive done? It has put legally binding obligations on everyone's land that is designated throughout this country. There are 38 rules for farmers to comply with under legally binding stuff. The Minister should not tell people the proposal will not be legally...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Revitalising Derelict and Vacant Homes on Farmland: Discussion (17 May 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the witnesses for coming in and wish Ms Houlihan and her team the best of luck. In the agricultural sector and in rural Ireland, we should speak very openly. The first thing is that there is a crazy gang at the moment talking about one-off housing as not sustainable. If a person builds a house out in the countryside, there is no footpath on the road provided by the council, there...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Revitalising Derelict and Vacant Homes on Farmland: Discussion (17 May 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...that is not being talked about. It is thrown out constantly, particularly with regard to older people, which is that people can get a warmer homes grant. Let us say they have a stone house, a Land Commission house, of which there are lots in the west as well as right around the country, many of which are a storey and a half or a storey and three quarters and are not full-height houses....

Confidence in Government: Motion (29 Mar 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...who listened to the contributions at the Labour Party conference last weekend, at which reference was made to farmers changing and rewetting, needs to know the workers in the factories of Ireland will have no jobs if all this happens. There is an option to vote to express confidence in the Government or not. I cannot vote confidence because, no offence to Fine Gael or Fianna...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (28 Mar 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 757. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the planting of any trees on Bord Na Móna peat lands will continue in the next forestry programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14684/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Strategic Direction of Bord Bia: Discussion (22 Mar 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...sold or is there just a handful who go? I would like the answer to my last question to be as detailed as possible. The witnesses talk about sustainability. They have referred a few times to land use and land-use change. In the west of Ireland, there is a lot of talk at the moment about rewetting, forestry and all of that. Teagasc is doing a lot of research on peaty soils and initial...

Credit Union (Amendment) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...addressing their concerns. I know there are plenty of credit unions around Dublin but many people may not realise the role they play down the country. My home town of Glenamaddy had a Bank of Ireland and an Ulster Bank, both of which are now gone. The credit union, through amalgamation, got bigger. St. Jarlath's Credit Union now has something like €115 million or €120...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forest Policy and Strategy (Resumed): Discussion (1 Mar 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Ms Gray gave a cost of €2 billion. I have just calculated that if Coillte were to buy and plant the land, it would work out at €8,163 per acre. Am I correct in saying that Coillte bought land yesterday with Gresham House for €8,000 per acre?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forest Policy and Strategy (Resumed): Discussion (1 Mar 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Did Gresham House not buy land in County Roscommon?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forest Policy and Strategy (Resumed): Discussion (1 Mar 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Was that land being bid on in July of last year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forest Policy and Strategy (Resumed): Discussion (1 Mar 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: -----and Coillte was here on 13 December. The announcement of the deal was on 16 December, and this went through Land Registry, which we thought very unusual. Bidding had to be done six months before that, and it was very coincidental, from the committee members' point of view. Would Mr. Carlin agree?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forest Policy and Strategy (Resumed): Discussion (1 Mar 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I want to try and keep going. Ms Gray said that Coillte was concerned about Ireland meeting its targets. How is it that at the end of 2022 or in 2023 Coillte got this burst of concernment when in 2016 and 2017, Ireland still had the same figures and there did not seem to be a bother about it? Could Ms Gray explain this to me whether Coillte is concerned about Ireland's climate targets? My...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forest Policy and Strategy (Resumed): Discussion (1 Mar 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...resolved. It is my understanding based on what I am from Brussels today. Coillte has a plan of what it will do. Will that cause a problem if Coillte takes 30,000 ha of trees out and rewets the land, it will be 30,000 ha down on taking on carbon. Does that cause a problem?