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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Forestry Programme and Strategy: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: There is no de minimisaid now so it is giving the big corporations the chance to draw down whatever they want.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Forestry Programme and Strategy: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: In the last scheme, between 2014 and 2020, there were three years of de minimisaid and 12 years the other way. Now there is no de minimisaid so there is no block to the amount of money a big cartel or big company can draw down under the two schemes. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Forestry Programme and Strategy: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I beg your pardon.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Forestry Programme and Strategy: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Is there a fear there? Since 2016, we are down a lot because of the different problems that arose. In the last four years, we will have done only one year of 8,000 ha. The amount of timber that is cut, in tonnage or cubic metres, is published on the dashboard every week. When are we going to go into negative in the sense of cutting more than we are planting and what will be the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Forestry Programme and Strategy: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I know that but it takes a while.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Forestry Programme and Strategy: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: So will we ever be in the minus?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Forestry Programme and Strategy: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I seek clarification on a question. My understanding, and what we learned in Europe, is that Coillte can draw the grants. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Forestry Programme and Strategy: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: What if this does not work? I am going to nail it now and say that it will not work because farmers are not going to take it up, although I hope they do and I hope I am proved wrong. If this does not work, what is plan B?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Forestry Programme and Strategy: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Can I just say something to the Minister? I do not want to interrupt him but in the area that Senator Murphy and I come from, there is not a hope in Jesus of planting a tree now. At one time, one could but one could not do so now because of the amount of reports that are needed. That is being honest.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Forestry Programme and Strategy: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Are we in negative at the moment? Have we cut more than we have planted?

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Ministerial Responsibilities (3 Oct 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 373. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 336 of 26 September 2023, if he can confirm whether he or persons (details supplied) consulted with the Commission for Public Service Appointments prior to issuing said order; if so, if there is any documentation evidencing same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42684/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (3 Oct 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 464. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 740, 744, 748, 754, 760, 772, 773, 776 and 778 of 20 September 2023, and his reply, in stating that he wants to ensure that the farmer deferential benefits farmers directly and exclusively, if other landowners recognised and registered as carrying out a farming activity in other sections of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (3 Oct 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 465. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 740, 744, 748, 754, 760, 772, 773, 776 and 778 of 20 September 2023, to provide necessary documentation to show that considerations were made regarding the implications of the farmer definition as it appears in the scheme document, considering the clarifications sought by stakeholders; to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (3 Oct 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 463. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive payment under the fodder scheme for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42153/23]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Sep 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: The Tánaiste speaks about Ireland having full employment, and about a surplus and a budget, but I ask that he spares a thought for a father with whom we have been dealing over the last nine or ten months. Unfortunately, some children with autism, including his child, are non-verbal. His two other siblings are also living in the house. The child is under the adult age at 17 but is...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Sep 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: The Tánaiste is correct in saying that some people are able to live with a small bit of help, and that has tended to be what has happened over the last number of years, but what appears to have happened in this case is that the youngster has severe autism and is getting stronger, wrecking the house and breaking up cars. The father is looking after this child on his own and he cannot...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Sheep Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Sep 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the witnesses for coming in. On the Ukraine fund for businesses that have been affected, what is the budget and how much of it has been spent?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Sheep Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Sep 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: A lot of companies were six months dealing with Enterprise Ireland and no go-ahead was given. Is that correct? They could not put in an application.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Sheep Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Sep 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thought it was March when the real go-ahead was given for this.