Results 141-160 of 1,560 for speaker:Michael Fitzmaurice in 'Dáil debates'

Finance Bill 2022: Report Stage (23 Nov 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I move amendment No. 29: In page 102, between lines 33 and 34, to insert the following: “43.(1) Planned increases on carbon tax due in March 2023 shall be postponed as a result of the cost of living currently being experienced.”.

Impaired Farm Credit Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Nov 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I support this Bill. In fairness to Deputies O'Donoghue, Healy-Rae and McGrath, they have engaged. Mr. Edmund Honohan has to be commended on the amount of work he has put in and for being one of the people who asked the questions when he was working down the road that many people did not ask. It was not a rubber-stamp job on many occasions. Mr. Brian Reilly also needs a mention. I am...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: We have read over the past week that insurance companies in Ireland made €159 million in profits in 2021. In 2018, the figure was €130 million. There has been a substantial increase. It is not that I am against companies making profit. In fairness, the Government brought in changes to help in respect of the insurance debacle relating to this country. It is alarming when one...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: She did not have cancer.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the Tánaiste. The Tánaiste comes from the health sector. The person to whom I refer did not have cancer. Irregularities were found. Everything was cleared up, but there is now that little doubt. It is difficult to hear someone say that she wished she had not gone for the smear test before she went for her mortgage because now she is in trouble for what she did. We are...

Retained Firefighters: Motion [Private Members] (15 Nov 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I support the motion. I am surprised that the Government has tabled a countermotion. The Minister of State must acknowledge that when people are in trouble with a house going on fire, a car crash, a fire on a ship, in a bog, in a forest or whatever, the first thing we do is dial 999 and we expect these people at the drop of a hat within two minutes to get the text and they have to be gone....

Water Policy: Statements (9 Nov 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: This is a Bill basically about Bord Gáis, or Ervia as it is now known, separating from Irish Water. That is badly needed because Irish Water is an overcooked organisation given the way it has done things. Proper budgets are needed for Irish Water. Previous speakers outlined where there are problems throughout the country. These will not be magically solved overnight. The problem is...

Development (Emergency Electricity Generation) Bill 2022: Second Stage (26 Oct 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: When people living beside Lough Funshinagh were being drowned out of their houses, the Minister could not apply that provision.

Development (Emergency Electricity Generation) Bill 2022: Second Stage (26 Oct 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this. I remember the song "Leaving on a Jet Plane" but now we are going to be using jet engines to try to keep the lights on. We might not agree with everything the Minister is doing but I do not think there is a person in the country who wants to see the lights going out. Any port in a storm, that is what we are left with at the moment. It is ironic...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the Taoiseach for his response but I want to put it on record that last Friday evening planners got emails-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: The planners are the people who prepare plans for farmers and the Department liaises with them. Last Friday evening they got emails stating that the riparian zone was being cut to 1 ha. I welcome what the Minister and the Taoiseach have said today to clarify that it is staying as it is, which will stop a lot of confusion. The other issue that needs to be looked at is the fact that if a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I welcome the students from Ballyhaunis, Cloonfad, Garranlahan, Ballinlough and several areas in County Roscommon. When the programme for Government was being put together there was great talk about a rural environment protection scheme, REPS, 2 scheme for farmers. A large part of the carbon budget was supposed to go towards that. I have talked to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (28 Sep 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 41. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the new grant for the refurbishment of old derelict houses will be extended to rural areas given that at present the scheme it is only available in certain towns. [46755/22]

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Budget Statement 2023 (27 Sep 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the budget. I was happy with some of the things in the budget and there are some things I was not as happy with. I cannot for the life of me understand why people would go on the rural schemes such as Tús from what I have read today. People on such schemes will receive an extra €5 but if people do not go on the scheme and stay at home they...

Tailte Éireann Bill 2022: Second Stage (22 Sep 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I am sharing time with Deputy Ó Snodaigh. I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill. I do not have an objection to what the Minister of State is doing but there are a few issues on which we need clarification. Regarding the PRA, everything used to be based in Dublin but it now has a branch in Roscommon. In fairness, the work it does in Roscommon is mighty for people in the west...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: EU Regulations (20 Sep 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: If the Minister supports the regulation in its present form, he will be a traitor to the people in rural Ireland. That is the fact. What has been proposed would make Cromwell blush when compared with what he tried to do to Ireland. The Minister used the word "voluntary". This is bringing into law a regulation that will affect people with land containing peaty soils. The Minister should...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: EU Regulations (20 Sep 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: The Minister could have a look at Listowel. Where are the cows reared around Listowel?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: EU Regulations (20 Sep 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Yes, and where are the cows?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: EU Regulations (20 Sep 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I am talking about land that is reclaimed, that cattle are on.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: EU Regulations (20 Sep 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: And what does the regulation do?