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Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Chairperson to the Board of RTÉ (12 Jun 2024)

Michael Ring: .... I thank the Chair for her kind comments at what is my first meeting. I am not as well equipped as the other members because I am on three other committees and the commission, so it is hard to keep everything going. However, I am glad to get the opportunity to say a few words. I welcome the new chairperson and the board members. They have a difficult job. It is a job that I hope...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (22 May 2024)

Michael Ring: I wish to express my view and then I will make a decision whether I will or will not proceed. I am very disappointed. This is the third time I put down a Topical Issue debate and the senior Minister has not come in. People want to be elected to this House, and when they get elected, they want to become Ministers. When they become Ministers, it is like that thing we used to have in the...

Death of Former Taoiseach: Expressions of Sympathy (7 Feb 2024)

Michael Ring: I have to say that he came down and I said "No, I am not standing. When there were Seanad nominations going, you forgot about Michael Ring, when the TDs themselves were picking the Senators who they could nominate." But anyway he came to my house on a Sunday afternoon on a miserable wet day and he begged me to go. Then I got the phone call from Phil Hogan and they got a few people from...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Michael Ring: I wish to raise an issue in relation to the seafood sector. There is great concern, particularly with the new regulations due to Brexit. What will the Minister do for the industry? It will need supports and backup. It is in real difficulty. I have raised this issue with the Minister before. There is an extra burden now from the red tape, not that Brussels is great at it. I was glad to...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023)

Michael Ring: I will take just one minute. I have two issues I want to raise with the Minister. One relates to TB and the cost factor. This has been the longest running industry in the past 30 years in this country and the time has come for us to get a handle on it. It is wrong that the taxpayers of this country are paying so much money every year for this industry. That is what I call it because...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Education and Upskilling in the Agriculture Sector (8 Nov 2023)

Michael Ring: I will be brief. I welcome the guests. It is great to see such fine young people involved in education and agriculture. It shows that the future is bright for Ireland. I have just a few questions. My questions will be more parochial than those asked by others. First, we need to have a debate in this country about carbon and safe food. We always blame the farmers, give out about the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Quality (18 Oct 2023)

Michael Ring: I will not be unkind to the Minister of State because I know he is trying to be helpful. The people have been completely frustrated with Mayo County Council for the past 15 years. They are frustrated with Irish Water. Staff were out two weeks ago and they could not find the source of the problem. They had machinery in there. We can land a man on the moon now and we can fly vehicles all...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (13 Jun 2023)

Michael Ring: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I ask the Minister of State to talk with the Minister for Education, and I will talk with her myself at the vote tomorrow night. Once again, I just want to emphasise that these boys and girls are at their best stages of life. To have to work at a facility like this is not fair to the teachers, it is not fair to the staff and it is not fair to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (23 May 2023)

Michael Ring: ...xed;v. This has been one of the best schemes that has ever been introduced by a Government. I have just taken a note of what they are actually earning per week, which is €27.50. They actually do more work in rural areas than the county councils. I am asking the Minister of State to do what has to be done immediately. When officials get at reviews there is a review of a review...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (23 May 2023)

Michael Ring: Briefly, I want to first compliment the Minister on targeting children. One thing she has done since she became Minister is target schemes and found funding, particularly for families who are in great difficulty. I must compliment her on that. Like the two previous speakers, however, I would like her to look, as she said she would, at ways and means, even if this did not mean extending it...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Funding (25 Apr 2023)

Michael Ring: I have to agree with Deputy Cannon. There is no question that ORIS and the other schemes we have all over the country are major tourist attractions, and not alone for people walking but also for people's health. They were a godsend in every corner in this country, in particular, during Covid-19 The next time the Minister is having discussions with the local authorities, she might ask...

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

Michael Ring: I welcome our guests. To be fair to Coillte, the organisation has improved its image over the years, particularly through its work on walkways, opening up its forests and letting the public make use of them. When I was Minister of State at the then Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, I had responsibility for the National Parks and Wildlife Service, NPWS. We...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Regional Development (21 Feb 2023)

Michael Ring: I am thankful this Topical Issue matter has been selected. I am glad the Minister of State, Deputy Calleary, is taking it because he, the Taoiseach and I and members of the board of the Ireland West regional airport met recently at the airport. I was concerned in relation to some of the issues raised with us. As the Minister of State is aware, there has been a strategic development zone...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)

Michael Ring: I must say I am disappointed to see what has happened with Coillte over the past number of months. We are 100 years a State. It took us 300 years to get the Brits out of Ireland. The Minister is now rewarding them in relation to Brexit. We now have a situation in this country, between Coillte and the National Parks and Wildlife Service, where no farmer will be able to buy a bit of land....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Nov 2022)

Michael Ring: If those in the sector are watching today, they will not be full of confidence about what is going on. In fact, they will be disturbed when they hear what is being proposed and what this report has finalised. Like other speakers here and other members, I am annoyed that the report was published at 11 a.m. and that we were expected at a meeting today and to be able to ask serious questions....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Industry: Discussion (21 Sep 2022)

Michael Ring: I compliment the witnesses. I was at another meeting so I was not able to get in at the beginning. I read the submission and I must compliment the three witnesses on their contribution and their ability to answer questions. I have three questions. One relates to grant aid. Will the witnesses explain why their industry is not able to draw down grant aid because of State aid rules? On...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Inland Fisheries (14 Jun 2022)

Michael Ring: I do not like to raise issues such as this one but I am very concerned about what is going on with Inland Fisheries Ireland, in particular in regard to the Department and the CEO. The amazing thing is allegations were made of 16 uninsured vehicles, one which was in a crash and was not insured; locally arranged leasing of Aasleagh Lodge to a member of the staff as a guest house with no...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Mar 2022)

Michael Ring: I have two questions for the Minister. The former Senator Feargal Quinn brought legislation to the Seanad a number of years ago on subcontractors. Has the Government any proposals to bring that Bill to the Dáil in order to protect subcontractors? Major contracts now have to be given to major companies with major turnover, so all the small contractors have been left out and cannot...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Discussion (8 Dec 2021)

Michael Ring: I welcome the four CEOs. To be fair to the four of them, they are all on the one hymn sheet, which is very important. I know it is four organisations but it is good to see they all have the one agenda. I want to make a few points. Mr. Murphy spoke about fishermen and the dangers and difficulty of the job. I come from north Mayo and there are a lot of fishing people there. It is a very...

Finance Bill 2021: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (2 Dec 2021)

Michael Ring: In the west of Ireland, especially in my own county of Mayo, we are very pleased to have many multinational companies. Allergan, Botox, Baxter and Coca-Cola are all creating very valuable jobs for the community of County Mayo and for Ireland. What worries me is many of these companies would not have invested in rural Ireland if not for the 12.5% corporation tax rate. I hope these companies...