Results 421-440 of 7,216 for speaker:Michael Fitzmaurice

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (23 Jan 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 382. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a jobseeker's application submitted by a person (details supplied) in September 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2431/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (23 Jan 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 460. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a copy of the satellite images used by his Department in making the decision that a person (details supplied) was not eligible to apply for the Shannon callows compensation scheme on the parcels listed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2414/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (23 Jan 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 461. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a copy of the satellite images used by his Department in making the decision that a person (details supplied) was not eligible to apply for the Shannon callows compensation scheme on the parcels listed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2415/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (23 Jan 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 462. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a copy of the satellite images used by his Department in making the decision that a person (details supplied) was not eligible to apply for the Shannon callows compensation scheme on the parcels listed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2416/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (23 Jan 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 463. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a copy of the satellite images used by his Department in making the decision that a person (details supplied) was not eligible to apply for the Shannon callows compensation scheme on the parcels listed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2417/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (23 Jan 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 464. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a copy of the satellite images used by his Department in making the decision that a person (details supplied) was not eligible to apply for the Shannon callows compensation scheme on the parcels listed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2418/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (23 Jan 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 465. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a copy of the satellite images used by his Department in making the decision that a person (details supplied) was not eligible to apply for the Shannon callows compensation scheme on the parcels listed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2419/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Education and Training Boards (18 Jan 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: In fairness to the Minister, he has engaged until now. Suitable buildings do not become available too often in many parts of the country. I am familiar with the building in question. It was a garage at one time. It would be ideal for the type of apprenticeships that are being proposed. You do not find that easily. The GRETB staff can walk from the current building to the new proposed...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Education and Training Boards (18 Jan 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: We have talked about building houses, and I know some of them are being built off-site at the moment. We are struggling to get youngsters into a lot of the wet trades. We are struggling to get mechanics as well. One upon a time, you used a spanner to fix a tractor; nowadays, it is a computer. It is totally different. The training is totally different from what it was at one time. You...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Education and Training Boards (18 Jan 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposed site that the Galway and Roscommon Education and Training Board has identified for a training centre in Roscommon town; if a decision has been made by his Department to fund this site; and, if not, when a decision will be made on this. [1993/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Education and Training Boards (18 Jan 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: The Minister is well aware that a site has been identified in Roscommon for a training centre for the ETB. It has the backing of all political sides in Roscommon. It is not just me, but everyone who has spoken to the Minister. Moegie Maher, a Fine Gael councillor in Galway who is on the ETB, has been involved in it. 11 o’clock This is Roscommon Inc. coming together to identify...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Threat of Bark Beetles to Plantations: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the witnesses for coming in. Like the other speakers, I wish Mr. Gorman the best of luck, and the vice president as well. Mr. Fleming spoke about the nurseries. An announcement was made in the UK in the past week that they are cutting their funding for forestry by 50% this year for their targets. The nurseries in the UK will have an abundance of plants that will probably come...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Threat of Bark Beetles to Plantations: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Mr. Fleming might be better placed to answer it. The UK is cutting its forestry targets and funding by 50%. The quantity of nursery trees that are available will flood the market out of the UK. Northern Ireland is in the UK and, as we know, this beetle can fly. It will put awful pressure on our nurseries. When we were not ticking over in Ireland in the past, nurseries were able to sell...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Threat of Bark Beetles to Plantations: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I will move on now to the bark beetle. I am no expert on all the different types of beetles. I understand one beetle was found on sawn timber that was imported into the UK. My understanding is that there has been a Sitka spruce beetle in parts of the UK for years. The witnesses will correct me if I am wrong but I understand there is a section of Scotland from which Ireland buys its timber...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Accidents (17 Jan 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 267. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a comprehensive breakdown of road traffic collisions, by county for the most recent year available, detailing the number of incidents, fatalities and serious injuries in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1284/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (17 Jan 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 1087. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for a detailed breakdown of drink driving convictions, by county over the most recent year for which data is available, including the number of convictions, repeat offences; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1285/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (17 Jan 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 1163. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he intends to launch the revised ash dieback reconstitution scheme; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this is a national emergency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56365/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (17 Jan 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 1164. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he intends to launch the native woodland conservation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56366/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (17 Jan 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 1165. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the payment of €1,000 per hectare to forest owners under the Woodland Environmental Fund is income tax free; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56367/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (17 Jan 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 1166. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in cases in which applicants opted into the ash dieback reconstitution scheme selecting a different forest type than that originally applied for on the form 1, which could have been years ago, and in situations where his Department has issued the approval for a forest type not selected on the opt-in form, if his Department will...