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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord Bia: Chairperson Designate (10 Apr 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...a premium product, why is there a clause in the terms and conditions concerning Bord Bia? A calf born to a suckler cow in Ireland will be out for the first eight or nine months of the year and the dog in the street knows it will be eating grass. When the calf is sold, it goes to a farmer who will probably finish it, or else it goes for export. Such a farmer never needed to be on Bord...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: If the two organisations do not know the number, how can they know if they need to fix a problem? The dogs on the street know that sewage is going into rivers. The reports talk about phosphorous and a model is used. As a result of Uisce Éireann and the local authorities not knowing, the farmer has a red mark over him or her. A farmer in Leitrim was in derogation but is out of it now....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (6 Mar 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ..., Food and the Marine if he has given consideration to the impact of tendering on other organisations funded by similar means as that of the Horse Sport Ireland, i.e., could ICBF, rural shows, dog shelters, or other organisations receiving grants from his Department without tenders, be required to tender into the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11079/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of TB: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Does the Department ever tie in with gun clubs? I remember one time ago on Sundays there would be a fox hunt. It would be on foot. They would have dogs, drive them out and get them. Is any of that done?

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...it, does it really matter? We need to make sure that we are proactive in that. I would worry about the planning guidelines that will come out of this Bill, particularly for the likes of one-off housing. The dogs in the street know what has being going on over the last ten or 12 years. The recent "Prime Time" programme was no shock to people. What is going on in this country is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Rising Veterinary Costs on Dog Ownership and Surrenders and Abandoned Dogs: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I have several questions. Did I pick up from earlier questions that there would be a campaign on television on the need to look after dogs after Christmas? Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Rising Veterinary Costs on Dog Ownership and Surrenders and Abandoned Dogs: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: At the moment, many people are thinking about buying dogs. Before they do, they should know that dogs will be with them for a fair while and they could live ten, 11, 12 or even 15 or 16 years. We need to be hitting the point hard before Christmas. Everyone who sees a dog loves the look of the dog, but they have to remember that they will be there for a long time and there are costs...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Rising Veterinary Costs on Dog Ownership and Surrenders and Abandoned Dogs: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: To dog homes?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Rising Veterinary Costs on Dog Ownership and Surrenders and Abandoned Dogs: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ..., between grants the Minister gives, and what is given to local authorities. This is to solve something that should not be, to be quite frank about it. This is for the simple reason that when one gets a dog, one is responsible for it. When one buys a car, there is a tax book with it, and wherever it is got, one is done. That is the long and the short of it. We need to get a bit...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Rising Veterinary Costs on Dog Ownership and Surrenders and Abandoned Dogs: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I am not saying that. I am saying that to the corporates in the UK, it was manna from heaven. With regard to the vets, in fairness to any vet - and we have a few dogs at home ourselves - any time you go to the vet, they will tell you before they start. If there is a problem and an operation to be done, they will give a fairly good guide as to what it will cost. You can decide then, as Mr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Rising Veterinary Costs on Dog Ownership and Surrenders and Abandoned Dogs: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: When the dog is brought to the vet, they get their vaccines etc. Over the last five years, in my opinion - and I often ask how much that costs - it has nearly been the same price over the last four or five years, bar you are going for something big like an operation. That is going into a different category. It is like horses. There is now a hospital for horses. It is going to cost more,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine's Response to Ash Dieback: Limerick and Tipperary Woodland Owners (25 Oct 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...last thing I would do because fairly good quality land is required to grow ash trees. Incompetence in the Department is what led to ash dieback in this country because trees were imported. The dogs on the street know this. In good faith, the witnesses went into this and they have been left high and dry in recent years. The report is lovely to read. It is lovely to read that equity is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...colleague, Deputy Kerrane. Deputy Carthy also worked well with us on the committee and he should be praised for it. I have a question for the Department. The committee, the Department and the dog on the street know that a few independent contractors have been pushed outside the system for one reason or other. Last year the Department put out a contract and moved a large amount of...

Confidence in Government: Motion (29 Mar 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...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 Fáil, when the pup is pulling the dog around the field, something has to be done. There is a simple reason. When you see a Green Party Senator embarking on a judicial review regarding an outer bypass, there are 30 years on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dangerous Dog Breeds and Sheep Worrying: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank Ms Creedon for her attendance. Every dog can be dangerous. You could have the quietest dog in the world and it could bite. I have seen it myself. It could be a Bichon Frise or a collie that is after cattle. If children come into a house, the dog is not used to children and the children pull the dog's tail, the dog can nip them. You can watch all the patterns and all the things...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dangerous Dog Breeds and Sheep Worrying: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...take out public liability insurance so that if our cattle break out on the road and a car hits them, we cover the cost for people who might damage their car if our animal is in the wrong but a dog can run out in front of a car and do whatever it wants or go after sheep. Generally every farmer with a dog has it covered on its farm policy but I think everyone will have to go down that road...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dangerous Dog Breeds and Sheep Worrying: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I would go further because you will not see a dog after sheep in the middle of the night. We need a system whereby if there is blood on sheep, you could get some kind of evidence.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dangerous Dog Breeds and Sheep Worrying: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: With the best will in the world, it is hard to do because there could be 100 dogs in the area and you would be scratching your head.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dangerous Dog Breeds and Sheep Worrying: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: That would not work. What I am saying is that if we want to have dogs, and people are paying €800, €1,000 or €1,500 for small little gougers of dogs, we should have insurance. If you are able to pay that, the other parts of it would not over-rob you.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dangerous Dog Breeds and Sheep Worrying: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I missed the beginning of the meeting due to a vote. What thoughts do the witnesses have on banning dogs from going up mountains while ewes are on them before lambing? There is a huge danger with ewes in lamb.