Results 181-200 of 266 for long speaker:Michael Fitzmaurice

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: An intensive year long course is preferable. Young people will not be attracted to a three-year course and more foreign people will be sought for this work.

North-South Interconnector: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ..., yet they now seem to be persisting with this North-South interconnector. The country needs to decide where it is going in this regard. As I have worked in the construction industry for long enough, I would like to see the figures for running such an interconnector underground or overhead. I am damn sure we could put it underground a lot quicker than overhead, particularly in light of...

Roads Funding: Motion [Private Members] (1 Feb 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...had a budget of €32 million for roads and it is down to €19.5 million. Roscommon County Council has €11.5 million for roads but it once had €19 million. It will cost money but in the long run it will save us money and it would help more people to find work and make the roads safer. A report showed that in certain counties, 14% of the roads are dangerous. I...

Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (14 Dec 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...ago. The O'Neill sisters from Kerry, if my memory serves me right, and Phil Coulter were there, which shows the talent from one age to next that we have in this country and that has been nurtured along. That is a great asset. No matter where we are, it might be at a wedding and we might have too many pints on us, the final thing the Irish will do at night is to get together and sing the...

Flood Prevention Measures: Motion [Private Members] (13 Dec 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...of the CFRAM report. I spoke about this publicly before. I believe it is disgraceful that the Silver Stream was left out of the report on Athleague. That should not be tolerated. There is a long way to go. Let us not cod people that tonight, in six months or in a year everything will be solved. It will not. We need different measures in different places. There are places that...

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (16 Nov 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...waiting in accident and emergency departments for a full day. They scrimp to give their children something they may not have had and out of fear that something may go wrong. The Minister is not long in his job and nobody is going to wave a magic wand in the health service overnight and solve the problem which has been going on for years. I know from talking to the Minister that his...

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Uisce faoi Úinéireacht Phoiblí) (Uimh. 2) 2016: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Nov 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...It is not popular to say, but I have seen in my area that problems and upgrades are addressed much more quickly than they ever were before. People must remember that we can talk about water as long as we want, but at the end of the day the regulations relating to water are growing in number. Various regulations are coming out from Europe and they are harder to meet and result in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing for People with Disabilities Provision (8 Nov 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 205. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department has received the additional funding necessary to ensure the long term funding of local authorities in respect of the increased demands being imposed upon them consequent to the Department of Health's combined policies of decongregation and implementation of the social care model for adults with a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Provision (2 Nov 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...To ask the Minister for Health his plans to outsource X-ray facilities which are normally provided at the orthodontic department of Merlin Park University Hospital in order that children who are on long waiting lists can avail of services and in order that new patients can avail of services. [32707/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Funding (27 Oct 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...if, in conjunction with the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, projections have been made in respect of the level of local property tax increase necessary to ensure the long-term funding of local authorities in respect of the additional demands being imposed upon them consequent to his Department's combined policies of decongregation and implementation of the...

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (18 Oct 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...since he came on board, things have moved forward in a more positive way. There is a lot of fear on both sides of this argument, where relationships developed that were through the years became strained. At long last, however, we are starting to build those relationships again. I thank the Minister for bringing this legislation before the House. It was promised earlier in the year but...

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Budget Statement 2017 (11 Oct 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...regard to agriculture, I welcome the €25 million for sheep. On the loans scheme for farmers, the detail has not been given out yet but I hope the scheme, which offers loans at 2.9%, will last long enough and that it is not just a short-term scheme. GLAS was opened a good while ago and the money is already there for it. With regard to beef genomics, there does not seem to be any...

Domestic Water Charges: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 May 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...down the road until next year because such schemes are running at a loss. Schemes are run on a voluntary basis around the country. I remember going to the well for water with a milk can. We have come a long way since then, but it was the local people who put the infrastructure in place with the help of Government funding in order to provide a water supply in rural areas. We must...

Agriculture and Fisheries Council Meeting: Statements (22 Mar 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...who borrowed money are suffering. They will probably go through a rough year this year. With luck, things will progress a bit for next year and should be better. The sheep sector has toddled along for the last few years. Prices have been somewhat better over the last year. There is no doubt that we have to give the people involved in this sector some help. I am not saying we can...

Nomination of Taoiseach (10 Mar 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I congratulate the Ceann Comhairle on his appointment. I do not envy his job, given some of the bickering I have heard today. I have not been in the Dáil long. I hope that, across the divide, we will give everyone an opportunity to speak and not butt in and criticise what they have to say. Every Member of this Dáil is elected by people who went to a ballot box and put their...

Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second Stage (27 Jan 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...previous speaker, I support the Bill. I would like to ensure a few matters are covered. We all know, from all different walks of life and business, people must have insurance and indemnities. Long ago, when we were young and able to play football, if we got an injury such as a busted eye we could go to the local doctors and they sewed us up quickly. Nowadays, with insurance and...

Confidence in Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Jan 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...floor was what Fianna Fáil did in its last five years. The following contributor then spoke about people who had connections with bankers and what they did and said during those years. I am not long here, but I have seen all of that on television and it is all history now. A government is like a football team. It should take up the mantle and go forward and should not keep blaming...

Confidence in Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Jan 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Listening to the people on the ground, they are fed up with what is going on in politics - the nod and the wink. I am not long here, but I have seen appointments of judges and appointments to different boards. This is happening day after day.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (13 Jan 2016)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 628. To ask the Minister for Health why Alzheimer's is not included on the list of illnesses that allow a person to qualify under the long-term illness scheme; and if he will extend the list to include Alzheimer's or any other medical conditions. [1047/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Forthcoming Transport Council Meeting: Discussion with Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (9 Dec 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: .... A problem arose for people who had obtained their licence some years ago and were then required to obtain a trailer licence. Through no fault of their own, some of them did not go to school for long. The idea appears to be that in different towns they sit in the back of a van and take a test pressing buttons. They are sweating even before they start the test. Many of them are...