Results 21-40 of 266 for long speaker:Michael Fitzmaurice

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Oct 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 472. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff suffering from long Covid who have had their employment terminated by his Department (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43524/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Forestry Programme and Strategy: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Does the Department have an idea how long it will take?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Sep 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...Ironically, they have been told that if they can work it for the next ten months until the child reaches 18, they will be guaranteed a place. I presume every other Deputy here, as I do, has a list as long as his or her arm of the fathers and mothers who, down through the years, have tried to help these adults for as long as they are able. However, when they look for residential care,...

Nature Restoration Law: Motion [Private Members] (5 Jul 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...000 kilometres of rivers will be restored into free-flowing rivers by 2030, through the removal of primarily obsolete barriers and the restoration of floodplains and wetlands, and therefore recognises the possible impacts this will have at various points along the River Shannon, particularly where it is slow moving and shallow; — the Government's strategy to increase from 11.6 per...

Environmental Protection Agency Water Quality Report 2022: Statements (28 Jun 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...the section where there is a problem. In fairness, Irish Water is doing an upgrade. However, it is sad that this little stretch of 100 yards is damaging the reputation of the rest of the river, which is miles long. It is there in any report that the river is one of the most pristine in Ireland. We have trouble with some rivers and there is no point in saying that we have not and we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Consolidation in Horticultural Grower Numbers: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: How co-ordinated is the industry? Is there any long-term-----

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (9 May 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...The Minister of State will be well aware that in all counties the parents of children or young adults with challenging behaviour, intellectual disabilities do their best right through their life as long as they can. There are daycare services where this is done, which I recognise, and there is respite but there is one instance that I have discussed with the Minister of State. People get...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Strategic Direction of Bord Bia: Discussion (22 Mar 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I apologise for interrupting, but this seems to be a long-burning issue. I met Bord Bia a year ago and talked about this. Some said by May of this year we would know more or have an idea, but now it looks like is going to be May of next year, from the information I am getting. Is that fair to say?

Credit Union (Amendment) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...to offer better services because a larger pool of money has been put together. That is a good thing. However, we need to ensure we never lose the local identity of our credit unions. One day, a long time ago, a few local people got together when the facilities were not there. Some of the buildings were done up voluntarily. Those people pooled together to give a service to people in...

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

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...Mote Park, right beside Roscommon town. There is a group there, the Mote Park Conservation Group, which would have worked with Coillte down through the years. The group is not opposed to spruce, as long as it is done in a proper way. There is also the red squirrel. The group would have noticed over the last number of years that Galway was handling it - Mr. Carlin might be familiar with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy (Resumed): Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...the audiovisual room that 7,000 ha are already granted and all those people can come into the de minimisscheme and happy days. We put it to them that day that those people had been waiting for so long - three years - to get their licences that they are as well off to throw them on the fire and burn them because it might warm them better than the trees they were to sow. There is a reality...

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

Michael Fitzmaurice: Yes, but the Minister knew a long time in advance what was going on here.

Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Jan 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...agricultural sector, not alone in cattle, sheep, dairy or pigs. There is horticulture, with lettuce and onions and everything coming in from different parts of the world. North County Dublin is a long way from where I live but those people who are growing different types of vegetables are very important as well. If we have learned anything from the war that went on, it is that the more...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural Schemes, Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis and Compensation: Discussion (14 Dec 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...dreaming. We have proof from different areas. I have talked to people in Mullingar and Tipperary. Apparently, there are breeding waders in my own area. I do not know where they are. We had cranes along the river years ago. In my opinion, some of this is anecdotal evidence. The Department needs to have a company that does not have a vested interest looking at these surveys. The NPWS...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural Schemes, Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis and Compensation: Discussion (14 Dec 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...abuse this privilege and may be directed to cease giving evidence on an issue at the Chair's direction. Witnesses should follow the directions of the Chair in this regard and are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice to the effect that, as is reasonable, no adverse comments should be made against an identifiable third person or entity. Witnesses who choose to give evidence...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Strategic Vision: Coillte (13 Dec 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: When did Coillte decide the strategy? How long is it on the go? Could Ms Hurley please give me a year?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...contractor, there is a certification system so that every subcontractor is paid on-site. It is not complicated. Revenue has all the details of any subcontractor that works on-site. It is not a long list to have to go through. I urge Government to do this because there are many small employers that have two, three or four people working for them and they are being left high and dry. It...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Thank God the turf cutting industry is alive and well, in case anyone thinks it is gone. It will not be gone for a long time. Mr. Boland is talking about the mushroom industry with respect to Rochfortbridge. We should engage with people involved in the mushroom industry. My understanding is that Rochfortbridge is going to be turned into a lake, correct me if I am wrong. You could not...

Forestry: Statements (24 Nov 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...whether EU or anybody else, on this rewetting thing. They need to cop on to it. For years our livelihood has been made out of shoring some of the land. We above all people have contributed on rewetting. Along with the Minister and the national parks, we have done 6,000 ha working together on certain bogs. When they come into the field, it will be a different story. The pressure...