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

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...the Department is fairly well ahead of itself in that way. It is good to see that 99% of the payments are out there at the moment. While I might not agree with all parts of it, any time I contact Pat Morrison, Jack Nolan, Fran Morrin, Peter Harte or Paul Dillon, I must commend them for how they deal with the issues. We are good at giving out but when something is done fairly right, it...

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

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...a person outside the Houses or an official either by name or in such a way as to make him or her identifiable. Parliamentary privilege is considered to apply to the utterances of members participating online in committee meetings when their participation is within the parliamentary precincts. There can be no assurance in respect of participation online from outside the parliamentary...

Mandatory Hotel Quarantine Extension: Motion (14 Jul 2021)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...into the North and come down across the Border pretty handy with no major problem. We cannot account for everyone in a country but most people are fairly responsible. I heard a discussion on "The Pat Kenny Show" on my way to Dublin. The person being interviewed said she did not know if vaccinated people from the UK with a certificate still needed to quarantine here. Some things are...

Perjury and Related Offences Bill [Seanad] 2018: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 Jul 2020)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I compliment former Senator Pádraig Ó Céidigh on drafting this Bill. He is a business person who sees the torment of insurance claims at the moment. We should also mention Mr. Pat McDonagh, who has done a lot of work on insurance claims down through the years. I also compliment the Regional Group for bringing forward this motion. Do we want to solve this problem? There...

Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2018: Second Stage (14 Nov 2018)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...that, but I hope it is not just tightened up and left in a way that is impossible to get to. Deputy Ó Cuív referred to employing people. I would say that 99.9% of employers do not phone JobPath. They try to suss out someone in a local area who is fit to do a job and they employ that person. That is not the way it works in the SME sector or in small businesses around the...

Finance Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...You are great guys, keep going. We believe you are right." At the same time, the ordinary people are suffering the consequences of what they did. Until we as legislators face up to this and stop patting these people on the back, the ordinary people of Ireland will remain downtrodden.

Finance Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...with whatever they want because they bought assets when the country was in a bad state. They have screwed Irish people and rather than crucifying them, we are allowing them to use whatever loopholes they can find, patting them on the back and telling them what great fellows they are. When one is robbed one generally tries to catch the robber and put him in jail. These vulture funds have...

Brexit and Special Designation for the North: Motion [Private Members] (15 Feb 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...it does not want a Border or tariffs, but the bureaucrats in Europe tell us that we must have X, Y and Z. We must start that debate and think of ourselves for once, not be the great buddies of Europe. Instead of patting people on the back and smiling at them, we would want to be giving them an odd dig in the ribs.