Results 1-20 of 95 for going forward speaker:Michael McNamara

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (Section 4(2)) (Scheme Termination Date) Order 2024: Motion (21 Feb 2024)

Michael McNamara: ...I am aware that a game of ping-pong is being played between the Minister’s Department and that of the Minister, Deputy O’Brien - the Department of housing - with regard to who is ultimately going to house people when they come out of direct provision. That is a different conversation, which I look forward to having with the Minister during Topical Issues, when I hope I will...

An Bille um an Daicheadú Leasú ar an mBunreacht (Cúram), 2023: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Fortieth Amendment of the Constitution (Care) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (17 Jan 2024)

Michael McNamara: ...many families, including my own, a career is very important to a mother and it does not have to be a choice between neglecting one's so-called duties - because they are duties that are shared - and going out to earn money. Sometimes people go out to work because a career is hugely important to them. A career is obviously as important to many women as it is to men. There are many women...

An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An Teaghlach), 2023: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (The Family) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (17 Jan 2024)

Michael McNamara: ...whether we recognise them as marriages for Irish purposes. It is difficult to envisage how we would not recognise them as durable relationships in the countries of origin. It may be that we are going to make a very clear legal distinction whereby we will recognise what are durable relationships in the country of origin, with family bonds built up, and suddenly not recognise them when...

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2023)

Michael McNamara: .... I have never felt the need to hide that, but obviously I do like to see Limerick defeated when they play Clare in hurling matches. Above and beyond that, I am quite a supporter of Limerick. To go back to more serious points, why should the directly elected mayor, with all the powers he or she will have, not be able to nominate somebody for civic honours? More importantly, amendment...

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2023)

Michael McNamara: I was going to say that I too wish to speak in favour of amendment No. 9, but I am not quite clear whether Deputy Leddin has spoken in favour of the amendment or against it. In any event, I believe it is an important amendment. Unlike Deputies Leddin and Quinlivan, I do not live in Limerick and did not vote in the Limerick plebiscite, but I have an interest in Limerick. I grew up 20 miles...

Increased Fossil Fuel Divestment: Motion [Private Members] (13 Dec 2023)

Michael McNamara: I thank my colleague Deputy Pringle for bringing forward this motion which I support, but with certain caveats or clarifications which I might seek. I very much support the spirit of the motion. There has been a lot of talk in Ireland about developing renewables. There has been a lot less action from the Government in actually developing renewables. We see that there has been an increase...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Nov 2023)

Michael McNamara: I have indicated that I will bring forward an amendment. I just do not see the rationale for the two separate offices. I do not think it will result in a workable solution. I hope I am proved wrong, but I fear that what we will have is a directly elected mayor with certain powers. Let us call him or her a príomh chomhairleoir but, essentially, he or she is elected in the same way as...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (8 Nov 2023)

Michael McNamara: I thank the Deputy. The conclusions of the European Council meeting in my view highlight the fact that the European Union seems to be going very badly wrong. We might look at the communiqué and conclusions with regard to Ukraine, highlighting Russian aggression. The amount of damage the European Union has inflicted upon itself to punish Russia, or to seek to punish Russia, has been...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2023)

Michael McNamara: ...there is a greater balance in how people are accommodated. These people need accommodation but the State has to match that with what it provides. Instead, the Taoiseach says that this practice is going to be sustainable. We are going to have electric buses bringing them from Dublin Airport down to the west so that they can see Kylemore Abbey, the Cliffs of Moher or whatever it is and...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Budget Statement 2024 (10 Oct 2023)

Michael McNamara: ...money is spent. Some very small measures that could have been taken that might make lives a lot better are not being taken. A schools capital budget of €940 million was announced. That is going to provide for the 300 building projects currently under way. I presume they have been budgeted for already. Then there is €200 million for schools building projects that will...

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Jul 2023)

Michael McNamara: ...they were certainly not intimidating anyone”. On the basis of this, legislation has been proposed in the Seanad and, spurred on by that, I suppose, in order to be at the vanguard of the culture war, the Bill before the House has been brought forward. Section 2(2) states: ... a person shall not, in a safe access zone- (a) communicate material to the public or a section of the...

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2023)

Michael McNamara: ...Act 1990. The proposed section which I have included in this amendment specifically removes members of An Garda Síochána from this provision. I do not think anybody thinks members of An Garda Síochána are going to strike willy-nilly or, arguably, going to strike at all. John Horgan, who is a former chair of the Labour Court - he is a constituent of mine, but that is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (4 Jul 2023)

Michael McNamara: 679. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the status of podiatry services provided by the HSE in County Clare; the status of the service going forward; the number of persons on the waiting list for the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32688/23]

Culling the National Herd: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (28 Jun 2023)

Michael McNamara: My apologies. I thank the Rural Independent Group for putting forward this important motion. There is a lot of talk about cattle culls at the moment. I am sure the Department will say it has no immediate plans for a cattle cull. Regardless of whether it has immediate plans in that regard, it is something that will stay on the agenda. I accept it is probably not part of the agenda of...

National Minimum Wage (Equal Pay for Young Workers) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Jun 2023)

Michael McNamara: I thank the Acting Chair. I thank People Before Profit for bringing forward this Bill. It is something that was brought to my attention by Ennis youth group when I met members across the road in Buswell's. There was a time when people aged under 18 worked for pocket money. It was very much brought to my attention people aged under 18 are now working to try to save money to pay for...

Targeted Investment in the Health Service: Motion [Private Members] (17 May 2023)

Michael McNamara: ...for his response. It is clear that a lot of work is under way in his Department and in the HSE. It is also clear that a lot of work is needed. My question is not whether the Minister, the Government or the HSE is doing something, but whether enough is being done to keep pace. Notwithstanding all the recruitment and all the efforts at reform, all of which are positive steps and...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 May 2023)

Michael McNamara: The Tánaiste mentioned that a new food regulator is going to come in and bring transparency. Undoubtedly, large profits are being made in the food chain but we do not really know where until we know what prices retailers are paying to processors, be it in the dairy sector or the beef sector in particular. They are blaming each other and saying "That is where the profits are being...

Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (26 Apr 2023)

Michael McNamara: ...that are paid, in particular for in-spec Bord Bia quality-assured cattle. The amendment also references the terms of trade regarding the cattle, and that meat plants may be required to report on forward contracts on the quantity of cattle that were slaughtered, in addition to reporting on cattle "delivered under a formula marketing arrangement that were slaughtered; the quantity and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Wastewater Treatment (9 Mar 2023)

Michael McNamara: ...the Minister from the relevant Department were not here to take my Topical Issue matter but I am glad to see a Minister of State at the Department of Finance is here because these issues inevitably go back to finance and the lack thereof. We are in the fortunate position at the moment where we have a surplus and a lot more money than we might sometimes have anticipated we would have,...