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Health (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2021: Second Stage (14 Jul 2021)

Michael McNamara: I am a little lost for words with regard to where we are now and where we are going. I worry about where we are going, whether there is a bottom line and whether the Minister has a bottom line as to what he is willing to implement. It appears that he and the Government do not. I asked the Taoiseach today if there were circumstances in which civil disobedience was acceptable, given that he...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Jul 2021)

Michael McNamara: I was drawn out of the lottery.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Jul 2021)

Michael McNamara: Those are the rules.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Jul 2021)

Michael McNamara: They are, actually.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Jul 2021)

Michael McNamara: So do I. You should read them again. Just because you do not like the questioner does not mean you should not allow the question.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Jul 2021)

Michael McNamara: I was drawn in the lottery-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Jul 2021)

Michael McNamara: You are the one who brought in this lottery idea.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Jul 2021)

Michael McNamara: Who do you think you are fooling?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Jul 2021)

Michael McNamara: The legislation that is expected to go through today is the fifth major legislative provision on Covid restrictions that the Government has put through the House. This is the fifth time the Government has used its majority not to put forward its legislative agenda, which is legitimate, but to curtail debate and ensure that Opposition amendments will not even be considered. That is not...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Jul 2021)

Michael McNamara: No, but I am asking you at what point does it become-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Jul 2021)

Michael McNamara: He asked me a question back.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Jul 2021)

Michael McNamara: And I answered.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Jul 2021)

Michael McNamara: You curtailed debate every time. Five out of five.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Jul 2021)

Michael McNamara: Why are you afraid of debate?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Jul 2021)

Michael McNamara: It is a Third World capital.

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2021)

Michael McNamara: I will briefly speak in favour of the amendment. I thank Sinn Féin for tabling it. Clare does not have a mica problem but it has a pyrite problem. Nobody wants pyrite in their home. Nobody would want to claim that a home is worthless unless it is. This does not detract in any way from what the Minister is seeking to achieve. The amendment is very constructive in nature. It will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (14 Jul 2021)

Michael McNamara: 309. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30789/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Customs and Excise (13 Jul 2021)

Michael McNamara: 264. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason shipments which have been routed orange at customs which means they have been stopped for document inspection are taking up to three weeks to be cleared which is causing hardship to small businesses which have already paid the very high costs of excise on the sale of goods; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37241/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (13 Jul 2021)

Michael McNamara: 359. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing projects which will be affected by the Planning and Development (Amendment) (No.3) Bill 2021 if enacted; the number of housing units which will benefit from an extension of time for completion in the context of the disruption and delay compounded by the continuing uncertainties associated with the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Breeding (13 Jul 2021)

Michael McNamara: 633. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cattle that were in the three townlands (details supplied) in County Clare during the years 2018, 2019 and 2020; if he will provide for each year the number of cattle on 1 January each year for each parish; the number of births registered each year for each parish; the number of cattle on 31 December of each year for...