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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Groceries Sector: Discussion with Musgrave Group and Tesco (26 Mar 2013)

Michael McNamara: Today, Northern Ireland's utility regulator produced a report stating that the cost of energy for manufacturers - it might be different for retailers, but I would expect the figures to be similar - is higher in Northern Ireland than it is in the South. What proportion of our guests' overall costs is constituted by wages? I am sorry, as I am not a mathematician, but the percentage would need...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Groceries Sector: Discussion with Musgrave Group and Tesco (26 Mar 2013)

Michael McNamara: I wish to apologise for missing the earlier part of the meeting but I was speaking in the Chamber. I apologise if this question was asked while I was absent. With regard to meats, I note the information on where the company's meat is sourced. The presentation says Tesco brand sausages and rashers are 100% Irish. Are those Tesco brand sausages and rashers sold in the Republic of Ireland or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Groceries Sector: Discussion with Musgrave Group and Tesco (26 Mar 2013)

Michael McNamara: With my colleagues I welcome the representatives of the Musgrave Group as it employs many people and is one of the few Irish firms that has reached the level it is at and will open a new store in Clare in the near future. I note that the witness said that the Musgrave Group sells only 100% fresh Irish meat. I apologise if I am duplicating a previous question, in which case I hope the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (26 Mar 2013)

Michael McNamara: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision on subsidiary protection and leave to remain will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14847/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry Development (26 Mar 2013)

Michael McNamara: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm that the deferral of further development of increased productive capacity for salmon set out in the Irish Seafood National Programme 2007-2013 is still applicable having regard to the fact that in their statement of 29 of November 2012, the board of Inland Fisheries Ireland has stated that concerns remain about the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Development (26 Mar 2013)

Michael McNamara: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of his statement in the Dáil on 6 March 2013 that Food Harvest 2020 constitutes a Government strategic plan he will now have its aquaculture proposals subjected to Strategic Environmental Assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15104/13]

Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Sub-Committee on Fisheries: Aquaculture and Tourism: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Mar 2013)

Michael McNamara: What is the position regarding the environmental impact of the aquaculture targets contained in Food Harvest 2020?

Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Sub-Committee on Fisheries: Aquaculture and Tourism: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Mar 2013)

Michael McNamara: Sorry Chairman, could you repeat that please?

Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Sub-Committee on Fisheries: Aquaculture and Tourism: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Mar 2013)

Michael McNamara: I wish to raise two issues. Off the north coast of Iceland, in particular, there were a number of towns which were completely dependent on the whaling industry and when that ceased, those towns went into decline. However, they have experienced a revival due to whale watching, which is now an important source of revenue for those towns. This is a relatively undeveloped and underdeveloped...

Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Sub-Committee on Fisheries: Aquaculture and Tourism: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Mar 2013)

Michael McNamara: Will the witnesses comment on the broad thrust of the targets set for Food Harvest 2020 and on the requirement for an environmental impact statement? I am not expecting the witnesses to comment on the specific application which is being made but on the broad thrust of the aquaculture targets contained in Food Harvest 2020, whether those targets should be subjected to an EIS and how that can...

Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Sub-Committee on Fisheries: Aquaculture and Tourism: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Mar 2013)

Michael McNamara: I welcome the guests to the committee and I have a number of specific questions. My first question is on the development of sea angling. Obviously the infrastructure of small piers are essential for people to access the sea. I am not referring to the larger piers at Rossaveal or Killybegs. The piers in much smaller communities are inadequate. One example is Dunbeg, County Clare but...

Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Sub-Committee on Fisheries: Aquaculture and Tourism: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Mar 2013)

Michael McNamara: Is Inland Fisheries Ireland going to attend with Bord Iascaigh Mhara, BIM, at a later date or is this its only appearance before the sub-committee?

Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Sub-Committee on Fisheries: Aquaculture and Tourism: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Mar 2013)

Michael McNamara: I just wanted to clarify that.

Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Mar 2013)

Michael McNamara: Like my colleagues, I commend certain aspects of this Bill. Unlike them, I do not look forward to its enactment because there is a real risk that it will not bring very much clarity to the law. This Bill is being introduced in Ireland in response to a recommendation of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on the criminal record and rehabilitation of convicted persons. That...

Order of Business (13 Mar 2013)

Michael McNamara: When will legislation be introduced to allow gardaí to engage fully in collective bargaining? The Garda Síochána Act 2005 introduced by the last Government does not allow gardaí-----

Order of Business (13 Mar 2013)

Michael McNamara: Yes, Ceann Comhairle, on page 24 of the programme for Government.

Order of Business (13 Mar 2013)

Michael McNamara: Page 24 of the programme for Government sets out that it will reform the current law on employees' rights to engage in collective bargaining to ensure compliance by the State with recent judgments of the European Court of Human Rights. Currently, gardaí cannot access the Labour Court and the Labour Relations Commission nor can they affiliate with ICTU in collective bargaining discussions.

Order of Business (13 Mar 2013)

Michael McNamara: Obviously, that has created considerable difficulties in recent negotiations.

Autism Bill 2012: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Mar 2013)

Michael McNamara: Ba mhaith liom comhghairdeas a ghabháil leis an Teachta McCarthy as ucht an Bille Uathachais 2012 a thabhairt os ár gcomhair. Aontaím leis an mbéim a chur urlabhraithe an Fhreasúra ar idirghabháil luath, nó early intervention. Cháin an Teachta McLellan an t-iar-Rialtas Fhianna Fáil as an méid a dhein siad, nó nár dhein, chun...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Pricing (28 Feb 2013)

Michael McNamara: To ask the Minister for Health if a minimum pricing order in respect of off licence sales of alcohol is still under consideration; when proposals are likely to be presented to Cabinet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10752/13]