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Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Team Sport in Ireland (18 Sep 2020)

Michael McNamara: I will put a very brief question to the FAI. I am reminded of the idea that the good that men do is often interred with their bones while the evil lives on. There has been a lot of talk about failings from the FAI. One of the strengths of the previous regime in the FAI was the camps and funding for grassroots clubs. What cost-cutting measures are expected as a result of the drop in...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Team Sport in Ireland (18 Sep 2020)

Michael McNamara: I thank all the witnesses for answering the committee's questions. I propose that we suspend until 1.15 p.m.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Sport in Ireland (18 Sep 2020)

Michael McNamara: I apologise to our witnesses for the slight delay but I thank them for bearing with us. From committee room 2, I welcome Mr. John Treacy, CEO and Mr. Paul McDermott, director of national governing bodies, NGBs, and high performance, both from Sport Ireland. On video link from the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in Kerry, I welcome Mr. John Kelly, acting assistant secretary...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Sport in Ireland (18 Sep 2020)

Michael McNamara: I ask Mr. Kelly to conclude.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Sport in Ireland (18 Sep 2020)

Michael McNamara: I invite Mr. Treacy to make his opening statement. He has been hanging around for some time to address us and I thank him for doing so.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Sport in Ireland (18 Sep 2020)

Michael McNamara: The next speaking slot is being shared by Deputies Durkan and O'Dowd.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Sport in Ireland (18 Sep 2020)

Michael McNamara: Did Mr. Hogan wish to come in?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Sport in Ireland (18 Sep 2020)

Michael McNamara: I thank all the witnesses. I have one question for Mr. Treacy, who competed as an elite athlete. Can he outline the impact the postponement of the Olympics will have on the preparation that elite athletes are going through and on their prospects of success? Timing is everything in athletics, as in politics. Someone could be on top of his or her game at a particular time and, unfortunately,...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Sport in Ireland (18 Sep 2020)

Michael McNamara: I thank Mr. Treacy. I thank all our witnesses for attending and for the information they provided. It will feed into our final report, which will be presented to the Dáil by the end of September. I will now adjourn the committee until next Wednesday at 9 a.m. when we hope to have the first of four sessions at which we will examine the recently launched resilience and recovery plan and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (22 Sep 2020)

Michael McNamara: 197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current level of driver tests being carried out per week compared to this time in 2019; when normal testing levels will resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24692/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (22 Sep 2020)

Michael McNamara: 210. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated in relation to a driver test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25153/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (22 Sep 2020)

Michael McNamara: 431. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a child with special needs has not been facilitated (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24898/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (22 Sep 2020)

Michael McNamara: 822. To ask the Minister for Health the charge per night for a private patient that occupied a trolley on a corridor at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25430/20]

Covid-19 (Transport): Statements (23 Sep 2020)

Michael McNamara: I have no doubt about the Minister's commitment to the environment but he, along with most others, will accept that we cannot deal with the challenges posed by the environment alone and are better off dealing with them within a multilateral framework. The most obvious multilateral framework is the European Union. While we have been laggards in the implementation of EU directives, they have...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (23 Sep 2020)

Michael McNamara: We have been notified that Deputies Rose Conway-Walsh, Ruairí Ó Murchú, Marc Ó Cathasaigh, Richard Boyd Barrett, Darren O'Rourke and Bernard Durkan will substitute for their party colleagues today. I will take it that the minutes of the meetings of 16 and 18 September are agreed. Is that agreed? Agreed. Could I take it that eight items of correspondence received are...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (23 Sep 2020)

Michael McNamara: Certainly.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (23 Sep 2020)

Michael McNamara: We will certainly follow up on that. We will write back asking for the information.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (23 Sep 2020)

Michael McNamara: If there was an attached document we will seek it. Is that the only issue the Deputy wishes to raise regarding correspondence?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (23 Sep 2020)

Michael McNamara: Deputy Cullinane wishes to make a point.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (23 Sep 2020)

Michael McNamara: Could I-----