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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2020)

Michael McNamara: For eight months now the State has been dealing with the threat posed by Covid-19. We are rightly told to follow the science, but science is empirical and it is based on data. I am concerned by the lack of published data. Peer review and transparency are central to any scientific response. I want to focus in particular on the data on mental health. The National Self-Harm Registry Ireland...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2020)

Michael McNamara: I thank the Taoiseach. I greatly welcome his commitment to publishing data. I note that Ernst & Young have been brought in to crunch data. If those data are provided by the State or an organ of the State and collected with public moneys, they should also be made available. The most important point is the evidence and data available to NPHET, and the modelling code. Information...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2020)

Michael McNamara: I am still waiting for that information.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Nov 2020)

Michael McNamara: I am hoping to be called. Will Deputy Boyd Barrett hurry up?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Nov 2020)

Michael McNamara: Will the Government publish the data?

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (25 Nov 2020)

Michael McNamara: 147. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when PPS numbers will issue to persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39171/20]

Judicial Appointments Process: Statements (26 Nov 2020)

Michael McNamara: Like Deputy Tóibín, I listened with interest to the Minister's interview with LMFM, in particular the part where she said she knew there were two vacancies on the Supreme Court but she was only asked to fill one, so she filled one, and if she is asked to fill the other, she will do that. However, section 16(5) of the Courts and Court Officers Act 1995 states: Where more than one...

Judicial Appointments Process: Statements (26 Nov 2020)

Michael McNamara: It is clear that the Minister asked the board to fill one role. The law is very clear about who needs to sit on the board; indeed, the Minister listed them on LMFM. Can she confirm that all those people who are required to be on the board, sat on the board and that it was duly convened? It is important because the JAAB is really what all this is about. The Minister is sheltering behind it.

Judicial Appointments Process: Statements (26 Nov 2020)

Michael McNamara: But it has never been confirmed to the Minister one way or the other. I thank the Minister. The rest of my time goes to my colleague.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Animal Culls (26 Nov 2020)

Michael McNamara: 240. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will introduce a cull on feral mink in view of concerns regarding mink carrying a mutated Covid-19 strain and their detrimental effect on the ecosystem. [39319/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments (26 Nov 2020)

Michael McNamara: 327. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the expressions of interest by three sitting members of the superior courts in a vacancy on the Supreme Court was conveyed to her Department by the Office of the Attorney General prior to the most recent appointment to the Supreme Court. [39322/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments (26 Nov 2020)

Michael McNamara: 343. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Judicial Appointments Advisory Board that recommended the appointment of a person (details supplied) to the Supreme Court, included the Chief Justice, who was the chairperson of the board, the President of the Court of Appeal, the President of the High Court, the President of the Circuit Court, the President of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (26 Nov 2020)

Michael McNamara: 380. To ask the Minister for Health the approach taken by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre to the classification of deaths as Covid-19 related or not, subject to a coroner's report, in circumstances in which a patient dies from traumatic injuries subsequent to having been admitted to hospital but tested positive for Covid-19 upon admission to hospital. [39381/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (26 Nov 2020)

Michael McNamara: 411. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status on an objection to afforestation by a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39273/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (1 Dec 2020)

Michael McNamara: 147. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the scheduled and planned enabling of broadband exchanges in County Clare under the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39686/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Telecommunications Services (1 Dec 2020)

Michael McNamara: 155. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to provide additional resources or statutory powers to the Commission for Communications Regulation to deal with telecommunications, in particular in regard to a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39926/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pension Provisions (1 Dec 2020)

Michael McNamara: 167. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the new hybrid Irish Aviation Authority, IAA, superannuation pension scheme is being operated without agreement and outside the requirements of the Irish Aviation Authority Act 1993 (details supplied). [39583/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Capital Programme (1 Dec 2020)

Michael McNamara: 245. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the 2021 sports capital application programme will open; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40232/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Health and Safety (1 Dec 2020)

Michael McNamara: 404. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will direct school principals and teachers to allow students to wear additional layers of clothing, including coats, hats and scarves, to offset the effects of windows being opened to improve ventilation in classrooms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39904/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Fines Data (1 Dec 2020)

Michael McNamara: 580. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fines handed out by An Garda Síochána and the monetary value of the fines, pursuant to the new Health (Amendment) Act 2020, which amended the Health Act 1947; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39677/20]