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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (24 Jun 2021)

Michael McNamara: 158. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of different persons who have been on the election observation roster to be eligible for nomination to participate in election observation missions over the past ten years; the number of missions each person was nominated to participate in; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33879/21]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jun 2021)

Michael McNamara: I hope this is the last week we will sit in this Chamber wasting taxpayers' money. We are told it is on public health advice, yet we will sit in Leinster House on Friday. Whoever is providing the health advice is providing health advice that is as riddled with inconsistencies as the NPHET advice is on how to deal with Covid-19. I hope the Ceann Comhairle, as the Speaker and as a...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jun 2021)

Michael McNamara: Jobs for cronies.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jun 2021)

Michael McNamara: We have wasted €17 million.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jun 2021)

Michael McNamara: Is it over?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jun 2021)

Michael McNamara: Then why are we in Leinster House on Friday?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jun 2021)

Michael McNamara: The Ceann Comhairle trots that out persistently.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jun 2021)

Michael McNamara: Leinster House is still open. All the costs involved are still being met.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jun 2021)

Michael McNamara: It is a discriminatory approach.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jun 2021)

Michael McNamara: I begin by correcting what I said earlier about the amount of money that has been wasted on sittings in the national convention centre. As the Ceann Comhairle proudly pointed out, it is indeed €1.8 million of taxpayers' money that has been spent on this place. The Minister brought a Bill through the House dealing with the climate action plan that will, in effect, remove the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (29 Jun 2021)

Michael McNamara: 345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if refunds have been issued to those who purchased school bus tickets for the second half of the 2020-2021 school term in view of the closure of schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34741/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (29 Jun 2021)

Michael McNamara: 576. To ask the Minister for Health if the State is adhering to COUNCIL RECOMMENDATION (EU) 2020/1475 of 13 October 2020 and amended on 28 January 2021 and 14 June 2021 on a coordinated approach to the restriction of free movement in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. [34101/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (29 Jun 2021)

Michael McNamara: 577. To ask the Minister for Health the reason arrivals at Irish airports from areas marked Green on the ECDC Map published in support of the Council Recommendation on a coordinated approach to the restriction of free movement in response to the Covid-19 pandemic are subject to restrictions, defined in paragraph 17(2) in COUNCIL RECOMMENDATION (EU) 2020/1475 as a test for Covid-19 infection...

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (30 Jun 2021)

Michael McNamara: I commend the Minister in general on this Bill and the intention behind it. I do not accept that we could have worked away and asked gardaí to exercise their discretion, particularly when we penalise gardaí when they do exercise their discretion. We cannot ask them not to apply the law in the manner that was proposed by some. I have no problem with the intention behind the Bill....

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Jun 2021)

Michael McNamara: I listened carefully to the Minister of State's reply. She is of course correct that the definitions provide a definition for an outdoor seating area in relation to a licensed premises. However, section 6 does not apply the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994 to outdoor seating areas in relation to a licensed premises. It extends that Act to just "an outdoor seating area". I think I...

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Jun 2021)

Michael McNamara: In response to my question the Minister of State told me that an outdoor seating area is one that is on private lands abutting the premises. I know that. I can read. An outdoor seating area in relation to a licensed premises is defined in the definition. I do not need to be told what the definition is; I have read it. It is defined in the definition. I have no problem with the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (30 Jun 2021)

Michael McNamara: 160. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will allow childminders to be included in the decision-making of the changes as outlined in the National Action Plan for Childminding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35011/21]