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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (23 Sep 2021)

Michael McNamara: 261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when persons (details supplied) will be facilitated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45802/21]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Sep 2021)

Michael McNamara: I wish to focus on the issue of delays to craft apprenticeships, such as plumbing and electrical apprenticeships, throughout the country. The Government recently announced an ambitious Housing for All plan, but its success is predicated, among other things, on being able to attract new construction workers. Around 27,000 are required, according to some estimates. On top of that, the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Sep 2021)

Michael McNamara: I do not doubt the difficulties caused by Covid, nor do I doubt any of the measures the Taoiseach has outlined. I greatly welcome them all. My question is simple: will these apprentices finish their apprenticeships when they are scheduled to do so? No doubt, they have made plans for their lives, including to buy a van and get working, and ultimately to buy a house as they are building...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Sep 2021)

Michael McNamara: -----I am not sure how it would play out for the stability of the Government. The Taoiseach might reflect on that and how apprentices who have made life plans must feel. Will they be able to finish their apprenticeships on time?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Sep 2021)

Michael McNamara: In 1984, Patrick Nugent died at Bunratty from injuries sustained. The following year the jury at his inquest stated that it was far from satisfied as to the circumstances under which Patrick Nugent sustained the injuries which caused his death and called on the Minister for Justice to investigate the matter further. It took until 2017 for an inquiry to be established by Judge Clyne. He...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Sep 2021)

Michael McNamara: What about the Deputy's own intentions?

Housing for All: Statements (28 Sep 2021)

Michael McNamara: I have listened to the debate so far and the one issue that has seemed to unify both sides of the House is an emphasis on derelict sites and dereliction. I wish to very much focus on that issue. All Members accept there is a dire need for housing. My county of Clare is no different from any other in that regard. I wish to focus on dereliction because many Deputies spoke about the number...

Data Centre Moratorium: Motion [Private Members] (29 Sep 2021)

Michael McNamara: I thank the Social Democrats for tabling this motion. Like most Members in the House, I would agree with each and every one of the concerns its Members have expressed in the motion about data centres, the amount of energy they use, the cost of that energy, the water that is used and the sustainability of it all. Notwithstanding that, I am quite ambivalent about the motion because I am...

Afghanistan Crisis: Statements (29 Sep 2021)

Michael McNamara: I am sharing time with Deputy Connolly. Like my constituency colleague, I commend the Minister and his Department on the work they have done and continue to do in evacuating Irish citizens. The type of interaction he described is one that reflects those I have had with him the past, when he has been contactable late at night when officials are not, and that is not a criticism of officials....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (29 Sep 2021)

Michael McNamara: 149. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare has been refused an application for fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46916/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (29 Sep 2021)

Michael McNamara: 174. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when persons (details supplied) in County Clare will receive their pre-clearance and visa approval to return to Ireland from Vietnam; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46875/21]

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

Michael McNamara: 256. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive their EU Digital COVID Certificate given that they have been vaccinated since March 2021 in Qatar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47137/21]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (30 Sep 2021)

Michael McNamara: 87. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the Defence Forces’ process of implementing recommendations on anti-discrimination law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47333/21]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (30 Sep 2021)

Michael McNamara: I suppose this is related to the previous line of questioning. Will the Minister provide an update on the Defence Forces' process of implementing recommendations on anti-discrimination law? He will be aware that at the end of the WRC process recommendations were made and there have been other recommendations.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (30 Sep 2021)

Michael McNamara: To return to what the Minister said previously, I have no doubt that those who seek to abuse their positions of power, including in a sexually predatory way, are a small minority in the Defence Forces. I have witnessed in other similar institutions with a command structure how a small minority can have a large influence. Instead of tackling the problem, there is a tendency in institutions...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (30 Sep 2021)

Michael McNamara: There is clearly a problem. The Minister bears political responsibility for that.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (30 Sep 2021)

Michael McNamara: The question is how the command structure will be reviewed.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (30 Sep 2021)

Michael McNamara: I was not personalising, and I think the Minister realises that. I accept that there are systems in place and that the Minister has to trust in the systems, or else he or she undermines the system. There is a system under the Ombudsman for the Defence Forces. However, it is not unfair to say that the ombudsman has been undermined, not by the Minister but by this whole saga, and,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (30 Sep 2021)

Michael McNamara: 130. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will outline the changes that have been made to the process whereby discrimination allegations are reviewed by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47133/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (30 Sep 2021)

Michael McNamara: Members of the Defence Forces, like everybody else, are entitled to a presumption of innocence. Clearly, a dark cloud hangs over the organisation, but that should not extend to individual members nor should there be a presumption about them. It is regrettable that anybody would suggest otherwise. With regard to the jurisdictional issue, the Defence Forces claimed at the Workplace Relations...