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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (2 Nov 2021)

Michael McNamara: 909. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52401/21]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2021)

Michael McNamara: I ask the Minister about the cost of living and what will be done about it. Energy prices are rocketing. We saw two energy companies, Budget Energy and SSE Airtricity, announce cost increases of 29% and 9%, respectively, in September. Our laoch thar lear or dhroimeann donn dílis who will save us, Equinor, has pulled out of the Moneypoint project which hopefully will not scuttle it but...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2021)

Michael McNamara: With respect, I think the Minister will agree that the relatively minor changes to social welfare will be eaten up quickly by the inflationary pressures, in particular in the energy market, and beyond that in food prices, building costs, etc. People cannot afford to heat their homes or carry out the building that would make it cheaper to heat their homes. I asked the Minister what he would...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Nov 2021)

Michael McNamara: I look forward to a substantive reply from the Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Deputy Naughton, or, indeed, the Minister, Deputy Ryan, on the issue of Doolin Coast Guard later this evening because of their Department's role in exacerbating the problem. I raised the issue of the land conveyancing reform Act previously, which sets a deadline to register all rights of way....

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Nov 2021)

Michael McNamara: I thank the Minister. That clarity is very welcome.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Coast Guard Service (4 Nov 2021)

Michael McNamara: I thank the Minister of State for coming into the Dáil to discuss this. Sometimes Ministers who are not from a particular Department take Topical Issue matters and I appreciate the fact she has come in to take this one. This is an issue which affects my constituency, which is evidenced by the fact that two of us raised this Topical Issue matter and it was also raised in other manners...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Coast Guard Service (4 Nov 2021)

Michael McNamara: I understand the so-called representative body the Coastal Unit Advisory Group, CUAG, is basically a grouping of officers in charge. That is a good body. I have no problem with it. That is a bit like saying that a collective of sergeants represents the workforce of An Garda Síochána across the board. That is not the case. The Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors does...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Nov 2021)

Michael McNamara: They just happen to be cronies, is it?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Nov 2021)

Michael McNamara: When the national broadband plan was agreed by the previous Government it was to have connected 115,000 homes by next January but that was revised downwards to 60,000 homes. However, we know only 2,700 homes have been connected. We both know this is very important. If I ask the Taoiseach about the delays he will say they are due to Covid. My specific question is how much Exchequer funding...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Nov 2021)

Michael McNamara: Will I have the figure by next week?

National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Act 2019: Motion (9 Nov 2021)

Michael McNamara: I do not disagree with the terms of the motion regarding a rainy day fund. However, and maybe this is just my disposition, I am not quite as optimistic for the Irish economy as the Minister of State is. I welcome the image he has portrayed. He has no alternative but to portray that image, at least in public, although perhaps it is a belief he shares in private as well. It is not just that...

Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Nov 2021)

Michael McNamara: I concur with Deputy Ward regarding the necessity to regulate scramblers, etc. When his Bill, or at least a Sinn Féin Bill, was being debated in the House previously I raised the issue of regulating jet skis. I appreciate that the regulation of jet skis is not something that belongs in a road traffic Bill, but nevertheless it is something that must be regulated because of the nuisance...

Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Nov 2021)

Michael McNamara: I wish to clarify or correct something that I said earlier, if that is in order, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle.

Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Nov 2021)

Michael McNamara: An offence by a person in authority and an offence against a relevant person by a person in authority are contained in Part 2 and attract a disqualification for a specified period. However, a sexual act with a protected person is not contained in Part 2 so there is no disqualification, to be very clear, before the Minister of State takes to her feet.

Forestry Sector: Motion (11 Nov 2021)

Michael McNamara: Deputy Fitzmaurice has had to leave to attend a CAP meeting in Castlereagh and he sends his apologies. I have listened to all of the debate and I agree with many of the contributions that have been made, including the criticisms. I know they are difficult and I do not wish to personalise it. I do not hear a sense of urgency from the Minister of State. It may be that it is like a swan...

Forestry Sector: Motion (11 Nov 2021)

Michael McNamara: That would be very welcome.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (11 Nov 2021)

Michael McNamara: 227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a renewal driver licence will be issued to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55281/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (11 Nov 2021)

Michael McNamara: 360. To ask the Minister for Health if services will be put in place in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55296/21]

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2021: Motion (16 Nov 2021)

Michael McNamara: Like most previous speakers, I congratulate the Minister and welcome her back. I would like to urge her, now that she has experienced the necessity of maternity leave, to impress upon her Cabinet colleagues the fact that if one is reliant on statutory maternity pay lots of people have to return to work on that basis and cannot live on that amount of money, including, but not limited to, many...

National Ambulance Service: Motion [Private Members] (16 Nov 2021)

Michael McNamara: I do not mean to be ageist but everybody in this Chamber probably remembers when we had ambulance drivers and they were able to take two people in an ambulance at a time. Everything has changed and we no longer have ambulance drivers but paramedics and advanced paramedics. They are highly trained health professionals and many people in the State owe them their lives. Equally, we...