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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Group: Chairperson Designate (25 May 2022)

Michael McNamara: I have heard that, yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Group: Chairperson Designate (25 May 2022)

Michael McNamara: What does Mr. Henry regard as the hinterland of Shannon? What should a plan contain with regard to promoting Shannon within its hinterland? You can sometimes forget what is in your own area. I live near Holy Island. It is a very beautiful place. Senator Dooley also lives near it. I do not know about him but I sometimes forget it is there. You do not go out there or do not go back for a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Group: Chairperson Designate (25 May 2022)

Michael McNamara: I am very encouraged by that and particularly by Mr. Henry's mention of Galway because Galway is one of those destinations for people who want to go somewhere for a weekend and who do not want to spend three hours on a bus or a train. Shannon is more or less an hour away from Galway. This allows for synergies between the two. Obviously, Limerick is a weekend destination too but it perhaps...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Group: Chairperson Designate (25 May 2022)

Michael McNamara: The reason I am asking is the difficulties in Dublin, which are not unique to Dublin. Manchester has its own difficulties. The CEO at that airport fell on his sword as a result. Other big airports in the UK are also having difficulties with security. They are well documented in Dublin. These issues and the lengths of queues present an opportunity for Shannon in the very short term. I am...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Jun 2022)

Michael McNamara: A month ago, I raised the issue of overcrowding at University Hospital Limerick, UHL. The Taoiseach told me there was an expert group in place there to deal with overcrowding at the time and to develop recommendations into the future. I asked when it would report, to whom it would report and what were its terms of reference. I asked in particular whether the existing one model 4 hospital...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Jun 2022)

Michael McNamara: The Taoiseach is washing his hands of it. He set up the HSE so that he could wash his hands of it.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Jun 2022)

Michael McNamara: Is the Taoiseach going to come back to me, or is he going to waffle?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Jun 2022)

Michael McNamara: The Taoiseach is waffling.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Jun 2022)

Michael McNamara: When?

Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Michael McNamara: I listened carefully to this debate and to the reasons cited for introducing this Bill. Obviously, it has been well reported in the media that the High Court struck down the existing practice, or at least found it lacked a lawful basis. We are now proposing to introduce this system on exactly such a basis. I am convinced it is a considerable waste of Garda time not to have a presenting...

Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Michael McNamara: This relates to the need for profound reform of the legislation governing An Garda Síochána, rather than putting another sticking plaster over what is increasingly a festering wound. The Garda Commissioner appointed somebody to investigate the case and it was subsequently found that somebody had been procured to give evidence against the garda concerned. All of this was brought to...

Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jun 2022)

Michael McNamara: I thank the Rural Independent Group for bringing forward this motion. It is important we discuss our energy policy. It is something I have advocated for some time. We simply do not have energy security in this country at the moment. We are in the decade of remembrance, the decade of celebrations. One of the first things the State did when it was founded was develop energy security and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Jun 2022)

Michael McNamara: I would think that the President would like to be quoted.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Jun 2022)

Michael McNamara: The cost of living is beginning to hurt. I want to raise a specific issue, which is that the cost of getting to and from work is rising, as the Minister well knows. The Government has taken some steps to try to combat the cost of fuel but it has not been able to combat it adequately for the many people in the country who have to travel to work. It is costing people more and more to get to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Jun 2022)

Michael McNamara: I was hoping for more of a commitment from the Minister that this issue would be addressed, not that it might be or he hopes we will get there. It absolutely needs to be addressed. He talked about the general measures the Government has taken but he also spoke about the money that was spent earlier. The increase in the cost of fuel is something that could not really be predicted because it...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Jun 2022)

Michael McNamara: Lots of them are making that claim.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Jun 2022)

Michael McNamara: I wish to return to the issue of the emerging duopoly in our banking sector. A local businessman said to me recently that the two banks will do what they want and I had to correct him and say they are already doing what they want. In theory, we have supervision from the Central Bank, but in reality those two banks have been allowed to do what they want, and it will hurt rural economies. It...

Emissions in the Transport Sector Report: Motion (16 Jun 2022)

Michael McNamara: I am struck by a number of things about this report. First, let us look around us. This is supposed to be the burning issue of our times and of this Government. I am one of three Opposition Members here, along with the Minister of State from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and Deputies Matthews and Leddin. I have no doubt that a huge amount of work went into preparing...

Emissions in the Transport Sector Report: Motion (16 Jun 2022)

Michael McNamara: Are they? I think there are worse but perhaps there are not. That is not for me to judge but rather for the Acting Chairman. I thank her for her time.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (14 Jun 2022)

Michael McNamara: 629. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the passport applications of persons (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29325/22]