Results 521-540 of 6,944 for speaker:Michael McNamara

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Annual Report 2012: Discussion with Coillte (19 Nov 2013)

Michael McNamara: International returns.

Topical Issue Debate: Water Services Provision (20 Nov 2013)

Michael McNamara: As a basic principle of common law, one can own the land adjacent to a waterway and the river bed but one cannot own the water. However, one can insist on the maintenance of a waterway and that the water not be diverted away from one’s land. These principles should inform the debate we will have on the proposal to divert water from the River Shannon to supply Dublin. The Minister of...

Topical Issue Debate: Water Services Provision (20 Nov 2013)

Michael McNamara: The reports I quoted were from Forfás and the Local Government Management Agency. Both are State agencies that report directly to the Minister of State's Department. The Minister of State spoke about jobs. I know all about jobs and the lack of jobs where I come from. I represent Clare in the mid-west, which has the highest unemployment rate in the country. There is an empty Dell...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drugs Crime (20 Nov 2013)

Michael McNamara: 154. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is considering adding possession of a controlled substance, namely cannabis resin, contrary to section 3 of the Misuse of Drugs Acts 1977 to 1984, to the schedule of offences in respect of which the adult caution scheme applies; if he will provide details of the consultation between An Garda Síochána, the Director of Public...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders Data (20 Nov 2013)

Michael McNamara: 159. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons deported to Latvia and Estonia in each year since the accession of those States to the EU in 2004. [49775/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders Data (20 Nov 2013)

Michael McNamara: 160. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of deportation orders made against persons who were holders of Latvian non-citizens' passports and Estonian aliens' passports, respectively, in each year since the accession of Latvia and Estonia to the EU in 2004. [49776/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Remit (21 Nov 2013)

Michael McNamara: 151. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to which Department Irish Water is accountable and if it will be accountable to local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50036/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Discussion (21 Nov 2013)

Michael McNamara: I welcome the representatives of the farming organisations and thank them for their solution-based approach. Obviously this will result in a tightening of credit. The Property Registration Authority was mentioned. What exactly is required by that? Obviously a tightening of credit would protect farmers or marts at the very least. However, it also creates difficulty for farmers. Most...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Discussion (21 Nov 2013)

Michael McNamara: Does the witness have anything to propose?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Discussion (21 Nov 2013)

Michael McNamara: The chairman of Bord Bia is not present, but he does appear before the committee; therefore, Deputies will have an opportunity to ask him whatever questions they want. Specifically with regard to the delegates present, I asked whether tracing was a reality and whether we could write to the receivers. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív supported this. Should we propose legislation to the...

Road Traffic Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Nov 2013)

Michael McNamara: I wish to put on record my support for this initiative by my constituency colleague, Deputy Dooley, which is an important and serious initiative to make the roads safer. There is a degree of public cynicism, to which I will return, regarding some of the initiatives that have been taken by successive Governments in the name of road safety. However, I believe the proposal in Deputy Dooley's...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment Issues (26 Nov 2013)

Michael McNamara: 487. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will list the issues Clare County Council was asked to address by letter of October 2012, informing the council that the preliminary report for the Shannon sewerage scheme was not approved and that the council should address issues in relation to the report as set out by his Department; if the council has...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment Issues (26 Nov 2013)

Michael McNamara: 488. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has received the report of the Environmental Protection Agency audit, dated 16 October 2013, on the Shannon town wastewater treatment plant of Clare County Council, which found that the Shannon town wastewater treatment plant was generating significant hydrogen sulfide odours, it was designed and built...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (26 Nov 2013)

Michael McNamara: 595. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Ennis was not selected as a location for a primary health centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50265/13]

Forestry Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2013)

Michael McNamara: Yes, except that my name is McNamara.

Forestry Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2013)

Michael McNamara: I thank the Acting Chairman. I join with my colleague, Deputy Conway, in welcoming the decision not to sell Coillte. It was part of a large shopping list compiled by the previous Government to be put up for sale to whomsoever wished to buy it. Thankfully, the Government has not been obliged to resort to doing that. However, the question still remains as to what is to be done with Coillte...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Discussion (28 Nov 2013)

Michael McNamara: From the Aviva presentation, we have seen an acceleration in the number of people who are not taking out heath insurance. Can the panel give some indication of the numbers they expect not to renew policies, given the impact of the budget announcement and the costs arising from paying for public beds? The witnesses blame Government policies, perhaps rightly, for an increase in health...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Discussion (28 Nov 2013)

Michael McNamara: All the insurers mentioned that there is no negotiation about the public beds - it is at a set rate. How does that compare with other European countries such as the UK and France? Is privately insured patients being treated in public facilities a uniquely Irish phenomenon?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Administration (3 Dec 2013)

Michael McNamara: 113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department encourages boards of management in receipt of funding for devolved projects to provide information on the successful tender to unsuccessful tenderers; if he will clarify whether issues of commercial sensitivity apply to freedom of information requests that relate to tendering processes which have been completed; if so, for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Administration (3 Dec 2013)

Michael McNamara: 114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department discouraged a board of management of a school (details supplied) in County Clare in receipt of funding for devolved projects to provide information on the successful tender to unsuccessful tenderers. [51744/13]