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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (14 Dec 2022)

Michael McNamara: 142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a child (details supplied) who has no school transport will be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62493/22]

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

Michael McNamara: Given that the Government Front Bench looks like a Christmas reunion of health Ministers, I am going to focus on that topic. Various people have held the position of Minister for Health and there have been various CEOs of the HSE. When the HSE was established and CEOs were drafted in, there were many promises that it would make a big difference. More recent appointees have been on a huge...

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

Michael McNamara: Can we have some detail on how that target is going to be met? We have a GP crisis which has been going on for a very long time. My predecessor from County Clare, Michael Harty, was elected to this House on the basis of the GP crisis and the fact that the number of rural GPs in particular was reducing. It would not be unfair to suggest that his experience here was somewhat frustrating and...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Dec 2022)

Michael McNamara: Freedom of the media is essential in a democracy and people are free to choose whatever medium they want to get their information from. In most villages of Ireland, people can get newspapers from whatever country they want to in these islands and they can certainly get television channels from wherever they want. People are concerned about rising prices but if newspaper prices go up, they...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Dec 2022)

Michael McNamara: In return for what?

Income Eligibility for Social Housing Supports: Statements (15 Dec 2022)

Michael McNamara: I am taking the Rural Independent Group slot. Deputy McAuliffe talked about the Fianna Fáil approach to housing. I grew up outside a town that very much benefited from that Fianna Fáil approach to housing. There were two council estates. They were called "estates" then and not "developments" but it is the same difference. They were very mixed. A large cross-section of society...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (15 Dec 2022)

Michael McNamara: 146. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he will make regulations under section 7 of the Transnational Information and Consultation of Employees Act 1996, in view of the migration of more than 100 European Works Councils to Ireland following Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62875/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (15 Dec 2022)

Michael McNamara: 147. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the concerns expressed by the European Commission and an organisation (details supplied) regarding the adequacy of Ireland's transposition of Directive 2009/38/EC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62876/22]

Taoiseach a Ainmniú - Nomination of Taoiseach (17 Dec 2022)

Michael McNamara: Governments have to deal with the crises of the day and this Government has probably faced more crises than most. Regardless of the magnitude of those crises, governments must put in place a strategy for tomorrow. To borrow a phrase, some people look at the world as it is and ask "Why?"; others look at the world as it could be and ask, "Why not?". Unfortunately, the Government has done...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Ryanair (30 Nov 2022)

Michael McNamara: I have listened carefully to the debate. There is a slight contradiction in some of what has been said. It has been stressed repeatedly that for Shannon and Cork airports to grow, they need to be cheaper than Dublin Airport, or at least as cheap. Mr. Wilson said people want to get in and out of airports quickly. There was a marked contrast between Shannon and Dublin airports this summer....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Ryanair (30 Nov 2022)

Michael McNamara: On accommodation costs, people go to different parts of the country and are affected by costs. A large proportion of the hotel beds in Clare are not available to tourists at present. It has to be a Government priority to provide alternative accommodation for the people who, through no fault of their own, are in those beds now. If that does not happen and there is a shortage of hotel beds,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Ryanair (30 Nov 2022)

Michael McNamara: What about accommodation costs?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Ryanair (30 Nov 2022)

Michael McNamara: Driving Airbnb out of the market is mooted by some as a solution. It might provide more accommodation for Ryanair's staff but less for its customers. Does Mr. O'Leary have any thoughts on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Ryanair (30 Nov 2022)

Michael McNamara: The relative attractiveness of Limerick and Dublin as weekend destinations was mentioned. Another city, however, that is an attractive weekend destination is Galway. The airport which will get people to and from Galway fastest is Shannon Airport. It is connected by rail and a motorway. Whose job is it to highlight this? Is it that of Shannon Airport, Galway City Council or the airline?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Ryanair (30 Nov 2022)

Michael McNamara: It is faster.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Ryanair (30 Nov 2022)

Michael McNamara: If people want to get away for the weekend, spending time on the M4 is an awful waste.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Flexible Work Practices (19 Jan 2023)

Michael McNamara: 109. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps that are being taken to implement the right to work from home in the Civil Service; the systems that are in place to ensure there is no resultant diminution of the output of the Civil Service; the way the impact on civil servants and the output of the Civil Service is being monitored; and if he will make a statement on the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Flexible Work Practices (19 Jan 2023)

Michael McNamara: What steps are being taken to implement the right to work from home in the Civil Service? What systems are in place to ensure there is no resultant diminution in the output of the Civil Service? What systems are in place to monitor the impact of the right to work from home on civil servants individually and collectively, but also on the output of the Civil Service?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Flexible Work Practices (19 Jan 2023)

Michael McNamara: It seems from the Minister's response that there is a certain degree of anad hoc response. Inevitably, a certain discretion has to be allowed to every employer, Department and section within Departments right across the Civil Service and, indeed, the public service. On the other hand, the right to work from home poses a significant challenge to management in the Civil Service in particular....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Flexible Work Practices (19 Jan 2023)

Michael McNamara: To go back to my original question, what systems are in place to monitor the output? I have given a certain amount of feedback, as have other Deputies, but it is inevitably anecdotal. I accept it is difficult to monitor the output of the Civil Service, including sections and Departments, but it is crucial that it be monitored nevertheless. It is also crucial to monitor and get feedback on...