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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (14 Jun 2023)

Michael McNamara: He is flying around the place buying 2.3 l gas guzzlers on an environmental scheme-----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (14 Jun 2023)

Michael McNamara: -----and he talks about talk being cheap.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (14 Jun 2023)

Michael McNamara: No, but would he not-----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (14 Jun 2023)

Michael McNamara: The Minister is abusing the process of the House with this sort of trite remark about taxpayers' money and with him buying gas guzzlers with farmers' money.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (14 Jun 2023)

Michael McNamara: I did not bang the desk.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (13 Jun 2023)

Michael McNamara: 217. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if fibre broadband service will be provided to an area (details supplied) as part of the current roll out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28015/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (13 Jun 2023)

Michael McNamara: 533. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if and when she will meet with a group (details supplied) to discuss its concerns about reforms to the Social, Personal and Health Education (SPHE), with Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE) curricula; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27598/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (13 Jun 2023)

Michael McNamara: 534. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline any plans to meet faith groups to discuss concerns about reforms to the Social, Personal and Health Education (SPHE), with Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE) curricula; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27599/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (13 Jun 2023)

Michael McNamara: 535. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline the steps that will be taken to accommodate parents with concerns about recent proposed reforms to the Social, Personal and Health Education (SPHE), with Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE) curricula in order to comply with Article 42.4 of the Constitution; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27600/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (13 Jun 2023)

Michael McNamara: 1120. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in issuing non-payment-of-pay increases to retired HSE staff (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27200/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (13 Jun 2023)

Michael McNamara: 1364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that Atlantic Technological University (ATU) has been offered technological university-transformation funding for only one year from August 2023, in contrast to the four years' funding provided to Technological University Dublin (TU Dublin); if his Department will work with the HEA to ensure the proposed one-year post-merger...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Dereliction and Vacancy: Discussion (15 Jun 2023)

Michael McNamara: Cathaoirleach, I have a school tour coming in. Deputies Ó Broin and McAuliffe have agreed that I could go ahead of them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Dereliction and Vacancy: Discussion (15 Jun 2023)

Michael McNamara: I appreciate that. I have followed this debate on the monitor in my office. I am very interested in the issue. I have been surprised for some time by the lack of use of the Derelict Sites Act by various local authorities. I sent a questionnaire to local authorities on this issue and I am very grateful for their responses. I sent it to all of them and 19 responded. I am very grateful for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Dereliction and Vacancy: Discussion (15 Jun 2023)

Michael McNamara: Based on their culture, are some local authorities more reluctant to use the powers than others? Mr. Daly might not be in a position to answer that. He has worked in various local authorities but at different times and in different roles, so he might not be able to comment. I do not want to put him on the spot.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Dereliction and Vacancy: Discussion (15 Jun 2023)

Michael McNamara: Hopefully. There are also many derelict homes outside towns. Perhaps there are as many in rural areas as urban areas. I appreciate that the focus in Limerick has been on Limerick city for very obvious reasons. I welcome that but there is a lot of scope to move out. I say this not just in respect of Limerick but also in respect of every other county, including Clare. There is quite a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Dereliction and Vacancy: Discussion (15 Jun 2023)

Michael McNamara: Could Mr. Daly or Mr. Kehoe comment on the benefit, or otherwise, of being able to force the sale of a derelict property on the open market without involving the council? The latter would mean a CPO on the property, after which it would become the problem of the local authority, for good or bad. It does not have to be a problem as it could be an opportunity.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Dereliction and Vacancy: Discussion (15 Jun 2023)

Michael McNamara: If there were a compulsory sales order, such that local authorities did not have to purchase derelict property at all and all the risk were removed, basically forcing the owners to put the property on the open market, they would not dispose of the property because they would not have purchased it in the first place. Has that potential? Is it a matter on which the witnesses do not have a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Dereliction and Vacancy: Discussion (15 Jun 2023)

Michael McNamara: I thank our guests. I congratulate Mr. Kehoe and Mr. Daly on the successes in Waterford and Limerick, respectively.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Dereliction and Vacancy: Discussion (15 Jun 2023)

Michael McNamara: I would be interested to know what the difficulties in Scotland were in the context of property rights here, which Deputy Ó Broin may wish to see changed in the Constitution. If there were difficulties in Scotland, it is possible that similar challenges would arise here.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Tourism Industry (15 Jun 2023)

Michael McNamara: 190. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the visitor numbers to each visitor attraction operated by the Office of Public Works for each month in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29000/23]