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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (14 Feb 2024)

Michael McNamara: Article 41.3 of the Constitution states: "The State pledges itself to guard with special care the institution of marriage ... and to protect it against attack". If the referendum proposals are accepted by the people and passed, will there be favourable measures that apply to married couples that will not apply to persons in a durable relationship? What favourable measures that apply to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (14 Feb 2024)

Michael McNamara: 276. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide full citations, including the publication details, for recent studies which are referred to in the product specification of the application to register the PGI Grass Fed Beef made by his Department to the Commission in 2020. [6995/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Slaughtering (15 Feb 2024)

Michael McNamara: 299. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the number of cattle from controlled finishing units in the State slaughtered in Northern Ireland in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, respectively. [7236/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Slaughtering (15 Feb 2024)

Michael McNamara: 300. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the number of cattle from feedlots in Northern Ireland, similar to controlled finishing units in this jurisdiction, slaughtered in this State in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, respectively. [7237/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 Feb 2024)

Michael McNamara: I raise the issue of the West Bank. While the eyes of the world are understandably focused on Gaza, the horror that is anticipated there and, indeed, the apparent green light the Americans have given through the use of their veto, people are not looking at the West Bank and there has been a huge increase in the number of attacks on Palestinians and their properties there. Is there a role...

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (Section 4(2)) (Scheme Termination Date) Order 2024: Motion (21 Feb 2024)

Michael McNamara: I would like to echo what previous speakers have said. I listened to the last two contributions, in particular, and I find myself in agreement with them. It might well be because of an accident of geography as much as anything else, given that I represent a constituency which has borne a disproportionate burden. Every state has a burden to bear in accommodating recipients or beneficiaries...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Schemes (22 Feb 2024)

Michael McNamara: The other part of payments for farmers in the common areas scheme is voluntary measures. Obviously, they have to be approved in advance. They are going to be approved in April. Farmers want to know whether they will be reimbursed in this calendar year if they carry out those measures, which are going to involve up-front expenditure to pay for troughs, fencing and so on. I suppose they are...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Feb 2024)

Michael McNamara: The hen harrier project in Slieve Aughty is now winding down, as is Burren Life. Farmers farming in designated areas are now receiving less money than they did before. Initially, the Minister, Deputy McConalogue, said they would receive as much under ACRES. It is now abundantly clear to everybody that they are getting less money. When I pointed this out to the Tánaiste towards the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Feb 2024)

Michael McNamara: Did she? The Tánaiste must have gotten his forthrightness from his father then, I suggest.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: International Protection (22 Feb 2024)

Michael McNamara: This is a matter on which I have been trying to get information for some time now and it has been proving difficult. I asked a parliamentary question with respect to how many persons whose applications for international protection had been determined, and where there no judicial reviews of the decisions, were still in IPAS accommodation. These would be cases where determinations were...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: International Protection (22 Feb 2024)

Michael McNamara: The Minister is right that under the domestic regulations, the statutory instrument, there is a right to accommodation until the humanitarian leave-to-remain application has been determined. I have outlined the delays and the difficulties pertaining to that which cannot be laid at his door - the Department of Justice has responsibility. The bottom line is that this is only a statutory...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: International Protection (22 Feb 2024)

Michael McNamara: I am happy to supply them.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: International Protection (22 Feb 2024)

Michael McNamara: I hope it will be stronger than strive to endeavour and that it will actually happen.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff (20 Feb 2024)

Michael McNamara: 462. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) who applied for the position of technical agricultural officer position in his Department, who was adjudged to have met the qualifying standard at interview, and when called for the said interview was adjudged to have met all of the requirements for the position, was not considered for the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (20 Feb 2024)

Michael McNamara: 533. To ask the Minister for Health how many palliative care beds are currently operational at Raheen, Community Hospital, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7557/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (20 Feb 2024)

Michael McNamara: 589. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive an urgent appointment at the urology department in Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7816/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (22 Feb 2024)

Michael McNamara: 71. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when farmers in the CP areas of ACRES who carry out approved "non-profit investments" in 2024 will be reimbursed under the scheme; if he will confirm that it will be in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8353/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Services (22 Feb 2024)

Michael McNamara: 231. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the financial supports to veterinary practitioners outlined in his Department's notice to private veterinary practitioners regarding the entry of Ukrainian pets into Ireland are still available to practitioners; and, if not, when the said supports ended. [8486/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Services (22 Feb 2024)

Michael McNamara: 232. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the sum provided by his Department to veterinary practitioners pursuant to his Department's notice to private veterinary practitioners regarding the entry of Ukrainian pets into Ireland; and if the said sum was included in the sum of €808,131.51 set out in his response to this Deputy of 16 February 2024 to the commitment...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (22 Feb 2024)

Michael McNamara: 251. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 255 of 15 June 2023, if a business case proposal has been submitted to the HSE disability services for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8470/24]