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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Annual Report 2013: National Milk Agency (25 Nov 2014)

Michael McNamara: Deputy Deering mentioned the milk we put on corn flakes. As a child I grew up on a dairy farm and I remember having unpasteurised milk on corn flakes. I liked the cream that was still part of the milk. Since that time, I have learned that such usage of milk was grossly reckless and irresponsible of my parents to the point that perhaps they could have been prosecuted for it. Certainly,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Annual Report 2013: National Milk Agency (25 Nov 2014)

Michael McNamara: My question is whether the National Milk Agency has a view on whether consumers should be able to take that risk.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Annual Report 2013: National Milk Agency (25 Nov 2014)

Michael McNamara: Would it be safer?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Annual Report 2013: National Milk Agency (25 Nov 2014)

Michael McNamara: Sorry, but I have another question about the concentration of supply to the fresh milk market by one or other dairy. Has there been a change over the past decade in that regard?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Annual Report 2013: National Milk Agency (25 Nov 2014)

Michael McNamara: Is there a dominant player in the market now and if so, who is it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Annual Report 2013: National Milk Agency (25 Nov 2014)

Michael McNamara: What percentage of the market does it control?

Other Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (27 Nov 2014)

Michael McNamara: I would like to ask a supplementary question on the issue of apprenticeships, which has been raised by Deputy O'Brien. In the past, one of the reasons the semi-State companies were so respected and liked was because they offered a significant number of apprenticeships. Much has been made of the comparison between the development of rural electrification by the ESB and the establishment of...

Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report Stage (27 Nov 2014)

Michael McNamara: I move amendment No. 1:In page 12, after line 33, to insert the following:"(3) The Register, including details of the owners and mortgagees of all ships but excluding such Parts as the Minister may specify in regulations, shall be open to public inspection.".I could argue about the extent to which amendments Nos. 1 and 23 are related. Many promises were made by Fine Gael and the Labour Party...

Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report Stage (27 Nov 2014)

Michael McNamara: I understand I will then have the further possibility to conclude at the end. I thank the Minister and do not disagree with the purpose of this Bill, which is to amalgamate previous registers. I support that initiative and have so done from the outset. However, if one shall have access to something in accordance with regulations but there are no regulations, then one does not have access....

Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report Stage (27 Nov 2014)

Michael McNamara: Mortgages on this register.

Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report Stage (27 Nov 2014)

Michael McNamara: I recognise that the Minister is intent on changing the Bill. However, I am not necessarily convinced that the change involved is significant. I acknowledge that the Minister, on the advice of his officials, is seeking to amend the position. I appreciate that Ministers are obliged to act on the advice they receive in order to bring forward the best legislation possible. In that context,...

Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report Stage (27 Nov 2014)

Michael McNamara: Does that mean we cannot discuss it further?

Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report Stage (27 Nov 2014)

Michael McNamara: I invited the Minister to explain why what I proposed could not be accepted.

Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report Stage (27 Nov 2014)

Michael McNamara: I thank the Minister for correcting the record because it was my understanding that the Bill had been dealt with in the Seanad. Nevertheless, the Minister, when on his feet, undertook to consider certain important aspects of the legislation before it is finalised. I urge him to examine these aspects, particularly the question of whether mortgages registered in Ireland could be recognised in...

Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report Stage (27 Nov 2014)

Michael McNamara: Why is it not possible?

Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report Stage (27 Nov 2014)

Michael McNamara: Proceedings on Bills are frequently adjourned on Report Stage. A couple of amendments to the legal services Bill were dealt with on Report Stage and then proceedings were adjourned.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (2 Dec 2014)

Michael McNamara: 162. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the Labour Court recommendation regarding the pension arrangements for CE supervisors (details supplied) will be implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46201/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (2 Dec 2014)

Michael McNamara: 261. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the 2014 agri-environment options scheme 2 payments will issue to farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45844/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Eligibility (10 Dec 2014)

Michael McNamara: 85. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way boglands unfit for grazing are defined for the purposes of the EU single payment scheme; and the way boglands unfit for grazing are differentiated from boglands fit for grazing for the purposes of eligibility for the single payment scheme. [47488/14]

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2014)

Michael McNamara: Is that Karl Marx or Groucho Marx?