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Protection of Life During Pregnancy (Amendment) (Fatal Foetal Abnormalities) Bill 2015: First Stage (5 Mar 2015)

Michael McNamara: I am concerned about this matter. The second issue is the failure to publish the Attorney General's advice upon which members of the Government relied to buttress their views. This was done because of Article 28.4.3o, an amendment that was introduced by the people at the behest of a Fianna Fáil Government to ensure that discussions at Cabinet were confidential. There is a...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy (Amendment) (Fatal Foetal Abnormalities) Bill 2015: First Stage (5 Mar 2015)

Michael McNamara: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time." In deference to the work of the health committee, which will consider the issue of fatal foetal abnormalities in the near future, the Bill should only be taken after it has carried out its hearings, which I am assured will be done in advance of this summer.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (5 Mar 2015)

Michael McNamara: 131. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding payments under the 2014 single payment scheme due in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9808/15]

Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (10 Mar 2015)

Michael McNamara: The phrase "war on drugs" was coined by Richard Nixon 44 years ago in 1971. He said that drug abuse was public enemy number one. He told Congress that drug addiction had "assumed the dimensions of a national emergency," and asked Capitol Hill for an €84 million for emergency measures. The so-called war on drugs now costs the US Government more than €50 billion a year. ...

Topical Issue Debate: Heritage Sites (11 Mar 2015)

Michael McNamara: In 2010, Ireland submitted what is known as a tentative list to UNESCO, which is an inventory of properties we asked to be considered for nomination to the world heritage list. That list is as follows: the Burren; the Céide Fields and north west Mayo boglands; the monastic city of Clonmacnoise and its cultural landscape; the historic city of Dublin; early monastic sites, including...

Topical Issue Debate: Heritage Sites (11 Mar 2015)

Michael McNamara: It is clear from what the Minister has said that the road to getting UNESCO designation is long and difficult, but in the case of some of the sites on this list, it is simply a road to nowhere. The local authority in Kerry has said that it is not interested. In the Minister's letter to me, and I appreciate she might not have been adequately briefed by her officials, she states:Kerry County...

Topical Issue Debate: Heritage Sites (11 Mar 2015)

Michael McNamara: Can funding be devolved to move this forward or are we going to allow, in effect, a power of veto on the part of some county councils which simply are not interested in their own heritage or in national heritage?

Topical Issue Debate: Heritage Sites (11 Mar 2015)

Michael McNamara: That is not true.

Topical Issue Debate: Heritage Sites (11 Mar 2015)

Michael McNamara: Will anything be done about it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Expressway Services: Bus Eireann and NTA (11 Mar 2015)

Michael McNamara: I note that, last August, Bus Éireann stopped serving Daly's Cross near Castleconnell and Birdhill on the Expressway service from Limerick to Dublin because it was served by other operators. Customers who wish to obtain an Expressway service need to go to Nenagh. I have never had to avail of the service, for which I am glad, given my limited observations. I recall being in Nenagh two...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Expressway Services: Bus Eireann and NTA (11 Mar 2015)

Michael McNamara: The secondary stops at Birdhill and Daly's Cross serve all of east Clare. They are very small villages but they serve all of east Clare, which is probably the most densely populated part of Clare other than Ennis. They have been scrapped, so Mr. Martin is handing all of those customers to other operators. However, that is a commercial decision he is making. The people must go to a larger...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Expressway Services: Bus Eireann and NTA (11 Mar 2015)

Michael McNamara: I am aware of the operators on it. That is why I do not have to rely on Bus Éireann buses that do not leave on time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Expressway Services: Bus Eireann and NTA (11 Mar 2015)

Michael McNamara: Any move towards timeliness - not just leaving late, which is to be avoided, but equally leaving early - is welcome.

Order of Business (24 Mar 2015)

Michael McNamara: I commend the Taoiseach on raising the issue of illegal Irish in America during the St. Patrick's Day weekend. I agreed with him when he said that immigration reform required political courage. Was the Taoiseach a little bit nervous when he was raising this issue with Barack Obama----

Order of Business (24 Mar 2015)

Michael McNamara: Was the Taoiseach nervous that Mr. Obama might question what reform this Government has carried out with regard to illegal immigrants here, who include American citizens? I will ask the Taoiseach the same question I have asked twice before in this Chamber - when are we going to see a Bill reforming the Irish immigration system?

Order of Business (24 Mar 2015)

Michael McNamara: Will we consider the type of reforms we are asking Americans to implement with regard to illegal Irish in America?

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Administration (24 Mar 2015)

Michael McNamara: 323. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will explain the difference between the terms and conditions of the 2013 and 2014 single payment scheme, with regard to instances where the inspector fails to make contact with the applicant on arrival for an unannounced inspection; if the procedure prescribed in the terms and conditions of the 2013 single payment scheme, as...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Prosecutions Data (24 Mar 2015)

Michael McNamara: 482. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have been prosecuted pursuant to certain offences (details supplied) in each of the years 2011 to 2014; the number who were convicted; and if she will itemise the number of prosecutions and convictions for each offence in each of the said years. [11779/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (24 Mar 2015)

Michael McNamara: 681. To ask the Minister for Health when a timed and costed plan will be completed for the development required to bring Raheen Community Hospital into compliance with Health Information and Quality Authority standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11836/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (24 Mar 2015)

Michael McNamara: 761. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an extra teacher and additional resources to cater for the special educational needs of children attending a national school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11212/15]