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Marriage Bill 2015: Report Stage (7 Oct 2015)

Michael McNamara: Are we going to get invited to a wedding?

Marriage Bill 2015: Report Stage (7 Oct 2015)

Michael McNamara: I thank the Minister for taking my amendment in the spirit in which it is intended. The Minister is right that we do not technically need a legal change to have marriages carried out on Saturdays and Sundays. In fact, there is not even necessarily a cost to the State involved because the existing Civil Registration Act allows that the cost of a registrar having to go to a venue such as...

Marriage Bill 2015: Report Stage (7 Oct 2015)

Michael McNamara: Sorry, I forgot which venue the Deputy suggested would be ideal. That cost can be borne and can be expected to be borne by the couple but so too could the cost of having a marriage on a Saturday or Sunday if there is an additional overtime cost. We need flexibility. State services, whether one is talking about the solemnisation of marriage or a bus from A to B, exist for the benefit of the...

Marriage Bill 2015: Report Stage (7 Oct 2015)

Michael McNamara: I am not pressing the amendment.

Marriage Bill 2015: Report Stage (7 Oct 2015)

Michael McNamara: I join previous speakers in congratulating the Minister and her officials on quickly progressing this legislation. I celebrate the fact that the House will soon pass legislation that will enable all citizens to marry equally. I also join previous speakers in urging the Minister to pay careful attention to the debate. I campaigned for a "Yes" vote in the referendum on the basis that there...

Order of Business (7 Oct 2015)

Michael McNamara: I note the Minister for Justice and Equality has brought before the Seanad legislation reforming the oldest profession. When will legislation reforming the second oldest and more powerful profession, the legal profession, appear? Is it intentionally being timed to fall with the Dáil? If it will not appear before the Dáil, will we at least have a commencement order for the Legal...

Order of Business (7 Oct 2015)

Michael McNamara: -----that speechwriting and financial contributions from the Bar to certain political parties might dry up?

Planning and Development (Taking in Charge of Estates) Bill 2015: First Stage (7 Oct 2015)

Michael McNamara: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Planning and Development Act 2000 and to provide for related matters. In the run-in to the budget and certainly in its aftermath, there will be a lot of discussion on the squeezed middle. Should I continue?

Planning and Development (Taking in Charge of Estates) Bill 2015: First Stage (7 Oct 2015)

Michael McNamara: There is a conversation going on in the Chamber.

Planning and Development (Taking in Charge of Estates) Bill 2015: First Stage (7 Oct 2015)

Michael McNamara: I do not mind Deputy O'Reilly. I am very good friends with Deputy O'Reilly and I certainly do not mind him speaking-----

Planning and Development (Taking in Charge of Estates) Bill 2015: First Stage (7 Oct 2015)

Michael McNamara: -----just not while I am on my feet. I think it is a discourtesy. There will be much discussion on the squeezed middle and double taxation, but I have considerable sympathy for one particular group and that is those who in good faith bought a house in a housing development which had planning permission, on which they could legitimately have expected work to have been done properly, that...

Planning and Development (Taking in Charge of Estates) Bill 2015: First Stage (7 Oct 2015)

Michael McNamara: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Applications (14 Oct 2015)

Michael McNamara: 21. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of putative applicants for the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme who were advised by Teagasc, the Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority, that it did not have the administrative capacity to develop their applications in advance of the May 2015 deadline. [35829/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Applications (14 Oct 2015)

Michael McNamara: 22. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures that will be put in place for putative applicants for the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme in May 2015 who were advised by Teagasc, the Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority, that it did not have the administrative capacity to develop their applications and who, as a result, waited to apply in October...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Retirements (20 Oct 2015)

Michael McNamara: 288. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if measures will be put in place to ensure that employees of State agencies and local authorities may remain in their employment until they reach the age at which they qualify to receive the State pension where their contracts of employment envisaged retirement at 65 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36208/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Severe Weather Events Expenditure (20 Oct 2015)

Michael McNamara: 289. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the works to be funded by the proposed additional storm funding allocation to Clare County Council of €1,435,952 will be carried out; if he will outline any conditions pertaining to the expenditure of the funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36207/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: DNA Database (20 Oct 2015)

Michael McNamara: 370. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the deoxyribonucleic acid, DNA, database established by the Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) 2014 will be operational; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36209/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed Circuit Television Systems (20 Oct 2015)

Michael McNamara: 371. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the supports in place for the installation of a closed-circuit television system for residents, residents associations and management companies in estates where anti-social behaviour is prevalent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36210/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (10 Nov 2015)

Michael McNamara: 503. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any obstacles to Steiner secondary schools in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39426/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (10 Nov 2015)

Michael McNamara: 504. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria for recognition of secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39427/15]