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Covid-19 (Health): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Michael McNamara: It is not appropriate for the Acting Chairman to be laughing with the Minister as the Chair is supposed to be impartial. A Member of the House is on his feet asking a question.

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Michael McNamara: Last week, the Minister stated that he would answer questions on the development of the app. Will he share with me the briefing note he has on the app? Is the app open source? The importance of NPHET was raised. The Minister stated that he is the decision-maker but that he has always taken its advice and does not intend to ever not take its advice. As such, who is the decision maker?...

Covid-19 (Agriculture, Food and the Marine): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Michael McNamara: I thank Deputy Fitzmaurice. I have three succinct questions. I represent a coastal county. Obviously, I am concerned with the plight of fishermen, in particular those with boats under 10 m. Is the Minister actively considering a tie-up scheme? The Minister said he wanted to do something but he has not said what it is. Is it a tie-up scheme? I refer to the beef taskforce. There...

Covid-19 (Agriculture, Food and the Marine): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Michael McNamara: I acknowledge it is as the Minister set it out to be.

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (7 May 2020)

Michael McNamara: On 26 March, this House gave the Minister very extensive powers to bring in regulations to protect people from Covid-19. He did not do so for almost two weeks and people continued to behave responsibly. On 7 March, he brought in regulations and, on 10 March, he continued them. The next day, he said that when the R0 rate went below 1, we would see an easing of restrictions. We did not see...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (7 May 2020)

Michael McNamara: My criticism is simply about the airports.

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (7 May 2020)

Michael McNamara: I was pointing out that people behave irresponsible without regulations.

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (7 May 2020)

Michael McNamara: The Government announced childcare facilities for essential front-line workers. Essential front-line workers are defined as healthcare workers only. These regulations are applied by members of An Garda Síochána. They are excluded. Why is that?

Covid-19 (Housing, Planning and Local Government): Statements (7 May 2020)

Michael McNamara: This is the first opportunity that I have had to address the Minister since the general election. One issue I campaigned on was dereliction in rural towns and villages. There are many derelict houses across Clare as there are in most of Ireland. Deputy O'Donohoe alluded to the problem. Shelley McNamara, one of Ireland's leading architects, who recently won the Pritzker prize for...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Election of Chairman (12 May 2020)

Michael McNamara: I thank all of my colleagues for the honour that they have bestowed on me. We are all very aware of the importance of the work that this committee will carry out. I hope that we can do so in as collegial a manner as possible and that we can keep things as short as possible. On that basis, I do not propose to say anymore other than to thank members. I propose that we suspend the...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Election of Chairman (12 May 2020)

Michael McNamara: No.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Election of Chairman (12 May 2020)

Michael McNamara: I am not proposing to carry it all out in private session, but we need to agree some modalities. We can then go back into public session.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Election of Chairman (12 May 2020)

Michael McNamara: I was going to propose adjourning for half an hour, but if Deputies wish-----

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Election of Chairman (12 May 2020)

Michael McNamara: We will go into private session.

Covid-19 (Education and Skills): Statements (13 May 2020)

Michael McNamara: I am sharing time with Deputy Harkin. I commend the Minister on his work with UL. Would he recommend that the rent regime in other private institutions that are refusing to return rent be changed prospectively? Obviously we cannot change things retrospectively but we can make sure that this does not happen again and that students are not taken advantage of in the way they have been. ...

Covid-19 (Transport): Statements (13 May 2020)

Michael McNamara: Towards the end of the last Dáil, the Minister met with Clare Bus and the National Transport Authority about an ongoing dispute between them over moneys owed. Some 50 days ago, I wrote to him to outline the situation. The contract had been pulled at the last minute and Clare Bus effectively lost the tender that it had won. During those 50 days in which I have not received a reply from...

Covid-19 (Transport): Statements (13 May 2020)

Michael McNamara: Yes. I wrote an email to the Minister's office. I also left two messages on what I was told was his mobile phone.

Covid-19 (Transport): Statements (13 May 2020)

Michael McNamara: Yes. If the Minister did not get the letter, I proposed that a mediator be appointed. I ask the Minister now whether a mediator will be appointed.

Covid-19 (Transport): Statements (13 May 2020)

Michael McNamara: I would like the Minister to answer now, in the three minutes and 40 seconds available. Will he appoint a mediator between Clare Bus and the National Transport Authority? I also left messages on his telephone about this.

Covid-19 (Transport): Statements (13 May 2020)

Michael McNamara: The Minister has not, to my knowledge, answered as to whether a mediator will be appointed, as I proposed to him in writing 50 days ago. Since then, other Deputies from Clare have also written to propose a mediator so this should not come as news. If it comes as news and if all of these letters and all of this correspondence has been lost, there really is a problem in the Minister's...