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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Education Costs (19 May 2022)

Michael McNamara: I appreciate that. I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for facilitating it.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (19 May 2022)

Michael McNamara: 99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of electrical, plumbing, carpentry-joinery and bricklaying and stone-laying apprentices, respectively, waiting to progress their off-the-job training in phases 2, 4 and 6, respectively, across SOLAS and the higher education sector in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25529/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (19 May 2022)

Michael McNamara: I ask the Minister what are the number of electrical, plumbing, carpentry, joinery, bricklaying and stone-laying apprenticeships, respectively, waiting to progress off-the-job training in phases 2, 4 and 6, respectively across SOLAS and the higher education sector in tabular form. Can he make a statement on the matter? I want to know where the backlogs are in the various apprenticeship...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (19 May 2022)

Michael McNamara: I thank the Minister of State. Am I correct stating that as many people are waiting now as have been cleared from the waiting list? I appreciate the efforts the Government is making, but it is still worrying. The senior Minister made many pronouncements recently about the necessity for a greater parity of esteem between people going to apprenticeships and those going into the more academic...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (19 May 2022)

Michael McNamara: Again, I am slightly concerned because that sounds a bit like the Taoiseach explaining the inadequacies of our health system by saying that we are victims of our own success in that life expectancy has risen. With an increase in life expectancy, of course, there are more people who need hospital care. With the increase in the number of apprentices, there are more people who need to have...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (19 May 2022)

Michael McNamara: 314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures his Department is taking to address the backlog in craft apprenticeships, such as electrical, plumbing, carpentry, joinery bricklaying and stonelaying across SOLAS and the higher education sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25530/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (18 May 2022)

Michael McNamara: We need to maintain that position.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (18 May 2022)

Michael McNamara: When are we getting the reports of the expert group?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (18 May 2022)

Michael McNamara: Problems with our healthcare system predate this Government. One might expect the Government to be uniquely qualified to deal with it given that it includes three previous Ministers for Health in the Cabinet, along with, of course, the Minister for Health, and yet problems persist and get worse. The people tasked with implementing Sláintecare have resigned. The IMO is balloting for...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (18 May 2022)

Michael McNamara: It would have to be in Mallow.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (18 May 2022)

Michael McNamara: 300. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive their 1% increase from the national wage increase which was due to be paid on 1 February 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25253/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (17 May 2022)

Michael McNamara: 419. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport will issue for a person (details supplied) in County Clare, given that the passport was due to issue on 11 May 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24883/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (17 May 2022)

Michael McNamara: 376. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application will be expedited for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24618/22]

Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Security: Statements (12 May 2022)

Michael McNamara: In Clare too.

Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Security: Statements (12 May 2022)

Michael McNamara: He is the youngest Deputy in the Dáil.

Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Security: Statements (12 May 2022)

Michael McNamara: In the short time available to me I wish to address a number of issues. First, the Minister is quoted as having announced that there will not be a ban on below-cost selling in the upcoming Bill. That, I have to say, comes as a huge disappointment to me. It is illustrative of the disconnect between what the Department is claiming to want to achieve and what it is actually doing. I do...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (12 May 2022)

Michael McNamara: 293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated with their next phase of the Solas apprenticeship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23980/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 May 2022)

Michael McNamara: I have raised the issue before of an independent review of University Limerick Hospitals Group, which includes the most consistently overcrowded hospital in the country. The Taoiseach agreed the proposal had some merit and would be considered but I have not heard back about it. Since then, an expert team has been sent in by the Minister for Heath, Deputy Donnelly, to ease overcrowding. I...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 May 2022)

Michael McNamara: I completely agree that we need to ensure the quality remains the same but I ask that it be done in medicine, which is very important, as is building. We know what bad quality building results in. We are living through it now and the Government has to deal with its consequences. We do need people coming through. The Taoiseach cited many figures relating to new apprentices coming in but it...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 May 2022)

Michael McNamara: It could be six years.