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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)

Michael McNamara: Deputy Shanahan has agreed that I can speak before him, but I will be brief. Further to the previous speaker, I am afraid I have heard the same things, both from constituents in Clare, which I represent, but also from current and former members of the Coast Guard across Ireland, not limited to Clare, more than 100 miles from Clare, with regard to the fear of recrimination and fear of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)

Michael McNamara: Mr. Clonan has already responded to Deputy O'Rourke about the disconnect. Does he accept that the structure of the Coast Guard needs to change to make sure that the volunteers, or former volunteers, have a greater role in management so that there is not such a huge disconnect? I do not want to use a disparaging First World War analogy.

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (17 Nov 2021)

Michael McNamara: I meant it in a-----

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (17 Nov 2021)

Michael McNamara: I certainly did not mean it in the criminal law sense of the word, but in a different sense.

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (17 Nov 2021)

Michael McNamara: No, I would like to withdraw that word.

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (17 Nov 2021)

Michael McNamara: Thank you for bringing it to my attention. However, it is the wanton abuse of the environment that has been entrusted to Coillte.

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (17 Nov 2021)

Michael McNamara: I welcome the fact that the Bill is before the House and will bring a bit of legal certainty to this matter. It is something I raised in the Minister's absence yesterday. I welcomed her yesterday and congratulate her on the birth of her baby. I have a question mark over the approach taken. It seems to be all duck or no dinner. Deputy Calleary outlined in 2009 the many reasons put...

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (17 Nov 2021)

Michael McNamara: Can I speak?

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (17 Nov 2021)

Michael McNamara: I thank the Acting Chairman.

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (17 Nov 2021)

Michael McNamara: I will take the slot if the Acting Chairman wishes.

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (17 Nov 2021)

Michael McNamara: The Deputy will surely find something to speak on for 20 minutes.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Nov 2021)

Michael McNamara: Antigen tests have been available to be procured through the EU joint procurement agreement of last November. Since then I have been calling for that to be availed of. I have raised the issue several times with both the Tánaiste, the Taoiseach and the Minister for Health. There was a Professor Ferguson report at the end of March, beginning of April recommending their use. The...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Nov 2021)

Michael McNamara: There are 1.5 million tests in storage.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Nov 2021)

Michael McNamara: Snake oil is, I believe, the word it has used.

National Ambulance Service: Motion [Private Members] (16 Nov 2021)

Michael McNamara: I do not mean to be ageist but everybody in this Chamber probably remembers when we had ambulance drivers and they were able to take two people in an ambulance at a time. Everything has changed and we no longer have ambulance drivers but paramedics and advanced paramedics. They are highly trained health professionals and many people in the State owe them their lives. Equally, we...

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2021: Motion (16 Nov 2021)

Michael McNamara: Like most previous speakers, I congratulate the Minister and welcome her back. I would like to urge her, now that she has experienced the necessity of maternity leave, to impress upon her Cabinet colleagues the fact that if one is reliant on statutory maternity pay lots of people have to return to work on that basis and cannot live on that amount of money, including, but not limited to, many...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (16 Nov 2021)

Michael McNamara: 124. To ask the Taoiseach the way he travelled to and from Edinburgh en route to the COP 26 United Nations climate change conference in Glasgow; and the airline or airlines with which he travelled if he took a commercial flight. [55537/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Policy (16 Nov 2021)

Michael McNamara: 204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total funding allocated to Shannon Airport, Cork Airport and Dublin Airport since March 2020; and the amount of this funding that has been drawn down by the airports, respectively. [56060/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (16 Nov 2021)

Michael McNamara: 469. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of members of An Garda Síochána who have been redeployed or retired from the Clare Garda division during 2019 and 2020, respectively; and the number of members of An Garda Síochána that have been assigned to the Clare Garda division for duty during the same periods. [56063/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (16 Nov 2021)

Michael McNamara: 470. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of members of An Garda Síochána that have been allocated to the investigation into the deaths of 802 children and the Mother and Babies Home in Tuam, County Galway. [56064/21]