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Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (12 Oct 2021)

Michael McNamara: 569. To ask the Minister for Health if PIN numbers will be expedited for nurses from abroad (details supplied) who have completed their application to register with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland, completed examinations via the RCSI and have made a payment to the NMBI to register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49546/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (12 Oct 2021)

Michael McNamara: 602. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49651/21]

Recovery of Tourism and Aviation: Statements (7 Oct 2021)

Michael McNamara: I am at a bit of a loss as to what this debate is for. What is the point of it? I appreciate that the Ceann Comhairle does not decide how the Government fills its time but what is the point? Nothing new has been announced. We have learned little or nothing and then, towards the end of the term, a load of legislation will be rammed through and it will be because we did not have Dáil...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Oct 2021)

Michael McNamara: Some of the spin in advance of the upcoming budget is that it will enhance people’s ability to work from home. Spin in advance of budgets has become customary and is not a new thing. One of the big obstacles to working from home is poor Internet connectivity. I have raised this with the Tánaiste before. Not alone are there issues with broadband connectivity but people who...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites (7 Oct 2021)

Michael McNamara: 223. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of sites placed on the vacant sites register of each local authority since 2015. [48942/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites (7 Oct 2021)

Michael McNamara: 224. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of notices issued under section 7 of the Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015 by each local authority each year since 2015. [48943/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites (7 Oct 2021)

Michael McNamara: 225. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount levied by each local authority each year since 2018 as a levy under section 15 of the Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015 known as a vacant site levy. [48944/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Group: Chairperson Designate (7 Oct 2021)

Michael McNamara: I congratulate Mr. Ó Céidigh on his appointment which will be beneficial not just for the mid-west but for the entire west and the Shannon region. I have six questions and I hope Mr. Ó Céidigh will answer them all, if possible. He mentioned promoting Shannon's environmentally-friendly credentials. He will be aware that Shannon Airport has the longest runway in Ireland...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Group: Chairperson Designate (7 Oct 2021)

Michael McNamara: We all fail occasionally. There is a proposal to bring the Cabinet to Shannon Airport. Unless they are coming with a strategy for Shannon Airport, which has been sorely absent up to now, I respectfully suggest that the airport would be better off bringing Duffy's Circus to Shannon because at least it would bring a crowd.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Group: Chairperson Designate (7 Oct 2021)

Michael McNamara: There were six.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Group: Chairperson Designate (7 Oct 2021)

Michael McNamara: There were six before it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Group: Chairperson Designate (7 Oct 2021)

Michael McNamara: The question on the fifth freedom flights and the environment were separate, and the question on the strategic plan and the strategic direction was slightly different from the non-executive chair question. I have quick follow-up on that. Are there State boards where there are executive chairs as opposed to non-executive chairs and executive directors as opposed to non-executive directors?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Group: Chairperson Designate (7 Oct 2021)

Michael McNamara: I again wish Mr. Ó Céidigh every success in his role.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Oct 2021)

Michael McNamara: The exponential rise in the use of data has led to an exponential rise in the number of data centres. Some people think data is stored in clouds but it is not. It is always stored in centres. The solution proposed by some is to transfer the data to another country that may use even more energy to store it. The Government's response to this is "Problem; what problem?". There is a problem....

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Oct 2021)

Michael McNamara: If the Minister were to become Taoiseach, would he take it up?

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (6 Oct 2021)

Michael McNamara: 76. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be reconsidered for an application for fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48487/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (6 Oct 2021)

Michael McNamara: 161. To ask the Minister for Health when the dental treatment services scheme which was cut back significantly during the financial crisis will be restored given a restoration schedule for funding for general practice has been agreed by Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48603/21]

Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2021: Motion (5 Oct 2021)

Michael McNamara: Not until 9 o’clock tonight. Did the Minister not hear the contributions?

Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2021: Motion (5 Oct 2021)

Michael McNamara: Will the Minister consider his position?

Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2021: Motion (5 Oct 2021)

Michael McNamara: I opposed this legislation when it was introduced in July and I am opposing it being rolled over again. In July, I predicted that it would be rolled over. Many Government Deputies said they found it unpalatable and they were concerned by it, but that it was for a limited period of time, so they would accept it. Now, they are accepting it because, well, it is a power that will not be used....