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Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (6 Jul 2021)

Michael McNamara: 494. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29688/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Task Force: Discussion (6 Jul 2021)

Michael McNamara: I thank Mr. Dowling. I am glad we have been able to conduct this meeting virtually. When I asked the Minister's predecessor why the beef task force had not been sitting for such a long period at the start of the Covid crisis, I was told it was not possible to meet virtually, so I am glad it is possible. In the course of the beef task force's existence, laws have been passed in Spain that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Task Force: Discussion (6 Jul 2021)

Michael McNamara: Would Mr. Dowling accept that for the office to function properly, it will need to be able to determine the cost of production or to refer that to some other statutory body? We are not talking about below cost selling as previously existed but selling below the cost of production. There will have to be some mechanism to determine the cost of production of beef in this case, though there are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Task Force: Discussion (6 Jul 2021)

Michael McNamara: I accept that point. We do not import much beef from Spain. It is the other way round. Likewise, we do not export much olive oil to the Spaniards. Every country exports and we all have competitive advantages. I accept that we export a lot of meat and dairy produce. That does not seem to stymie the Spaniards in trying to set the cost of production. There is much talk about green...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Jul 2021)

Michael McNamara: I have a similar case, the details of which I will pass on to the Tánaiste. NPHET modelling is based on the assumption that vaccination will reduce but not prevent transmission of Covid-19. That is borne out by data from Public Health England. The bottom line is that even if - and it is a big if - the vaccination targets are met, Covid-19 variants, and perhaps new variants of it,...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Jul 2021)

Michael McNamara: I do not know whether the Tánaiste has ever been in Miltown Malbay or Tulla when the raining is coming in sideways. What is the Government going to do to plan for this?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vehicle Registration Tax (1 Jul 2021)

Michael McNamara: 205. To ask the Minister for Finance if a vehicle purchased by an organisation (details supplied) to transport persons to medical appointments and hospitals and so on will be included in the exemptions from VRT and VAT available to ambulances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35449/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (1 Jul 2021)

Michael McNamara: 254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the SNA review for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35635/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (1 Jul 2021)

Michael McNamara: 425. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28912/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Jul 2021)

Michael McNamara: 471. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to extend the temporary assistance scheme to support private and voluntary nursing homes with additional costs due to coronavirus Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29178/21]

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Jun 2021)

Michael McNamara: In response to my question the Minister of State told me that an outdoor seating area is one that is on private lands abutting the premises. I know that. I can read. An outdoor seating area in relation to a licensed premises is defined in the definition. I do not need to be told what the definition is; I have read it. It is defined in the definition. I have no problem with the...

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Jun 2021)

Michael McNamara: I listened carefully to the Minister of State's reply. She is of course correct that the definitions provide a definition for an outdoor seating area in relation to a licensed premises. However, section 6 does not apply the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994 to outdoor seating areas in relation to a licensed premises. It extends that Act to just "an outdoor seating area". I think I...

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (30 Jun 2021)

Michael McNamara: I commend the Minister in general on this Bill and the intention behind it. I do not accept that we could have worked away and asked gardaí to exercise their discretion, particularly when we penalise gardaí when they do exercise their discretion. We cannot ask them not to apply the law in the manner that was proposed by some. I have no problem with the intention behind the Bill....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (30 Jun 2021)

Michael McNamara: 160. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will allow childminders to be included in the decision-making of the changes as outlined in the National Action Plan for Childminding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35011/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Jun 2021)

Michael McNamara: 316. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have stayed in mandatory hotel quarantine to date; the number of those who have paid for their stay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28261/21]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jun 2021)

Michael McNamara: I begin by correcting what I said earlier about the amount of money that has been wasted on sittings in the national convention centre. As the Ceann Comhairle proudly pointed out, it is indeed €1.8 million of taxpayers' money that has been spent on this place. The Minister brought a Bill through the House dealing with the climate action plan that will, in effect, remove the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jun 2021)

Michael McNamara: It is a discriminatory approach.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jun 2021)

Michael McNamara: Jobs for cronies.