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Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (26 May 2021)

Michael McNamara: I will return to this and will stick to these points. I will ask the Minister to address these, as he has agreed to take a note of them. We rolled over much legislation in October before the deadline of November. I implored the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, who sat approximately where the Minister is sitting now - the Minister was also present - to come back to us with a report on...

Independent Beef Regulator: Motion [Private Members] (26 May 2021)

Michael McNamara: I very much endorse what Deputy Fitzmaurice said. As he indicated, we will prepare a Bill if the Government falls short on this. It is generally accepted that we live in an information age. Information is everything. He who has information has power. All of the information and all of the power reside with the processors because all of the information available to the Minister of State,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Heritage Sites (26 May 2021)

Michael McNamara: What the Minister of State said in regard to the process of application differs somewhat from the published criteria. The Minister of State said that applications must be made in conjunction with a local authority, but under the published criteria, any group can put forward a proposal. If one was a lip-smacking lawyer looking to judicially review a process, the Minister of State has given...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Heritage Sites (26 May 2021)

Michael McNamara: I would like to make a final point.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Heritage Sites (26 May 2021)

Michael McNamara: If Inis Cealtra was significant enough to be on the list previously, it still is. I look forward to an explanation.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Heritage Sites (26 May 2021)

Michael McNamara: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. In 2010 a tentative list of sites for designation to UNESCO world heritage status was put forward by this State. Unfortunately, nothing very much happened after that with regard to that tentative list. During my time as a Deputy in the Thirty-first Dáil, the Dáil before last, I took the opportunity to visit UNESCO to hear what was happening with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (26 May 2021)

Michael McNamara: 165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28639/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (26 May 2021)

Michael McNamara: 166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the review of school transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28640/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2021)

Michael McNamara: As somebody who represents the Clare constituency, I completely understand the shock and anger that is out there. Many people have said this situation is solely attributable to the pandemic, that this would have happened regardless of anything the Government did and that Aer Lingus' loyalty to Shannon, in particular, and to its workers more generally, leaves a lot to be desired. To what...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (25 May 2021)

Michael McNamara: 459. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will instruct University of Limerick to engage meaningfully with students in seeking a resolution relating to the cancellation of the international trips for students for respective masters courses due to the Covid-19 pandemic and to refund costs to students for flights, transfers, accommodation and food; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Policies (25 May 2021)

Michael McNamara: 574. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will consider decentralising her Department to a regional location as an indication of the commitment by the Government to the Our Rural Future - Rural Development Policy 2021-2025 policy document; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27574/21]

Nursing Home Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 May 2021)

Michael McNamara: Like previous speakers I commend the Minister of State for bringing this legislation before the House. Sometimes one marvels at how resistant the system is to change and how long it takes to achieve change. When someone does bring a measure before the Dáil that changes the system, albeit long argued for and long promised, they are to be commended. I commend the Minister of State,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (20 May 2021)

Michael McNamara: 331. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will issue a renewed stamp 4 to a person (details supplied) awaiting a decision on an application for certificate of naturalisation whose previous stamp 4 was extended three months at a time when it expired on 21 May 2020, most recently up to the April 2021, but whose passport was not stamped to that effect in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (20 May 2021)

Michael McNamara: 332. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the report of the inquiry into the adequacy of the An Garda Síochána investigations and disciplinary inquiries following the death of Mr. Patrick Nugent, which she received on 3 November 2020, will be shared with the family. [27214/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (20 May 2021)

Michael McNamara: 333. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she will share the report of the inquiry into the adequacy of the An Garda Síochána investigations and disciplinary inquiries following the death of Mr. Patrick Nugent, which she received on 3 November 2020, with the Nugent family. [27215/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (20 May 2021)

Michael McNamara: 334. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the report of the inquiry into the adequacy of the An Garda Síochána investigations and disciplinary inquiries following the death of Mr. Patrick Nugent, which she received on 3 November 2020, will be published. [27216/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (20 May 2021)

Michael McNamara: 335. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she will publish the report of the inquiry into the adequacy of the An Garda Síochána investigations and disciplinary inquiries following the death of Mr. Patrick Nugent, which she received on 3 November 2020. [27217/21]

Financial Resolution 2021 - Financial Resolution: Stamp Duties (19 May 2021)

Michael McNamara: I wish to speak to that amendment if possible, a Cheann Comhairle, in circumstances where-----

Financial Resolution 2021 - Financial Resolution: Stamp Duties (19 May 2021)

Michael McNamara: If I can just explain the circumstances and there will be time for that within 30 seconds. In circumstances where the Ceann Comhairle specifically stated that I was not here, I was in the convention centre. There was a Government slot ahead of mine. When the Government were supposed to take a slot, I was waiting to see a Government speaker, in which case I would have taken my turn. We are...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (19 May 2021)

Michael McNamara: 157. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will be facilitated with a care support grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26756/21]