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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 May 2021)

Michael McNamara: The lack of security is outrageous too.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 May 2021)

Michael McNamara: It is.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 May 2021)

Michael McNamara: You are taking your time about it.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 May 2021)

Michael McNamara: Answer the question.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 May 2021)

Michael McNamara: He does not want to answer the question. Bluffer.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Infrastructure (13 May 2021)

Michael McNamara: 180. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if fibre broadband service will be provided to an area (details supplied) as part of the current roll-out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25187/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Infrastructure (13 May 2021)

Michael McNamara: 181. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if fibre broadband service will be provided to an area (details supplied) as part of the current roll-out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25234/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 May 2021)

Michael McNamara: 310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student who is absent from school for the purpose of self-isolating due to having contracted or being suspected of being in contact with Covid-19, at the behest of the school or upon the advice of the HSE, which advice has been provided to the school, shall be deemed not to be absent from that school for the period concerned for the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Historical Conflicts (11 May 2021)

Michael McNamara: I would make the point that we call out international crime for what it is for the same reason we call out domestic crime for what it is. It is not just to punish or as an act of retribution but also to deter its recurrence. We should recall that in the week before Poland was invaded in 1939, the German Chancellor, Adolf Hitler said "Who, after all, speaks today of the annihilation of the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: International Relations (11 May 2021)

Michael McNamara: I would also like to know whether the Minister would use the word "genocide" to describe what is happening in Xinjiang province. If not, would he at least use the phrase "cultural genocide"? This is what it appears to be. It is designed to wipe the Uighur culture of the face of the planet, or at least of the face of Chinese territory and thereby off the face of the planet. Has the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: International Relations (11 May 2021)

Michael McNamara: If the Minister will not use the word "genocide" will he use the term "cultural genocide"? He spoke about the judgment of a court but that always follows many years after a genocide and consensus is developed years after the event. We can see what is happening before our eyes. There is considerable evidence from reputable media and other governments that have more advanced capabilities to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tourism Industry (11 May 2021)

Michael McNamara: The Minister is right that there is a legal and a public health dimension to this but there is also a purely practical dimension to it. The reality is that we will be opening up travel with the United Kingdom and there are transatlantic planes, which used to service Shannon Airport, that are now flying from Manchester to North America. The Minister is acutely aware of this, having an...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: International Relations (11 May 2021)

Michael McNamara: 112. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised the issue of correction camps for the Uighur minority in China with the Chinese authorities; if it is proposed to take a common EU position on the matter; the use that has been made of Ireland's current position within the UN systems to raise the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24204/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (11 May 2021)

Michael McNamara: 96. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport applications that are outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24203/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (11 May 2021)

Michael McNamara: 102. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason the processing of passports was not deemed to be an essential service given that the right to leave a state including one's own is enshrined in international law and the possession of a valid passport is an essential prerequisite for the exercise of that right; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24205/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (11 May 2021)

Michael McNamara: 222. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Government will re-evaluate its position regarding event caters and expand access parameters to the Covid restrictions support scheme to allow these member companies gain access to the necessary financial supports to ensure their survival; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24623/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (11 May 2021)

Michael McNamara: 651. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases of domestic and sexual abuse reported to the Clare Garda division from 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021; the figures for the corresponding period from 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24346/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Funding (11 May 2021)

Michael McNamara: 652. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the breakdown of funding allocated to domestic, sexual and gender-based violence organisations in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24347/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (11 May 2021)

Michael McNamara: 714. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 54 persons in mandatory hotel quarantine who tested positive for Covid-19 who had initially presented with a negative PCR test on arrival in the State; and the number who had not undergone a PCR test prior to arrival. [23768/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (11 May 2021)

Michael McNamara: 736. To ask the Minister for Health if provisions will be put in place for eye clinic liaison officers in eye clinics nationwide and in particular in the eye clinic of University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23876/21]