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Post-European Council: Statements (16 Dec 2020)

Michael McNamara: Much has been made of rule of law breaches and potential sanctions for Hungary and Poland. These breaches of the rule of law were brought about through two primary methods. One was to circumvent and hollow out democratic debate. Parliamentary majorities were used to ensure that debate was stymied and that issues were not properly debated. The second method was to appoint cronies as...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Dec 2020)

Michael McNamara: It is the Taoiseach's last Leaders' Questions of the year. When he was elected Taoiseach six months ago in this venue, I raised the issue of the Shannon Group, the airport and the entirety of the group, and its centrality to the economic well-being of the mid-west. Since then, we found out that the entire western seaboard was disproportionately affected by the State's response to Covid-19....

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Dec 2020)

Michael McNamara: Will there be a discussion?

Impact of Covid-19 Restrictions: Motion [Private Members] (16 Dec 2020)

Michael McNamara: I endorse all of what was just said by Deputy Connolly, in particular her final comment. We are always being told to listen to the medical experts. The medical experts have been very clear that vaccines do offer great hope in the future, but they do not offer a silver bullet now. We need to have a lot of other measures in place and to continue to look at what we need to do now. I am...

Proposal re Agreement with Danish State on Statistical Transfer of Energy from Renewable Sources: Motion (16 Dec 2020)

Michael McNamara: I listened with interest to the Minister of State's presentation this morning. I am slightly bemused by the commitment in the programme for Government and the lack of action on it to develop offshore energy. Obviously, a large amount of the renewable energy we are purchasing from Denmark is offshore energy. Perhaps, people have had the opportunity to see television documentaries on it or...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (16 Dec 2020)

Michael McNamara: 69. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a driver test will be expedited in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43717/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Lending (16 Dec 2020)

Michael McNamara: 101. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether it is discriminatory for a bank (details supplied) to require a higher deposit level of 25% when purchasing a property in a rural location as opposed to a 10% deposit in non-rural locations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43987/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (16 Dec 2020)

Michael McNamara: 280. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated with surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43625/20]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Dec 2020)

Michael McNamara: The final report of the Special Committee on Covid-19 Response recommended a move away from residential care towards care in the community for elderly people. In part, this was based on its interim report but it was also influenced by the Covid-19 nursing homes expert panel report. There are various reports going back to Time to Move on from Congregated Settings - A Strategy for Community...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2020)

Michael McNamara: Bank guarantee, here we come.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (15 Dec 2020)

Michael McNamara: 354. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients of the State pension (contributory) whose pension entitlement is reduced as a result of the pension rate band changes introduced in 2012; the proportion of contributory pension recipients so affected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42976/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (15 Dec 2020)

Michael McNamara: 434. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps taken to date to carry out a review of the provisions in the Offences Against the State Act 1939, as committed to by her predecessor on 24 June during a debate in Dáil Éireann; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42993/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (15 Dec 2020)

Michael McNamara: 453. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of barricade hostage incidents involving gardaí in the first eleven months of 2020; and the number in 2019. [43273/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance (15 Dec 2020)

Michael McNamara: 473. To ask the Minister for Health if an exemption can be made for a person (details supplied) who has been informed by a company that it cannot process receipts for health services which are more than six months outside the end of the insurance year in question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43395/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Dec 2020)

Michael McNamara: 542. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE mid-west CHO 3 is cancelling clinical agency staff hired to perform swabbing while seeking assistance from the Defence Forces and the National Ambulance Service and redeploying primary care staff at overtime rates; if so, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43111/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Self-Harm Prevention (15 Dec 2020)

Michael McNamara: 581. To ask the Minister for Health the data obtained by his Department relating to self-harm presentations to emergency departments per day and emergency departments during the period 27 March to 31 August 2020, collected and collated by the HSE national clinical programme for the assessment and management of patients presenting to emergency departments following self-harm, as opposed to the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Dec 2020)

Michael McNamara: 630. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Ireland’s rate of Covid-19 deaths per 100,000 is far higher relative to the incidence rate per 100,000 than other EU/EEA states with the lowest incidence rates. [43501/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: CLÁR Programme (15 Dec 2020)

Michael McNamara: 689. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when measure 3(b) of the CLÁR 2020 programme will be announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43370/20]

Central Mental Hospital (Relocation) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2020)

Michael McNamara: On a point of order, I wish to make clear that the prisoner to whom I referred was being held in Cloverhill Prison and not the Central Mental Hospital. The ill treatment did not occur in the Central Mental Hospital. I make that point lest anybody think that because the Central Mental Hospital is the subject of the Bill, the prisoner's ill treatment occurred there. It did not. It is quite...

Central Mental Hospital (Relocation) Bill 2020: Second Stage (10 Dec 2020)

Michael McNamara: Like Deputy Ward, I wish to raise the cases that were brought to light by the Committee for the Prevention of Torture. It is embarrassing, at the very least, for the State that people should be treated in this way in our country. It is especially embarrassing that such treatment should only come to light through the visit of a delegation from an international body. It is unacceptable that,...