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Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (30 Jul 2020)

Michael McNamara: If he wishes to proceed before me, I do not have a problem

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (30 Jul 2020)

Michael McNamara: Standing Order 67, states: "A motion to rescind or amend a Resolution, other than a Resolution relating to an adjournment of the Dáil or to Standing Orders, can only be made on notice that shall specify the Resolution to be rescinded or amended." Is this a resolution to amend Standing Orders and, if it is, is it not clear from the Standing Orders that it does not require to be on...

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (30 Jul 2020)

Michael McNamara: It is a resolution of the House. Does it not affect the Standing Orders?

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (30 Jul 2020)

Michael McNamara: On a point of order, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle, is it in order to propose a further amendment?

Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No. 2) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 Jul 2020)

Michael McNamara: I will try to be reasonable by taking 50 seconds if that is okay. I will address the apparent contradiction raised by the Minister. The difficulty is that some seasonal businesses will, due to staycations, do well in the second half of this year, and perhaps achieve 70% or more of their normal business. However, taken over the 12 months of the year, the position will still be dire....

Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No. 2) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 Jul 2020)

Michael McNamara: I move amendment No. 5: In page 7, to delete lines 25 to 33 and substitute the following: “(I) there will occur in the period from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020 (in this subsection referred to as ‘the specified period’) such a percentage reduction as the Minister may specify in an order made by him or her under subsection (21)(b), in either the turnover of the...

Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No. 2) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jul 2020)

Michael McNamara: I endorse what has been said by previous speakers about the arts and artists. I might slightly disagree with Deputy Mattie McGrath. I do not know that we would be good Europeans by shooting everything down. We have adopted a far more restrictive approach than the rest of the European Union. One only has to look at the European Commission site, reopen.europa.eu, to see that very clearly....

Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No. 2) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jul 2020)

Michael McNamara: Hear, hear.

Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No. 2) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jul 2020)

Michael McNamara: Hear, hear.

Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No. 2) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jul 2020)

Michael McNamara: I read the Bill. Now they can go back to work if the employer sustains a 70% loss between 1 July and 31 December 2020. Those seasonal businesses could have lost, as they did lose, the entirety of the first half of the year's business. If they do not lose more than 30% of the second half of the year, they are not entitled to access the employment wage subsidy scheme. That means that unless...

Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No. 2) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jul 2020)

Michael McNamara: I will begin by welcoming what the Minister intends to achieve with this Bill, which is to continue to provide support for people as the economy reopens and to provide an injection of economic stimulus. I also will begin by saying that the Bill is a missed opportunity and demonstrates a lack of connectedness with the real economy, at least, the economy I come from and the area that I...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Jul 2020)

Michael McNamara: 199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a matter will be resolved regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18915/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (28 Jul 2020)

Michael McNamara: 186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18708/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (28 Jul 2020)

Michael McNamara: 545. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for additional accommodation by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19077/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment (28 Jul 2020)

Michael McNamara: 572. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an appeal decision will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19099/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment (28 Jul 2020)

Michael McNamara: 632. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19075/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescriptions Charges (28 Jul 2020)

Michael McNamara: 1048. To ask the Minister for Health when persons (details supplied) in County Clare will be reimbursed for prescription charges for each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18923/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (28 Jul 2020)

Michael McNamara: 1080. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be allocated to persons (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19076/20]

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (28 Jul 2020)

Michael McNamara: We have a quorum and are in public session. We have been notified that the following Deputies will substitute for their party colleagues: Deputies Crowe, Devlin, Durkan, Hourigan, Leddin, McAuliffe, Murnane O'Connor, Murphy, O'Rourke, O'Sullivan, Quinlivan and Wynne. I take it that the ten items of correspondence received are noted. We will resume consideration of our draft report on...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (28 Jul 2020)

Michael McNamara: Without further ado I would like to welcome our witnesses, who are joining us from Committee Room 2 to discuss the impact of Covid-19 on aviation. From Dublin Airport Authority, DAA, I welcome Ms Miriam Ryan, head of strategy, and Mr. Ray Gray, chief financial officer. From the Shannon Group, I welcome Ms Mary Considine, CEO. I thank the witnesses for joining us this morning. I draw the...