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Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Public Health Advice (9 Jun 2020)

Michael McNamara: Is that something Professor Nolan wants to come in on?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Public Health Advice (9 Jun 2020)

Michael McNamara: At the moment it is limited to certain areas of the country.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Public Health Advice (9 Jun 2020)

Michael McNamara: Deputy Boyd Barrett assures me that his question is very short. Deputy Shortall also has a question but then we need to get out of here to stay within the two-hour limit. I thank the witnesses for their illuminating answers throughout.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Public Health Advice (9 Jun 2020)

Michael McNamara: A short question, Deputy.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Public Health Advice (9 Jun 2020)

Michael McNamara: Professor Nolan has signalled his agreement to that statement, so we will conclude this session. I thank the witnesses.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Supports for Business (9 Jun 2020)

Michael McNamara: One of the most worrying economic or financial aspects of the restrictions was the extent to which all economic activity was driven into the hands of multinationals, many of which are headquartered outside of Ireland and pay their taxes elsewhere. Farmers' markets, for example, were inexplicably shut down and people had to go to supermarkets, all of which are indoor, in order to buy food...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Supports for Business (9 Jun 2020)

Michael McNamara: Were the witnesses concerned at any time by the lack of clarity? Garden centres, at least from my reading of the initial restrictions introduced on 7 April, were allowed to open. There was a big debate as to whether they were but it seemed to me that the Government waited until it got an imprimatur from Woodies and then announced that people could go to garden centres but most of the small,...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Supports for Business (9 Jun 2020)

Michael McNamara: Does the ISME representative have anything to add, particularly on the possibly unintentional driving of economic activity towards the large multinationals?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Supports for Business (9 Jun 2020)

Michael McNamara: I thank the witnesses and the Deputy. I call Deputy Doherty.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Supports for Business (9 Jun 2020)

Michael McNamara: The next party group is Solidarity - People Before Profit but as there is not a member here, we will move on to the Regional Group and Teachta Matt Shanahan, who has five minutes.

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (4 Jun 2020)

Michael McNamara: I greatly welcome the fact that there is movement towards treating those. I accept that not everybody will be able to be treated in Clare but those who can be need to be treated there. We need more facilities there. I do not wish to take time from my colleague.

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (4 Jun 2020)

Michael McNamara: As a nation we have done very well in dealing with the Covid-19 to date, primarily due to the huge sacrifice made by our people but I do not take from the crucial role the Minister has played in this regard. We will have a very difficult time ahead as we look to what will happen next winter. As the Minister knows, our hospital sector is set up in clusters. In the mid-west, the area I know...

Covid-19 (Justice and Equality): Statements (4 Jun 2020)

Michael McNamara: If it is running down the wall, that would be unique.

Covid-19 (Justice and Equality): Statements (4 Jun 2020)

Michael McNamara: I ask the Minister to look into this issue as a matter of urgency and report back because the people of Miltown Malbay deserve better than to be spoken of in the way that they have been in the Chamber tonight.

Covid-19 (Justice and Equality): Statements (4 Jun 2020)

Michael McNamara: I very much endorse what Deputy Connolly has just said with regard to An Garda Síochána, both the good and the bad. One of the things all of these tribunals have taught us is that nobody is above reproach and accountability. A historical incident in Bunratty, County Clare, involves the Nugent family who deserve justice and to know what happened to their brother. Their father went...

Covid-19 (Transport, Tourism and Sport): Statements (3 Jun 2020)

Michael McNamara: On a point of order, the Minister, Mr. Ross, raised an allegation that I had somehow misled the House in a previous debate, which I had not. Is this an appropriate time to deal with it?

Covid-19 (Transport, Tourism and Sport): Statements (3 Jun 2020)

Michael McNamara: Thank you. I would, of course, say that I did not.

Covid-19 (Transport, Tourism and Sport): Statements (3 Jun 2020)

Michael McNamara: I echo what has been stated in respect of the necessity of balanced regional development. The lack of balanced regional development was very much a theme that emerged under the previous Government of which the Minister was a member. Before the entire economy went into a tailspin we saw significant inequality develop between the eastern seaboard and the rest of the country. There was an...

Covid-19 (Transport, Tourism and Sport): Statements (3 Jun 2020)

Michael McNamara: It would give the hurlers a chance as well.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (2 Jun 2020)

Michael McNamara: Today Deputy Joe O'Brien will substitute for Deputy Ossian Smyth and Deputy Tóibín will substitute for Deputy Shanahan. Are the minutes of 19 and 26 May agreed? The minutes are agreed. A letter from Construction Industry Federation was sent under correspondence. I take it that the 36 items of correspondence are received and noted. Members will have received submissions for...