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Covid-19 (Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht): Statements (21 May 2020)

Michael McNamara: The Department already proposed it.

Covid-19 (Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht): Statements (21 May 2020)

Michael McNamara: It has been proposed. I am asking about what is being done to move it along.

Covid-19 (Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht): Statements (21 May 2020)

Michael McNamara: It has done so.

Covid-19 (Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht): Statements (21 May 2020)

Michael McNamara: Although the Minister may not be familiar with Inis Cealtra, she is in a position to put it on the map before she leaves her office.

Covid-19 (Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht): Statements (21 May 2020)

Michael McNamara: While we are talking about connections, I should mention I was born in the maternity hospital in Limerick. I am minded of the statement that being born in a stable does not make one a horse. I want to discuss two issues with the Minister separately, if she does not mind. The first concerns the decision on wood pigeons, which I am glad to note the Minister has reversed. There is a...

Covid-19 (Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht): Statements (21 May 2020)

Michael McNamara: The other matter I wish to raise concerns UNESCO-designated sites, of which there are several in Ireland. There is a proposal concerning a site that is close to me, not only physically but also because I care a great deal about it. Five early monastic sites, the better known being Durrow, Inis Cealtra and Clonmacnoise, were included in a proposal submitted to UNESCO by the Fianna...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (21 May 2020)

Michael McNamara: In normal times the Minister would not have responsibility for McDonalds but given the extraordinary powers this House gave him, it seems he has in his regulations a responsibility for everything. I urge him to look at what the priorities are because sometimes the priorities do not seem to make sense to ordinary people across this land.

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (21 May 2020)

Michael McNamara: I am sharing my time with Deputy Harkin. We have reached a stage on our road map where we can have a McDonald's but we cannot have a cancer screening. Is that satisfactory to Deputy Harris, as Minister for Health?

Outbreaks of Covid-19 in Meat Processing Plants: Statements (21 May 2020)

Michael McNamara: The HSA has done nothing.

Outbreaks of Covid-19 in Meat Processing Plants: Statements (21 May 2020)

Michael McNamara: In meat factories.

Outbreaks of Covid-19 in Meat Processing Plants: Statements (21 May 2020)

Michael McNamara: It will come as a surprise to many Deputies present that notwithstanding complaints to the HSA, no visits were made to meat factories. The HSE did make visits but the chair of the HSA confirmed it made no visits. The visits by the HSE were only in the context of dealing with an outbreak. There were complaints but there were no visits whatsoever up to that point. It came as a surprise to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Felling Licences (20 May 2020)

Michael McNamara: 838. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a tree felling licence application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5579/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Appeals (20 May 2020)

Michael McNamara: 839. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal for a digitised area of conservation by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5582/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tuberculosis Eradication Programme (20 May 2020)

Michael McNamara: 879. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of bovines on farms here tested for tuberculosis using the skin test in each of the years 2015 to 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6175/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tuberculosis Eradication Programme (20 May 2020)

Michael McNamara: 880. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of bovines that failed a tuberculosis skin test but showed no lesions post-mortem in each of the years 2015 to 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6176/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tuberculosis Eradication Programme (20 May 2020)

Michael McNamara: 881. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of bovines that failed an on-farm tuberculosis skin test but passed a tuberculosis blood test in each of the years 2015 to 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6177/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tuberculosis Eradication Programme (20 May 2020)

Michael McNamara: 882. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of bovines that passed an on-farm tuberculosis skin test but on inspection subsequent to slaughter killed out with lesions in the year of their final tuberculosis test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6178/20]

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

Michael McNamara: The committee is now in public session. There are a number of substitutes today. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor is substituting for Deputy Butler for the third session, while Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett is substituting for Deputy Bríd Smith for the first and second sessions and Deputy Paul Murphy is substituting for her for the third session. We have a few housekeeping matters...

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

Michael McNamara: Once the third session is completed.

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

Michael McNamara: Yes; it would not be immediately. We will give a reasonable break if people want to grab a sandwich or something. Rather than taking up time with this matter now, I propose that we discuss it this evening. Is that agreed? Agreed. I have liaised extensively with members of the committee and groupings regarding speaking slots. It is proposed to give every member of the committee five...