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Covid-19 (Transport): Statements (13 May 2020)

Michael McNamara: Yes. If the Minister did not get the letter, I proposed that a mediator be appointed. I ask the Minister now whether a mediator will be appointed.

Covid-19 (Transport): Statements (13 May 2020)

Michael McNamara: I would like the Minister to answer now, in the three minutes and 40 seconds available. Will he appoint a mediator between Clare Bus and the National Transport Authority? I also left messages on his telephone about this.

Covid-19 (Transport): Statements (13 May 2020)

Michael McNamara: The Minister has not, to my knowledge, answered as to whether a mediator will be appointed, as I proposed to him in writing 50 days ago. Since then, other Deputies from Clare have also written to propose a mediator so this should not come as news. If it comes as news and if all of these letters and all of this correspondence has been lost, there really is a problem in the Minister's...

Covid-19 (Transport): Statements (13 May 2020)

Michael McNamara: In that instance, I will ask a follow-up question. Does the Minister think it is acceptable for a company to essentially be blackballed by a State authority as a lockdown looms? In this Chamber, his colleagues criticised Debenhams for using lockdown as cover to treat workers very badly. The National Transport Authority, under the aegis of the Minister's Department, is effectively...

Covid-19 (Transport): Statements (13 May 2020)

Michael McNamara: Clare Bus went through a similar process.

Covid-19 (Education and Skills): Statements (13 May 2020)

Michael McNamara: I am sharing time with Deputy Harkin. I commend the Minister on his work with UL. Would he recommend that the rent regime in other private institutions that are refusing to return rent be changed prospectively? Obviously we cannot change things retrospectively but we can make sure that this does not happen again and that students are not taken advantage of in the way they have been. ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (13 May 2020)

Michael McNamara: 956. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the beef taskforce has met remotely or otherwise since 9 January 2020; when it will publish its report into the matters set out in the Kildare Street agreement of 15 September 2019 to be published by the end of 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5514/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (13 May 2020)

Michael McNamara: 957. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason one of the signatories (details supplied) to the Kildare Street agreement was excluded from participating in the beef taskforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5515/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Labelling (13 May 2020)

Michael McNamara: 958. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to recent incidents in which imported food has turned up on supermarket shelves carrying Bord Bia labels; his views as the Minister with responsibility for food on Bord Bia effectively promoting foreign produce as Origin Ireland and, thereby, misleading consumers here; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (13 May 2020)

Michael McNamara: 959. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will change the date by which farmers must reduce their herd size to comply with the conditions of the BEAM scheme in view of mart closures and resultant difficulties in selling cattle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5517/20]

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Election of Chairman (12 May 2020)

Michael McNamara: I thank all of my colleagues for the honour that they have bestowed on me. We are all very aware of the importance of the work that this committee will carry out. I hope that we can do so in as collegial a manner as possible and that we can keep things as short as possible. On that basis, I do not propose to say anymore other than to thank members. I propose that we suspend the...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Election of Chairman (12 May 2020)

Michael McNamara: No.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Election of Chairman (12 May 2020)

Michael McNamara: I am not proposing to carry it all out in private session, but we need to agree some modalities. We can then go back into public session.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Election of Chairman (12 May 2020)

Michael McNamara: I was going to propose adjourning for half an hour, but if Deputies wish-----

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Election of Chairman (12 May 2020)

Michael McNamara: We will go into private session.

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (7 May 2020)

Michael McNamara: My criticism is simply about the airports.

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (7 May 2020)

Michael McNamara: I was pointing out that people behave irresponsible without regulations.

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (7 May 2020)

Michael McNamara: The Government announced childcare facilities for essential front-line workers. Essential front-line workers are defined as healthcare workers only. These regulations are applied by members of An Garda Síochána. They are excluded. Why is that?

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (7 May 2020)

Michael McNamara: On 26 March, this House gave the Minister very extensive powers to bring in regulations to protect people from Covid-19. He did not do so for almost two weeks and people continued to behave responsibly. On 7 March, he brought in regulations and, on 10 March, he continued them. The next day, he said that when the R0 rate went below 1, we would see an easing of restrictions. We did not see...

Covid-19 (Housing, Planning and Local Government): Statements (7 May 2020)

Michael McNamara: This is the first opportunity that I have had to address the Minister since the general election. One issue I campaigned on was dereliction in rural towns and villages. There are many derelict houses across Clare as there are in most of Ireland. Deputy O'Donohoe alluded to the problem. Shelley McNamara, one of Ireland's leading architects, who recently won the Pritzker prize for...