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Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (11 Jul 2014)

Michael McNamara: I will speak to an amendment regarding-----

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (11 Jul 2014)

Michael McNamara: Fairly serious points were made. On the code of practice and on the specifics, there is an important rule of law, nemo iudex in causa sua, that nobody should be a judge in his or her own case. It is very difficult to be objective about one's own case. Regardless of Mr. Guerin's report, we must bear in mind that Mr. Guerin was appointed by the Government, not by himself, and the Government...

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (11 Jul 2014)

Michael McNamara: I am replying to fairly serious points that were made in the Chamber.

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (11 Jul 2014)

Michael McNamara: Very good. Then I cannot say anything further.

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (11 Jul 2014)

Michael McNamara: Everybody is clear about what we are dealing with, but unfortunately latitude was-----

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2014)

Michael McNamara: On retirement age.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2014)

Michael McNamara: The old section being the one passed by the Seanad.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2014)

Michael McNamara: As I said, the section 32 introduced by the Minister does not contain anything that was not there previously. One of the provisions that is restated but was always there has affected Aer Rianta international staff. The provision I speak of says every scheme to which subsection (1) relates shall fix the time and conditions of retirement for all persons to or in respect of whom superannuation...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2014)

Michael McNamara: Should the message we take from this be that if one wants to live longer, one should not vote for Fine Gael or Labour? Perhaps I am wrong about that.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2014)

Michael McNamara: That was not clear from what the Minister said. I thought he was talking about the past five years.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2014)

Michael McNamara: I welcome the Bill in general, but like colleagues I have concerns about section 34. Many of these concerns have been allayed by the amendments put forward by the Minister on Committee Stage and I welcome those. Unlike Deputy Dooley, I believe there is a need for this Bill and that we need to deal with the separation of Shannon Airport legally. However, I share his view and that of Deputy...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2014)

Michael McNamara: I want to speak on this, but if the Minister wishes to reply, I am not in any particular rush.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (17 Jun 2014)

Michael McNamara: 228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the announcement made on St. Patrick's Day this year to the effect that Irish citizen children, children from Irish emigrant families living outside the European Union who return as undergraduates to Irish universities or third-level colleges, would no longer have to pay the full international fee applies equally to children who have...

Topical Issue Debate: HIQA Reports (11 Jun 2014)

Michael McNamara: No, she was not on a trolley.

Topical Issue Debate: HIQA Reports (11 Jun 2014)

Michael McNamara: The Minister could explore the moon too.

Topical Issue Debate: HIQA Reports (11 Jun 2014)

Michael McNamara: The Minister spoke about patients with hip fractures waiting more than four hours. I could point the Minister to a patient in my constituency who waited four days. Each day she waited, this patient knew that her chance of a successful operation was diminishing, yet she waited day after day. Talk of a model 3 hospital is all well and good, but let us be realistic. Live horse, get grass....

Topical Issue Debate: HIQA Reports (11 Jun 2014)

Michael McNamara: This is important because it indicates a failure of the Government to take responsibility for dealing with the overcrowding. The report states:The single most significant risk observed by the Authority in ULH during the course of this review was the persistent overcrowding in the Emergency Department (ED). The overcrowding impacted negatively on patients (adults and children) and on staff....

Topical Issue Debate: HIQA Reports (11 Jun 2014)

Michael McNamara: I do not envy the the Minister his position. He inherited a health system which was largely dysfunctional. I do not envy any of his colleagues their jobs, all of which are about doing more with less. 2 o’clock This is not about the Minister and his position or his colleagues and their positions; rather it is about my constituents. The Minister should put himself in their shoes....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture and Fisheries Councils and Report on Promoting Sustainable Rural Coastal and Island Communities: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (10 Jun 2014)

Michael McNamara: I asked a question about the issue of licensing and in particular the duplication between Departments. The Minister referred to mackerel and line mackerel. Many restaurateurs are prepared to pay a lot more for scallops that are dive-caught rather than dredged. This should be borne in mind when developing sustainable markets.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture and Fisheries Councils and Report on Promoting Sustainable Rural Coastal and Island Communities: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (10 Jun 2014)

Michael McNamara: I wish to focus on a couple of recommendations. There was a recommendation that local authorities carry out an audit of access to the various piers under their control. We have previously discussed the fact that the Department makes available funding for bricks and mortar work to be carried out on piers and for construction work but it does not fund consultations, preplanning work and so on.