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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Guerin Report: Department of Justice and Equality (28 May 2014)

Michael McNamara: He might never have received the letter.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Guerin Report: Department of Justice and Equality (28 May 2014)

Michael McNamara: Mr. Purcell referred to it as the letter from the Attorney General's office. Was it from the Attorney General or from an official in the office?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Guerin Report: Department of Justice and Equality (28 May 2014)

Michael McNamara: Before that letter from the Attorney General's office, what materials were furnished to that office at the time the advices were sought and what, if any, steps were advised to be taken on foot of that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Guerin Report: Department of Justice and Equality (28 May 2014)

Michael McNamara: This is all about whether or not there was a statutory inquiry and whether he delayed in holding a statutory inquiry. Was advice ever given that there should have been a statutory inquiry?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Guerin Report: Department of Justice and Equality (28 May 2014)

Michael McNamara: Yes, prior to the letter of 18 December, which Mr. Purcell said was not furnished to the Minister.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Guerin Report: Department of Justice and Equality (28 May 2014)

Michael McNamara: I greatly appreciate Mr. Purcell's indulgence.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Guerin Report: Department of Justice and Equality (28 May 2014)

Michael McNamara: It is also frustrating for me as a public representative that I could not be here for the entire meeting. There were exceptional circumstances.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Guerin Report: Department of Justice and Equality (28 May 2014)

Michael McNamara: Mr. Purcell said that after Christmas we were into the whole crisis. Was the letter of 26 February 2013, which is referenced in paragraph 19.80, furnished to the former Minister for Justice and Equality?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Guerin Report: Department of Justice and Equality (28 May 2014)

Michael McNamara: Throughout the Guerin report there are references to correspondence received from Sergeant McCabe's solicitors between September 2012 to May 2013. This information is listed under the heading, Sergeant McCabe's Solicitor Resumes Direct Contact with the Department. Obviously, various allegations were made by Sergeant McCabe in that correspondence. Can Mr. Purcell say why the correspondence...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Guerin Report: Department of Justice and Equality (28 May 2014)

Michael McNamara: Was the initial letter received in September 2012 from Sergeant McCabe's solicitor, to which several documents were enclosed, brought to the attention of the former Minister and, if so, did he do anything with it or just sit on it?

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (27 May 2014)

Michael McNamara: 61. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will raise the case of a person (details supplied) who has been sentenced to death by hanging for apostasy in Sudan, with his Sudanese counterpart; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22868/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Data (27 May 2014)

Michael McNamara: 213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistants in primary and secondary schools in County Clare; the number of children to whom they provided support in 2012 and 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22323/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Data (27 May 2014)

Michael McNamara: 214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of full-time and part-time special needs assistants posts to which the 10,965 whole-time equivalent posts allocated to County Clare schools translates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22324/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Data (27 May 2014)

Michael McNamara: 215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department or the National Council for Special Education operates a county cap or ceiling limiting the number of special needs assistants that can be appointed in a county; the county cap or ceiling for County Clare for 2013-2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22325/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (27 May 2014)

Michael McNamara: 287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports that are available in non-DEIS schools for children and parents of children who are hyper-intelligent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23099/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases Issues (27 May 2014)

Michael McNamara: 629. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will send notification letters regarding cattle inspection to the local veterinarians at the same time as they are sent to the farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23160/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Collection (14 May 2014)

Michael McNamara: 121. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider allowing cars first registered before 2008 to opt to pay road tax based on the CO2 emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21757/14]

Order of Business (7 May 2014)

Michael McNamara: On the matter of the resignation of the Minister, Deputy Alan Shatter, many of us on the Government bankbenches are more interested in issues and policies than personalities, unlike those who wish to confine the matter to personalities. Earlier this week the Cabinet agreed a mechanism for charging for water in the fairest way possible. Fundamentally, however, the decision to charge for it...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (7 May 2014)

Michael McNamara: 109. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the cost of raising public roads and the economic loss resulting from flooding to agricultural land have been considered when arriving at the conclusion that the economic argument is tilted in favour of raising the railway line (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20609/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (7 May 2014)

Michael McNamara: 149. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the recreational facilities or areas for residents to exercise that will be retained at the asylum seeker centre Knockalisheen after the proposed sale of lands adjacent to the centre by the Department of Defence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20383/14]