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Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Michael McNamara: I refer to the dilemma posed by Deputy Barry whether the Department should continue to pay staff and at least have the benefit of their services or else retire them which also costs money. One of the great features of Irish public administration is that we tend to do both simultaneously in that people retire with a lump sum and they are brought back and paid again. I refer to the case of...

Recent Severe Storm Damage: Statements (16 Jan 2014)

Michael McNamara: I will use the very limited time available to me to ask a question of the Minister of State. Would a designation of SAC or SPA help to bring private lands under the scope of the EU Solidarity Fund? Many Deputies, MEPs and Senators have been calling for EU funding. While that is very helpful we need to consider the extent to which that could be useful. Article 3 of the directive that...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jan 2014)

Michael McNamara: At the outset I should state that I am a barrister, although I am on leave from the Law Library for the duration of this Dáil. While I welcome the Minister's amendment, I wish to express a reservation in respect of one part of it. I welcome the distinction and differentiation between barristers who are members of the Law Library and those who are not. The Minister discussed the fact...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Irish Timber Council and IFFPA (15 Jan 2014)

Michael McNamara: When will we deal with the Bill on Committee Stage?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Administration (15 Jan 2014)

Michael McNamara: 108. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is any legal impediment to local authorities passing on, or charging a levy in respect of, the local property tax payable in respect of local authority owned properties to the tenants thereof; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55297/13]

Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Dec 2013)

Michael McNamara: It is relevant nonetheless.

Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Dec 2013)

Michael McNamara: We can all lay reports before the Houses but that does not equate to democratic accountability. If the water is cut off in Scarriff, Dundalk or any other area, or if the water is discoloured, as Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan pointed out so dramatically this morning, the water services engineers can be brought in before the county council to explain what is happening. There is no such...

Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Dec 2013)

Michael McNamara: As the Minister of State has rightly said, elected representatives can ask all the questions they want. That is not the issue. Does the Minister of State have any idea how many questions I have asked about the HSE? It is not a matter of the power to ask questions but rather an obligation to provide answers. There will be no obligation to provide answers. There is an obligation to...

Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Dec 2013)

Michael McNamara: Will the Minister of State impose a duty on Uisce Éireann to answer the questions raised by elected representatives? It is as simple as a "Yes" or "No".

Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Dec 2013)

Michael McNamara: Accept the amendment then.

Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Dec 2013)

Michael McNamara: I thank the Minister of State for his clarification of an issue that is of concern across the country as well as in Cavan-Monaghan. Irish Water has adopted a policy of refusing to answer questions to councillors in County Clare. That is my understanding, although I am not a member of Clare County Council. It is a relatively small matter. Of greater importance is that Irish Water will...

Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Dec 2013)

Michael McNamara: I thank the Minister of State and I reiterate that the provision highlighted is of some comfort. My concern is not what will happen under this Government but the legislative provision to ensure a local point of contact responsible for receiving questions and providing answers. It cannot be something that ceases with this Government; it must be an imposition on Irish Water into the future....

Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Dec 2013)

Michael McNamara: There is no provision, high up or low down, that Irish Water shall answer questions from elected representatives pertaining to its areas of responsibility. Will the Minister of State accept an amendment to that effect or introduce something on Report Stage? I accept the Minister of State has the best intentions and Irish Water may even have good intentions but we are setting up yet another...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management Issues (17 Dec 2013)

Michael McNamara: 415. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the materials that had to be removed by the army from Enva Ltd., based in Shannon, on 1 December last; if the Environmental Protection Agency licence provided allowed for the storage of the said materials; the risks posed to the public by their storage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54247/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agrifood Sector Issues (12 Dec 2013)

Michael McNamara: 6. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made to date on joint agricultural development and agribusiness investments in Ethiopia and Ireland, other opportunities being explored for agribusiness in Africa; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53133/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Exports (12 Dec 2013)

Michael McNamara: 35. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made during the trade visit to Nigeria in agribusiness potential, given that some of the fastest growing states in the world are in Africa; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53134/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Funding (12 Dec 2013)

Michael McNamara: 40. To ask the Minister for Finance the funding East Clare Community Co-Op Society Ltd has received from his Department in 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53406/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Funding (12 Dec 2013)

Michael McNamara: 91. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the funding East Clare Community Co-Op Society Ltd has received from her Department in 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53409/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Departmental Funding (12 Dec 2013)

Michael McNamara: 126. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the funding East Clare Community Co-Op Society Ltd. received from his Department in 2010 to 2012, inclusive, and to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53408/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Community Development Projects (12 Dec 2013)

Michael McNamara: 207. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding East Clare Community Co-Op Society Ltd has received from the Department in 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53434/13]