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- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision (8 Oct 2013)
Michael McNamara: 370. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is concerned that the first thing that will greet arriving tourists in Shannon Airport is a strong smell that has been attributed to the sewerage infrastructure in the town, following a preliminary investigation by the Environmental Protection Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42266/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision (8 Oct 2013)
Michael McNamara: 400. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if funding will be made available to upgrade the sewerage treatment system in Shannon following preliminary investigations by the Environmental Protection Agency which attribute the smells in the town to its sewerage infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42264/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Environmental Protection Agency Investigations (8 Oct 2013)
Michael McNamara: 572. To ask the Minister for Health if he will commission a study to look into the effect of smells in Shannon; if he or his officials can provide assurances to Shannon residents that the smells there do not pose a threat to public health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42265/13]
- Other Questions: Health Insurance Prices (26 Sep 2013)
Michael McNamara: Hear, hear.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2013)
Michael McNamara: Is the Deputy in favour of the extension of this measure or against it?
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: United Nations Issues (18 Sep 2013)
Michael McNamara: 63. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if it is intended to continue to support the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Integrated Border Control project in the Islamic Republic of Iran, aimed at strengthening the drug interdiction capacity of the Iranian Anti Narcotics Police in view of the fact that at least 314 persons were executed there in 2012, many...
- Order of Business (18 Jul 2013)
Michael McNamara: Deputy Dooley knows all about bankers.
- Order of Business (18 Jul 2013)
Michael McNamara: Any day I am on a different side from Deputy Dooley.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Groceries Sector: Discussion with the Competition Authority and the National Consumer Agency (16 Jul 2013)
Michael McNamara: We are aware of that and we are still asking questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Groceries Sector: Discussion with the Competition Authority and the National Consumer Agency (16 Jul 2013)
Michael McNamara: We are aware of that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Groceries Sector: Discussion with the Competition Authority and the National Consumer Agency (16 Jul 2013)
Michael McNamara: Five retailers have over 90% of the market share of the business. I am not asking Ms Goggin to name names, I am asking her to say whether any of those five retailers have even been visited by Competition Authority officers. We know that the IFA has been raided.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Groceries Sector: Discussion with the Competition Authority and the National Consumer Agency (16 Jul 2013)
Michael McNamara: All right. I presume a search warrant is a matter of public record.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Groceries Sector: Discussion with the Competition Authority and the National Consumer Agency (16 Jul 2013)
Michael McNamara: In regard to milk.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Groceries Sector: Discussion with the Competition Authority and the National Consumer Agency (16 Jul 2013)
Michael McNamara: Yes. We have heard that three retailers control 80% of the Irish market. We know the agency raided the Irish Farmers Association offices, which at the very least represents producers who are the victims, along with perhaps consumers. I do not want Mr. Kenny to name people but can he confirm that the authority raided the offices of any of the three major retailers?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Groceries Sector: Discussion with the Competition Authority and the National Consumer Agency (16 Jul 2013)
Michael McNamara: Who are the parties involved?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Groceries Sector: Discussion with the Competition Authority and the National Consumer Agency (16 Jul 2013)
Michael McNamara: I am not asking Mr. Kenny to name the party. I am asking him to say that the authority at least looked into one of the three major retailers and that the IFA was not the only office it raided, for the credibility of the Competition Authority if nothing else.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Groceries Sector: Discussion with the Competition Authority and the National Consumer Agency (16 Jul 2013)
Michael McNamara: If you want, Chairman, you can go to the witnesses now and then I will ask my supplementary questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Groceries Sector: Discussion with the Competition Authority and the National Consumer Agency (16 Jul 2013)
Michael McNamara: Will Mr. Kenny outline the nature of those press reports for the benefit of the committee? I presume the Competition Authority has a press officer.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Groceries Sector: Discussion with the Competition Authority and the National Consumer Agency (16 Jul 2013)
Michael McNamara: Is that all they indicated?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Groceries Sector: Discussion with the Competition Authority and the National Consumer Agency (16 Jul 2013)
Michael McNamara: Were there any prosecutions in the food and grocery sector?