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Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2023)

Michael McNamara: I move amendment No. 87: In page 252, after line 14, to insert the following: " 6. No. 19 of 1990 Industrial Relations Act 1990 Section 23(1D) and the Sixth Schedule. ".This amendment was discussed on Committee Stage. As I alluded to earlier, I was previously a Member of this House from 2011 to 2016. During that time, the European Committee of Social...

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2023)

Michael McNamara: The Minister said it would not be appropriate. It is an extraordinary proposition for a Minister for Justice to say that it would not be appropriate for Ireland to adhere to its international legal commitments. It is an extraordinary proposition that any Minister of any government of this State would say that it is inappropriate or not appropriate for Ireland to adhere to the international...

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2023)

Michael McNamara: I am grateful for the Minister's clarification. If the Minister's position on the approval of each of the unions is as she has indicated, I will be happy to withdraw the amendment.

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2023)

Michael McNamara: I move amendment No. 20: In page 55, lines 15 and 16, to delete "pursuant to an order under subsection (5)".

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2023)

Michael McNamara: I move Amendment No. 19: In page 55, to delete lines 4 to 14. The Minister will essentially merge An Garda Síochána with what up to now has been considered to be the civilian members of An Garda Síochána and I have no problem with that whatsoever. I have no problem with the majority of the proposals in the Bill but I have a problem with is that it can be done...

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2023)

Michael McNamara: The Deputy has been here a long time and I am sure he has see a lot of abuse. I did not think information should be provided willy-nilly. There is information that should be provided, and that is set out clearly. What the amendment does is remove any other matters that in the Commissioner's opinion should be brought to the Minister's attention. I asked the stand-in Minister for Justice...

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2023)

Michael McNamara: I thank the Cathaoirleach Gníomhach. There was no insinuation. There was a direct accusation that the Commissioner told the Minister that Phil Hogan had a mobile phone to his ear, that she brought it to Cabinet and that it helped to end his career at the European Commission. If there is oversight that would prevent it happening in future then show me where it is and I will be happy to...

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2023)

Michael McNamara: The Minister brought that information to Cabinet and it came from the Commissioner. Regardless of that, we know that it happened before and we know that it can happen again.

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2023)

Michael McNamara: I move amendment No. 18: In page 44, to delete lines 31 and 32. This relates to the requirement on the Garda Commissioner to provide information to the Minister. I respectfully suggest that it tightens up the information that is to be provided to the Minister by the Commissioner. It needs to be tightened up because it is open to abuse, and I say that because it has been abused in the...

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2023)

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Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2023)

Michael McNamara: Indeed, and we hope that the Clare ladies will be in an All-Ireland final too. Mr. Shatter was able to say that Mr. Wallace had committed, I believe, a road traffic offence at the Five Lamps and was pulled over. This was information he had gleaned from the then Garda Commissioner. Equally worrying, or even more worrying in some respects, the House may recall that, in the lifetime of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (12 Jul 2023)

Michael McNamara: 269. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive an ultrasound appointment at UL Hospitals Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34625/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: State Bodies (11 Jul 2023)

Michael McNamara: 337. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline what progress has been made in relation to the proposed replacement of board members of An Bord Pleanála; to provide an update on the recruitment of additional overall staff resources at An Bord Pleanála given the huge delays in determining cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33456/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (11 Jul 2023)

Michael McNamara: 383. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he and his Department will provide grants of €50,000 to first-time buyers who build their own houses for permanent occupancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33815/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (11 Jul 2023)

Michael McNamara: 750. To ask the Minister for Health if he or his Department will address serious concerns with the ongoing crisis in the funding of nursing homes under the fair deal scheme, given that a number of nursing homes (details supplied) in County Clare have been dealing with severe sustained financial pressures in the provision of care for residents; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Jul 2023)

Michael McNamara: I join the Ceann Comhairle, the Tánaiste and others in their expressions of condolence to the family of the late Brendan Daly, who represented Clare in this House for a long time and was also a Member of the Upper House. Among his many attributes, he was a man of great charm. Everybody who met him would agree on that, and that he was a man of many attributes. I wish to return to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (6 Jul 2023)

Michael McNamara: 179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will meet with the Shannon Airport Authority to discuss plans to improve public transport access to Shannon Airport, Ireland’s greenest airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33285/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (6 Jul 2023)

Michael McNamara: 217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline if a review of the existing panel system for teaching positions has been or will be carried out by her Department; if consideration will be given to the reintroduction of the open application system for relocations (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33180/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (4 Jul 2023)

Michael McNamara: 148. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of people connected to the microgen pilot scheme from 2009 to 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32117/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Generation (4 Jul 2023)

Michael McNamara: 149. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the initial 907 pilot scheme generators will receive their payments under the Government-backed microgeneration scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32118/23]