Results 81-100 of 330 for children speaker:Michael McNamara

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (14 Jun 2022)

Michael McNamara: 993. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will advise on the case of two children (details supplied) regarding a school transport pick-up point; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29715/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (31 May 2022)

Michael McNamara: 703. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the extension of Kaftrio drug therapy to 35 children aged between six and 11 years in Ireland with cystic fibrosis who are currently being denied access to a life-changing drug, in particular, in the case of a child (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27573/22]

Childcare Fees: Motion [Private Members] (5 Apr 2022)

Michael McNamara: ...One of the reasons I do so is the impact the lack of childcare is having on our economy. Another very fundamental reason is it is a way to target childhood poverty and to be absolutely certain that children have a place to go where they are not disadvantaged. Unfortunately, no matter what State interventions we put in place, children from certain backgrounds incur huge disadvantage in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation (1 Mar 2022)

Michael McNamara: 367. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of children living in emergency accommodation in counties Clare, Limerick and Tipperary in February 2022; the corresponding figures for February 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11440/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (8 Feb 2022)

Michael McNamara: 691. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who await appointments and assessments with early intervention services in County Clare; the average wait time for persons on the list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6191/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Schemes (19 Jan 2022)

Michael McNamara: 1104. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons in receipt of the after-school childcare scheme in County Clare in each of the years from 2016 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1526/22]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services (2 Dec 2021)

Michael McNamara: ...and refocus the healthcare system still exists and pertains. I am delighted to hear he is able to find the time to go to Cappagh hospital and see what they do. I think one needs to see the children who are being treated, but also the children who are not being treated, to understand the priority of this issue. When mentioning Deputies Brendan Smith and Cahill, I did not mean to exclude...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services (2 Dec 2021)

Michael McNamara: ...one sees the impact that it has on people. Perhaps I am not very good at understanding situations until I see them. The waiting lists that exist in Ireland for scoliosis and similar problems that children suffer from are simply unacceptable in any First World country. We are talking about a relatively small sum of money - and I appreciate that we are often talking about such small sums...

Health (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Dec 2021)

Michael McNamara: ...in the midst of a pandemic. We must accept the limitations that that will bring to our lives but we should not add to those limitations just for the sake of doing so, such as by putting masks on children, which Deputy Tóibín referred to. I am willing to accept that masks in a supermarket or for a fleeting encounter on a bus might make a difference, but if someone is going to...

Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Casualties) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (24 Nov 2021)

Michael McNamara: .... Inflationary periods become hyperinflationary periods very quickly and easily. That leads to a political response, as we have seen through history, one which I am not looking forward to or look forward to my children having to live through. If it is a case of "round up the usual suspects" and we will put them on a State board, that just will not deliver for this State on where it...

Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Nov 2021)

Michael McNamara: ...long time, were not taken sufficiently seriously by the Legislature and, perhaps, by society as a whole. We can only assume they were not given what comes out of inquiries, including the testimony of women and children and what they went through. While I agree with much of what Deputy O'Callaghan said, I am not sure I fully agree these offences are perpetrated primarily against women....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (16 Nov 2021)

Michael McNamara: 470. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of members of An Garda Síochána that have been allocated to the investigation into the deaths of 802 children and the Mother and Babies Home in Tuam, County Galway. [56064/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (16 Nov 2021)

Michael McNamara: 471. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the approximate cost of the Garda investigation into the deaths of 802 children and the Mother and Babies Home in Tuam, County Galway. [56065/21]

Extension of Part 3 of the Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020: Motion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Michael McNamara: ...in from China? What was the €23 billion spent on? We have nothing to show for it. Such a wanton waste of Exchequer funding is simply reckless. If the Minister wants to talk about recklessness, it is reckless to deny children the ability to play sports during a pandemic when they are locked up in their homes. It is reckless to tell them it is safe to sit in a classroom for...

Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2021: Motion (5 Oct 2021)

Michael McNamara: ...of this, you are labelled an anti-vaxxer for having legitimate questions. I will raise the case of a constituent. All five members of her family had Covid in January. In May and August, two of children received a single dose of vaccine. In July, in response to a query, the HSE replied when a senior medical officer of the National Immunisation Office stated the children would be...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Sep 2021)

Michael McNamara: 289. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding swimming lessons for autistic children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42886/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Paindéim (27 Jul 2021)

Michael McNamara: 920. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has risk assessed the impact on health in particular of children of Covid-19- related cleaning, disinfecting, fogging and sanitising procedures in schools; if so, if that risk assessment will be made available; if these procedures will continue once schools reopen in autumn 2021 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Jul 2021)

Michael McNamara: ...are doing little. I raised indoor ventilation with the Tánaiste a couple of weeks ago. My question is about schools. Over the summer, will we introduce ventilation works in schools or will we have children returning to schools wearing masks and coats in poorly ventilated buildings, freezing in the middle of an Irish winter, with the windows wide open?

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (30 Jun 2021)

Michael McNamara: 160. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will allow childminders to be included in the decision-making of the changes as outlined in the National Action Plan for Childminding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35011/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (15 Jun 2021)

Michael McNamara: ...’s approval for the July provision for pupils with complex special educational needs and those at greatest risk of educational disadvantage, if she will consider overturning the decision for children with autism who prior to Covid-19 pandemic would have been in receipt of two weeks July provision at home and two weeks at school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30904/21]