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- Interim Report on Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Statements (26 Jan 2023)
Michael McNamara: I appreciate that the Ceann Comhairle does not set the agenda. It speaks volumes about the priority of our political system.
- Interim Report on Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Statements (26 Jan 2023)
Michael McNamara: Do we do that by ignoring a report that is completely damning?
- Interim Report on Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Statements (26 Jan 2023)
Michael McNamara: It has been a pretty grim week for our health system, particularly our mental health services, both for those who work in them and those who rely on them. One of the grimmest aspects of it is that we are here at 7.50 p.m. on a Thursday discussing this important issue. Obviously the political agenda of the week was dominated by relatively minor electoral infractions by both sides of the...
- Forestry Strategy: Statements (26 Jan 2023)
Michael McNamara: What about reforestation?
- Forestry Strategy: Statements (26 Jan 2023)
Michael McNamara: This deal has made people sit up and take a look at the role of investment funds in protecting or enhancing the environment, and at Coillte’s relationship with investment funds. Both are important matters to consider. A number of questions arise. Why did Coillte select Gresham House? What procurement process was put in place? Gresham House came up with a great blurb but it is not...
- Forestry Strategy: Statements (26 Jan 2023)
Michael McNamara: -----I am sure the Minister of State has seen, given that it is from the head of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Environment to the principal officer of the forestry division within the Minister of State's Department. The Commission’s letter talked about: inappropriate afforestation of sensitive habitats such as peatlands and negative effects on areas of high...
- Communications Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (25 Jan 2023)
Michael McNamara: Okay, on that basis I will be pressing the amendment.
- Communications Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (25 Jan 2023)
Michael McNamara: I move amendment No. 41: In page 26, lines 39 and 40, to delete “or public order”. I believe the Minister has already agreed to accept this amendment.
- Communications Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (25 Jan 2023)
Michael McNamara: I move amendment No. 42: In page 27, between lines 5 and 6, to insert the following: “(7) Where the High Court grants an order under subsection (6), the consideration and determination of the appeal under section 28 shall be carried out by a different judge of the High Court who shall only hear such relevant material as has been provided to the appellant.”.
- Communications Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (25 Jan 2023)
Michael McNamara: No. The Minister's amendment will have the same effect, as he has just pointed out.
- Communications Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (25 Jan 2023)
Michael McNamara: The Minister of State has said that of course national security information cannot be made available to the appellant and recited in open court to be written about. That is not the way our legal system has operated up to now. Essentially, the Garda, the Director of Public Prosecutions or whoever is prosecuting a case has a determination to make. They have evidence and have two choices. If...
- Communications Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (25 Jan 2023)
Michael McNamara: The other reason relates to the time. If a high-risk offender notice is issued in respect of a vendor, surely the vendor must be told within a particular period.
- Communications Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (25 Jan 2023)
Michael McNamara: What about the time period of five days?
- Communications Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (25 Jan 2023)
Michael McNamara: If the Minister determines that somebody is a high-risk vendor, they must be informed within five days of the making of that determination.
- Communications Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (25 Jan 2023)
Michael McNamara: I proposes that the vendors have to be told within five days.
- Communications Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (25 Jan 2023)
Michael McNamara: I move amendment No. 38: In page 26, line 11, to delete “or public order”.
- Communications Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (25 Jan 2023)
Michael McNamara: I move amendment No. 39: In page 26, line 21, to delete “or public order”. This, I believe, is one of the instances where the Minister is removing the words "public order".
- Communications Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (25 Jan 2023)
Michael McNamara: No, amendment No. 39.
- Communications Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (25 Jan 2023)
Michael McNamara: My apologies.
- Communications Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (25 Jan 2023)
Michael McNamara: Deputy Ó Murchú is referring to amendments Nos. 38, 39 and 41.