Results 141-160 of 257 for long speaker:Michael McNamara

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)

Michael McNamara: I thank Dr. Glynn. Again, I thank both witnesses for coming here, answering all the questions and staying so long. I wish them the very best of luck in their endeavours to keep this under control.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)

Michael McNamara: ...and 120 in ICUs yet the Minister is talking about a lockdown again. Has he any idea of the effect that is having? Forget about the economy for a moment. We cannot forget it about it for too long because something has to fund our healthcare system. They do not fund themselves in any country in the world. Has the Minister any idea what effect it is having on mental health, on people's...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)

Michael McNamara: We are consistently told that young people suffer long-term effects. I have no doubt that is true. Do we have the figures on how many young people have long-term debilitating effects from Covid-19? Leaving aside young people, how many people who have overcome the virus to the point of being able to return to their day-to-day existence, be that as students, workers or retirees, are...

Opening of Schools and Calculated Grades: Statements (30 Jul 2020)

Michael McNamara: ...told me tonight that it only costs around €30,000 a day, but how much could that money do for children in our schools and for special needs students in particular? I appreciate that the Minister is not terribly long in the job. I also appreciate that she has made a series of announcements, including that all sorts of works will be carried out in schools across the country....

Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No. 2) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jul 2020)

Michael McNamara: ...and excludes the self-employed. Obviously, the great majority of artists and people in the entertainment business are self-employed. The self-employed sector goes far beyond that. There is a long-standing debate in this House - albeit in a different setting - on the appropriate social welfare payments and social welfare net to make available to the self-employed. Of course, this is not...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (28 Jul 2020)

Michael McNamara: ...that, where possible, they should not criticise or make charges against any person, persons or entity by name or in such a way as to make him, her or it identifiable. Members are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice to the effect that they should not comment on, criticise or make charges against a person outside the House or an official either by name or in such a way as...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (resumed) (28 Jul 2020)

Michael McNamara: Mr. Wilson keeps saying we are out of line with the rest of Europe. Does anybody know what is happening in Albania? It had an isolationist, inward-looking regime for a long time. Do either of the witnesses know what is it doing?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Public Transport (Resumed) (24 Jul 2020)

Michael McNamara: I call Deputy O'Rourke. He has ten minutes but may take as long as he wishes as there are few members present, through no fault of their own.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Public Transport (Resumed) (24 Jul 2020)

Michael McNamara: The Deputy has spoken for 13 minutes. He can speak for as long as he likes within the time allocated to his party, but his colleague, Deputy Ó Murchú, wishes to come in. I do not know how the Deputies wish between the two of them to use their time.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Meat Plants (10 Jul 2020)

Michael McNamara: For once, we will take the long answer.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Meat Plants (10 Jul 2020)

Michael McNamara: How long is it?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Tourism, Arts and Entertainment Sector (2 Jul 2020)

Michael McNamara: ...believe they are coming onto the set of "Darby O'Gill and the Little People" or something like that? The legal regulations do not say anything about live music. Can a pub legally have live music as long as a substantial meal is being served? What are the recommendations around live music? When will live music be allowed in bars? If musicians are spaced as far apart as the four...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (11 Jun 2020)

Michael McNamara: ...made on 7 April and which forms the basis for further restrictions? The Minister joked about Kerry and Sligo at the start of this session being areas where there has not been transmission for a long time. Clare is another area where there has not been much transmission for a long time. I accept that in a small country like Ireland, it is very difficult to differentiate one area from...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: World Health Organization: Public Health Advice (11 Jun 2020)

Michael McNamara: ...of interventions that we have to use to keep the threat low. If there is going to be a decision to get it down to zero, then that comprehensive package must be super-strong and maintained for a long time. It will also include action at borders, because that is the only way one can keep it at zero. If there is going to be a willingness to tolerate that there will be some cases appearing...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (10 Jun 2020)

Michael McNamara: ...looking at climate patterns now say there is climate change and we need to be able to adapt to that change. With regard to Moneypoint and offshore, nothing has been done to replace coal. For a long time we knew that Moneypoint was going to close, and it has closed, but nothing has been brought on line to replace it. Farmers can produce energy and they do so right across Europe in...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)

Michael McNamara: ...in the event that Aer Lingus diverts a plane there or the airport starts opening up. Other companies will be called on to carry out ground crew work or any essential works that are required. I have long held suspicions about Aer Lingus’s attitude to the airport. It informed my attitude to the sale of the 25% shareholding a number of years ago. However, it has been confirmed by...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Supports for Business (9 Jun 2020)

Michael McNamara: ...we hear anecdotally that there was a big increase in the sale of alcohol but it was primarily the big companies which were in a position to benefit from that rather than small micro breweries. How long do the witnesses think it will take for the customer practices that have developed, with people not going to local shops because they were closed and going to the big multinationals like...

Estimates for Public Services 2020 - Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised Estimate) (28 May 2020)

Michael McNamara: ...for business. There is a dangerous, vicious sort of cycle going on. It was fine of the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, to state that the Government did not get everything right at the time, but that is a long time ago now. It is even further away, it appears, when the sector is going to open up and we need to do something about it. I appreciate that involves funding but we need to be fair. ...

Covid-19 (Taoiseach): Statements (27 May 2020)

Michael McNamara: ...session we will have per week will certainly help us deal with more issues. We had the HSE representatives in last week and I asked what the testing was costing. It was at the end of a very long day. We were confined to two hours and I was told that it was hundreds of millions of euro. That was as specific as we got in the time period available to us. We cannot bring in the same...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (27 May 2020)

Michael McNamara: 271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the teacher-pupil ratio can be reduced to help schools deal with the Covid-19 health crisis, get pupils back to school and provide a long-term positive impact on the well-being of students and their educational attainment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7993/20]