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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: 493. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will issue on an appeal for a one-parent family payment for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51106/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (18 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: 582. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive their Solas safepass card given that this one-day course was completed on 29 September 2021;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51117/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (18 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: 694. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time and part-time radiographers based at Ennis General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51245/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (18 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: 895. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason that a community centre (details supplied) did not obtain funding under the community centre investment funds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51868/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (18 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: 896. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason that a community centre (details supplied) did not obtain funding under the community centre investment funds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51869/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: GPs criticised the budgetary announcements around an increase in the number of GP visit cards, saying that this will result in more visits from the members of a certain cohort. I am not a doctor, but the Tánaiste is. There is a large cohort of people who never visit GPs during the year. By contrast, there is the treatment benefit scheme whereby people have annual access to dental,...

Employment Permits Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: I agree with some of the previous speakers from Fine Gael, in particular Deputies Colm Burke and Bruton. Given that Deputy Bruton was a Minister in the Department I urge the Minister of State to listen carefully to what he had to say. We are introducing seasonal work permits. People are coming here to pick a commodity but we must be very careful that they do not become a commodity or that...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: The Taoiseach has always maintained that the causes of the energy crisis are international and, therefore, the solutions will have to be international or at least pan-national. In that context, I was very surprised to read that Ireland was one of only two countries that did not apply for funding under the REPowerEU scheme. That scheme was particularly heralded by the biomethane sector in...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: International Bodies (11 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: 163. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount paid to the European Space Agency from 2002 to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49534/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (11 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: 381. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) was entitled to an increment between January and June 2019 while they were employed by Galway and Roscommon Education and Training Board; if they received the said increment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49574/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (11 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: 514. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a reply will issue to a person (details supplied);; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50113/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (11 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: 620. To ask the Minister for Health if Coaguchek meters and self-test strips will be provided free of charge for warfarin patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49469/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Research and Training (11 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: 743. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to delays encountered by Ireland-based medical technology companies in obtaining certification under the EU medical device regulation for devices due to insufficient certification capacity; if he will initiate legislative change to the expiration of existing certificates deadline of 26 May 2024; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Correspondence (11 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: 800. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a reply will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50318/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: As I understand it, the issue with the European legislation is whether a derogation on the prescription of antiparasitics can be entered now when one was not entered at the time. Is that correct? That is the crux of the legal conundrum we face.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: That was the 2019 legislation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: In Ireland.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: As a matter of EU law, what was to stop Ireland having entered a derogation at the time? The HPRA's subsequent finding was-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: Essentially, a derogation could not have been entered into until the HPRA made its determination that there was a risk of antiparasitic resistance developing in animals.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: How did the United Kingdom enter a derogation at that time?