Results 1-20 of 51 for cork speaker:Michael McNamara

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Mar 2024)

Michael McNamara: The regional disparities in this country are stark. I was in Cork for the last two weekends for family reasons. I saw that there have been remarkable advances in infrastructure during the Minister's time in office. They have particularly accelerated in recent years. It is in marked contrast to infrastructural advancements in the mid-west, the south east or any other part of Munster....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Animal Carcase Disposal (14 Dec 2023)

Michael McNamara: ...; however, for the part of the country I represent, and I dare say any part south of that, it will be less helpful, purely because of the geography. The cost of driving dead animals from west Cork to Northern Ireland would be prohibitive. I do not know whether the Minister can tell us how many fallen animals have been sent to Northern Ireland since the agreement was made. It may well be...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

Michael McNamara: ...and tell us which sections and subsections are exact restatements of the previous law and which are new pieces of legislation. That might encourage people to interrogate such bits of the legislation more closely. I listened with interest to what Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan, from Cork, had to say. He talked about conspiracy theorists. When the Government is trying to hide what is new...

Capital Supply Service and Purpose Report Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 Nov 2023)

Michael McNamara: ...spent in the country and it accords with where there is a bum on a seat in Cabinet. It should not be that basic but it is. Go down and look at the Dunkettle roundabout and look at how much Cork has benefited from a presence at Cabinet. Dublin, obviously, is the capital city but even in Dublin there is a disparity in areas depending on representation. I do not know whether politics...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (31 May 2023)

Michael McNamara: ...That €50 million could be used in Clare alone. There are unsewered communities in Carrigaholt, Doolin and Spanish Point. Broadford and Cooraclare have applied for the scheme. Larger counties like Cork would need a multiple of that figure. We are in breach of environmental standards across the country. Sewerage is not the responsibility of local authorities. Uisce...

Targeted Investment in the Health Service: Motion [Private Members] (17 May 2023)

Michael McNamara: ...in CUH. On Tuesday, there were 565 people on trolleys, 68 of whom were in UHL and 88 of whom were in CUH. This morning's nationwide figure is 497. Some 76 of these are in UHL while 80 are in Cork. Those kinds of figures are unprecedented for the end of May. They are the kinds of figures we would previously have had in winter. That is my concern. The Minister of State said that it is...

Targeted Investment in the Health Service: Motion [Private Members] (17 May 2023)

Michael McNamara: ...on record for overcrowding in Irish hospitals, with 121,000 patients left without a bed. Yesterday, University Hospital Limerick, UHL, was the most overcrowded hospital in the country, followed by Cork University Hospital, CUH. That is a record and statistic that, unfortunately, holds true for the entire year as well as this weekend. There were 18,000 people on trolleys in UHL during...

Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Mar 2023)

Michael McNamara: ...move back in or even people who had enough money to buy an apartment so their children could live in it when they went to college so they would not have to commute from Clare to Dublin or Clare to Cork. I went to college in Cork. It simply would not have been possible to commute. I do not think it would have been particularly beneficial to anybody. We need to differentiate between this...

Drugs Policy: Motion [Private Members] (30 Nov 2022)

Michael McNamara: ...I do not think anybody would disagree with that. There might be disagreement as to how we deal with it, but it is something that we must deal with. I had the benefit of studying law at University College Cork, UCC. I was taught jurisprudence by Tim Murphy, who was an excellent lecturer. He concentrated very much on contemporary schools of jurisprudence. From that perspective, he...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Ryanair (30 Nov 2022)

Michael McNamara: I have listened carefully to the debate. There is a slight contradiction in some of what has been said. It has been stressed repeatedly that for Shannon and Cork airports to grow, they need to be cheaper than Dublin Airport, or at least as cheap. Mr. Wilson said people want to get in and out of airports quickly. There was a marked contrast between Shannon and Dublin airports this summer....

Science Week: Statements (15 Nov 2022)

Michael McNamara: ...lot about Robert Boyle. I was surprised not to hear about William Parsons. Maybe I did not listen closely enough. Something they have in common is Robert Boyle was the seventh son of the Earl of Cork and William Parsons, who developed the Birr leviathan, an interesting thing which I saw on a school tour, was the Earl of Rosse. For a long time, to be a scientist and advance science, you...

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: Then they are not committing any offence by selling it to a farmer in Cork, Kerry, Clare or wherever without a prescription.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry (23 Mar 2022)

Michael McNamara: ...will issue from the Irish Aviation Authority given that some aircraft engineers have been waiting for five months or more for these licences and are missing out on job opportunities in Shannon and Cork airports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15236/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Policy (16 Nov 2021)

Michael McNamara: 204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total funding allocated to Shannon Airport, Cork Airport and Dublin Airport since March 2020; and the amount of this funding that has been drawn down by the airports, respectively. [56060/21]

Rental Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Oct 2021)

Michael McNamara: ...were no inspections at all last year. In Limerick, one in 18 private accommodation units was inspected. That is even better than Clare. In Dublin, one in 34 units was inspected. The figure in Cork was one unit in 48. Based on that, if I was a lawyer and I knew somebody who had a hovel that he or she wanted to rent out for a lot of money, I would say he or she should take their...

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2021)

Michael McNamara: ...in our aviation sector are addressed, throwing a little bit of money at it is not going to help. I welcome the additional money for regional airports and I particularly welcome the fact Shannon and Cork will be able to draw money from that fund into the future. However, we do not have an aviation policy in this State. There is a lot of talk, particularly from Sinn Féin, about the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Group: Chairperson Designate (7 Oct 2021)

Michael McNamara: ...the Government to get to the bottom of it? I suggest that it is indicative of something bigger. There has been a great deal of talk about Heathrow slots. At the moment, however, the only slots that are being utilised are those relating to Cork. How real is the risk of losing the Heathrow slots when the guarantee runs out next year? My final question is more of a statement, although I...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (27 Jul 2021)

Michael McNamara: 852. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when both the Cork and Dublin passport offices will reopen to the public given that international travel has resumed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40303/21]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Jun 2021)

Michael McNamara: They are. The people of Cork may not be.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2021)

Michael McNamara: ...there was an outbreak in Ennis last week, meat factories, where there are continuing risks and outbreaks or, indeed, nursing homes. There was an outbreak very recently in Marymount nursing home in Cork, in the Taoiseach's constituency, notwithstanding that all the staff and residents are vaccinated. Continuing measures are necessary in nursing homes and in congregated settings more...