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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Apr 2024)

Michael McNamara: Last week, we heard the chilling words of Aoife Johnston's mother, "we told her she would be looked after, but she wasn't. We told her she was in the best place". That has destroyed what little confidence there was in the mid-west in the accident and emergency unit. We are good at addressing the injustices of 40 or 50 years ago in this House. That is absolutely necessary and I commend the...

Culling the National Herd: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (28 Jun 2023)

Michael McNamara: ...policy such as calling for a cull on cows. I have no problem with ensuring we meet our nitrates obligations. It is essential that we do so. We cannot continue with the water table being destroyed and damaged in the way that is currently happening. That is not sustainable. Agriculture is being scapegoated to a certain extent. It is certainly not the only contributor to that problem....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Industry (21 Oct 2021)

Michael McNamara: ...traditional way, that are never housed and are outdoors, perhaps in the Burren or wherever, during the winter, and are killed off the land must compete with huge feedlot producers. That is what destroyed agriculture throughout North America and we are letting it happen here. I invite the Minister to consider the 30-months rule and the real impact it has. To finish cattle at 30 months...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Heritage Sites (26 May 2021)

Michael McNamara: ..., that grouping fell. There were other single designations such as the Burren and Georgian Dublin. It is hardly surprising that Georgian Dublin did not proceed given Dublin City Council’s propensity to destroy its Georgian culture at most available opportunities and Senator McDowell has recently commented on that. While everybody likes to see contemporary architecture, when there...

Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (3 Sep 2020)

Michael McNamara: ...down to Kerry recently. It was the first time he had been there for many months because of Covid, etc.. He could not believe the sense of isolation, desolation and desperation in the county. What is being done is destroying communities. It is destroying the sense of community and society and is doing untold damage to people's physical and mental health and their sense of well-being and...

Topical Issue Debate: Heritage Sites (11 Mar 2015)

Michael McNamara: ...of Dublin may also advance, or what was left of it after the wanton destruction that took place under previous city managers. Again, that was long before the Minister's tenure in politics. Wood Quay was destroyed but it almost seemed to be a point of pride for certain city managers. Now, however, the relevant local authority does not seem to want to advance Clonmacnoise. As a...

Forestry Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2014)

Michael McNamara: .... My concern regarding the constitutionality of the Bill does not relate to the above-mentioned provision only, although it is the primary issue. Section 14 empowers the Minister to remove or destroy vegetation on land which is unoccupied or where the owner fails to comply with a notice to remove it and the Minister is satisfied that the vegetation poses a fire risk to a forest in the...

Protected Disclosures Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Feb 2014)

Michael McNamara: ...been silenced had he done so. Disclosures are allowed to Ministers and certain prescribed persons and there is provision to enable the whistleblower to report elsewhere if a prescribed person does not act or moves to destroy relevant information. I draw the attention of the House to two sections of the Bill which refer to special cases. The section on law enforcement provides for the...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2013)

Michael McNamara: .... That removal of doubt was required by the ECHR judgment. Nevertheless, section 22(4) states: "For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that subsection (1) [the offence to intentionally destroy unborn human life] shall not apply in relation to a medical procedure referred to in section 7, 8 or 9...", that is, a medical procedure carried out on a pregnant woman when there is a...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2012)

Michael McNamara: .... I have also received some legal training and would have grave reservations about the ability of somebody with no animal husbandry or veterinary training to come onto my farm and order me to destroy an animal. I accept that he or she could honestly believe that that animal requires to be destroyed, but if a farmer believes otherwise, a degree of training or veterinary experience is...