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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Apr 2024)

Michael McNamara: ...ambitions. The problem is that there is a lack of a dedicated funding mechanism, or any funding mechanism at all, for farmers who will be required to reduce or abandon farming activity on lands governed by the law. At a domestic level, the Government stopped funding the Burren Life project and the hen harrier project in respect of farms on designated lands. The Minister was to...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Apr 2024)

Michael McNamara: The concentration of land ownership in many parts of the country is a problem. It is particularly noticeable in south Tipperary and, indeed, the OPW's activities in north Clare are creating their own pressures. Obviously, the Tánaiste will be aware of the Irish Land Commission. It was abolished in the last century but he was a Deputy at the time. Nobody is proposing that it be...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Michael McNamara: What about your donor's land bank?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Michael McNamara: Will all of south Tipperary have to be owned by one man and trust funds linked to him before the matter is debated in this House and measures are taken to prevent that concentration of land ownership because of the economic and social consequences of that? Just because one is a large donor to the parties in government, it should not preclude one from examination by this House. The...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (9 Apr 2024)

Michael McNamara: ...and ACERS tree belts for ammonia capture from farmyards, where a farmer can plant up to 0.50 hectares for ammonia capture without requiring a registered forester, but choosing to plant the same land under the NTA requires a registered forester's involvement; and additionally, if the designated plot has peaty soil, the farmer is permitted to plant under the ammonia capture for farmyards...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Feb 2024)

Michael McNamara: ...This is the last opportunity. It is good enough or is it not good enough? If it is not, will the Government provide funding for farmers in designated areas who are farming environmentally sensitive lands to a high standard and getting less money for it than they did previously?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Jan 2024)

Michael McNamara: ...other is the right to claim asylum. I am not saying that those who arrive without a passport do not have the right to claim asylum. They do. However, they are still subject to the laws of the land while claiming asylum, including the requirement to present a passport on arrival. It certainly is the case that millions of people throughout the world flee countries without passports but...

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2023)

Michael McNamara: ..., attract the best person for the job, give them to power to do it and, if they do not, make it better. As it stands, it seems to me we are giving them very few powers. The reservation one might have concerns the purchase of lands but I accept Deputy Quinlivan’s rationale for that, and, in particular, the safeguard that it would have to be ratified by the elected members, which...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (8 Nov 2023)

Michael McNamara: ...low for the State. Ash dieback is a huge problem. Many owners of plantations which suffer from ash dieback say that people should not believe what the Government says and people should not plant their land because if there is a problem, people will find themselves on their own. Ministers are saying the problem is interaction with the European Union. That is a mantra that the weakest...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Budget Statement 2024 (10 Oct 2023)

Michael McNamara: ...in fact, very few if any are and the vast majority are owned by religious communities across the country - they are all run by the State. They all have to be insured so why is every single national school in Ireland paying out for insurance? Surely the Department of Education, which is funding each and every one of them, could bring them together and form a self-insurance scheme. It is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)

Michael McNamara: ...is going to happen in the Minister's Department with regard to forestry practices? In particular, I refer to forestry the State effectively owns. The State owns Coillte and it owns vast tracts of lands. I refer to its practice of continuing with these Sitka spruce plantations, and specifically the clear-felling of them and the environmental havoc that causes. Are there any plans to do...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)

Michael McNamara: .... I think that is a fair comment, yet almost all of Leitrim is in the map. I do not want to mention the war, but there is also this stuff about Coillte engaging with private capital funds to buy land and try to buy existing forestry, and it is all Sitka spruce monoculture forestry that is having an effect. I offered to bring the Minster of State, Senator Hackett, several times and the...

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

Michael McNamara: ...is a lot of scientific debate in that regard. As previous speakers stated, there is the big risk of displacement. There are undoubtedly carbon emissions linked to the production of milk in Ireland but we can produce dairy produce at a lower level of carbon emissions than in other countries. I appreciate there is an advertising campaign on this which has proved controversial. There is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Partnerships with Coillte: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Michael McNamara: ...but the lease was not. The lease is just between the farmer and the other party. In other words, what I am hearing from the witnesses is they are afraid Coillte will sell on a leasehold on their land, such that-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Partnerships with Coillte: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Michael McNamara: .... I am a barrister, which is in my declaration of interests etc, but I will speak from a personal perspective. The former Chief Justice has talked about the barrier expense is to litigation in Ireland. People either have to have nothing, in which case it does not really matter because there is nothing to go after, or they have so much money it does not matter. If they are anywhere in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Partnerships with Coillte: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Michael McNamara: I hope it does not turn out that way for Gresham House. Well, I do not really care. I suspect it will be in a better position to fight its corner than landholders taking on the might of a semi-State. I have a couple more questions. Ms Corcoran said she could not get access to her land and it was locked.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Partnerships with Coillte: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Michael McNamara: ...the courts. It would be good to ask Coillte specifically about its plans with people involved in these partnerships and whether there is any plan to involve Gresham House in those particular lands. Does Coillte come in yearly?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Partnerships with Coillte: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Michael McNamara: ...concerns about the Gresham House deal, this never occurred to me. Is Ms Corcoran is concerned, based on the agreement she is in, that an attempt will be made to buy out her full interest in the land, and that land will then be the subject matter of the agreement with Gresham House?

Agriculture and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 May 2023)

Michael McNamara: ...deal. They were signing contracts and they were being offered a certain price. On the basis of those contracts, they were able to go to commercial lenders and borrow money to invest, perhaps to buy more land or invest in the types of milking parlour that cost hundreds of thousands of euro and that are now commonplace in the dairy sector. As the costs of production started to rise,...

Planning and Rural Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2023)

Michael McNamara: ...family and he and his spouse sought to develop a house on it. They were told that because of the size of the farm, it was not economically viable to do so. It is a 40-acre farm. It is not the best land in County Clare, however. It certainly would not compare with some of the land in County Limerick. That said, my constituents have the same right to farm 20, 30 or 40 acres of land in...