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Tue, 14 Jul 2020
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Water and Sewerage Schemes
Michael McNamara
423. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the different stages of wastewater treatment have been assessed for risk. [15585/20]
Tue, 14 Jul 2020
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Water and Sewerage Schemes
Michael McNamara
424. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if there is an airborne risk to staff in wastewater treatment plants. [15586/20]
Tue, 14 Jul 2020
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Hospital Appointments Status
Michael McNamara
995. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive an urgent appointment for surgery at Temple Street Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16116/20]
Tue, 14 Jul 2020
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National Children's Hospital
Michael McNamara
1145. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health when construction work will recommence on the national children’s hospital, if works have stalled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15376/20]
Tue, 7 Jul 2020
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Hospital Appointments Status
Michael McNamara
723. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive a date to be assessed by a respiratory consultant at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13981/20]
Tue, 7 Jul 2020
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Hospital Appointments Status
Michael McNamara
855. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive an appointment for elective eye surgery at University Hospital Limerick following a previous cancelled appointment in March 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14453/20]
Tue, 7 Jul 2020
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Hospital Appointments Status
Michael McNamara
856. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive an appointment for elective surgery at University Hospital Limerick following the cancellation of an appointment for 6 July 2020 with no rescheduled date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14456/20]
Tue, 30 Jun 2020
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Hospital Procedures
Michael McNamara
384. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health when elective surgery will resume at University Hospital Galway for a person (details supplied) who is currently awaiting a procedure which has time constraints for optimum outcome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12742/20]
Tue, 30 Jun 2020
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Forestry Grants
Michael McNamara
582. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive a response to a broadleaf forestry grant and licence application that was submitted in October 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12849/20]
Tue, 30 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
Michael McNamara
845. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive payment for four weeks of arrears for the pandemic unemployment payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13281/20]
Tue, 23 Jun 2020
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General Practitioner Services
Michael McNamara
480. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health if a copy will be provided of the contractual obligations the new general practitioner in Newmarket-on-Fergus, County Clare, will have to adhere to pursuant to his or her appointment; the number of hours and days per week the general practitioner will have to provide a clinic in Carrigoran, County Clare; the arrangements he or she will have to have in place for the care of patients on a GMS list and times outside of general practitioner hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12203/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Veterinary Inspection Service
Michael McNamara
753. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if assurances will be provided that the expanded border inspection post at Dublin Airport will not lead to the downgrading of the level of service being provided at Shannon Airport which is one of three approved border inspection posts here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11053/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Michael McNamara
271. Deputy Michael McNamara asked 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]
Wed, 20 May 2020
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Felling Licences
Michael McNamara
838. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a tree felling licence application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5579/20]
Wed, 20 May 2020
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Agriculture Scheme Appeals
Michael McNamara
839. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal for a digitised area of conservation by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5582/20]
Wed, 20 May 2020
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Tuberculosis Eradication Programme
Michael McNamara
879. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of bovines on farms here tested for tuberculosis using the skin test in each of the years 2015 to 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6175/20]
Wed, 20 May 2020
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Tuberculosis Eradication Programme
Michael McNamara
880. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of bovines that failed a tuberculosis skin test but showed no lesions post-mortem in each of the years 2015 to 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6176/20]
Wed, 20 May 2020
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Tuberculosis Eradication Programme
Michael McNamara
881. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of bovines that failed an on-farm tuberculosis skin test but passed a tuberculosis blood test in each of the years 2015 to 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6177/20]
Wed, 20 May 2020
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Tuberculosis Eradication Programme
Michael McNamara
882. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of bovines that passed an on-farm tuberculosis skin test but on inspection subsequent to slaughter killed out with lesions in the year of their final tuberculosis test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6178/20]
Wed, 13 May 2020
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Beef Industry
Michael McNamara
956. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the beef taskforce has met remotely or otherwise since 9 January 2020; when it will publish its report into the matters set out in the Kildare Street agreement of 15 September 2019 to be published by the end of 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5514/20]
Wed, 13 May 2020
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Beef Industry
Michael McNamara
957. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason one of the signatories (details supplied) to the Kildare Street agreement was excluded from participating in the beef taskforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5515/20]
Wed, 13 May 2020
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Food Labelling
Michael McNamara
958. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to recent incidents in which imported food has turned up on supermarket shelves carrying Bord Bia labels; his views as the Minister with responsibility for food on Bord Bia effectively promoting foreign produce as Origin Ireland and, thereby, misleading consumers here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5516/20]
Wed, 13 May 2020
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Beef Industry
Michael McNamara
959. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will change the date by which farmers must reduce their herd size to comply with the conditions of the BEAM scheme in view of mart closures and resultant difficulties in selling cattle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5517/20]