Miltown Malbay reservoir works underway
Clare Independent TD Michael McNamara has received confirmation that a new reservoir serving Miltown Malbay and surrounding areas will be delivered in the second half of 2022.
Read MoreDerelict Sites Act
At today’s Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage, I questioned whether the underuse of the Derelict Sites Act by local authorities was due to legislative deficiencies in the Act or other reasons.
Dept spend on Covid advertising
The Department of Education has spent almost half a million euro on COVID-19 advertising. The same spend would have delivered HEPA filter devices to over 1500 classrooms across Ireland.
Opposing extension of COVID-19 emergency powers
I opposed another extension of the COVID-19 emergency powers and the Government’s refusal to accept an amendment providing for democratic scrutiny of regulations made pursuant to those powers.
Warnings About Scam Calls From Local Clare Numbers
People in Clare are being warned about scam calls appearing to be from local or court service numbers.
Read MoreHealth And Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill
I am not opposed to public health doctors giving public health advice. I am opposed to extending the abdication of government to an unelected and unaccountable body. It is undemocratic and unsafe.
Mandatory Hotel Quarantine
€24.7m was spent on Mandatory Hotel Quarantine, which detected 0.39% of all cases detected in the State during its period of operation. MHQ is a costly but largely futile measure to be seen to be doing something.