In a depressing debate for those in need of housing, the Government insists its measures are working when they are clearly inadequate and all opposition parties try to make private property owners the focus and blame them for the State’s failings over decades.
Clare Independent TD Michael McNamara has suggested Ennis town centre as the focus of a government pilot project aimed at bringing buildings back into residential use.
A Dáil motion brought forward by Clare Independent TD Michael McNamara calling for the Income Disregard for Carer’s Allowance to be raised in Budget 2024 has been accepted by government.
Read MoreThe proposed demolition of six houses at Francis St, Ennis, recently purchased by Clare County Council, needs to be reconsidered, and the Tánaiste agrees.
Ní léir go dtuigeann an tAire agus an Roinn Oideachais an méid oibre atá ar siúl in Inis chun an Ghaeilge a chur chun cinn agus a chothú agus an tábhacht a bhaineann le Gaelcholáiste an Chláir neamspleách ina leith.
Independent Clare TD Michael McNamara has urged Taoiseach Leo Varadkar to directly intervene in an ongoing impasse involving a section of the preferred route for the Greenway project linking Limerick City with Scariff in East Clare.
Promises made regarding the pension entitlements of workers who were transferred from the civil service to other bodies were not kept in the past. Posts and Telegraph personnel and Air Traffic Controllers are examples, and now it is proposed with regard to civil servants working in Garda stations.
Independent Clare TD Michael McNamara has received confirmation from Irish Water that it will submit a planning application for a new Wastewater Treatment Plant in Ballyvaughan by the end of June.
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Independent Clare TD Michael McNamara has expressed his strong opposition to the proposed demolition of five houses at Francis Street in Ennis and a more recently constructed home behind the properties to accommodate the development of a temporary carpark.
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The number of people waiting for driving tests in County Clare has increased by 28% in the six months to the end of February.
Read MoreIndependent TD Michael McNamara says urgent investment in ophthalmology services in the Mid-West is required to address the growing waiting list for cataract procedures in County Clare.
Read MoreI raised the need for new wastewater infrastructure in Carrigaholt with the Government during Topical Issues this afternoon.
The EU is close to agreeing to jointly procure ammunition for Ukraine. Ireland is one of the 25 of 27 EU member states to have confirmed its interest in participating.
Developers need a concrete plan rather than the vague aspirations of this government if this state is to benefit from its offshore wind energy potential.
At a time of immense pressure on its services, the National Ambulance Service needs to re-examine how it can utilise Paramedic Studies graduates of the University of Limerick.
When I recently asked the Minister for Health the number of occasions where ambulances arrived at scenes where the patient had already died, I was told that such statistics are not collated. The deterioration in the National Ambulance Service is clear from the statistics we do have.