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Parents are confused by this form, created last year for children returning to school after having #COVID19 or being a close contact, now being sent out for all children returning to school on Monday. It makes no sense in this context. Please clarify @NormaFoleyTD1 pic.twitter.com/Z4L7EVwGmw
— Michael McNamara TD (@MlMcNamaraTD) February 24, 2021
After raising concerns I received from the principals of smaller schools today, @Education_Ire has informed me that "In instances where teachers are teaching mixed classes that include some pupils from senior classes, those children should also return to school."
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— Michael McNamara TD (@MlMcNamaraTD) February 24, 2021
Living with Covid? pic.twitter.com/eZJ0o1ntWR
— Michael McNamara TD (@MlMcNamaraTD) February 24, 2021
Living with Covid cannot be reduced to a Health v Wealth argument – 24 Feb 2021
There goes #ZeroCovid, @ISAGCOVID19 unless you think the Northern Ireland Executive won't adopt a very similar approach to England or the HSE can control the border where the Irish and combined British security forces failed during 'the Troubles'. https://t.co/9Pzes7CZDz pic.twitter.com/tB93esCZdD
— Michael McNamara TD (@MlMcNamaraTD) February 22, 2021
In four months nothing has changed. Now we're told nothing will will change for another four months. Lockdowns must end. pic.twitter.com/R4n486COsc
— Michael McNamara TD (@MlMcNamaraTD) February 20, 2021
I asked the Minister for Agriculture why the Beef Taskforce, a talking shop set up to end the beef protests in 2019, isn't meeting. pic.twitter.com/AO6Mf7rmRI
— Michael McNamara TD (@MlMcNamaraTD) February 17, 2021
Government needs to plan for all eventualities because an indefinite lockdown throughout 2021 is not sustainable nor is any future return to lockdown. – 15 Feb 2021
Family carers play an essential role in communities across Ireland. They must be prioritised @DonnellyStephen
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— Michael McNamara TD (@MlMcNamaraTD) February 8, 2021
Some mainstream media coverage in Ireland is adding to the high levels of stress and anxiety amongst the population. – 5 Feb 2021
I again raised the issue of antigen testing in the Dáil. – 3 Feb 2021
The Government must expand the use of rapid antigen tests, which can detect when people with COVID-19 are infectious as opposed to the detection of persons who are no longer infectious. – 28 Jan 2021
Role of Vitamin D in the fight against Covid – 28 Jan 2021
Is there no end to the lunacy? Are we now about to start a trade war over a #vaccine which the German authorities will not even recommend for the over 65s?https://t.co/WjBJ0X0yUT#AstraZeneca #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/C2HXuOb5Pk
— Michael McNamara TD (@MlMcNamaraTD) January 28, 2021
I spoke about the prohibitive cost of challenging administrative decisions by Government Departments in the courts which puts it beyond the reach of most homeowners and farmers in Ireland. – 27 Jan 2021
I asked the Minister for Health how many people who have contracted Covid have been vaccinated and whether it is proposed to vaccinate such people in light of the suggestion that they may enjoy some protection arising from their previous infection. – 21 Jan 2021
In light of the UK Government offering free vitamin D supplements to 2.7 million vulnerable people across England, I asked the Tánaiste if a similar initiative could be considered in Ireland. – 14 Jan 2021
Essential workers who recently contracted Covid but have since recovered and are no longer infectious are being unnecessarily prevented from traveling, as I explained to the Tánaiste today. – 14 Jan 2021
I questioned the Health Minister about prioritising the vaccination of persons in receipt of home care and their carers; the winter flu; and rapid antigen detection tests. – 13 Jan 2021
In the Dáil today, I outlined why I am opposed to the CETA and Mercosur agreements – their impact on Irish agriculture, food standards, the environment and investor-state dispute settlement mechanisms. – 16 Dec 2020
Data on mental health is inadequate. The HSE and Irish College of Psychiatrists need to explain why, given they receive taxpayers’ money to collect and collate it. Data on suicide is adequate because of the lack of a centralised coroners’ database, a shortcoming highlighted 20 years ago – 9 Dec 2021
Not only has the Government refused to pay student nurses, it has also reduced the pay of intern nurses and midwives from €14 euro to €10.72 on the basis that the previous pay was introduced "in response to the COVID19 outbreak." #COVID19 #ireland #nurses pic.twitter.com/BvrY0s92Pl
— Michael McNamara TD (@MlMcNamaraTD) December 3, 2020
Banks are refusing mortgages to persons employed under #COVID19 Wage Subsidy Scheme. Up to now, the Gov't has insisted these were sustainable jobs, temporarily affected, but now it seems this is no longer the Gov't’s position. Many of these jobs are in sectors shut down by Gov't pic.twitter.com/Yum5iVwh3D
— Michael McNamara TD (@MlMcNamaraTD) December 3, 2020
Please publish the data and source for this and all the data on mental health which apparently was collected, collated and considered all year and which you have repeatedly promised to publish but have failed to do to date, @MichealMartinTD and @MaryButlerTD https://t.co/kIUUKYK3BT
— Michael McNamara TD (@MlMcNamaraTD) November 27, 2020
Before the Government makes a decision, the evidence in support of the #NPHET recommendations needs to be published. https://t.co/Jrf0eK7xsz#COVID19ireland #lockdown pic.twitter.com/ORWHyu8gKa
— Michael McNamara TD (@MlMcNamaraTD) November 26, 2020