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Michael McNamara

Independent · Clare

10Lobbying returns
1,511Questions asked
459Votes cast
69%With Independent
All Education and Training 3 Agriculture 3 Finance 2 Foreign Affairs 1 Arts 1

Who's in their ear 10 lobbying returns

Education and Training 3 Agriculture 3 Finance 2 Foreign Affairs 1 Arts 1

What they're asking about 1,511 questions asked · 24 departments

How they're voting 459 votes cast · 69% with Independent · broke with party 142×

Broke with Independent on 142 votes
Defence Forces
2024-07-03 · 2 votes
  • ✗ voted against the motion the motion motion passed · 74–58
  • ✗ voted against the motion the motion motion passed · 74–58
International Protection, Asylum and Migration
2024-06-26 · 2 votes
  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 79–72
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 63–88
Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009
2024-06-26 · 4 votes
  • ✗ voted against the motion the motion motion passed · 97–16
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 65–85
  • ✗ voted against the motion the motion motion passed · 97–16
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 65–82
Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil
2024-06-19 · 1 vote
  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 74–68
Planning and Development Bill 2023
2024-06-12 · 1 vote · Govt (Housing)
A bill to consolidate and revise the law relating to planning and development
full description
A bill to consolidate and revise the law relating to planning and development; to provide for proper planning and sustainable development in the interests of the common good; to provide for the licensing of events and control of funfairs; for those purposes to repeal and replace the Planning and Development Act 2000; to amend certain other enactments; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 71–55
Challenges Facing the Childcare and Nursing Home Sectors
2024-05-15 · 2 votes
  • ✗ voted against the motion the motion motion passed · 66–47
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion passed · 66–47
Affordable Housing
2024-05-15 · 3 votes
  • ✗ voted against the motion the motion motion passed · 66–47
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion passed · 66–47
  • ✓ voted for a sub-amendment motion failed · 47–65
Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages
2024-05-15 · 3 votes
  • ✓ voted for the motion motion passed · 77–34
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 49–59
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 49–61
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
2024-05-08 · 1 vote
  • ✗ opposed the schedule the week's Dáil business schedule motion passed · 74–59
European Union Migration and Asylum Pact
2024-05-01 · 2 votes
  • ✗ voted against the motion the motion motion passed · 70–58
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion passed · 71–58
Petrol and Diesel Excise Rate Increases
2024-05-01 · 2 votes
  • ✗ voted against the motion the motion motion passed · 70–55
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion passed · 71–57
Gambling Regulation Bill 2022
2024-05-01 · 5 votes · Govt (Justice)
A bill to provide for the establishment of a body to be known as Údarás Rialála&nbsp
full description
A bill to provide for the establishment of a body to be known as Údarás Rialála Cearrbhachais na hÉireann or, in the English language, the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland for the purposes of licensing and regulating betting, gaming, certain lotteries and the sale or supply of products or services related to gambling; to provide for the funding of that Authority by means of imposition of a charge on licensees; to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a register of persons who hold gambling licences in the State and a National Gambling Exclusion Register; to provide for the establishment of a Social Impact Fund to, among other matters, finance research into, raise awareness of, and eliminate or reduce, compulsive and excessive gambling; to provide for contributions to the Fund by certain licensees; to provide for the imposition of obligations on those licensees including obligations relating to advertising, promotion and sponsorship for the purposes of safeguarding persons participating in gambling; to provide for the prohibition of children participating in gambling or being employed in the gambling industry; to provide, for the purposes of ensuring conditions attached to gambling licences and obligations imposed on licensees are complied with, for compliance and enforcement measures; and for those and other purposes to repeal the Totalisator Act 1929, the Betting Act 1931, the Gaming and Lotteries Act 1956, to revoke certain statutory instruments and to provide for the consequential amendment of certain other enactments; and to provide for related matters.
  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 71–58
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion passed · 72–58
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion passed · 72–59
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion passed · 71–58
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion passed · 73–58
Gambling Regulation Bill 2022
2024-04-24 · 3 votes · Govt (Justice)
A bill to provide for the establishment of a body to be known as Údarás Rialála&nbsp
full description
A bill to provide for the establishment of a body to be known as Údarás Rialála Cearrbhachais na hÉireann or, in the English language, the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland for the purposes of licensing and regulating betting, gaming, certain lotteries and the sale or supply of products or services related to gambling; to provide for the funding of that Authority by means of imposition of a charge on licensees; to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a register of persons who hold gambling licences in the State and a National Gambling Exclusion Register; to provide for the establishment of a Social Impact Fund to, among other matters, finance research into, raise awareness of, and eliminate or reduce, compulsive and excessive gambling; to provide for contributions to the Fund by certain licensees; to provide for the imposition of obligations on those licensees including obligations relating to advertising, promotion and sponsorship for the purposes of safeguarding persons participating in gambling; to provide for the prohibition of children participating in gambling or being employed in the gambling industry; to provide, for the purposes of ensuring conditions attached to gambling licences and obligations imposed on licensees are complied with, for compliance and enforcement measures; and for those and other purposes to repeal the Totalisator Act 1929, the Betting Act 1931, the Gaming and Lotteries Act 1956, to revoke certain statutory instruments and to provide for the consequential amendment of certain other enactments; and to provide for related matters.
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 54–68
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 57–68
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 55–69
Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government
2024-04-09 · 1 vote
  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 87–68
Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil
2024-04-09 · 2 votes
  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 87–67
  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 87–53

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