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Employment Support Services: Motion [Private Members] (30 Nov 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: First of all, I thank Sinn Féin very much for bringing forward this very important motion. If you were ever to stand back and watch a kamikaze Government engaged in kamikaze-style activities, this is one of them. If you had a death wish, you would not be doing more than what it is proposing to do here. It has already been stated over and over again that if a system or something is...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Film Sector Tax Credits: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...brief. I just want to thank the witnesses for an excellent presentation. Both the statements and the questions and answers have been very helpful and very informative. This session will help us going forward in doing our work in a proper and informed manner, and for that I am personally grateful and I know that the Chair is too. It has been a very worthwhile session so far. I thank...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Instruction to Committee (13 Jul 2022)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...system and the process around the granting of planning permission that is compounded by a number of factors. On top of everything else, the manner in which this legislation is being passed is going to further erode people's confidence in the system. If the Government seriously believes it is right and proper for us to come in here and to have less than one hour to debate, scrutinise and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Applications (25 Mar 2014)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...subsequent years when that person seeks Garda vetting would the vetting come back clear, that is, would there be no record of the charge that was made at that time and would the person have a clean record going forward, which obviously would be very important with regard to employment prospects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13915/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Reports: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: I apologise for interrupting but another vote has been called in the Dáil. We are going to be obliged to suspend again and return or to postpone the remainder of the proceedings. Before we do so, I wish to make a proposal because I will not be able to return if we do suspend. I very much appreciate the work the commission is doing and I thank them for coming before us today. I...

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...he clarified them. He has stated that what he is proposing will not impose financial hardship on any family, but at the same time, as Deputy Éamon Ó Cuiv pointed out, he is not willing to come forward and say what he is proposing. He did not clarify the exact standard to which he hopes septic tanks will be raised. He has not clarified that if he is asking a person who was granted...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: From the Seanad (14 Jul 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: I will most certainly. The Government is attacking our people in the name of protecting the climate. My goodness gracious me, but what it is doing is an absolute disgrace and I will rub the Government's nose in it again and remind it that it stopped us from making and selling peat briquettes in Ireland. The Government shut down our plants while telling us that it was fine for us to...

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Jun 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...debate. The people of Ireland have experienced a lot of anxiety and have had an awful lot to put up with. They are saying in their droves that they do not want the Minister for Health or the Government to be given a blank cheque to continue at will without having to consult us, as legislators, or them, the people. The fact is that people have had an awful lot to contend with...

Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...Deputy Carthy and Sinn Féin for tabling this important motion. I was up in my office listening to the debate. It was ironic to hear the Minister of State criticising the motion her Government is going to support. If Deputy Carthy is going to accept that and not call a vote, the Rural Independent Group will call a vote on the motion on behalf of the people of Ireland, who are...

Guerin Report: Statements (Resumed) (28 May 2014)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...when she meets them. That is a great start for any Minister. In the context of the Guerin report, it is unfortunate that we find ourselves at this pass. Just to prove how wrong matters had gone, I wish to relate a story. On numerous occasions in the past I tried to raise with the Minister's predecessor a very serious matter of concern that was brought to my attention and that had been...

Statutory Sick Pay: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (24 Oct 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: I thank Fianna Fáil and Deputy Calleary for bringing forward this important motion. The Government continually talks about creating new jobs, but it misses the point that it must protect the jobs we have. Small employers in this country are pressed to the pin of their collars trying to keep their doors open and to keep people in employment. The proposal on sick pay will put them under...

Nursing Home Care: Motion [Private Members] (27 Jun 2023)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...homes that they too are in dire financial difficulty. For any business, whatever it is, to work, it has to bring in enough money to cover its costs, be able to run the show, wash its face and keep going forward. However, nursing homes cannot do that at the moment. I am not a critical person but what is wrong with this Government is that there is no business person among its members....

Pay for Student Nurses and Midwives: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jan 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: First, I thank Sinn Féin and its Members for bringing forward this very important motion on the pay, or lack of it, of student nurses and midwives. I want, first, to acknowledge the work they have been doing. However, in keeping with what I have continually said in this Chamber, I do not want praise for these people who are doing excellent work; I want them to be paid. One of the most...

Civil Liability (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 May 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...help in that regard. There should be better mechanisms in place. We must think of the injured parties, their parents and their extended family. I support the Bill and I hope for a better way forward because I do not want to see families go through the hardships that they have in the past. There has to be a better way and a better system. I know the Minister of State is very open to...

Civil Liability and Courts (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Apr 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: We all know what the problems are but we need to know what solutions can be brought forward to try to resolve this critical situation. Insurance reform is needed. Action is needed to finally put the nail on what I would call bogus claims. It is totally unnatural. The Minister, Deputy Flanagan, is a politician - forget about being a Minister - who deals in the real world out there with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Issues: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (27 May 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...friends with farmers whose lives have been held up, disrupted and upset and whose financial situations have been detrimentally affected. I am friends and personally close with contractors who own forwarders, harvesting equipment and lorries that are on the road. They slaved to get those lorries going. These are fellows who started out at a very young age. I am proud to be friends with...

Local Government (Establishment of Town Councils Commission) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Jun 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: I compliment Deputy Cassells and Fianna Fáil for bringing forward this Private Members' Bill. It is one of the most important Private Members' Bills to have been brought before the House. The last decision was based on blind arrogance on the part of Fine Gael and the Labour Party, which brought this before the House knowing that they had a massive majority and could do whatever they...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union: Discussion (17 Jan 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: .... Committee members and I believe in engaging with people such as the ambassador, particularly in light of Brexit and all of the problems and difficulties it will bring. From today, we look forward to having continuous further engagement with the ambassador. We want to make it quite clear to him the committee is at his disposal in any way we can help and assist him in his role. I have...

Mental Health Services Reports: Motion [Private Members] (2 Jul 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: I thank Fianna Fáil for bringing forward this motion. I thank the Minister of State for being actively interested in County Kerry. He has come down on a number of occasions connected with different aspects of his portfolio. I will welcome him any time he wants to come down. I invite him now because there are other issues with which we want him to deal in County Kerry and I look...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Post-Budget Engagement: Economic and Social Research Institute (18 Oct 2023)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...the ever-increasing cost of living makes it harder for people to balance their household budget and an increase in people's take-home wages is something we all want to see. However, when the Government says it is increasing the minimum wage, it is doing nothing. All it is doing is getting people who are creating employment, especially small employers, to pay more money that in many...