Results 101-120 of 149 for going forward speaker:Michael Healy-Rae

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Special Meeting of the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs meeting with the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence and the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement
Engagement with Mr. Guy Verhofstadt MEP, European Parliament Brexit Co-ordinator (21 Sep 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...have been doing in considering Brexit and the Irish MEPs have been playing a strong role in that. I acknowledge their work and thank them for it. My committee has met a number of stakeholders and Government Ministers and is following the negotiations carefully through the documentation that is published. I have been heartened by the supportive comments and the positions taken by the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Special Meeting of the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs meeting with the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence and the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement
Engagement with Mr. Guy Verhofstadt MEP, European Parliament Brexit Co-ordinator (21 Sep 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...have been doing in considering Brexit and the Irish MEPs have been playing a strong role in that. I acknowledge their work and thank them for it. My committee has met a number of stakeholders and Government Ministers and is following the negotiations carefully through the documentation that is published. I have been heartened by the supportive comments and the positions taken by the...

European Council: Statements (28 Jun 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: At the outset, I wish the Minister of State, Deputy McEntee, well. As Chairman of the Joint Committee on European Affairs, I wish to say on behalf of the committee that we look forward to engaging with her in the very near future. Like many in this room, I am as interested in the issues that were discussed informally as those that were on the agenda, in particular the proposal presented by...

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...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage. (27 Jun 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...a living successfully. They are not elitists. There is nothing special about them. I will tell the Deputy what they are; they are ordinary hard workers. They are people who studied and were good at their books, a thing I was not good at, and they bettered themselves. To condemn those people as elitist is unfair, but it is the Deputy's own opinion. Before I address the Bill itself,...

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...

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund: Motion [Private Members] (24 May 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...instances or whether the reason I did not get on so well with my cases was down to me. When I saw the motion, however, I realised that it is a real problem so I was very glad the Deputies brought it forward. An individual I knew in County Kerry made an application for funding for necessary works to a house, the condition of which was unimaginable. I was contacted to deal with the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: UK Withdrawal from the EU: British Ambassador to Ireland (4 Apr 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...have a strong, mutual and unique relationship. Engagement between both countries will continue to be as important as it has been in the past. As such, I am delighted to further it today. I look forward to a detailed, positive and constructive discussion following the ambassador's opening statement. Members are reminded of the longstanding parliamentary practice to the effect that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Joint Sitting with Joint Committee on European Union Affairs
First Vice-President of the European Commission, Mr. Frans Timmermans: Discussion (21 Feb 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...of the European Commission, Mr. Frans Timmermans and his colleagues to the joint meeting today. On a light note, I hope we will not emulate Mr. Timmermans's political record of having to go through six elections in 11 years. We had an election 12 months ago and I hope we do not have one for a long time not to mind another five or four after that. I echo the comments of my esteemed...

US Executive Order on Immigration: Statements (15 Feb 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: .... She did not say "ruling the world". She said "running the world". She never mentioned politics but she had a bit of foresight in that she was able to see that he was a man of potential who was going places. We must accept and respect the democratic right of any person to put themselves forward for election. That has happened and he is the US President. One can like or dislike him...

Criminal Justice (Aggravation by Prejudice) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (4 Oct 2016)

Michael Healy-Rae: ..., religions and educational backgrounds. It made for a great place of learning. To turn to the Bill and what it is trying to achieve, people could be critical of it and could state it is not going far enough. Whenever one tries to do something, is it not a good thing that one at least is making a start? We live in an ever-changing world with problems that, because of changes in...

United Kingdom Referendum on European Union Membership: Statements (Resumed) (30 Jun 2016)

Michael Healy-Rae: I congratulate the Minister of State on his reappointment and wish him every good luck and success. This is certainly a very worrying time for everybody. Even though we were all preparing, we still did not expect the vote to go the way it did. The European Union, formally created in 1993 after decades of international co-operation between the countries of Europe, has provided an...

Order of Business (9 Dec 2015)

Michael Healy-Rae: We want to go forward.

Social Services and Support: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (15 Jul 2015)

Michael Healy-Rae: I thank Deputy Tom Fleming and the Technical Group for allowing me some of their speaking time and I compliment Deputy Fleming for bringing forward this excellent Private Members' motion. The Minister is correct that our elderly people are to be cherished, adored and thanked for the great work they have done over the years, not least in bringing all of us into the world. Deputy Fleming is...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Policy (25 Nov 2014)

Michael Healy-Rae: 230. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine following the recent announcements for farming sector, included in budget 2014, and with the highly aspirational targets for farming going forward, his views on the reintroduction of early retirement for the older farmers in order to free up land for production, and installation aid for younger farmers to incentivise the younger...

Beef Industry: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jun 2014)

Michael Healy-Rae: I thank the members of the Technical Group for allocating some of their speaking time to me. I compliment Deputy Ó Cuív and the Fianna Fáil Party on bringing forward this excellent motion. My closest personal friend of many years, Mr. Bernard Collins, who has worked in the Tralee mart for over 35 years, has been warning me for some time about what is happening in the beef...

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...

Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Bill 2014: Second Stage (8 Apr 2014)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...and important to air here. I want to raise a number of issue. In dealing with human rights and equality we must examine all that is happening in our society. Our country has made great strides forward with regard to rights and equality, and rightly so, but a number of issues and difficulties remain. I welcome that the Minister is in the House to hear this contribution because over a...

Restorative Justice (Reparation of Victims) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 Mar 2014)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...should do Deputy Halligan and the Technical Group, who are bringing this Bill before the House, the courtesy of sitting there, listening to the debate and taking it all on board and then coming forward with his own suggestions and proposals. Whether he is going to accept or reject it - and we know he is probably going to reject it - the least the man should do is give them the courtesy of...

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]