Results 141-149 of 149 for going forward speaker:Michael Healy-Rae

Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Jun 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...why so few women take up opportunities to stand before the public for election to political life. Why are women not choosing to become career politicians? Throughout our history, women who have gone forward for election have been great public representatives and very successful. They have made a big contribution to Irish political life. Nevertheless, there has not been proportionate...

Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...not be abandoned and as heat and light will still be provided, the standing bills will continue. Moreover, as the teachers will continue to teach in the amalgamated schools, I see no reason to go down that road. I return full circle to the reason I began to speak about small schools, which is my belief that over the years, successive Governments have given proper attention and concern in...

Turbary Rights: Motion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: I thank the Technical Group Members for sharing some of their time with me. I thank Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan for bringing forward this very important Private Members' motion, and I thank the excellent people, such as Pat Fitzpatrick, who worked with the Deputy and have put much time and effort into the issue. I acknowledge the work of the Turf Cutters and Contractors Association, TCCA,...

Health Service Plan 2012: Statements (Resumed) (2 Feb 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...the service we need in the 21st century, we need a new way of working together, a way to cross the dividing lines and pool our resources... Each local issue that is resolved, each short-term goal reached, is a solid advance in the journey toward a high-quality service for all who receive health care and treatment, and genuine job satisfaction for those who deliver that service. These are...

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...

Health Services Delivery: Motion (25 Oct 2011)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...Glen or Portmagee, the nearest ambulance base will be in Kenmare, Killarney or Tralee. The quickest time an ambulance can travel that journey is an hour and 45 minutes. The first responder will go out and, one hopes, stabilise the patient, but it will take the ambulance an hour and 45 minutes to arrive on the scene of whatever has happened. That cannot be right. The Minister's...

Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Sep 2011)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...It is awful to think that people will be burdened for many years with the cost of that reckless trading on their shoulders. That comes back to Government and the regulator at the time. What was going on that allowed this to happen and get us into this position? It is frightening when one thinks back upon it. We cannot look backwards, however. We must look forward and see how we will...

Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (20 Jul 2011)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...was more than just a business. An Post and the postal people who ran our post offices over the years are like social workers. It might seem like a miserable letter to some people, but the act of going to meet a person in a rural location is more than just delivering the mail. The postman might inform the person about who died that week, tell a bit of gossip, or have a debate about...

Hospital Services (17 May 2011)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...and Children. All I want is straight answers to straight questions with no messing around. I thought we had moved away from that type of political gerrymandering. I expect more from the new Government, which I hope will be forthcoming. The people voted for change in the recent general election and the Government parties are doing their best given the dire financial situation in which...