Results 1-20 of 109 for going forward speaker:Michael Healy-Rae

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (15 Sep 2020)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...than acting in the best interests of this House. Given the basis of the information the Ceann Comhairle was given at the time he was given it, he was acting in what I would call the utmost of good faith. Rather than going along the lines of Deputy Alan Kelly's proposal and having a post mortem on the last couple of hours around what happened, who said what to whom, and when they said...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Functions (27 Sep 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...makes representations to the Office of Public Works regarding a project or job of work that needs to be carried out that his Department have demanded that copies of such correspondence must go back through your office, even if it is not directed there, rather than going forward to the engineering area where the work is required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41167/12]

Inshore Fishing: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jan 2023)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...The Minister boasted about the money he gave for piers in Donegal. There have been applications from County Kerry. A very small amount of money for our piers would help our fishermen to keep going. Kerry County Council put forward excellent proposal after proposal, but we have not received funding. I ask the Minister to support them. The main thrust of the argument today is to...

Order of Business (9 Dec 2015)

Michael Healy-Rae: We want to go forward.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Qualifications (27 May 2020)

Michael Healy-Rae: 544. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council, PHECC, plans to deal with EMT students during the Covid-19 period and going forward (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7440/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Maternity Leave (21 Sep 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: 430. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to extend maternity leave going forward (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44789/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (7 Nov 2023)

Michael Healy-Rae: 533. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what progress is being made on the issue of post-primary redeployment; her plans going forward to address same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48465/23]

Petrol and Diesel Excise Rate Increases: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (30 Apr 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: I continuously remind them of what its leader said in a speech, where it was clearly stated that the Government was not going far enough quick enough. I represent people from Kerry who are hard-pressed to heat their homes and to go to work. That is why we brought forward motions asking the Government to go back on what it was doing. I have been the holder of carbon and marked gas oil...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions Regulation (20 Nov 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...Finance his views on whether there are major difficulties surrounding the implementation of the Credit Union Bill 2012 which requires the prior approval of the Central Bank of Ireland of nominees going forward for election to officer position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51287/12]

Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages: Property Taxation Application (26 Mar 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons tasked with the job of dealing with appeals that will go forward from persons disputing the amount of money being sought from them in property tax; where they will be based and the type of resources available to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14967/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Application (26 Mar 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons tasked with the job of dealing with appeals that will go forward from persons disputing the amount of money being sought from them in property tax; where they will be based and the type of resources available to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14967/13]

Reception Conditions Directive: Motion (23 Jan 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...have had to live over many years but I certainly do not lay the blame for that at the Minister's door. I would not do that but I would say there is no point in looking backwards. We have to look forward and be positive. I am terribly sorry for the way these people have had to live. I have dealt with them for many years in Killarney town and I always thought it was horrible to have...

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...

Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care)(Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (10 Apr 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: Are they just silently waiting because they cannot avail of the bus from Kerry or Cork? That is wrong. God gave us only two eyes. I know of people who, unfortunately, did not come forward in time and the ripeness in their eyes had come and gone and the opportunity was lost and they lost an eye. Close one of your eyes this minute, a Cheann Comhairle, and think about going around for the...

ESB (Electronic Communications Networks) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2014)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...Bill, which I welcomed last night. The Electronic Communications Network Bill 2013 will be a major benefit, particularly to rural areas. With the ESB entering the broadband market, and the Government's decision to allow it to use the electricity distribution network to provide telecommunications services, the Minister is doing a good service to the countryside. By putting forward this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council: Minister of State (2 Oct 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: On behalf of our members, I thank the Minister of State and her officials for being here and for their ongoing engagement with our committee. The next couple of weeks will be terribly important not just for the people in Ireland and the rest of Europe today but for future generations too. We look forward to working with the Minister of State and the Minister, and we will all pull together...

Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Oct 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...to the content of the programme for Government on tackling the housing crisis, how much longer must people wait to see the changes in regulations and the planning process that this Government is going to bring forward to help people trying to get and provide accommodation, who find obstacles and red tape in their way? When will the Government act on this and how much longer will people...

Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Feb 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...unsustainable, which is why this motion is sensible. People on the Government benches are pointing their fingers at us and I am thinking of them when the parties were in opposition, as they were going to do everything right then. The parties are now in government and all they can do is kick the can down the road. The Seanad is standing by tonight but where is the Minister for Finance?...

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...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council, Brexit, Future of Europe and Western Balkans: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (7 Mar 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...committee members, the secretariat and myself, I thank her and her officials for attending. Even if she is a Minister of State on top of her game, it is not easy to take so many questions in one go but we appreciate the effort she made and the comprehensive answers she gave. Later this month, a number of colleagues and I will visit the House of Commons for a number of important meetings,...