Results 1-8 of 8 for waste management speaker:Michael Healy-Rae

Matters Arising in RTÉ: Statements (4 Jul 2023)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...his golden jubilee, because he has been with Radio Kerry for over 30 years. I want to think of those people and the service they provide. What are they paid? They are not subsidised. They have to try to manage themselves in the best way they can. They are up against it all the time. I want to say to Fiona Stack, the general manager, that I as a public representative from Kerry...

Environmental Impact of Quarries and Incinerators: Motion [Private Members] (4 Dec 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: I thank Deputy O'Dea for tabling this motion, as it is important that we have this debate. I have concerns over the continued exportation of waste, but when it comes to providing alternative policies, we must be careful and prudent in terms of their impact on local communities. I thank the people of my local authority of Kerry County Council who provided a waste collection service for...

Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage (15 Jan 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...of one day, upstairs had to open because of an eventuality. There was no problem. It was able to open in a day. It was filled but then it had to be closed again. There is total and absolute mismanagement and insanity by people in charge, not the local people on the ground. A massive amount of money is being wasted. There is a new system in place now in the HSE which I want to...

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Budget Statement 2019 (9 Oct 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: ..., a thing they do not do lightly, about the inadequate resources being given to them to carry out their work. Will this budget mean a difference to those nurses? Will it mean a difference to the line managers in the different departments, whether it is accident and emergency or the different wards throughout the hospitals in County Kerry and throughout the rest of the country? I am...

Special Needs Assistants: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...preparing the Private Members' motion which we are bringing before the House. I thank SNAs throughout the country. They play a vital and important role. I see it at first hand when dealing with school management and parents' committees that are tasked with trying to run our schools, along with the principals and teachers. The role of SNAs is actually vital. Not one of us can really...

Waste Reduction Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Jul 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...installed that are totally defunct and no longer good for any purpose, and now these Deputies want to bring in a scheme that has not been costed. I respectfully say to them that reducing the amount of waste is, of course, very laudable and something we would all love to aspire to, but what will it cost? They are not telling us the cost involved and the kind of enormous burden this will...

Civil Defence Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (29 Nov 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...Act 2002, the dissolution of the Civil Defence board and the transfer of its functions and other responsibilities back to the Department of Defence. Its purpose is to bring responsibility for the management, development and administration of Civil Defence at national level back into the Department where it lay at the time the organisation was founded in the 1950s. It was designed to...

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

Michael Healy-Rae: I am finishing now. When we wanted to carry out upgrades to farm waste water management systems to prevent pollution a grant system was put in place that allowed farmers to build slatted sheds, concrete yards and collect waste water in a proper manner. Now we are telling people they are in limbo because there is no proposal coming from the Government on how people will be assisted. I...