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Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise - Mineral Oil Tax (13 Oct 2020)

Michael Healy-Rae: Tonight will be remembered as one of the most vicious attacks on rural Ireland that has ever been seen. It is a fact that this will affect everything. When living in rural Ireland, everything has to be transported on wheels. Only two weeks ago, the House debated the forestry industry. That timber is being drawn on our roads on diesel vehicles. The food that goes to our shops and...

Financial Resolutions 2020 - Budget Statement 2021 (13 Oct 2020)

Michael Healy-Rae: At the outset, I would like to address this budget for what it is, and that is the Green Party's budget and definitely the biggest case of the tail wagging the dog we have seen since the foundation of the State. Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have obviously sold their souls completely for power because not only are we seeing this budget brought before us, but it is terribly important for...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Work Permits (13 Oct 2020)

Michael Healy-Rae: 24. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the status of a work permit for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29917/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (13 Oct 2020)

Michael Healy-Rae: 281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30299/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension (13 Oct 2020)

Michael Healy-Rae: 295. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an invalidity pension appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29640/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension (13 Oct 2020)

Michael Healy-Rae: 305. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter regarding an application for an invalidity pension (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29840/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Springboard Programme (13 Oct 2020)

Michael Healy-Rae: 354. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the case of person (details supplied) that applied for a springboard course; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29860/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (13 Oct 2020)

Michael Healy-Rae: 395. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for citizenship by a person (details supplied). [29842/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (13 Oct 2020)

Michael Healy-Rae: 487. To ask the Minister for Health when the income threshold for over 70s medical card will commence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29906/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Issues (13 Oct 2020)

Michael Healy-Rae: 591. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS 3 appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29667/20]

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (8 Oct 2020)

Michael Healy-Rae: On a point of order-----

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (8 Oct 2020)

Michael Healy-Rae: -----I seek clarity on whether there was any discussion about the Friday sitting. Did that just disappear?

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (8 Oct 2020)

Michael Healy-Rae: Sorry, it is a point of clarification. Am I allowed that?

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (8 Oct 2020)

Michael Healy-Rae: The Taoiseach might think that some of us are blind but, thankfully, we are not deaf. On Tuesday, he made a clear commitment. He said that he would have no problem in having a full and wholesome debate on Friday. He stated that he would partake of that debate. What has happened since? What has changed? Considering the hundreds of thousands of people who have been impacted in such a...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Oct 2020)

Michael Healy-Rae: Colleges have now moved online again under instruction from the Government. Students and hard-pressed parents have forked out thousands of euro for accommodation that will go unused for a second time this year, in all likelihood until Christmas. In many cases no refunds are being issued. This is a national scandal. These parents are so upset. They are hard-pressed in trying to pay bills,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2020)

Michael Healy-Rae: I thank the Tánaiste. Ministers are being told that they will be audited with regard to carbon emission-reducing measures. What will that mean for our farming community and fishermen who are already in dire straits? I have discussed this with Irish Farmers' Association leadership over the last 24 hours and I am again coming back to the fact that the Cabinet is saying that our State...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2020)

Michael Healy-Rae: Tánaiste or Taoiseach, it makes no difference because Deputy Varadkar is both now.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2020)

Michael Healy-Rae: Last Monday, my colleagues and I had a very important meeting with the excellent CEO of Kerry County Council, Ms Moira Murrell, and other directors of services with the council, including Michael Scannell, Charlie O'Sullivan, head of finance Angela McAllen, and others. One of the items on the agenda was the deficit in local authority funding. I am fearful that there will be cuts in basic...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (8 Oct 2020)

Michael Healy-Rae: 111. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter on the spend and stay scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29273/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (8 Oct 2020)

Michael Healy-Rae: 186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) can be given a Teaching Council number; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29271/20]