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Cork Mail Centre: Motion [Private Members] (3 Jul 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: I am glad to support my colleagues on the other side of the border. While it should not make any difference, I should put on the record that I am a postmaster of a rural post office. Having looked at the figures in terms of the savings that will be made, I believe this was a political decision to take out Cork. The Government took the view that the local economy in Cork would better absorb...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Jul 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: The construction industry has called on the State's environmental watchdog to reclassify for recycling and reuse of demolition rubble that comes from building sites. There is no place in Cork to process crushed concrete. The nearest licensed facility is in Waterford. The Construction Industry Federation, CIF, is asking the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, to reclassify crushed...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Jul 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: We will take it.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: That was a long time ago. We do not need a history lesson.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: Fine Gael was asking them to spend more at the time.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: What was Fine Gael doing at the time?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: He must remember that he is the Taoiseach.

EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement: Statements (3 Jul 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: I would like to share time with Deputies Danny Healy-Rae and Michael Collins.

EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement: Statements (3 Jul 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: Over the last week or ten days, I have read and followed closely the ministerial comments about the Mercosur trade deal. There seems to be a conflict. The Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Deputy Bruton, tried to sell the deal when he took Leaders' Questions in this Chamber yesterday. He did this in his answers to Deputies Micheál Martin and Mary Lou...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Felling Licences (3 Jul 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for giving me permission. This is a debate I have had with the Minister already. Despite the Government's climate action plan, not enough is being done to encourage people to plant forestry. The period has been reduced from 20 years to 15 years. The grant involved does not cover the cost of planting a forest, fencing it and fertilising it in the same...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (3 Jul 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: 47. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the price of cattle nationally will be addressed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28551/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (3 Jul 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: 158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all new apprenticeship programmes since 2017 will receive the same allowances for apprentices attending college as apprenticeships developed prior to 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29282/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (3 Jul 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: 159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new apprenticeships developed since 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29283/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (3 Jul 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: 160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new apprentices enrolled per apprenticeship programme developed since 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29284/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (3 Jul 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: 161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if equality of allowances will be sought for apprenticeships in Budget 2020; the estimated cost in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29285/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (3 Jul 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: 264. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the matter of cattle prices here will be addressed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28538/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications (3 Jul 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: 314. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of an application for the sports capital grant by a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28370/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Vehicle Testing (3 Jul 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: 325. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to provide a vehicle testing centre for Listowel, County Kerry to serve the town and its environs in view of the fact that persons in the area currently must travel long distances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28463/19]

Mental Health Services Reports: Motion [Private Members] (2 Jul 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: I thank Fianna Fáil for bringing forward this motion. I thank the Minister of State for being actively interested in County Kerry. He has come down on a number of occasions connected with different aspects of his portfolio. I will welcome him any time he wants to come down. I invite him now because there are other issues with which we want him to deal in County Kerry and I look...

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform (Amendment) Bill 2019: Report Stage (2 Jul 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: I commend the Minister of State, Deputy Kevin Boxer Moran, on bringing this important issue before the House. The protection of the right of people to be in their homes and everything that can be done to enhance the protection of family homes are terribly important. I truly appreciate the amendments proposed by different Members of the House, but I have a concern about the amendments....