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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Post-budget 2023 Examination: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Michael Healy-Rae: There is one very practical thing that I would love to see and that is abolishing from the English language a word that everybody seems to use. To me, if a property owner is involved in the business of maintaining his or her property and renting it out to somebody else, then he or she is a property owner. All the lords and all those sorts of people were dealt with a long time ago in this...

Finance Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Michael Healy-Rae: I am glad to speak on the Finance Bill and on the budget the Minister introduced on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Ryan. I will first talk about the 9% rate of VAT. As a representative of the tourism capital of the western world, Killarney in County Kerry, I believe it is wrong for the Minister to allow uncertainty on this matter until February of next year. Having met with hoteliers last...

Social and Affordable Housing Supply: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Oct 2022)

Michael Healy-Rae: Like I always do, I want to declare an interest in all aspects of this issue that I am going to talk about. Some 20,535 properties were built in 2020, less than a quarter of what was constructed during the height of the housing boom in 2006. The national planning framework estimates that structural demands for new housing based on the demographics supplied is between 25,000 and 35,000 per...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (25 Oct 2022)

Michael Healy-Rae: 290. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if works will be carried out on a bridge in the Black Valley, Killarney (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53521/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (25 Oct 2022)

Michael Healy-Rae: 361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider funding for a cohort of students (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53444/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (25 Oct 2022)

Michael Healy-Rae: 406. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53304/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Oct 2022)

Michael Healy-Rae: 452. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if rent allowance is being paid to persons who live in mobile homes; if not, the reason for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53050/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Oct 2022)

Michael Healy-Rae: 453. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of supplementary welfare allowance applications that have been made since 1 May 2022 to date; the number that have been approved, refused and still awaiting a decision by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53067/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (25 Oct 2022)

Michael Healy-Rae: 521. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 414 of 20 September 2022, if he will provide further details on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52804/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (25 Oct 2022)

Michael Healy-Rae: 570. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that there is no dedicated Parkinson’s consultant or team available in Cork University Hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52694/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (25 Oct 2022)

Michael Healy-Rae: 621. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52997/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (25 Oct 2022)

Michael Healy-Rae: 631. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) is on a hospital waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53043/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (25 Oct 2022)

Michael Healy-Rae: 634. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) in relation to locating a community garden in Dingle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53069/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (25 Oct 2022)

Michael Healy-Rae: 635. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53070/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (25 Oct 2022)

Michael Healy-Rae: 642. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53121/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (25 Oct 2022)

Michael Healy-Rae: 725. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that the details of the new forestry programme are not yet known in order for it to be marketed by stakeholders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52697/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (25 Oct 2022)

Michael Healy-Rae: 726. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is danger of further job losses in the private forestry sector if the details of the new forestry programme are not made available immediately to ensure that it is marketable now and in place to commence on 1 January 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52700/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (25 Oct 2022)

Michael Healy-Rae: 727. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the project afforestation forecast for 1 January 2023 to 31 March 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52701/22]

Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2022: Second Stage (26 Oct 2022)

Michael Healy-Rae: As always, I begin by declaring an interest in this topic. However, I speak on behalf of the people I represent in making a number of observations on the matter. First, the introduction of a ban on evictions will not increase the availability of housing, public or private, in any shape or fashion whatsoever. For the people in County Kerry who are on the waiting list, it will not improve...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (26 Oct 2022)

Michael Healy-Rae: 67. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a bus stop will be installed at a location (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53808/22]