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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (29 Nov 2022)

Michael Healy-Rae: 703. 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. [59354/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (29 Nov 2022)

Michael Healy-Rae: 704. 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. [59356/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (29 Nov 2022)

Michael Healy-Rae: 750. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if previous forestry can be used for the new ACRES scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58698/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (29 Nov 2022)

Michael Healy-Rae: 773. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm the principle of the afforestation grant rate providing for all costs associated with afforestation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58834/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (29 Nov 2022)

Michael Healy-Rae: 771. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the details of all the support schemes in the next forestry programme will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58832/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (29 Nov 2022)

Michael Healy-Rae: 772. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date ]he expects to issue financial approvals for afforestation in the next forestry programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58833/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (29 Nov 2022)

Michael Healy-Rae: 777. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason there are more than 30 cases waiting for arbitration (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58999/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (30 Nov 2022)

Michael Healy-Rae: 187. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical appointment for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59796/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (1 Dec 2022)

Michael Healy-Rae: 266. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if clarification will be provided in relation to the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59918/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (1 Dec 2022)

Michael Healy-Rae: 269. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59932/22]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Dec 2022)

Michael Healy-Rae: Kerry County Council is committed to ensuring that any property in its ownership that becomes vacant is re-tenanted as soon as possible, but this requires finance. Currently, the council has 74 houses that are not in the programme for repair because they require an estimated €2.7 million to do the repairs and to bring them back into use. It was reported in November that the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Dec 2022)

Michael Healy-Rae: I have just one point of order.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Dec 2022)

Michael Healy-Rae: We do not call an empty house a "void"; we call them "empty houses".

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Second Stage (6 Dec 2022)

Michael Healy-Rae: I start by remembering the words of Michael O'Connor from Muckross in Killarney, a late friend of mine who only died in recent times in the year of his 108th birthday. I would meet him very regularly. He was driving his car until he was 104, living on his own and taking care of himself. He was a great man. His philosophy in life was that everything is fine in moderation, whether it is...

Building Defects: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Dec 2022)

Michael Healy-Rae: At the beginning, I would like to thank sincerely Deputy Ó Broin and the Sinn Féin Party for tabling another excellent motion before Dáil Éireann, because it is only right to acknowledge the seriousness of the crisis that people are facing. The first time this issue came to the fore in a big, public way was through the mica scandal, which started out in Donegal. I was...

Teacher Shortages: Motion [Private Members] (7 Dec 2022)

Michael Healy-Rae: I thank the Social Democrats for this important Private Members' business. It is a serious issue in County Kerry, where many schools are coming to me about seeking help from the Department of Education with the staffing crisis, which has left many vulnerable pupils without specialised support. There is a critical time in a young person's life when he or she needs direct intervention and...

Teacher Shortages: Motion [Private Members] (7 Dec 2022)

Michael Healy-Rae: -----and thank them for their efforts in teaching our people down the years.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2022)

Michael Healy-Rae: I want to highlight to the Taoiseach the absolute failure of this country to look after the health needs of children. I will do this by giving an example of a case that proves the dysfunction in our system. Michael O'Sullivan of Dromroughty, Kenmare, County Kerry is a ten-year-old boy who is profoundly autistic and has a working diagnosis of alpha thalassemia X-linked intellectual...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2022)

Michael Healy-Rae: I thank the Taoiseach. I acknowledge the presence of the Minister for Health and I ask him, the Taoiseach and the Government please to take this young boy on board. I ask them to take him into their heads but, most importantly, before Christmas, I ask them to take him into their hearts. We have gastro teams for adults but, as the Minister knows, we only have one gastro team dedicated to...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (7 Dec 2022)

Michael Healy-Rae: We are in this situation thanks to the clash with Russia over the Ukraine, which means Europe has lost roughly one third of its regular gas supply. Much of Europe, particularly countries in the former Soviet Bloc, relied on Russian gas for the generation of electricity, home heating, cooking and industrial purposes. Germany and Italy, the largest and third largest economies, respectively,...