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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in Europe: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

Michael Healy-Rae: We have finished our first round. I sincerely thank our witnesses for their participation. I welcome the Leas-Chathaoirleach, Deputy Gino Kenny, who will take the Chair for the second round. We will suspend for one minute to do some housekeeping.

Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Sep 2023)

Michael Healy-Rae: First, I cannot express enough to the children themselves, the parents involved, the aunties, the uncles and the grandparents, that when we are having this debate and this question-and-answer session with the Minister, we have to keep those lovely people and lovely children in mind. They are the most important thing in all of this. We can ask and answer all the questions we like, but the...

Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Sep 2023)

Michael Healy-Rae: Okay.

Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Sep 2023)

Michael Healy-Rae: Yes.

Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Sep 2023)

Michael Healy-Rae: Yes, that is a very important clarification. One troubling allegation is that the non-medical springs, which were made from low-grade steel rather than the required titanium alloy, were used in surgeries involving at least three young patients. These springs were not intended for medical use. Am I correct in saying that? This raises questions about their origin and intended purpose. This...

Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Sep 2023)

Michael Healy-Rae: Yes. I do not like using this analogy, but in the past hour I have spoken to a person who has been involved in the automobile industry. That person said to me that when a motor car is being made, there are awfully strict criteria about the materials that are used. How could this actually happen, when these are going into people’s bodies? It just does not make sense. I am not...

Eviction Ban Bill 2022: Motion (27 Sep 2023)

Michael Healy-Rae: I wish to declare an interest in the provision of accommodation to all categories of people. I thank People Before Profit for bringing this important motion and issue before the Dáil again. I was glad to support the continuation of the ban on the previous occasion. I am glad to support the motion because it is important. There were 5,735 notices of termination issued between April...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Sep 2023)

Michael Healy-Rae: The Deputy is losing time there.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Sep 2023)

Michael Healy-Rae: The man is not listening, however.

Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Sep 2023)

Michael Healy-Rae: While the Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023 may appear on the surface to be another routine technical Bill, it harbours a disconcerting truth regarding Ireland's energy security, one that should keep us awake at night. This Bill sets in motion the transfer of all responsibilities related to the national gas infrastructure from Ervia, the current overseeing entity, to a newly formed publicly owned...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed): Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (27 Sep 2023)

Michael Healy-Rae: I thank the Chair. I will try to be brief because the committee is working very diligently and I do not want to hold things up.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed): Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (27 Sep 2023)

Michael Healy-Rae: I will take up from where the Minister finished. To be polite about it, I hope the Minister is just being coy in not wanting to divulge what will be in the budget. We obviously do not expect him to do that. We know he cannot do that. However, I have a memory and I am not stupid. When he was questioned about the RZLT, the Taoiseach put on the record of the Dáil that common sense will...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (27 Sep 2023)

Michael Healy-Rae: 41. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to resolve a fisheries issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41846/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Administration (27 Sep 2023)

Michael Healy-Rae: 81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a facility (details supplied) can be opened early; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41850/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (27 Sep 2023)

Michael Healy-Rae: 111. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41726/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Invasive Species Policy (27 Sep 2023)

Michael Healy-Rae: 121. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what measures his Department has in place to protect people from the bark beetle (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41864/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Qualifications Recognition (27 Sep 2023)

Michael Healy-Rae: 128. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41680/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Policy (26 Sep 2023)

Michael Healy-Rae: 127. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport with regard to Kerry Airport which is vital to Kerry tourism, and where we urgently need more flights to Kerry airport to connect other parts of the EU; if there any plans in the near future to ensure this would happen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41003/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (26 Sep 2023)

Michael Healy-Rae: 134. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are any proposals to put in proper stops along our motorways (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41092/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (26 Sep 2023)

Michael Healy-Rae: 138. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a local link service (details supplied) could be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41224/23]