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Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (28 Feb 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: Nobody is taking rural areas and the difference between the work of Deputies based in cities and areas with large populations and those in more rural areas into consideration when making changes to constituencies. Many Deputies representing the greater Dublin area can walk the length and breadth of their constituencies in a couple of minutes. Compare that to the work a rural Deputy must do...

Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (28 Feb 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: I am quite happy to face into north Kerry any day of the week and to represent the people to the best of my ability and thanks be to God, the Minister will not have any say in that.

Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (28 Feb 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: The Minister will be in a different place at that stage.

Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (28 Feb 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: He will have a nice little role by the time it comes to that. I support Deputy Ó Cuív's amendment. I appreciate the thrust of it and I know it has been tabled in a genuine and heartfelt way on behalf of his constituents which is why I support it.

Further Education and Training Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: I thank the Technical Group for allocating some of its speaking time to me. I acknowledge the presence of the Minister of State, Deputy Cannon. We were very glad when he visited County Kerry a number of months ago to attend the launch of an informative and comprehensive booklet outlining the various courses and further educational opportunities that are available for people who find...

Further Education and Training Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: If one does not have that qualifying criterion, one does not get an appointment.

Further Education and Training Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: I can answer the Deputy if he wants but I will answer through the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I had to be removed from a board on which I was working very well because I was not a member of Fine Gael or the Labour Party. I had to be replaced by people the Minister hand-picked.

Further Education and Training Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: Therefore, Deputy Simon Harris should not come to the Chamber to make an insinuation or slur on my character.

Further Education and Training Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: My record was excellent. The Deputy can be sure that the behaviour of some of his Ministers has been a disgrace. I could start naming them here but I will not.

Further Education and Training Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: I would not do that myself. Deputy Harris has drawn this on himself. If he wants me to go down the road of talking about his Government's appointments to State boards-----

Further Education and Training Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: They are a sham. If Deputy Harris tries to defend that, he will have gone down in my estimation big time in the last couple of minutes.

Further Education and Training Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: If he tries to stand over that, he is standing over the indefensible. I wish SOLAS well and hope that in the years ahead the people who require skills improvement and training will get it and that it will be successful.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (28 Feb 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10866/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grants Funding (28 Feb 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when Kerry County Council will be notified of their block grant to the housing section; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10865/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (28 Feb 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10796/13]

Diseases of Animals Act 1966: Motion (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: Can we make any comments on this?

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: I, too, have serious reservations about the property tax. I highlighted the case of being asked to put a value on a farmhouse. The farmhouse could be located in the centre of the family farm and alongside sheds. How can someone realistically put a value on the property? While the house is a home to the family living in it, who else would want to purchase a house in the middle of a working...

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: Yes, but this point must be made. The Minister is a reasonable and fair man. My point is sound and solid. The houses in question are not being exempted because they are not located in Dublin, Cork or Limerick. It is unfair. Someone's family member might have died because of radon - I have experience of this - yet that person is now being asked to pay a property tax. Such people can only...

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: Deputy Ryan voted for the guillotine.

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: Deputy Ryan voted for it and now he is crying about it.