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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Services for People with Disabilities (25 Jun 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: 536. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding a service (details supplied) in County Kerry; the reason this service has not received additional funding; the reason representations made to her initiated in the summer of 2010 are still ongoing; her views on the future of the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30350/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (25 Jun 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: 565. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address queries raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the national quality standards for residential care settings for older persons [30197/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (25 Jun 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: 571. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding extra home help hours in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30229/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Accommodation (25 Jun 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: 572. To ask the Minister for Health if he will explain the way the Health Service Executive in Tralee, County Kerry, refused to hand back the subsidy granted to a facility that was provided for buildings for the elderly in Ventry, County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30237/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Delays (25 Jun 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: 586. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30319/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (25 Jun 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: 587. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently waiting to have cataract operations carried out at Cork University Hospital; the length of time they have been waiting for these operations; the proposals that are in place to speed up and enhance the service in CUH regarding the removal of cataracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30321/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Complaints Procedures (25 Jun 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: 588. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the treatment of a person at Cork University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30322/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Investigations (25 Jun 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: 610. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 541 of 18 June 2013 (details supplied); if he will confirm if an investigation amended to an audit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30689/13]

Order of Business (26 Jun 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: I believe at the outset I am supposed to declare what could be perceived as an interest. An Post has been named as the most reputable semi-State body in Ireland. With regard to the Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Act there is a concern that if the Government-----

Order of Business (26 Jun 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: I meant to say Bill. If the Government proceeds with its policy-----

Order of Business (26 Jun 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: ------to channel social welfare payments out of An Post to financial institutions-----

Order of Business (26 Jun 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: -----it could result in closing down our post office network. That is the question.

Order of Business (26 Jun 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: Do we have a new Taoiseach?

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: I thank the Members of the Technical Group for allowing me some of their speaking time on this most important subject. The Government has repeatedly claimed that this legislation, entitled the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill, is designed solely to enhance and promote the best possible care for pregnant women in order to ensure no woman dies because of her pregnancy. If I believed...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: It is an absolute disgrace and makes a mockery of the Government's much-heralded care for women. During the course of this debate we have witnessed a lot of grandstanding by the Government on the need to become a more modern country. Abortion will not necessarily treat suicidal intent or depression. I would like to give a couple of true examples that are documented and backed up by real...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: -----and the hurt and pain they carry following their abortions. If the Bill is also based on evidence, why has that evidence not been presented? It is as if one wrote an academic paper in a university and did not source any of one's information. One would receive a fail grade and be in trouble on grounds of plagiarism. Where is the evidence to back up the provisions included in the Bill?...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: Yes, responsibility, exactly. They were elected to be responsible for themselves and their own vote. They are answerable first to themselves, their own heart and soul, their own brain and intelligence and then, of course, their electorate. It was wrong of the Taoiseach to impose the party Whip system. It is extremely disrespectful, particularly because of the enormity of the issue we are...

Special Educational Needs: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Jun 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: I thank Fianna Fáil for allowing me some of its speaking time on this extremely important Private Members' motion, because nothing is more important than the children of our State, particularly children with special needs. Our children are citizens of the State, to be held in equal respect. What the Minister proposed in recent weeks - 12% cuts to special needs resources - was a...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: I compliment Deputy Martin and the Fianna Fáil party for allowing a free vote on this important issue. The Taoiseach made a mistake in not allowing a free vote in his party and the same applies to the Labour Party. Every person should have a free vote because they should be allowed to take this important decision from their heart. I highlighted earlier that in 1967 when the laws were...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (26 Jun 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: 121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider reversing the cuts to special needs resources (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31166/13]