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Written Answers — Water Fluoridation: Water Fluoridation (21 Feb 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: Question 597: To ask the Minister for Health if he will immediately undertake a study of the dangers of water fluoridation and the effect that this is having on the health of the population; if he will clarify the following, namely, if it is true that this practice is banned in many other European countries and that the countries that provide us the raw material to treat the water have...

Order of Business (22 Feb 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: Will the Local Government Act have to be amended to allow for the proposed alignment of local development companies to local authorities and is there promised or proposed legislation in regard to this?

Order of Business (22 Feb 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: I have one other item.

Order of Business (22 Feb 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: No, I wish to raise a separate item. Everyone else seems to get to have all the say they want.

Order of Business (22 Feb 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: Yes.

Order of Business (22 Feb 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: That was one direct question for the Taoiseach. Another direct question for him is how soon the taxi regulation legislation will be altered to allow for the use of new low cost hackney licences which are proposed to be issued? I welcome this initiative as it was I who proposed it in this House a number of months ago.

Order of Business (22 Feb 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: The Taoiseach did not answer my question.

Order of Business (22 Feb 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: The Taoiseach did not answer it with all the noise.

Order of Business (22 Feb 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: The Taoiseach did not answer what I asked him.

Order of Business (22 Feb 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: I ask the Taoiseach to hear this question out.

Order of Business (22 Feb 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: The Taoiseach did not answer my question.

Order of Business (22 Feb 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: The Taoiseach did not answer what I asked him.

Order of Business (22 Feb 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: No. I asked whether the Local Government Act will have to be amended to allow for the proposed alignment of local development companies to local authorities and is there promised or proposed legislation in this regard?

Order of Business (22 Feb 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: That is why I am raising the matter now because-----

Motor Vehicles (Duties and Licences) Bill 2012: Second Stage (22 Feb 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: I thank Deputy Pringle and the Technical Group for allowing me the opportunity to use some of its time to speak on this important subject. I acknowledge the presence of the Minister, Deputy Hogan, and thank him for being present. There are a number of important issues which I want to raise about this matter. First, it is unfair on those who in good faith went out and purchased what are...

Motor Vehicles (Duties and Licences) Bill 2012: Second Stage (22 Feb 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: I am afraid it is not our little bit of commission. The Government takes between €7 or €8 out of every tenner. In the case of the person who pulls up in that lorry, for instance-----

Motor Vehicles (Duties and Licences) Bill 2012: Second Stage (22 Feb 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: -----which cost almost €1,500 to fill, if it cost half that it would still be an enormous sum of money. People are desperate. This comes back to a rural-urban divide in that those living in the countryside, by the very fact of where they are, must rise every morning and try to get work. Whether they go in a motor car or in a van, they are continuously using fuel. That is why they see it...

Motor Vehicles (Duties and Licences) Bill 2012: Second Stage (22 Feb 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: -----one of the most topical matters in the country at present.

Motor Vehicles (Duties and Licences) Bill 2012: Second Stage (22 Feb 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: I am in Deputy Mattie McGrath's seat and I am allowed to speak on septic tanks. Seriously, it is a significant problem at present and the people are really concerned about it. This comes back to the matter of global warming, the ozone layer, etc. At the end of the day, Ireland is a very small country and the amount that we contribute to global warming or to the problems with the ozone layer...

Motor Vehicles (Duties and Licences) Bill 2012: Second Stage (22 Feb 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: Not only did the people die, the cattle died because no hay could be saved for two years continuously. There was no such thing as silage at that time. The cattle died; everything died. In 1880, again it rained continuously for two years. The funny aspect of it is that there was not one combustible engine in Ireland at the time. Why is it that we are blaming it all on global warming?...