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Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Direct Election of Mayor Plebiscite Regulations 2019: Motion (10 Apr 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: This was a big Minister at the time and he was telling his own foot soldiers on the ground to go away and scratch themselves. That was what he was telling them.

Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Direct Election of Mayor Plebiscite Regulations 2019: Motion (10 Apr 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: It was an absolute disgrace then and it is a disgrace now to leave towns such as that without town councils. It was a stupid act by a stupid Government and it will forever be remembered for doing that and for robbing very genuine and committed public representatives who were not in it for the money. The Ceann Comhairle knows as well as I do, and better because he has been there longer than...

Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Direct Election of Mayor Plebiscite Regulations 2019: Motion (10 Apr 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: ------and they wanted to represent people. They were not talking about €90,000 or €120,000 for directly elected mayors. All they wanted to do was to represent the people in their communities. The Government robbed them of that and now the Government is trying to say it is empowering-----

Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Direct Election of Mayor Plebiscite Regulations 2019: Motion (10 Apr 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: -----local democracy by putting these directly elected mayors in place. I would have no problem with that happening if the Government had started where it left off in the blackguarding that it did in the past by reinstating the town councils. The Government cost the nation a fortune because if anybody thinks it saved money, the Ceann Comhairle knows that is not true. It cost an absolute...

Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Direct Election of Mayor Plebiscite Regulations 2019: Motion (10 Apr 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: Try to reply.

Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Direct Election of Mayor Plebiscite Regulations 2019: Motion (10 Apr 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: Is he denying that it is a Fine Gael Government?

Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care)(Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (10 Apr 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: I, too, want to speak to this very important topic. It is important to have good governance and to have systems and checks to make sure the people operating in the healthcare service are up to standard. A person driving a digger has to have proper tickets, safe passes etc. before they are allowed onto a building site. That applies to any job of work now, rightly so. We must have...

Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care)(Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (10 Apr 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: Yes. Is it not disgraceful on the watch of the Government that we must do that? It is my job as a public representative to help people and I am not complaining about having to do it. However, one would think the Government would be embarrassed at the fact. I do not know what is wrong with other Deputies in the rest of the country that they are not doing it.

Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care)(Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (10 Apr 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: Everybody should be doing it at this stage, a Cheann Comhairle, because people are going blind in other parts of the country.

Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care)(Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (10 Apr 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: I would not blame you, a Cheann Comhairle. You are dead right to make that observation. You are correct. On a serious note, what I am worried about is that there are people going blind in other parts of the country while waiting on the list.

Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care)(Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (10 Apr 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: Are they just silently waiting because they cannot avail of the bus from Kerry or Cork? That is wrong. God gave us only two eyes. I know of people who, unfortunately, did not come forward in time and the ripeness in their eyes had come and gone and the opportunity was lost and they lost an eye. Close one of your eyes this minute, a Cheann Comhairle, and think about going around for the...

Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care)(Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (10 Apr 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: I would never forgive the Government if it was the cause of me going blind in one eye. Not everybody is able to know-----

Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care)(Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (10 Apr 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: -----that this service is available and they do not realise that even if they do not have the money, they can afford it because they can get the money from the credit union. Many people think they must have the money and that, because they do not have a couple of thousand euro to put upfront, they cannot avail of the service.

Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care)(Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (10 Apr 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: It is a shame what the Government is doing. The Minister of State should be fighting about this himself and making a noise about it. I say that in a very fair and ordinary way.

Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care)(Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (10 Apr 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: On a point of order, I am sorry but things moved quickly. Is the Minister of State saying that, after all our contributions, that is all he is going to say?

Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care)(Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (10 Apr 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: If the Minister of State was listening, I made a contribution on more than that.

Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care)(Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (10 Apr 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: I was of course.

Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care)(Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (10 Apr 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: It is not agreed. The Minister of State did not deal with our contributions.

Courts (Establishment and Constitution) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (10 Apr 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: I appreciate the opportunity to discuss this important amendment. The Ceann Comhairle will be glad to hear that I will not mention any specific case, but I wish to discuss how family law cases are mixed up with other cases. Given their constituency work, Members will appreciate from where I am coming. A family law case that comes before a court to be heard can sometimes be postponed. It...

Rural and Community Development: Statements (10 Apr 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: First, as the Minister would expect, I will be clinical and fair about all things to do with this debate. The Minister knows the personal regard I have for him in his role. I need not go into it. My late father thought highly of the Minister and his work ethic and I am certainly not going to change from that tune. However, we have problems in rural Ireland. I will be the first person...