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Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement with MEPs elected from Constituencies in Ireland (24 Sep 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: To those who were able to make the meeting today this has been a very worthwhile experience. I hope this is the first of many engagements with our MEPs using this video link. It has been very worthwhile and it will set a precedent for other Oireachtas committees in using this technology. I express gratitude to the technical staff and our secretariat, as well as the people in Brussels who...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Sep 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: Carer's allowance and carer's benefit applications are taking up to four months to process. I appreciate that a carer's allowance application takes longer to process owing to the level of documentation to be assessed but carer's benefit applications are based on PRSI contributions and medical evidence and, therefore, should be processed quicker. I have been contacted by a constituent who...

Special Needs Education Places: Motion [Private Members] (25 Sep 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: I too wish to acknowledge the good work of Deputy Thomas Byrne and his colleagues in Fianna Fáil in bringing this very important motion before the House this evening. I speak about people with different types of intellectual disabilities, little problems as we call them, as someone who is profoundly dyslexic. I have no problem in the world with admitting that. I know at first hand the...

Public Services Card: Statements (25 Sep 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: The implications of what we have seen happen in the area of data protection in the past 12 months will make our job as public representatives very difficult. I refer not only to what has happened with the public services card but also to more far reaching issues which have not yet come to light. The simplest things we deal with in day to day inquiries involve people's sensitive information....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gambling Sector (25 Sep 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: 105. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding gaming lotteries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39038/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (25 Sep 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: 120. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38977/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Applications (25 Sep 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: 150. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an invalidity pension application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38960/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Reviews (26 Sep 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: 87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a student (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39155/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (26 Sep 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: 92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a teaching number will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39181/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (26 Sep 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: 124. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39124/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (26 Sep 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: 125. To ask the Minister for Health the status of extra home help for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39128/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (26 Sep 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: 135. To ask the Minister for Health if the reimbursement dataset will cover only HSE users (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39150/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (26 Sep 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: 136. To ask the Minister for Health the weighting percentages to be used as part of the upcoming HSE FreeStyle Libre review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39151/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (26 Sep 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: 190. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the names and addresses of persons in receipt of long-term disability payments are verified on a regular basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39129/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (26 Sep 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: 192. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39156/19]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Oct 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: Is the Taoiseach willing to distance himself from statements made by a colleague which I consider to be an attack on our greyhound industry? The people Deputy Mattie McGrath and I speak for adore their greyhounds. They love their greyhounds and their sport. There is nothing wrong with that sport. It is a proud tradition. As with everything, there was an exposure recently of practices...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Animal Diseases (1 Oct 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for accepting this issue. The people on whose behalf I am speaking tonight are the salt of the earth. They are predominantly rural people who adore the sport of coursing. Coursing is an integral part of what they are all about. It is part of our history and what we are. I believe passionately in this subject. It is so important to raise it with the Minister,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Animal Diseases (1 Oct 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: I was shocked to learn that the only criterion for being informed by the Minister as part of a briefing session she held last week was to be a representative of Fine Gael. It was very disappointing. It was very disrespectful to the people in Fianna Fáil who are keeping the Minister in power that a spokesperson was not chosen from that party. What was wrong with Sinn Féin? Why...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Animal Diseases (1 Oct 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: I asked how many hares were affected and I never got an answer. We did not get an answer, which I would like to put on the record of the Dáil. Can the Minister please tell us how many hares were affected? There are people around the country who want to hear how many hares have been affected. Can I please put that on the record of the Dáil?

Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (1 Oct 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: I thank the Green Party, with which I do not agree all of the time or even half of the time, for bringing forward this very important motion. The planting of forestry is something I believe in passionately. On this side of the House, Deputies Mattie McGrath and Danny Healy-Rae and I have served our time in forestry. Whether it was sodding or opening drains, or working under new or older...