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Climate Action Plan 2021: Statements (23 Nov 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: The Minister will not like to be told that Moneypoint and Tarbert power stations have had to reopen. Why did they have to open? The Minister did everything he could to shut them down. It was part of Green Party policy, the same as doing away with a proposed liquefied natural gas, LNG, project. The Minister shut that down. These stations had to open in spite of him and we would be in the...

Climate Action Plan 2021: Statements (23 Nov 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: Will the Minister wake up and admit that? I would like him to answer that question when he is responding later. I will be listening very intently to what he says. He should answer the people and tell them that his failed policies were going to result in Ireland being shut down for electricity. Some people received redundancies, or were on pensions retired at home, and they got the call...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Agriculture Industry (24 Nov 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle and her office for kindly picking me and allowing me the opportunity to raise this matter. I thank the Minister of State, Senator Hackett, for being present to deal with this important issue. I am glad to say that I speak on behalf of snail farmers throughout the country and I wish to highlight their concerns. Not many people may realise that a snail is...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Agriculture Industry (24 Nov 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: I thank the Minister of State very much. Could I ask her, her Department and the Government to use their discretion in the same way as it has been used in France? I would call it a matter of using common sense. Having looked at a snail and a cow, could the Minister of State please tell me what the comparison is? To me, there is a fair difference. The Minister of State's four-minute...

Education (Health, Relationships and Sex Education) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Nov 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: I appreciate very much the opportunity to speak on this Bill. I understand I have three minutes.

Education (Health, Relationships and Sex Education) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Nov 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: I would like to remind people that I respect all religions and none. I really mean that. Regardless of whether some people hate it, we are predominantly a Catholic country. I am very proud and glad of the influence that religion, including the Catholic religion, has had on all of our lives over the years. I thank people in the religious sector for the contribution they have made to...

Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Casualties) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (24 Nov 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: I will share time with Deputy Collins. I welcome the opportunity to make a contribution on Second Stage of this Bill. The reason we, as a State, are introducing this legislation is because Ireland has had a potentially illegally constituted Marine Casualty Investigation Board for some time. This Bill seeks to rectify the situation following the embarrassing judgment of the Court of Justice...

Covid-19: New Measures: Statements (24 Nov 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: After one of the longest lockdowns anywhere in the world, compulsory mask-wearing for almost 22 months and the highest vaccination rates anywhere, why are Covid numbers so high right now? So far, neither the Government nor the NPHET experts have answered this question in a truthful and sincere manner. The Government was given time and space, through lockdowns and restrictions on people's...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (23 Nov 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: 419. 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. [57053/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (23 Nov 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: 420. 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. [57054/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Housing Provision (23 Nov 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: 442. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way housing will be provided for asylum seekers (details supplied) given the housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57098/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (23 Nov 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: 569. To ask the Minister for Health if a device will be granted to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56921/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (23 Nov 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: 601. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no active haematology department in University Hospital Kerry; his plans to have this department fully operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57083/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Undefined (23 Nov 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: 603. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding medical centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57115/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Undefined (23 Nov 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: 609. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of devices for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57128/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (23 Nov 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: 715. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding assistance and help being sought from the grassroots of Irish racing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57418/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (23 Nov 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: 733. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a green low-carbon agri-environment scheme or GLAS payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57082/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (23 Nov 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: 735. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a farm payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57124/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (24 Nov 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: 56. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps that are being taken to make the system for a person renewing their driver licence more user friendly; if there are plans to have this done online instead of the person having to present themselves to an NDLS centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57940/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (24 Nov 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: 221. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for a hearing aid by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57942/21]