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Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: Again, it comes down to facts. This is about the provision of an in-depth analysis of where we are going, which, of course, is very laudable. The Business Postrecently did an analysis piece on the projected rent increases, particularly in County Dublin, and what that will mean. In the near short term of, I think, three years it is projected that they will increase by 25%. If you take the...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: This is a terribly important point. The guidance going back over 30 years was always was simple. The deposit was whatever rent was per month. At a time when rents were £300 per month, I remember well that the guidance was that the deposit was £300. It was not £500 or it was not double the rent. There was never any such thing. That was an old fashioned thing that was...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: I would like to put something on the record because I forgot to do so twice. I declare what could be classified as an interest in this matter.

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: To bring another perspective to this amendment, I would like these figures to be noted. In the county I represent, many so-called rural rents are €800 per month. Take off over 50% tax on that and that leaves €400 per month. That is €100 a week for the person who owns that property to maintain it, insure it, pay the property tax and pay the loan if there is one. We...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: This is extremely interesting. When you are deciding what will be built in a large-scale development, it is obvious that the people building the development are not stupid. They would only build what the market needs and what is required in an area. For instance, in County Kerry we have a desperate urgency and need for one and two-bedroom accommodation. I know the Minister is acutely...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (8 Dec 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: 118. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a visa will be made available to general practitioners from South Africa (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60646/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (8 Dec 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: 182. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a BPS payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60603/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (8 Dec 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: 192. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if funding has been approved for Minard Pier, Lispole, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60824/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (9 Dec 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: 314. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60967/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (9 Dec 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: 332. To ask the Minister for Health the amount his Department is paying agencies to pay private home care assistants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61012/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (9 Dec 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: 346. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the increase in the price of fishing licences and the delay in doing so meaning that licences are not issuing at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60982/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (9 Dec 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: 358. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a felling licence for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61022/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Planning Issues (14 Dec 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: 146. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the costs pertaining to his Department and An Bord Pleanála and the Department’s agencies in respect of all appeal and judicial review applications instituted against his Department and or An Bord Pleanála by case in each of the years since January 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (14 Dec 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: 316. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the legal costs pertaining to his Department and An Bord Pleanála and their related agencies in respect of all legal services provided in all appeal and judicial review applications instituted against his Department or An Bord Pleanála by case in each of the years since January 2016; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 Dec 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: 524. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if Garda recruitment will take place in January 2022; if not, if recruitment will be held later; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61929/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (14 Dec 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: 750. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time a person (details supplied) will be waiting for a long-term stay bed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61930/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (14 Dec 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: 758. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his officials have not followed up on their commitment to meet with a farmer (details supplied) with regard to the forced closure of their industry as they had committed to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61121/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (14 Dec 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: 759. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason he has not replied to correspondence from a farmer (detailed supplied) which is of the most serious nature on concerns regarding the forced closure of their business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61123/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (14 Dec 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: 760. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his officials are refusing to review the statutory redundancy being offered to staff affected by the closure of the mink farming industry in Ireland despite his own commitment at the Oireachtas Committee hearing on 15 July 2021 to do so; if his officials will be instructed as a matter of urgency to examine what a more...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) (Foetal Pain Relief) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Dec 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: I am glad to be a co-sponsor of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) (Foetal Pain Relief) Bill 2021. I was never more devastated or disappointed than when I stood up, on behalf of our group, to table a motion here years ago seeking pain relief when we had failed in our efforts to protect the unborn child, as a last desperate attempt to ensure that they would not feel pain, and...