Results 20,021-20,040 of 23,601 for speaker:Michael Healy-Rae
- Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (15 May 2013)
Michael Healy-Rae: Was Deputy Lawlor running in that election?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (15 May 2013)
Michael Healy-Rae: I second that proposal.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (15 May 2013)
Michael Healy-Rae: This petition has various complexities. Mr. O'Sullivan has experienced difficulty in dealing with the petition due to the seriousness of his medical situation. We must push the boat out and offer every support possible to the petitioner. I support Senator O'Keeffe's suggestion. Perhaps she will propose it now and I will second it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (15 May 2013)
Michael Healy-Rae: I support the Senator's recommendation. In the interests of openness, transparency and a proper debate, representatives of the employer groups should also be invited so that they might participate. Doing so would be fair and proper and we would have a balanced discussion on the matter.
- Order of Business (15 May 2013)
Michael Healy-Rae: For the umpteenth time I wish to raise the issue of the fodder crisis.
- Order of Business (15 May 2013)
Michael Healy-Rae: The Taoiseach, the Cabinet and the Department are not giving this the serious consideration-----
- Order of Business (15 May 2013)
Michael Healy-Rae: -----they should be giving it. It is a crisis situation and I want the Taoiseach to intervene properly. I also wish to raise the matter of statistics provided by the Irish Prison Service in recent days which show the number of people being jailed for the non-payment of television licences has increased from 183-----
- Order of Business (15 May 2013)
Michael Healy-Rae: I am coming to it. The number has increased to 272. Over the past five years there has been a five-fold increase in the number of people being jailed for this offence, quite simply because they do not have the money.
- Order of Business (15 May 2013)
Michael Healy-Rae: Under the telecommunications legislation, people will now be asked to pay for a licence even if they do not have a television. This is wrong and unfair when criminals can roam the country-----
- Order of Business (15 May 2013)
Michael Healy-Rae: -----and are availing of the revolving door syndrome. The Department sees fit to jail people who do not pay their television licence.
- Order of Business (15 May 2013)
Michael Healy-Rae: What about the fodder crisis? Surely the Taoiseach can give a proper answer.
- Leaders' Questions (15 May 2013)
Michael Healy-Rae: The Government has not done much about it.
- Leaders' Questions (15 May 2013)
Michael Healy-Rae: What is silly about it?
- Leaders' Questions (15 May 2013)
Michael Healy-Rae: They will be lucky to get one.
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Issues (15 May 2013)
Michael Healy-Rae: 149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expedite the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23326/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Services Speeds (15 May 2013)
Michael Healy-Rae: 184. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23269/13]
- Order of Business (14 May 2013)
Michael Healy-Rae: I want to declare a possible conflict of interest in that I am a postmaster of a small post office. I am asking this on behalf of all postmasters throughout the country. What assurances will the Government offer in the communications Bill to our small post offices which are part of the fabric of our communities and must be maintained? We do not want to lose our post offices.
- Order of Business (14 May 2013)
Michael Healy-Rae: Yes; the Taoiseach can answer the question on the communications Bill. I have made an official complaint to HIQA and the Health and Safety Authority because no independent safety audit has been carried out on a facility at Townsend Street that is not fit for purpose, where the HSE proposes to put an ambulance base to replace those that are closing in Kerry and Cork. They are being put into...
- Order of Business (14 May 2013)
Michael Healy-Rae: No, it falls under the health (amendment) Bill. Also, when will the fluoride repeal Bill come before the House?
- Order of Business (14 May 2013)
Michael Healy-Rae: The Government parties are not talking.