Results 20,121-20,140 of 23,892 for speaker:Michael Healy-Rae

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (18 Jun 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: 517. To ask the Minister for Health his views on concerns regarding the provision of ambulance services in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28798/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (18 Jun 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: 538. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding eye cataract surgery in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29007/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Illicit Trade in Tobacco (18 Jun 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: 554. To ask the Minister for Health his views on one third of all cigarettes that are sold here are illegal; his views on whether removing the labelling from cigarette packs will do anything other than fuel the already illegal trade and make matters much worse than they actually are; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29178/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (18 Jun 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: 555. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a prosthesis in respect of a person (details supplied); when same will be sanctioned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29181/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Issues (18 Jun 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: 556. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the worsening staff shortage crisis in Cork University Hospital [29183/13]

Leaders' Questions: Order of Business (13 Jun 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: With regard to the public services management Bill, it is a national scandal that today, 13 June, people are still waiting to be paid the Student Universal Support Ireland, SUSI, grants. What does the Government propose to do about this?

Leaders' Questions: Order of Business (13 Jun 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: Surely the Tánaiste has a view or something to say about it.

Leaders' Questions: Order of Business (13 Jun 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: He could surely give an answer under the public services management Bill to the people who are waiting to be paid their SUSI grants in June when they should have been paid last September and October. The Tánaiste must have a comment on it. If I were him, I would stand up and answer the question.

Leaders' Questions: Order of Business (13 Jun 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: I will sit down, but I am right to ask the question.

Leaders' Questions: Order of Business (13 Jun 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: It is right to ask the question here this morning in fairness to the students who desperately need their grants.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Socio-Economic Committees Funding (13 Jun 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: 113. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the proposed costings and budget allocations for the establishment of the social economic committees and the proposed method of financing these bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28477/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: National Flag (13 Jun 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: 127. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the Irish flag was not raised on a building (details supplied) in County Kerry on St. Patrick's Day and Easter weekend; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28478/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Proposed Legislation (13 Jun 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: 191. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the Private Member's Bill setting aside the statute bar for survivors of symphysiotomy is expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28428/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Policy (13 Jun 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: 207. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Health Service Executive is engaged in a policy of removing all religious artefacts from our hospitals; the origin of this policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28479/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (13 Jun 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: 208. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28480/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Strategy on Suicide Awareness: Discussion (12 Jun 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: Two seconds, if the Minister of State will allow me. This is very important. I forgot about it and I should not have. Does the Minister of State realise that we have a situation in the psychiatric ward of Kerry General Hospital where workers were recently attacked? Very unfortunately three people were seriously injured. In case the Minister might think that was a one-off occurrence, it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Strategy on Suicide Awareness: Discussion (12 Jun 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: I welcome the Minister of State and her officials, who will be glad to know I will be very brief. When this Government engaged in the cuts affecting our career guidance teachers in schools, I met representatives of many groups. I was shocked. My understanding was that these people guide students in their career but it was frightening to see the number of young people who had psychological...

Order of Business (12 Jun 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: On promised legislation, there is an urgent need to strengthen the regulatory framework for social housing to provide for a new tenant purchase scheme for existing local authority houses, along with incremental purchase lines, the right of household members to succeed to the local authority tenancy of a deceased household member, and the refinement of the housing assistance payment. I am...

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: That is forgotten about.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: Only for advisers.