Results 20,421-20,440 of 23,611 for speaker:Michael Healy-Rae
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Croke Park Agreement Issues (12 Mar 2013)
Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in view of the fact that full premium payments have been restored to permanent fire fighters and prison officers, the reason nurses, Gardaí and paramedics are going to have their premiums cut; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13035/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Ministerial Appointments (12 Mar 2013)
Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide the names of the four persons that she appointed to the Social Welfare Tribunal Board; the amount each member has been paid in expenses and so on from the date of their appointment to 01 March 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13034/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (12 Mar 2013)
Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason candidates who have been on a Garda recruitment panel for years will have to reapply and start from scratch when the force seeks new members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12581/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Agencies (12 Mar 2013)
Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with regard to the ice plant in Dingle, County Kerry, if a group of persons were to come together to open the ice plant, if his Department will agree to the following, that day to day cost and maintenance of the plant would be borne by the persons operating the plant, but that if new equipment was needed to be installed that his...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Optical Services (12 Mar 2013)
Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Health his views on a submission (details supplied) regarding eye care facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12602/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (12 Mar 2013)
Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12564/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Applications (12 Mar 2013)
Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be provided with a hearing aid as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12879/13]
- Order of Business (7 Mar 2013)
Michael Healy-Rae: Australia.
- Order of Business (7 Mar 2013)
Michael Healy-Rae: As Gaeilge.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2013)
Michael Healy-Rae: It is if one is in receipt of it.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2013)
Michael Healy-Rae: A cut is a cut.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2013)
Michael Healy-Rae: It is a tax on childbirth.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Mobility and Motorised Transport Allowances: Discussion (6 Mar 2013)
Michael Healy-Rae: Could I make a point?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Mobility and Motorised Transport Allowances: Discussion (6 Mar 2013)
Michael Healy-Rae: I do wish to make one because I was asked a question. In no way do I wish to impugn Dr. McLoughlin's good reputation, so he should not take my remarks personally. His reputation is good and it is one of honest service to the Department for many years. I mean that. However, he has indicated clearly in his response that the Ministers who preceded the current one were considering seriously...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Mobility and Motorised Transport Allowances: Discussion (6 Mar 2013)
Michael Healy-Rae: First, and most important, I give a very warm welcome to the beneficiaries of the scheme, some of whom are present. I recognise some individuals who gave an excellent account of themselves and their situations on our television screens in recent weeks. However, I must take extreme exception, although I am sorry to do so. I appreciate that the representatives of the Department of Health...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Mobility and Motorised Transport Allowances: Discussion (6 Mar 2013)
Michael Healy-Rae: He asked me a question and I wanted to answer.
- Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2013)
Michael Healy-Rae: In that case, I must speed up. I have seen the health service from both sides because approximately 20 years ago, I was a long-term patient in hospitals and saw the great work that is done on a personal basis. Until the day I die, I will never be able to say enough good things for the people who were with me at that time. Accountability starts both at the bottom and the top and everyone...
- Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2013)
Michael Healy-Rae: I wish the Minister well and welcome the fact he will join me in opening a new hospital in Kenmare in the near future and next year, a new 40-bed unit for psychiatric services in Killarney.
- Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2013)
Michael Healy-Rae: Yes, but there were plenty of times the Minister could have handled situations differently, yet he used the system in the same way as previous Ministers did. I will save criticism also for past Ministers who were from parties other the Minster's one. It is nationally and internationally recognised that our community hospitals are not just essential, but also vital in delivering health care...
- Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2013)
Michael Healy-Rae: I acknowledge the presence of the Minister and I sincerely thank the Technical Group for allowing me time to speak on this important Bill. Many years ago I started out as a young politician on the old Southern Health Board and I believed in the structures of the board at the time. I learned many valuable lessons from other board members because, as the Minister remembers, at the time the...