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- 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...
- Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2013)
Michael Healy-Rae: I will be very kind to the Minister but at the same time I must make this point, and I know he cannot disagree with me for making it. If a Deputy wants to tackle the Minister for Health on an issue by tabling a parliamentary question, he or she receives the response that the Minister has referred the matter to the HSE. It is maddening and the Minister would agree if he were on this side of...
- Order of Business (6 Mar 2013)
Michael Healy-Rae: I wish to ask the Taoiseach about two issues. The housing adaptation grants for people with disabilities, the mobility aids for housing grants and housing aid for older people were announced in recent days. Last year, County Kerry received €3.2 million. This year, we will receive €1.4 million, a reduction of more than 50%. Not only will this hurt people who are disabled,...
- Order of Business (6 Mar 2013)
Michael Healy-Rae: The housing Bill.
- Order of Business (6 Mar 2013)
Michael Healy-Rae: I just want the Taoiseach to comment on the matter. The Government is hurting two sectors of society by cutting the grants. Some €1.4 million this year after €3.2 million last year represents a significant cut. The other promised legislation relates to young nurses. As the Taoiseach knows, the Minister for Health introduced his new programme, under which he wants new nurses...
- Order of Business (6 Mar 2013)
Michael Healy-Rae: The welfare of people is being hurt.
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Environmental Regulations (6 Mar 2013)
Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will extend the burning of the land until 31 March in view of the fact that this year was extremely wet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11788/13]
- Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (5 Mar 2013)
Michael Healy-Rae: The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government stated he would get the media.
- Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (5 Mar 2013)
Michael Healy-Rae: What?
- Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (5 Mar 2013)
Michael Healy-Rae: I did not say I was going to get them.
- Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (5 Mar 2013)
Michael Healy-Rae: Accept away.
- Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (5 Mar 2013)
Michael Healy-Rae: If the Minister lifted the guillotine he would be fine.
- Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (5 Mar 2013)
Michael Healy-Rae: The Minister should tell the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government that I have a letter on this topic from a man whose wife died because of radon in his house. I am sorry for interrupting but it is very emotional issue when someone dies in a house and the Department does not seem to understand that.
- Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (5 Mar 2013)
Michael Healy-Rae: I want to clarify a matter for the Minister. He stated he was unsure about what I had said. I said there is no difference between a home affected by pyrite and one affected by radon.
- Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (5 Mar 2013)
Michael Healy-Rae: I have but if I do not use the opportunity now to speak about this I will not be able to do so because the Government has imposed a guillotine. I will use the opportunity. We cannot be stopped because there is a race to the bottom as quick as we can go. We must get in our say because we will not get one later. There will be a vote and that will be the end of it. I wish to stress my...
- Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (5 Mar 2013)
Michael Healy-Rae: I could give the Minister a lift down to Kerry.