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Written Answers — Department of Health: Suicide Prevention (13 Nov 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to set up a national cross party suicide prevention authority which would be properly staffed and properly resourced to try to reduce the ever increasing number of suicides here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49595/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (13 Nov 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether introducing a charge on persons who do not attend hospital appointments will lead to another layer of bureaucracy which will be cumbersome and costly to administers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49597/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Consultant Appointments (13 Nov 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deal with the practice by consultants of block booking appointments, that is 20 persons arriving at 9 a.m., all with appointments to meet the same consultant at the same time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49598/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (13 Nov 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49641/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (13 Nov 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Health his view on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a podiatry post in Kerry General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50121/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services (13 Nov 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in County Kerry awaiting orthodontic treatment in tabular form for the 12 month period June 2011 to June 2012 and between the age groups of 8 years and 19 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50035/12]

Order of Business (8 Nov 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: With regard to the alignment of the 52 local development companies with the local authorities, we have been held up in the European Court of Auditors report of 2010 as a model of best practice in the delivery of local development, using the bottom-up approach. Unfortunately, we are now dismantling this system and setting ourselves back 20 years. The dissolution of county and city enterprise...

Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: That old song is well worn out.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Appeals (8 Nov 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a lone parent allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49220/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Directives (8 Nov 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding Irish aquaculture licences (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49368/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (8 Nov 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry has to wait in excess of nine months for surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49218/12]

Personal Insolvency Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: The Minister can be assured I was tuned in to him. When it comes to the proposed figure of €1,200, there is an important aspect the Minister is not taking into account, and I mean this in a helpful way. In many rural areas a motor car will not do for the family - that family might need a four wheel drive jeep. In those cases, to get any type of reasonable, respectable jeep that would...

Personal Insolvency Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: That is a bit of a smart answer.

Personal Insolvency Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: A Cheann Comhairle, will I talk to the Minister or is he reading his papers?

Order of Business (7 Nov 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: On promised legislation, I am sure the Taoiseach is aware a gagging order has been placed on rank and file gardaí with regard to speaking about the closure of rural Garda stations. With regard to the criminal justice (victims rights) Bill, to strengthen the rights of victims of crime, there will be more victims of crime if our rural Garda stations close. What does the Taoiseach have to...

Order of Business (7 Nov 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: I am sure he has a view on the matter.

Order of Business (7 Nov 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: Deputy Griffin is repeating my comment, which I made yesterday.

Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: Can we all do that?

Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: It would cost more for these people to be in hospital.

Pensions and Retirement Lump Sums: Motion [Private Members] (6 Nov 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: Sean Quinn is in jail tonight. When I think about some of the people who are outside and walking our streets as they enjoy these vast pensions, it is totally wrong and unjust.