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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Michael Healy-Rae: This is like an episode of "Yes, Minister" gone wrong. I really mean that. It is a disgrace.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Michael Healy-Rae: That is not correct. Mr. Mullen cannot come in here and say something that is not true.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Michael Healy-Rae: Mr. Mullen is entirely incorrect.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Michael Healy-Rae: The Minister decided and has indicated a preference.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Michael Healy-Rae: It is a shame and scandal that the issue is on the agenda again. What happened in the past was that the permanent government, as we shall call it, tried this and failed. It went through every avenue it possibly could in the past to achieve what it wanted, namely, to centralise everything in Dublin and it failed. It is coming at it again in a different way. If the value for money review...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Michael Healy-Rae: No, the Senator is on the right stick.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Michael Healy-Rae: Is Mr. Reynolds trying to trivialise the input Valentia had at that time?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Michael Healy-Rae: Is it fair to say Valentia played a vital role in the operation?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Michael Healy-Rae: We hope Mr. Reynolds will rescue Valentia now.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Michael Healy-Rae: What of major search and rescues?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Michael Healy-Rae: We cannot get answers to questions here.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Michael Healy-Rae: I am to here to ask questions and we are not getting answers.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Michael Healy-Rae: There is no grandstanding. It would be good to get answers to the questions that are asked.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Michael Healy-Rae: You can suspend whatever you want.
- Order of Business (24 Oct 2012)
Michael Healy-Rae: The Ceann Comhairle has ruled out of order the first matter about which I wished to pose a question, namely, when the White Paper on universal health insurance would be brought forward. People were already crippled by the amounts they were obliged to pay for private health insurance before this morning's announcement. However, I cannot speak on this matter-----
- Order of Business (24 Oct 2012)
Michael Healy-Rae: -----because the Ceann Comhairle has ruled it out of order.
- Order of Business (24 Oct 2012)
Michael Healy-Rae: I hope the Taoiseach will do something because people are at their wit's end trying to pay for private health insurance.
- Order of Business (24 Oct 2012)
Michael Healy-Rae: The second issue to which I wish to refer is very important. It was raised last week and I would like the Taoiseach to provide an answer on it. I refer to the climate Bill and the fact that the weather has improved a little in recent weeks, which means farmers might be able to spread slurry.
- Order of Business (24 Oct 2012)
Michael Healy-Rae: Would it be possible to obtain a further extension in this regard for the hard-pressed farmers of the country?
- Order of Business (24 Oct 2012)
Michael Healy-Rae: farmers' slurry tanks are full and they need to be emptied. Will the Taoiseach make a statement on the matter?