Results 22,881-22,900 of 23,892 for speaker:Michael Healy-Rae

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: The is the second time the Minister has read that.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: Will the Minister confirm that they will not have to be?

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: The Minister must answer it. Will he confirm that they will not be subject to inspection?

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: What can we expect from him?

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: I am glad there is such interest in the village from which I come.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: This is a pathetic performance by a pathetic Minister if that is the best he can come up with.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: If he is going to launch a personal attack on me like this-----

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: -----he badly needs to grow up and deal with the issue. He continually brings my father into debates. That is a disgraceful carry-on.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: If the Acting Chairman were in my shoes, he would take offence.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: I expect much better from a Minister than speaking about a person who has retired. The Minister is a disgrace.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: Yes, I will sit down.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: Yes, and ask him and his cheerleader to show some respect to past Members. They should show some respect to people who worked very hard here.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: The Minister is wrong and I hope to have an opportunity to correct him.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: The Minister should be clear about it. Will there be financial hardship or not?

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: Withdraw the slur now.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: The Minister should not believe that if he is looking down his nose at Deputies Ferris, Mattie McGrath or Healy-Rae, he will get away with it. There are many people behind us and the Minister is looking down his nose at them. It is not nice, and no Deputy or Minister should do it. The Minister should know better. I would not have to say anything to him if he did not draw me on him. That...

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: I thank the Acting Chairman for giving me the opportunity to speak. I hope that when it comes to votes in the course of the debate Members will see that people in rural areas are being hounded. The only thing we are short of at this stage is an inspector going up the stairs and going underneath the bed to see what is going on there. At this stage we are not far away from that. The only...

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: I am finishing now. When we wanted to carry out upgrades to farm waste water management systems to prevent pollution a grant system was put in place that allowed farmers to build slatted sheds, concrete yards and collect waste water in a proper manner. Now we are telling people they are in limbo because there is no proposal coming from the Government on how people will be assisted. I...

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: Did he say he withdrew it?

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: No, he did not say he was withdrawing it.