Results 22,921-22,940 of 23,892 for speaker:Michael Healy-Rae
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)
Michael Healy-Rae: Deputy Tom Hayes will have to live for many lifetimes before he will achieve for his constituents what the former Deputy he referred to achieved for his.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)
Michael Healy-Rae: When we were bring brought up, we were told to have respect for our elders-----
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)
Michael Healy-Rae: -----so I ask the Deputy to have a small bit of respect for a person that has gone before him.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)
Michael Healy-Rae: That is the truth. What did the Deputy deliver for his constituents?
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)
Michael Healy-Rae: If I may carry on-----
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)
Michael Healy-Rae: The Minister accused some of these Deputies whom I have complimented for their information evenings of misinformation. The funny thing is when I asked the Minister last week on Committee Stage to give me clarification as to exactly what standard, he replied that the tank has to be working. A child going to national school would not have given me that answer because-----
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)
Michael Healy-Rae: Sorry, now, Minister, you can talk in a while.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)
Michael Healy-Rae: I apologise. I will just ignore the Minister for a while.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)
Michael Healy-Rae: I would like if the Minister showed a bit of respect for the office he holds by not interrupting me. I wanted information from the Minister on Committee Stage on exactly what standard was being applied. He gave me a hopelessly pathetic nonsensical answer. As everybody knows, it is not enough for a person to say, "That tank is working" because one engineer can assess a tank as working while...
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)
Michael Healy-Rae: When we seek funding to upgrade those schemes, we are told local authorities do not have the money to fund the upgrades. If it is all right for a local authority to argue that it cannot upgrade a sewage treatment plant in a town or village, or if it can continue to pollute in such a fashion, how can the Minister tell a householder that his or her system must be upgraded? That person may not...
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)
Michael Healy-Rae: It is the same with farmers, who over the years have seen all types of accusations with regard to environmental protection. It is odd as nobody cherishes and appreciates the land and waterways more than a farmer or a person living in the countryside. The Government does not seem to understand that logic at all. The majority of people have tanks which are working properly but our Government...
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)
Michael Healy-Rae: Does the Minister know how it works in this House at all? He is supposed to address the Chair and only when called upon by the Chair.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)
Michael Healy-Rae: I thought the Minister had learned that at this stage. He has been here for much longer than I have been.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)
Michael Healy-Rae: I apologise and perhaps I can carry on.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)
Michael Healy-Rae: At a time when people can least afford it, they are already overly regulated. A farmer in the Rural Environmental Protection Scheme, REPS, has all types of inspections and on top of everything else, he will have a person coming around the back of the house to peer into the septic tank and inspect the ground around it. At the same time, people are being misinformed by the Government. They...
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)
Michael Healy-Rae: He has shown poor political judgment and the people who are advising the Minister are also slipping up. It is unfair to bring this Bill through the Dáil today and tomorrow without proper information being given to the people. When the Minister attacks me and tries to make soundbites at my expense, he should remember he is not attacking me - I am only one small person - he is attacking the...
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)
Michael Healy-Rae: I will but I must defend myself, as I am entitled to do.
- Leaders' Questions (25 Jan 2012)
Michael Healy-Rae: He put you up to pull you down.
- Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (24 Jan 2012)
Michael Healy-Rae: Question 142: To ask the Minister for Finance if the rate of VAT on agricultural diesel will be reduced in view of the fact that farmers and contractors cannot afford the high cost of fuel at the moment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3630/12]
- Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (24 Jan 2012)
Michael Healy-Rae: Question 203: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in regard to budget 2012, along with all other cuts in education, Gaeltacht schools are being particularly targeted and are under threat because of the proposals; he will appreciate the work and the valuable contribution that these schools in Gaeltacht areas are doing in fulfilling their obligation in promoting the Irish language...