Results 23,421-23,440 of 23,892 for speaker:Michael Healy-Rae
- Health Services Delivery: Motion (25 Oct 2011)
Michael Healy-Rae: We know what it means.
- Health Services Delivery: Motion (25 Oct 2011)
Michael Healy-Rae: I thank Deputy Kelleher for sharing his time with me. I thank the Minister and the Minister of State for being present. The Minister said that he feels he is driving with the headlights on and that we are no longer driving in the dark. He should say that to the people in Cahersiveen who have lost their ambulance service during the hours from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. The people there will not have...
- Health Services Delivery: Motion (25 Oct 2011)
Michael Healy-Rae: I make that point that while the Minister may be right in his vision in certain areas, he is wrong in others and it is definitely wrong in the constituency I represent. We have major problems that need to be addressed.
- Written Answers — Banking Sector Regulation: Banking Sector Regulation (20 Oct 2011)
Michael Healy-Rae: Question 57: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the fact that he is engaged in a highly significant financial inclusion strategy and the Irish Postmasters Union has called for post offices to offer current accounts to its existing and future customers at a time when the banking system here is in crisis and a major overhaul is under way; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Written Answers — Residential Institutions Redress Scheme: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (20 Oct 2011)
Michael Healy-Rae: Question 69: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding young survivors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30665/11]
- Written Answers — Public Procurement: Public Procurement (20 Oct 2011)
Michael Healy-Rae: Question 73: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will review a matter (details supplied) regarding tendering; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30510/11]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (20 Oct 2011)
Michael Healy-Rae: Question 97: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that the current contract that post offices have with regard to paying out social welfare entitlements stays in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30632/11]
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (20 Oct 2011)
Michael Healy-Rae: Question 226: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when headage payments will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30586/11]
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (20 Oct 2011)
Michael Healy-Rae: Question 232: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in headage and area aid payments in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30627/11]
- Debt Settlement and Mortgage Resolution Office Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2011)
Michael Healy-Rae: I thank the Fianna Fáil Party for allowing me time to speak. I compliment Deputy Michael McGrath for introducing this Bill to the House. In recent years many consumers who are buried under a mountain of debt and who face financial hardship have been unable to agree settlement negotiations with their lenders. This is due, in part, to the recent economic crisis. Some lenders are willing to...
- Report by the Interdepartmental Working Group on Mortgage Arrears: Statements (Resumed) (18 Oct 2011)
Michael Healy-Rae: I thank the Technical Group for allowing me time to speak on this very important matter. As the Members on the Government benches well know, I am not a critic of the Government. I support it when I believe it is doing the right thing and going in the right direction. I am not a knocker for the sake of it. I welcome the report, therefore, even though in my opinion and that of many others...
- Written Answers — Betting Regulations: Betting Regulations (18 Oct 2011)
Michael Healy-Rae: Question 78: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will extend the opening hours of licensed bookmaking premises, which it is estimated would result in additional betting duty of â¬5.28 million per annum to the Exchequer. [30074/11]
- Written Answers — Betting Regulations: Betting Regulations (18 Oct 2011)
Michael Healy-Rae: Question 79: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will license the use of technology in betting shops, which, it is estimated, could bring in between â¬2 million and â¬4 million per annum to the Exchequer, and upwards of â¬10 million to the Exchequer if applied to machines in all other locations. [30075/11]
- Written Answers — Betting Regulations: Betting Regulations (18 Oct 2011)
Michael Healy-Rae: Question 80: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reform the approach to betting taxation to combine a licensing system applied to all operators, be they in shops, over the telephone, or online, with taxation on profits and not on turnover. [30076/11]
- Written Answers — Credit Unions: Credit Unions (18 Oct 2011)
Michael Healy-Rae: Question 106: To ask the Minister for Finance his views regarding the regulation of credit unions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30066/11]
- Written Answers — Credit Unions: Credit Unions (18 Oct 2011)
Michael Healy-Rae: Question 107: To ask the Minister for Finance his view on whether specifying and laying down the total loan amount that can be issued each month is hindering the effectiveness of credit unions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30067/11]
- Written Answers — Credit Unions: Credit Unions (18 Oct 2011)
Michael Healy-Rae: Question 108: To ask the Minister for Finance his view on whether linking the total loan amount issued to cash received without reference to assets, reserves, liquidity and so on is hindering the effectiveness of credit unions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30068/11]
- Written Answers — Credit Unions: Credit Unions (18 Oct 2011)
Michael Healy-Rae: Question 109: To ask the Minister for Finance his view on whether imposing specific loan terms in addition to existing limits is not helpful to credit unions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30069/11]
- Written Answers — Credit Unions: Credit Unions (18 Oct 2011)
Michael Healy-Rae: Question 110: To ask the Minister for Finance his view on the fact that the approximately 400 credit unions are financially healthy, that they have â¬12 billion in assets, loans of â¬5 million and â¬1.7 billion in reserves, but over-regulation is actually threatening the stability of the credit unions by adversely affecting their most important source of income, loan interests; his...
- Written Answers — Credit Unions: Credit Unions (18 Oct 2011)
Michael Healy-Rae: Question 111: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the banning of all commercial business loans affects the self-employed, tradesmen, farmers and so on; his further view on whether this is affecting the effectiveness of credit unions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30072/11]