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Taoiseach a Ainmniú - Nomination of Taoiseach (18 Dec 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: I wish the Ceann Comhairle good luck in her role. I know she will be very successful, fair and diligent. I thank Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl for his excellent work in the Chair. Most importantly, I thank the people who walked the roads for me for many months – the canvassers, the people who put up posters and worked very diligently – and of course the many people...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (7 Nov 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: 415. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45525/24]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: What about Labour's spending on the bike shed?

Carer's Allowance: Motion [Private Members] (6 Nov 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: I thank Sinn Féin for bringing this very important motion before the Dáil. Carers are the unsung heroes of Ireland, providing essential care that supports both their loved ones and the broader healthcare system. The current means test for carer's allowance is a significant barrier that prevents many carers from receiving the support they need. Abolishing this means test would not...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (6 Nov 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: 39. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason appointment dates keep changing for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45357/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (6 Nov 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: 57. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the work permit application of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45340/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (6 Nov 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: 58. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the work permit application of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45341/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (6 Nov 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: 102. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45339/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (6 Nov 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: 124. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when an autism assessment will be provided to a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45345/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (6 Nov 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: 131. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45338/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (6 Nov 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: 134. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will be arranged for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45356/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reports (6 Nov 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: 141. To ask the Minister for Health if he will accept all of the recommendations of the National Radiation Therapist Review report; and if he will commit to full implementation of the recommendations on adequate staffing levels to safeguard vital cancer services into the future. [45416/24]

Finance Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Nov 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: There is no time as good as the present for gauging public opinion. I have been canvassing and knocking on people's doors and meeting them in their places of work. The one thing that is coming back - I am sure the Minister will be very interested in this, and I presume he is hearing it himself - is that people can pick good and bad out of the budget but the one thing that an awful lot of...

Finance Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Nov 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: No, Sinn Féin supported it.

Finance Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Nov 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: I will put on the record what was actually said. I would like to think that my memory is fairly sharp. At the time it was said across the floor of this House, obviously not to the Minister but to the person in charge at the time, that he was not going far enough, fast enough. This was with regard to taxation on carbon. That was what Sinn Féin said at the time. That must be...

Finance Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Nov 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: I am seeking the protection of the Ceann Comhairle because I do not want to take up too much time. However, I am making that point. That was said.

Finance Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Nov 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: On carbon tax, Sinn Féin said the Government was not going far enough, quick enough, and that is on the record of the Dáil. I would take that back if I were wrong but it is on the record of the Dáil that the leader of the Sinn Féin Party said at that time that the Government was not putting enough tax on people. Sinn Féin then came in here complaining about it...

Finance Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Nov 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: It flip flops, yes Mattie.

Finance Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Nov 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: At present, when people look at the tax take out of their earnings they hurt very badly. When they go to the petrol pumps they hurt very badly because it is all tax, tax and more tax. As far as I can see, the Government is doing everything it can to penalise workers, to stop enterprise and to close down businesses. We asked - we actually begged - on behalf of people involved in business,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: People cannot get a doctor.