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Finance Bill 2021: Report Stage (1 Dec 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: I am coming to a point. I will be finished within 60 seconds. The Minister can time me. These people are coming up with an attack on energy, in other words, an attack on the ESB. It is the one thing people cannot get away from and need to have, even though the Minister's Government has done absolutely nothing to ensure a surety of supply. Like I always say, the lights are on here tonight...

Finance Bill 2021: Report Stage (1 Dec 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: In speaking to this amendment, I am always concerned and worried about what I consider to be an additional wealth tax. This is simply because we have to be careful in the future not to give the impression to businesses or people from abroad that if they come here, they will be taxed exorbitantly. I thank Deputy Pearse Doherty for his excellent work, as always, but I want to use this...

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: I will take the opportunity at this critical time to say that when we are talking about the protection and the future roadmap that we are trying to make, our job really is that we are charged with ensuring that people will be able to make a livelihood or a part-time livelihood in the future. That is the basic thrust of what we are trying to do. In doing that the Members are making very...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: I am very sorry. I did not realise that.

Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: It is right to put me down because if I keep going another bit, I might get a heart attack.

Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: I appreciate the whole aim of what the Government is trying to do, with the removal of the initial phase regarding the local authorities from the planning process for large-scale developments. I, of course, appreciate it and in a workingpersonlike way. We are talking about the housing crisis. Whether that concerns a local area level, like in our county of Kerry, allowing a single person to...

Workplace Ventilation (Covid-19) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (1 Dec 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: I thank the Deputy who introduced this Bill. I would give it a guarded welcome as it does not specifically mention ventilation in our schools nor does it mention who will pay for the increased cost of fitting these air filtration devices. The Minister of State is acutely aware of what is involved in running a business, be it a small, medium or large-scale one. Some Members in this House...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (1 Dec 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: 99. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the necessary funding will be put in place to carry out the necessary works to comply with regulations in view of the EPA report that raised concerns regarding Kilgarvan and 11 other towns and villages in County Kerry in which wastewater treatment must improve to help protect freshwater pearl mussels; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (1 Dec 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: 158. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of stamp 4 in the case of persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59399/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (1 Dec 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: 233. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps that are being taken to address the issues in his Department in dealing with forestry applications (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59409/21]

Employment Support Services: Motion [Private Members] (30 Nov 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: First of all, I thank Sinn Féin very much for bringing forward this very important motion. If you were ever to stand back and watch a kamikaze Government engaged in kamikaze-style activities, this is one of them. If you had a death wish, you would not be doing more than what it is proposing to do here. It has already been stated over and over again that if a system or something is...

Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2021: Motion (30 Nov 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: Everybody here is entitled to their say, but it is difficult to hear other Deputies standing up and talking about cruelty in this sector. Of course, there are people who may not be right at any sector of life, but the vast majority of people who have greyhounds and dogs adore them, and if it is horses, they adore them. Those people live for their animals and care for them and nurture them...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Nov 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: What about home care assistants?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Nov 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: Home care assistants are reeling from the news that the travel allowance element of their pay will not be paid to them before Christmas and they will instead have to wait until January or February. We in the Rural Independent Group have sought for the relevant Minister to come before the House this week and explain this. Every Member of this House knows and appreciates the excellent work...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (30 Nov 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: 171. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if additional funding will be given to the local authority in County Kerry for the installation of more electric car charging stations in Killarney; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58256/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks (30 Nov 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: 248. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to help with the low staffing levels in Killarney National Park given that it was announced in Budget 2022 that there would be rangers and other categories of staff hired but the Park is lacking in staff for general maintenance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58780/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Nov 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: 400. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a pension application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58801/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (30 Nov 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: 506. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58289/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (30 Nov 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: 745. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58292/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Infrastructure (25 Nov 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: 208. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason poles were erected opposite Loughquittane Lake in Killarney by National Broadband Ireland (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58067/21]