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Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Jun 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: Yes, we will be bringing it back in again like the others have.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Gaeltacht Policy (3 Jun 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: 255. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there is a special grant for private roads in Gaeltacht areas (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30331/21]

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Jun 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: I appreciate the opportunity to speak to these amendments. This is an important debate. The people of Ireland have experienced a lot of anxiety and have had an awful lot to put up with. They are saying in their droves that they do not want the Minister for Health or the Government to be given a blank cheque to continue at will without having to consult us, as legislators, or them, the...

National Recovery and Resilience Plan: Statements (2 Jun 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: If Government stuck to the basics, the economy would be far stronger. What is it doing in respect of fishing? It is attacking the industry and letting it down. What is it doing in respect of farming? It is attacking it and letting it down. What did it do in respect of tourism? It took every negative step it could to hurt tourism. It is planning further attacks on the sector. I remind...

Maternity Services: Motion [Private Members] (2 Jun 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: I congratulate the Acting Chairman on the birth of his new granddaughter, who came into this world after 1 o'clock this morning. I congratulate the parents, all the extended McGrath family and on their behalf I thank all the excellent maternity staff in Clonmel hospital. It is only right to acknowledge that and it is a proud day for the Deputy and his family.

Maternity Services: Motion [Private Members] (2 Jun 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: We are all very glad to see lovely new little babies coming into this world, and not just in Clonmel and County Tipperary but in County Kerry and the rest of the country as well. The motion we are discussing concerns a serious issue and I have been inundated with communication regarding partners not being allowed into scans. It is still an issue. I was grateful to the Minister for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (2 Jun 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: 116. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a detailed response will issue in relation to a series of matters (details supplied) on the privatisation of the water services sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30154/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (2 Jun 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: 154. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30088/21]

Judicial Council (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (1 Jun 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: I thank and compliment Deputy Doherty and Sinn Féin for bringing forward this very important topic for debate tonight. I acknowledge the presence of the Minister of State, who is a decent and honourable man. We wish him nothing but good luck in his role. We will be relying on him 100%. The problem is as outlined in the Bill. We want to bring down the cost of claims and we want to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: The main message to get out of this debate is that no one should ever need to feel alone. It is making the connection between the person who is at a critical time in his or her life and making it easier for him or her, whether that is through the local GP, calling the Samaritans, or calling a friend, but also accessing the services that are there that the Government is funding. It is about...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: I wish to speak about the very sensitive issue of suicide and the effect it has on the people in our country and their families, friends and neighbours. Sadly and tragically, more than 4,000 people have died through suicide in the past eight years. We have seen changes in that time and I thank the current and past Governments for the efforts that have been made and the moneys that have been...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (1 Jun 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: 403. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding options available for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29297/21]

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

Michael Healy-Rae: 529. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 707 of 18 May, the obstacles that cause the large discrepancy between 1,937 ha approved and 675 ha planted; if there is a solution that could improve these statistics; the obstacles that result in a carryover of 4,500 approved hectares; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29235/21]

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

Michael Healy-Rae: 530. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 707 of 18 May, if he will provide clarification (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29238/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (27 May 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: 149. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if an application will be considered (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29104/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (27 May 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: 300. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a BEAM scheme application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29006/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Issues: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (27 May 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: I appreciate the opportunity to make my views known on behalf of the people I represent. I have been trained from a young age to treat everybody with nothing but respect and courtesy, and the Chairman knows I will act that way today. However, today is testing me very much and I will tell you why. I am personal friends with farmers whose lives have been held up, disrupted and upset and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Issues: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (27 May 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: I ask the Chairman to leave me finish on a happy note. I ask, on two bended knees, our guests to do the necessary work. It is not impossible. We are not asking the officials to climb Mount Everest. All we are asking is that they start to go through the backlog in a workmanlike way. I call on them to roll up their sleeves and tear at the job of work that needs doing. Do not mind talking...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (27 May 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: I am very thankful for this morning's excellent presentation because it is important. It is an eye-opener for some of us. I am certainly taken aback by some of the facts. They show we have an awful political operation ahead in the recovery to try to get ourselves to a place of financial stability in the future, while trying to do our best for the people who elect us and trying to ensure...

Public Service Pay Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (26 May 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: I am very grateful for an opportunity to speak to the Bill before it progresses because there are an awful lot of issues surrounding this. For instance, I want to remember members of the public who were adversely affected by FEMPI and marched on the Dáil, whether it was in regard to pay restoration or their pension rights and pension restoration. People who were adversely affected, and...