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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (3 Oct 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: 156. To ask the Minister for Health the status of equipment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40223/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licence Applications (3 Oct 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: 269. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision in relation to a licence application by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40278/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (3 Oct 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: 270. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a TAMS application by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40335/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency (3 Oct 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: 315. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the case of persons (details supplied) will be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40249/19]

Industrial Action by School Secretaries: Statements (2 Oct 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: I am delighted to be able to speak in support of school secretaries. As public representatives, all of us have encountered school secretaries over the years. I will explain how I would describe it. If a school was a motor car, the school secretary would be the engine. The engine is the most important part of any machinery. The service and commitment school secretaries give are second to...

Firearms and Offensive Weapons (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 Oct 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: I compliment Deputy O'Callaghan and his Fianna Fáil colleagues on bringing this important Bill before the House. First, we must look at the people in control of law and order, namely, the gardaí. No member of the Garda or, for that matter, anyone else should ever have to be faced with a person in possession of a knife, whether for threatening purposes or menacing purposes, or...

Firearms and Offensive Weapons (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 Oct 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: Exactly, or to cut something that could be causing a problem. Let us make this comparison. Why would a person walking along Grafton Street have a big knife or a dangerous knife in his or her pocket? There would be no requirement whatsoever for that. Of course, in introducing a Bill and bringing it before the House, one must be conscious of persons, such as fishermen, farmers or...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Oct 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: Commitments were made to the healthcare service in the programme for Government. I am speaking on behalf of healthcare workers in Kerry. I am referring to the people who work in kitchens, healthcare assistants, nurses, doctors and consultants in hospitals such as Caherciveen and in Killarney town, where we need new community hospitals, and University Hospital Kerry, where we need more beds...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (2 Oct 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: 123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding school transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39984/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (2 Oct 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: 124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter regarding school transport (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40003/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Status (2 Oct 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: 215. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when works are expected to commence on a bypass (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40139/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council: Minister of State (2 Oct 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: I remind members to ensure their mobile telephones are switched off. This is important as it causes serious problems for the broadcasting and editorial staff. I warmly welcome the Minister of State with responsibility for European affairs, Deputy McEntee, and her officials. The members will wish to work with the Minister of State today in that she must leave the meeting before 2.50 p.m....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council: Minister of State (2 Oct 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: I thank the Minister of State for her overview. I call Senator Paul Coghlan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council: Minister of State (2 Oct 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: I thank the Minister of State.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council: Minister of State (2 Oct 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: On behalf of our members, I thank the Minister of State and her officials for being here and for their ongoing engagement with our committee. The next couple of weeks will be terribly important not just for the people in Ireland and the rest of Europe today but for future generations too. We look forward to working with the Minister of State and the Minister, and we will all pull together...

Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (1 Oct 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: Hold on one second. The Minister of State said he was trying to ignore what we said.

Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (1 Oct 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: We were wrong.

Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (1 Oct 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: I thank the Green Party, with which I do not agree all of the time or even half of the time, for bringing forward this very important motion. The planting of forestry is something I believe in passionately. On this side of the House, Deputies Mattie McGrath and Danny Healy-Rae and I have served our time in forestry. Whether it was sodding or opening drains, or working under new or older...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Animal Diseases (1 Oct 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: I asked how many hares were affected and I never got an answer. We did not get an answer, which I would like to put on the record of the Dáil. Can the Minister please tell us how many hares were affected? There are people around the country who want to hear how many hares have been affected. Can I please put that on the record of the Dáil?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Animal Diseases (1 Oct 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: I was shocked to learn that the only criterion for being informed by the Minister as part of a briefing session she held last week was to be a representative of Fine Gael. It was very disappointing. It was very disrespectful to the people in Fianna Fáil who are keeping the Minister in power that a spokesperson was not chosen from that party. What was wrong with Sinn Féin? Why...