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Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: ----- and now they have to go for a second time and they were looking forward to that. I am asking the Minister of State, as I asked the Taoiseach earlier today, to please take this on board and try to ensure these elderly people will have their sight saved and will be able to afford to do so. I thank the credit unions in Kerry, with which I work very closely-----

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: I am just finishing this point-----

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: The credit unions have helped those people-----

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: Can the Deputies just let me finish?

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: The credit unions have helped to finance these trips to the North. Now they will not be in a position to do so. My goodness, I would not dare interrupt Deputy Shortall.

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: Tell that to the people who are in danger of losing their eyesight.

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: I would not dare sit here and interrupt Deputy Shortall while she is talking. I would not dare do it.

Tackling All Forms of Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Statements (3 Jul 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: I thank the Minister for arranging these statements. I acknowledge the ADAPT Kerry Women’s Refuge and Support Services, which offer crisis accommodation for women and their children who experience domestic violence and offer outreach supports to women seeking help. I also acknowledge the Kerry Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre and its excellent workers, who have unfortunately had to deal...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (3 Jul 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: I, too, raise a health issue. According to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, INMO, more than 50 nursing positions are vacant in University Hospital Kerry. The union is calling on the HSE to immediately end its recruitment moratorium for front-line healthcare workers. In that vein, Deputy Michael Collins, my brother Danny and I have been operating a bus carrying people to the...

Gender-Based Violence: Motion [Private Members] (3 Jul 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: I, too, thank the Labour Party for allowing Deputies to have a debate on this very important issue. I thank and compliment the people in Kerry who provide refuge, safety, advice and comfort, in particular, to women and children who are the victims of crime of all different types. These people are being dealt with at the most vulnerable time in their lives. Perhaps there have been...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (3 Jul 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: 44. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a foreign birth register application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28441/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Bodies (3 Jul 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: 78. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the availability of cash payments to State agencies (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28571/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid (3 Jul 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: 154. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she will take to divert withdrawal of services from criminal law barristers (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28616/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (3 Jul 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: 157. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to examine the case of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28457/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Residential Institutions (3 Jul 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: 164. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason his Department has put a cap of 180 days on the mother and baby redress scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28401/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Family Resource Centres (3 Jul 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: 165. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to ensure that family resource centres receive funding (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28402/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Family Resource Centres (3 Jul 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: 166. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide enhanced supports to family resource centres (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28403/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Family Resource Centres (3 Jul 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: 182. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide improved supports to family resource centres (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28435/24]

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (2 Jul 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: I thank the Leas Cheann-Comhairle for her indulgence in accommodating my colleagues and me to contribute to the debate. We appreciate it very much. I thank Sinn Féin for bringing this important Bill to the Dáil. I have been providing accommodation to students for many years. As recently as last night, I dealt with parents who frightened me with the amount of money they have...

Courts, Civil Law, Criminal Law and Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (2 Jul 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: By God, he is.