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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: VAT Rate Increases (19 Jun 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: The Government made a decision to increase VAT on the hospitality sector and said it would review it and that it would work with and engage with the organisations representing all aspects of the tourism sector. In light of statistics and what we know of the effect of the rate, can the Minister look at the situation again and keep the promise he made?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: VAT Rate Increases (19 Jun 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: I will relate the experiences of people on the ground. I come from the county that is probably the tourism capital of Ireland if not the world and Killarney is the tourism capital of Europe if not the world. Places of note in my county include Kenmare, Dingle and the entire Ring of Kerry. All parts of Kerry are deeply involved in tourism and the hospitality sector. On behalf of those...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: VAT Rate Increases (19 Jun 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: My argument against what the Minister said is factual and soundly based. He stated that previous Ministers reduced the VAT rate as a temporary measure to help the struggling sector at that time. Instead of the Minister indicating that it is a permanent increase and cannot be revisited, I am holding him to account for what he said in this House previously. We devoted 74 days to formulating...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: VAT Rate Increases (19 Jun 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: That is not factual.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: VAT Rate Increases (19 Jun 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: The Minister must not say that on the record of the Dáil. He has to withdraw it.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: VAT Rate Increases (19 Jun 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: I will not let the Minister tell a lie on the record of the Dáil.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: VAT Rate Increases (19 Jun 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: The Minister cannot tell a lie on the record of the Dáil.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: VAT Rate Increases (19 Jun 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: Please withdraw the comment.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: VAT Rate Increases (19 Jun 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: The Minister has to withdraw the comment.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: VAT Rate Increases (19 Jun 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: I will give the Minister one minute to withdraw the allegation.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: VAT Rate Increases (19 Jun 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: I will sit down to give the Minister the chance to withdraw an untrue allegation.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: VAT Rate Increases (19 Jun 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: Withdraw it. I will not allow the Minister to tell a lie on the record of the Dáil. How dare he?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment (19 Jun 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: 139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter regarding young teachers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25854/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (19 Jun 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: 181. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be considered for community living as matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25700/19]

Proposed Service by Defence Forces with United Nations in Mali: Motion (18 Jun 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: I am grateful to the Minister of State for the time to speak on this important issue. When I heard about the Cabinet's decision, my first thought was that this decision definitely seems to be more a politically motivated than based on militarily ideology. I question the motivation behind it. Our Defence Forces have a very strong respectable reputation for peacekeeping around the world, a...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Jun 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: I have a question for the Taoiseach on the programme for Government in the context of housing lists. The issue is not the fault of our local authority in County Kerry because everybody is aware that Kerry County Council is the finest and hardest working local authority in the State, and that is a fact. Our housing department is second to none, but when local authority houses become...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (18 Jun 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: 104. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the concerns of and issues relating to young persons are being considered in the Brexit negotiations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25096/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Reductions (18 Jun 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: 142. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the increase in the VAT rate for the hospitality sector (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25315/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (18 Jun 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: 183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the July provision for children (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25040/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Coroners Service (18 Jun 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: 242. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an inquest into the death of a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25029/19]