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Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Second Stage (30 Jan 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: I am grateful for the opportunity to speak on this very important issue. I must first declare an interest. I have been a ratepayer since I was 20 years of age. I believe I am perfectly equipped to talk about rates considering I have been paying them for a long time. I represent the ratepayers of the county of Kerry, who have an awful lot to say about the little they get back for the...

National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Jan 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle.

National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Jan 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: I, too, cannot support this proposal on the following grounds. How can the Minister of State tell me it is prudent to put money into a rainy day fund on the day when our hard-working nurses the length and breadth of the country were standing outside their stations in a limited way because they wanted to continue to provide their services in hospitals? They did not want to be out on the...

Juvenile Crime: Motion [Private Members] (30 Jan 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: When it comes to statistics, I have told the Minister of State and other Ministers before that I do not rely on statistics because it is of great concern that an awful lot of crime is unreported. That is a fact. I did my own check one time and I was frightened by the result I got. Probably more than half of crime is not reported because people do not see the value in reporting it. I would...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Jan 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: I want to express my support, as I always have, for the nurses who find themselves in the situation they are in. When people are asked to review their medical cards, they are sent a letter telling them to do it online or to telephone a number. When they ring that number, the telephone is never answered. I inquired on people's behalf to discover there is no such thing as being sent out a...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Jan 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: -----also to address people being told to do pension reviews online and that they cannot do it manually. We have to accept that there are older people who cannot do a thing online so forms have to be made available, whether for pensions or medical cards.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Jan 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: It is very important, a Cheann Comhairle, for older people-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Jan 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: I have been waiting diligently for my answer to this question.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Jan 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: It would serve the Deputy well to mind his own business. It was wrong of him to refer to a person who is not here. He should mind his own business. Is he not able to do that?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Jan 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: The Deputy is referring to Deputy Danny Healy-Rae, who spoke about nurses in Kerry and elsewhere. Deputy Brassil should not be paying lip service to the issue now and trying to be a smart alec.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Jan 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: I am very sorry, but Deputy Brassil is a smart alec or he tries to be.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Jan 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: Deputy Brassil goaded me.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: None of us criticised it.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (30 Jan 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: 87. To ask the Minister for Finance if a matter relating to VAT charged on products (details supplied) will be clarified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4507/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists (30 Jan 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: 176. To ask the Minister for Health the status of orthodontic treatment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4588/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (30 Jan 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: 177. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4594/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Applications (30 Jan 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: 178. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for a hearing aid by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4598/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (30 Jan 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: 210. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a procedure for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4690/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Delays (30 Jan 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: 211. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time for an appointment in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4694/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Management (30 Jan 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: 227. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1932 of 24 July 2018, if he will address a matter regarding a replanting order; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4693/19]