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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (4 Oct 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: 195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to install off-the-road bus stops in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40417/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (4 Oct 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: 234. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40471/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (4 Oct 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: 241. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40499/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (4 Oct 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: 242. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a domiciliary care allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40501/18]

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (3 Oct 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: I reiterate that I cannot agree with the amendment. I do not agree with what the Minister proposes to do in the future. I never mentioned rural Ireland in my contribution because I never tried to say that this was specifically for one area or another. I am against what has been proposed for the whole country because I do not agree with it. If people are here in Dublin, win a game and want...

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (3 Oct 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: I would like to speak to this amendment because I am totally opposed to what is being proposed. We cannot take young people and wrap them up in cotton wool and say they will never see something that we do not want them to see. Every young person today has a mobile phone. It is no longer a communications instrument for making phonecalls. It is their connection to the outside world. It is...

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (3 Oct 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: These amendments relate to advertising and ensuring that places, be they interpretive centres or microbreweries, can advertise what is going on. This comes back to the question of whether the consumption of alcohol, the sale of alcohol and the promotion of the industry as a whole are bad things. As I said previously, we have to be very careful in this debate about the demonisation of an...

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (3 Oct 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: Someone should buy Deputy Fitzpatrick a new clock.

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (3 Oct 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: I must declare an interest before I make my contribution. I thank the Deputies who instigated this debate and all those who organised the protest today. I welcome anything that will make the Government wake up to the problem that we have. I am sick of reports and studies and everybody talking about the problem. The issue is simple. I may take a slightly different approach to other...

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (3 Oct 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: I am sorry but I believe that is wrong. I am as much entitled to vote as anybody else. I make no apology to anybody if I have very good knowledge of this problem because of the work I do.

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (3 Oct 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: It is not a conflict of interest. That is why I always declare my interest. The Ceann Comhairle knows that I always say if I have an interest in something and I am always very straight about it. There are solutions to this problem. I would like to see the Government do more, work on this issue and listen to Deputies from all sides when they are making suggestions. This is an enormous...

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (3 Oct 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: The Deputy is very welcome to our crowd.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Task Force Report on Subsidiarity, Proportionality and Doing Less More Efficiently: Discussion (3 Oct 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: As we have a quorum we will commence in public session. Apologies have been received from Deputies Mattie McGrath and David Cullinane and Senator Gerard Craughwell. I remind members to ensure that their mobile phones are switched off. This is important as it causes interference with the broadcasting service. Members are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice to the effect...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Task Force Report on Subsidiarity, Proportionality and Doing Less More Efficiently: Discussion (3 Oct 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: I thank Professor Barrett. I thank both our guests for their comprehensive overview.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Task Force Report on Subsidiarity, Proportionality and Doing Less More Efficiently: Discussion (3 Oct 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: I thank Senator Richmond. I was going to mention Tony Dodd later. He was excellent in his role and we very much appreciated what he did.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Task Force Report on Subsidiarity, Proportionality and Doing Less More Efficiently: Discussion (3 Oct 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: That will be a challenge.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Task Force Report on Subsidiarity, Proportionality and Doing Less More Efficiently: Discussion (3 Oct 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: I agree that Dr. Schön-Quinlivan made an excellent presentation and covered every aspect of the issue with which we are dealing. It is a matter of grave concern to ourselves, looking back and looking forward, especially in light of recent political events and the way things work between the European, national and local levels. There is the question of how decisions are to be made and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Task Force Report on Subsidiarity, Proportionality and Doing Less More Efficiently: Discussion (3 Oct 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: Yes, please.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Task Force Report on Subsidiarity, Proportionality and Doing Less More Efficiently: Discussion (3 Oct 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: I neglected to say that Deputy Frank O'Rourke had to go on Dáil business as well and was obliged to leave. Members are not being rude, it is just commitments.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Task Force Report on Subsidiarity, Proportionality and Doing Less More Efficiently: Discussion (3 Oct 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: Because I am aware of the time constraints I call professor Barrett.