Results 9,641-9,660 of 23,550 for speaker:Michael Healy-Rae
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)
Michael Healy-Rae: It is a love affair.
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)
Michael Healy-Rae: I am not having a go.
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)
Michael Healy-Rae: I appreciate very much being given an opportunity to speak on this very important subject with regard to amendment No. 6. There seems to be a share of last-minute manoeuvres being done with regard to this very important Bill. Perhaps it is a sign of the new coalition that might be coming down the road, because there are overtures between Sinn Féin and Fine Gael and there seems to be...
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)
Michael Healy-Rae: Yes, that is fair enough-----
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)
Michael Healy-Rae: -----but rhododendrons are not very nice when they are blossoming.
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)
Michael Healy-Rae: The Deputy knows that we treat them as a very invasive species.
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)
Michael Healy-Rae: I will come back to the romance because that is the serious point of this, because it will have a big effect-----
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)
Michael Healy-Rae: I will, but the romance is part of what is happening to the body of the Bill because there has been a major change to it. I am sure Deputy O'Callaghan, with his expertise, will agree with me that this set out to streamline a board, and the proposed board went down in numbers, but now I believe it is back up again to 17. It is up and down like a yo-yo or a zig zag. That could not happen...
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)
Michael Healy-Rae: Yes, and maybe a few more here and there in the city. It certainly leaves an awful lot to be desired. More questions will be asked after this than there ever were before. If this is politics working to put something right, if we went about making something wrong God only knows where we would finish up . That is what I would like to put to the Minister. The deal that was done is certainly...
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)
Michael Healy-Rae: It is called love.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Committee of the Regions: Discussion (22 May 2018)
Michael Healy-Rae: We have a quorum and we can begin. The committee is in public session. We have no apologies. I remind members to switch phones off if at all possible. Today we have an engagement with a delegation from the European Committee of the Regions, led by the President of the committee, Mr. Karl-Heinz Lambertz. I want to take this opportunity to wish all of the witnesses a very warm welcome. We...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Committee of the Regions: Discussion (22 May 2018)
Michael Healy-Rae: I thank Mr. Lambertz. I will go first to the Chairman of the Seanad Brexit committee, Senator Neale Richmond. He is a former member of the European Committee of the Regions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Committee of the Regions: Discussion (22 May 2018)
Michael Healy-Rae: I will go back to the President. We will alternate speakers over and back. I have taken everyone's name.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Committee of the Regions: Discussion (22 May 2018)
Michael Healy-Rae: Of course. We want to leave it open. This is an open dialogue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Committee of the Regions: Discussion (22 May 2018)
Michael Healy-Rae: I call Senator Leyden, who is Vice Chairman of this committee.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Committee of the Regions: Discussion (22 May 2018)
Michael Healy-Rae: Before I go to Deputy Mattie McGrath, I welcome everyone in the Gallery, particularly Councillor Kate Feeney, who is a member of the European Committee of the Regions. I thank them for being here.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Committee of the Regions: Discussion (22 May 2018)
Michael Healy-Rae: I thank the Deputy. I have a few questions for the president of the Committee of the Regions and his colleagues. In its work on preparations being done by the regions, I am interested in and worried about the lack of preparation at local level. Has the delegation seen good examples? If so, we can consider them. Can the delegation give us examples of what we should do and how we, as...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Committee of the Regions: Discussion (22 May 2018)
Michael Healy-Rae: I thank President Lambertz. That was a good overview of the whole situation and a good way for us to wrap up this engagement. We could have gone on and interacted all evening but I know Mr. Lambertz has other commitments and meetings on his schedule. I want to help him to adhere to his timeframe. I thank the members for their engagement. On behalf of the Vice Chairman and the...
- Order of Business (22 May 2018)
Michael Healy-Rae: I have to declare a possible conflict of interest as I am an associated person.
- Order of Business (22 May 2018)
Michael Healy-Rae: I refer to the commitments in the programme for Government's on employment. We have a problem with regard to Garda vetting. If a substitute teacher in County Kerry gets Garda vetting for one school but gets offered work in another school, he or she has to go through the Garda vetting process again. This is totally ridiculous. I appreciate that there must be checks and balances with regard...