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Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Union Enlargement: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: I thank the Senator. Deputy Durkan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Union Enlargement: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: I thank Deputy Durkan. I appreciate members trying to keep their contributions short because our speaker has to leave.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Union Enlargement: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: I thank Senator Richmond. I now call Senator Leyden who is the Vice Chairman of the committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Union Enlargement: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: I thank Mr. Popowski and Mr. Kiely for their engagement and for taking the time to be here today. It was very worthwhile.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Union Enlargement: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: I am pleased to welcome representatives from Albania and Montenegro to this meeting. We are joined by H.E. Mr. Qirjako Qirko, ambassador of the Republic of Albania to Ireland and Mr. Mladen Dragasevic, deputy ambassador of Montenegro in the United Kingdom. When this committee decided to consider the European Commission's proposals, we felt it was very important to consult with the countries...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Union Enlargement: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: I thank His Excellency, Mr. Qirko. Would the deputy ambassador like to go next?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Union Enlargement: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: I do.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Union Enlargement: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: I offer the witnesses an opportunity for a brief overview of the issues raised.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Union Enlargement: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: Does the deputy ambassador have anything to add?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Union Enlargement: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: I thank all witnesses for taking the time to be with us today for what was a very good engagement.

Community Employment Pension Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: I welcome all of the people who have come from all around the country to be here. It is a disgrace that the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection has not done them the courtesy of being present. They face a long journey back to different parts of the country. Wherever the Minister is, it is a disgrace that she and others are not here to do the people in question the...

Community Employment Pension Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: That is a poor show.

Community Employment Pension Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: It is a disgrace.

Community Employment Pension Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: If I may make a point of order-----

Community Employment Pension Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: It is a disgrace to think that people have travelled from all over the country to the House tonight, yet Fine Gael Deputies have seen fit not to attend a debate on a motion which Deputy O'Dea, in fairness to him, has introduced.

Community Employment Pension Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: Where are the Fine Gael Deputies?

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (24 Apr 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: I could not agree with the Leas-Cheann Comhairle more. Every word he said is 100% correct. I agree with him and will do exactly what he says to the letter of the law. He is the boss. Sticking 100% to the Bill, I say to the Minister that I do not agree with it. I fundamentally, heart and soul, disagree with it. I am sorry that my colleagues and I do not have more support. Tonight and...

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (24 Apr 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: All I am pleading for is a thing called common sense. My father was full of common sense. He did not go to university but I guarantee he had the brains of any person who ever went to any university. Where did he get it? He got it through common sense and through life's experiences. This is a momentous night because this and other nights like it have changed the course of the future of...

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (24 Apr 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: Deputy Mattie McGrath reminded me of the last Government a while ago; I must admit I had it forgotten. There were nights that others, Independent Deputies perhaps, wanted to have a vote. They would ask us to have a vote about something we would not agree with and we stood up to give them the right to have a vote against a Minister in the Government. We might not have voted with them but we...

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (24 Apr 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: They could have stood up tonight and given us the chance to have a vote and to let people at home see who was who and what was what. After this, we are going to have Fine Gael Deputies going around and talking about rural Ireland. They will say they did this, that and the other thing for rural Ireland. If they are asked what they did about the Minister, Deputy Ross's Bill, they can mutter...