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Home Care Packages: Motion [Private Members] (12 Dec 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: I could sing a song about it too. There is nothing fancy about it, but our own old home is our own home and we all respect this. When people are getting elderly, and getting tired and worn out, this is what we should be trying to do. When I say "we" I mean we as public representatives collectively, which is why I am so proud of and gladdened by the Government and the Opposition this...

Home Care Packages: Motion [Private Members] (12 Dec 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: He is our guidance on this, and he is our way forward in suggesting and proposing to us what we should be saying. This is why I believe we have-----

Home Care Packages: Motion [Private Members] (12 Dec 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: That is why we have full and unanimous support here this evening and this is so important. Elderly people cherish and dearly appreciate every day they can have at home, and every way financially this can be supported is the most economical way in the world of seeing to a person's needs.

Home Care Packages: Motion [Private Members] (12 Dec 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: I thank Deputy Harty and the other members of our group and I thank David, Mairéad, Maureen, Tríona and all in Deputy McGrath's office for their diligent work in bringing forward this motion. The Government parties, the Opposition parties, namely, Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin, and the Independents all agree with what we are saying and the only reason they are doing that is...

Home Care Packages: Motion [Private Members] (12 Dec 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: There was.

Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2017: All Stages (12 Dec 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: People were arrogant and thought they could put everybody under their boot. They got rid of some of their own representatives, people who had given their lives to their party. They were badly thanked for the lifetime they gave to their party. The Minister of State knows who I am talking about. The people concerned were treated very badly. Like my brother, I am glad that nobody is sticking...

Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2017: All Stages (12 Dec 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: They may keep their noses out of it and leave us alone. This is similar to the abolition of the dual mandate. I can tell a funny story about that. Some politicians thought it was a good idea to abolish the dual mandate. They did so to hurt independent representatives. A Leas-Cheann Comhairle, you are a busy politician and you have been in politics for a long time. You know what I am...

Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2017: All Stages (12 Dec 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: I am very grateful to be able to speak in this debate. It is very important and it is of great concern to us. I would like to make a point before I start talking about Deputies, which is that while Members of this House might be inclined to think of ourselves, there is a very great group of people I want to talk about when we speak about electoral boundaries, and that is our county...

Order of Business (12 Dec 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: Despite being a doctor, the Taoiseach was unable to answer my brother, Deputy Danny Healy-Rae, when he asked about lidocaine patches being removed from medical card cover. They cost €90 per box and are great for pain management. The decision affects 25,000 people and no reason has been given for their removal. I am inundated with questions from people in County Kerry who are...

Order of Business (12 Dec 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: My brother asked the question last week and the Taoiseach said he did not have an answer. Perhaps he will have an answer today.

Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: No progress.

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: That is not the case in Kerry.

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: The Minister is being set up.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tracker Mortgage Examination (12 Dec 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: 127. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding tracker mortgages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52999/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (12 Dec 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: 138. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a river at a location (details supplied) will be cleaned out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52806/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Minor Works Scheme Applications (12 Dec 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: 162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of minor work grant funding for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52740/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Legislative Measures (12 Dec 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: 169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for the Education (Admission To Schools) Bill 2016 to be brought before Dáil Éireann; the proposed wording of an amendment (details supplied); if SENOs will be allowed to exercise this new authority immediately; the way in which limits on the SENO's will be legislated for; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Redeployment (12 Dec 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: 184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the teaching registration of a person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53013/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (12 Dec 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: 189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school bus (details supplied) will either be repaired or replaced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53050/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (12 Dec 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: 203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the status of an appeal by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53206/17]