Results 10,961-10,980 of 23,550 for speaker:Michael Healy-Rae

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget Submissions (4 Oct 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: 95. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will examine a request by an organisation (details supplied); his plans regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42099/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (4 Oct 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: 157. 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. [42116/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (4 Oct 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: 228. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views regarding persons objecting to planning applications (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42124/17]

Animal Welfare: Motion [Private Members] (3 Oct 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: I do not want to pick an argument with the previous speaker, but I have to say that there is a group of people who speak up for animals every day of the week, which is our farming community. That is what they do. They do their best by their farms and their animals. They are the custodians of the farms, who inherit the farms themselves and wish to pass them on to the future generations....

Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Oct 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: I welcome the opportunity to speak to this very important matter. I meet people weekly at clinics and I hear of the recovery but people on pensions and other various payments are, unfortunately, not feeling the benefit of any recovery. I certainly hope in the forthcoming budget, there will be what I would call a substantial and fair increase for people on different payments from the...

Order of Business (3 Oct 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: I am raising the important issue of the tenant purchase scheme. After it was introduced, we were delighted that it was there, but it is not fit for purpose, especially for those who are retired, unemployed, or on disability payments. Some 80% of tenants in the country are debarred from the scheme. It is crazy, inoperable and it does not help the people who we would want to be able to...

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (3 Oct 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: We will take the two of them.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (3 Oct 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: 100. To ask the Minister for Finance if the earned income tax credit will be increased to the same level as the PAYE credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41822/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Gender Equality (3 Oct 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: 126. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on adopting gender budgeting for the departmental budget process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41819/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (3 Oct 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: 262. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the introduction of new sexual offences legislation and the drafting of a domestic violence bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41818/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Gender Proofing of Policies (3 Oct 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: 279. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the gender proofing of all health policies and services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41819/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (3 Oct 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: 280. To ask the Minister for Health if funding for the fair deal scheme will be increased to remove discrimination against farming and other small business assets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41821/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health and Safety (3 Oct 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: 372. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the new HSE policy on manual handling (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41490/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (3 Oct 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: 421. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the FreeStyle Libre blood monitor is not available through the medical card or long-term illness card in view of the fact that the NHS has recently made it available in the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41764/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Contracts (3 Oct 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: 453. To ask the Minister for Health if approval will be given to a new general practitioner contract in order to increase general practitioner capacity to cater for chronic diseases such as asthma and COPD; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41936/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (3 Oct 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: 454. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he will ensure that the high cost of preventive medication will not be a barrier in effectively controlling asthma under the long-term illness scheme or another targeted scheme such as a chronic disease card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41937/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Applications (3 Oct 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: 468. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of farm payments for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41724/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (3 Oct 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: 469. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an AEOS payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41727/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Air Quality (3 Oct 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: 493. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the implementation of a nationwide network of real time air quality monitoring stations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41935/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications (3 Oct 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: 534. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a sports capital grant application by a club (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41750/17]