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

Michael Healy-Rae: 207. 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. [21332/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (4 May 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: 219. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21264/17]

Maternity Services: Motion [Private Members] (3 May 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: This is a very important issue and there is a lot of controversy, but, at the end of the day, the National Maternity Hospital is not fit for purpose. It is an excellent hospital, but the building is crumbling. It is about time people had a proper maternity hospital because they have been waiting a long time. I am sorry about the controversy that arose in the past few weeks which has upset...

Topical Issue Debate: Crime Levels (3 May 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: My own house was robbed when I was away. I issued an invitation to the burglars to come back when I was there. They have not come back to me yet. These are the type of cowards with which one is dealing. They will strike when there is no one at home or if there are only vulnerable or elderly people in the house. They will not come at all if they think they will meet their match. It is an...

Topical Issue Debate: Crime Levels (3 May 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: I want to raise the important issue of the increase in crime in County Kerry. Crime rates in the county have increased at a significant rate in recent weeks. On the weekend of 25 February last, there were six home invasions in the Muckross, Loughguittane and Glenflesk areas of County Kerry. These crimes were committed by thieves who made their way on a back road to the N22 route between...

Topical Issue Debate: Crime Levels (3 May 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: I do not want to get into a row about the statistics. My biggest problem with the statistics the Minister of State has given to the House is that when it comes to reported crimes, one is only as good as the information one is fed. The statistics seem to suggest that crime is decreasing, but my own little simple survey of seven people against whom crimes have been perpetrated found that...

Other Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (3 May 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: 12. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the waiting lists for cataract operations in the south-south west hospital group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20446/17]

Other Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (3 May 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: I want to be clear that this is of huge importance. People are going blind while waiting for their operations. I and a manager from a hospital presented the Minister with a plan specifically for County Kerry. We were talking about carrying out operations in County Kerry. When is that hospital going to something it did in the past, which is carry out cataract operations on people in County...

Questions on Promised Legislation (3 May 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: In the programme for Government there is a section on page 43 dedicated to attracting new investment. The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Shane Ross recently visited County Kerry, for which I thank him. He met representatives of the Tralee Chamber Alliance, where the possibility of an international Public Service Obligation, PSO, route to Amsterdam was discussed....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (3 May 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: 77. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in opening the additional beds upstairs in the community hospitals in Kenmare and Dingle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20447/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (3 May 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: 248. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21026/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Payments (3 May 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: 280. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in issuing TAMS payments (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20929/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Bodies Properties (3 May 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: 281. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current usage of a building (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20930/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (3 May 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: 289. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the fishing industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21027/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Licences (3 May 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: 313. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the sale of taxi licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20957/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: At the outset, I apologise for having to leave but I had to attend another meeting. I was keeping a watchful eye on what was going on here. I thank the witnesses for their attendance and I appreciate the opportunity to say a few words. I appreciate the concerns that have been raised. However, the people I know - and I do not even like to use the term "who are involved in the industry" -...

Order of Business (2 May 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: I support the views expressed by Deputy Martin. I personally know people whose lives are on hold, waiting month by month to have this drug approved for them. They are in a shocking situation. I appeal on behalf of those people. It is not a huge number but are their lives not as important as the lives of everyone else? If it was thousands of people or only 20 or 30, are they not as...

Order of Business (2 May 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: We did not ask for it.

Order of Business (2 May 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: I do not see why things are agreed to at a committee and Members then try to change them here. If it has been agreed to have the debate tonight, that is the amount of time that has been allotted. We could spend all day talking about the matter here, but if has been agreed, it has been agreed.

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: There have not.