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Betting (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (15 Jan 2014)

Michael Healy-Rae: I thank very sincerely Deputy Finian McGrath, Deputy Maureen Sullivan and the Technical Group for allowing me some of their speaking time.

Betting (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (15 Jan 2014)

Michael Healy-Rae: I am grateful for that. I am glad to support the Betting (Amendment) Bill 2013. I thank the Minister for Finance very sincerely for bringing it before the House. I mean that. Deputy Finian McGrath is 100% right, nobody wants a nanny state. I know the Minister does not. Nobody wants to stop people enjoying themselves. I know the Minister does not. Nobody wants to hinder people's...

Betting (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (15 Jan 2014)

Michael Healy-Rae: I strayed on to addiction so I am going from one addiction to another. I think I can do that. Broadly speaking, this Bill is welcome. I would have preferred if the modern world of betting had not come upon us in the way that it has over the past four years since the introduction of the iPhone. There is more technology in the iPhone than there was in the first craft that took men to the...

Order of Business (15 Jan 2014)

Michael Healy-Rae: With regard to the strategic infrastructure Bill, what funds will be made available as a matter of urgency to repair the awful damage that has been done over the last number of weeks by the tremendous storms that hit our coastal areas?

Order of Business (15 Jan 2014)

Michael Healy-Rae: Taken from people with cancer.

Order of Business (15 Jan 2014)

Michael Healy-Rae: And people with cancer.

Order of Business (15 Jan 2014)

Michael Healy-Rae: That would be a start.

Order of Business (15 Jan 2014)

Michael Healy-Rae: And people with cancer.

Order of Business (15 Jan 2014)

Michael Healy-Rae: We do not belong to Deputy Martin at all.

Leaders' Questions (15 Jan 2014)

Michael Healy-Rae: He had the chance before Christmas and he answered no questions.

Leaders' Questions (15 Jan 2014)

Michael Healy-Rae: No, I have not.

Leaders' Questions (15 Jan 2014)

Michael Healy-Rae: A Father Ted. It was resting in his account.

Leaders' Questions (15 Jan 2014)

Michael Healy-Rae: Parliamentary Questions were put down but we got no replies. Why?

Leaders' Questions (15 Jan 2014)

Michael Healy-Rae: It is like Moscow.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (15 Jan 2014)

Michael Healy-Rae: 36. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is committed to bilateral and multilateral diplomatic interaction with the Holy See; if the Irish ambassador to the Holy See attended the meeting arranged on Friday, 13 December 2013, of all accredited ambassadors to meet with Archbishop Parolin, the new Secretary of State; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Solidarity Fund (15 Jan 2014)

Michael Healy-Rae: 61. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will immediately put forward an application to the EU solidarity fund to help with the disasters caused over the past number of weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1324/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Registration of Marriages (15 Jan 2014)

Michael Healy-Rae: 70. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding obtaining a marriage certificate in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1461/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Administration (15 Jan 2014)

Michael Healy-Rae: 100. To ask the Minister for Finance in respect of the property tax collected in County Kerry in 2013, the amount that was given back to the local authority to use for improving services for the people in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1283/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Investigations (15 Jan 2014)

Michael Healy-Rae: 103. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation. [55194/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Loan Write-Downs (15 Jan 2014)

Michael Healy-Rae: 121. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the only people who can get write-offs from the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation are those with large property portfolios; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1035/14]