Results 19,281-19,300 of 23,601 for speaker:Michael Healy-Rae

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (16 Oct 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: 41. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding domiciliary care allowance and half carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43717/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Mobile Telephony Services Provision (16 Oct 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: 66. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will intervene and request a company (details supplied) to provide a proper service to their customers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43841/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Administration (16 Oct 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: 86. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide information on the new local housing allowances retractions and guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43825/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Administration (16 Oct 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: 87. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the new changes regarding rental assistance will impact on all payments immediately; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43826/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Administration (16 Oct 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: 88. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is additional help or support to those who are hardest hit and is there any discretionary payment fund when it comes to the issue of rental assistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43827/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Administration (16 Oct 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: 89. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the method that local housing allowances will be implemented in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43828/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Administration (16 Oct 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: 90. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there are changes planned for the direct payment of local authority renter allowances to landlords; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43829/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Administration (16 Oct 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: 91. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if direct payments to landlords will be allowed in the social rent sector in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43830/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Administration (16 Oct 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: 93. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way in which housing costs will be calculated in the future with regard to rental payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43840/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Charities Regulation (16 Oct 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: 97. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason charity lotteries no longer have the charitable lotteries compensation fund but still have a cap on the prize fund, as, in times of austerity, this decision is preventing charities from earning their own money; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43886/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Administration (16 Oct 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: 115. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there will be a scheme for suckler cows as this sector of farming is really struggling at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43720/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bovine Disease Controls (16 Oct 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: 119. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether the compensation programme that was belatedly put in place regarding BVD needs to be expanded (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43824/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Provision (16 Oct 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: 171. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to prevent further cuts to the Irish Dental Association to introduce a national oral health policy, reinstate preventive and restorative care under the dental treatment benefit scheme, appoint a full-time chief dental officer to his Department and reinstate the Health Service Executive vocational training scheme in dentistry; and if he will make a...

Financial Resolutions 2014: No. 7: Income Tax (15 Oct 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: The Minister could allow the official to answer all the questions.

Financial Resolutions 2014: No. 6: Income Tax (15 Oct 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: I add my support to those who have spoken, in particular Deputy Naughten, who presented the figures. I believe the Government is hell-bent on ensuring people no longer have any incentive whatsoever to take out their own private health insurance. Families struggle weekly to put their bit of money together to ensure they can pay for private health insurance. All that has happened is that...

Financial Resolutions 2014: No. 6: Income Tax (15 Oct 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: Yes, perhaps he is reading some other book. It is ridiculous. What are the priorities of this Government? Has it not learnt from the debacle of the Seanad referendum, where it took its eye off the ball? Would it not have the people in the places they are supposed to be when they are supposed to be there to answer the questions, and treat the House with a small bit of respect? It is...

Financial Resolutions 2014: No. 6: Income Tax (15 Oct 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: The Minister never needed any help.

Financial Resolutions 2014: No. 3: Income Tax; No. 4: Income Tax (15 Oct 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: We are always warned we should declare any potential conflict of interest. I have concerns. If there is deliberate avoidance in this matter I can see where the Government is coming from, but I would not want genuine traders to be adversely affected by the Government's proposals. The Government must be 100% sure of its facts. I listened carefully to what the Minister just stated about the...

Financial Resolutions 2014: No. 3: Income Tax; No. 4: Income Tax (15 Oct 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: The Minister can see my concern, in case it would affect legitimate operators who are going about their business. They may be at it in a bigger way than the usual person and that is why it comes across as a large amount of money.

Financial Resolutions 2014: No. 2: Tobacco Products Tax (15 Oct 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: Unpopular as it might seem to be, I am totally opposed to the measure because of the last point to which the Tánaiste referred, namely, that constantly increasing the price of cigarettes only increases the amount of illegal tobacco sold every week in this country. On the plain packaging proposal, I appreciate very much what the Government is trying to do in its drive to stop additional...