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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Forestry Programme and Strategy: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Michael Healy-Rae: It was known they were going to fail.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Forestry Programme and Strategy: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Michael Healy-Rae: To be fair, why would you go ahead with an appeal if you knew it was doomed to failure? Was it not very misleading to do that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Forestry Programme and Strategy: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Michael Healy-Rae: Can Mr. Dunne not see why people would be upset at that? If it was known that these licences would not be upheld, why were the appeals allowed to continue to be heard by the FAC? For what purpose?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Forestry Programme and Strategy: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Michael Healy-Rae: How can the Ministers give assurances that all licences that are screened out will issue within six months and those screened in will issue within nine months, when the process is a lot more onerous than it was under the previous programme? If the same team is doing the same process, how do they expect a different result? We always said the ultimate act of insanity was to keep doing the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Forestry Programme and Strategy: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Michael Healy-Rae: I thank the Minister of State. I really appreciate that. I tabled a parliamentary question about the bark beetle in the last 14 days ago due to concerns that I and people in the sector have with regard to what is happening in Scotland and the potential harm and damage that could do to us here. How sure is the Minister of State that she and her officials in the Department, and everybody...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Forestry Programme and Strategy: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Michael Healy-Rae: Checking for a beetle could be like looking for a needle in a haystack, to be fair.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Forestry Programme and Strategy: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Michael Healy-Rae: The last word I would say to the Minister of State and the officials is that the confidence that is lacking in the countryside is frightening. The Minister of State mentioned happy farmers and happy foresters a number of times. I do not know who she is meeting or what sort of an act they are putting on, but people are not happy. They are not happy with the Department, the officials or the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Forestry Programme and Strategy: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Michael Healy-Rae: Many years ago, I planted forest and I worked in forestry all my life, so I do not need to go visiting anywhere, to be honest.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Forestry Programme and Strategy: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Michael Healy-Rae: The Minister of State was asked this question an hour ago but I have to be blunt; she gave a watery answer. I would like for the Minister of State to give a firm, strong answer. At a previous meeting of this committee, members asked that the Minister of State meet the Social, Economic, Environmental Forestry Association, SEEFA. I am disappointed to see that she has still not met this group,...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (4 Oct 2023)

Michael Healy-Rae: 78. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to fund a local link bus service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42937/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (4 Oct 2023)

Michael Healy-Rae: 78. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to fund a local link bus service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42937/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (4 Oct 2023)

Michael Healy-Rae: 191. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the case of a child (details supplied) awaiting an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43126/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (4 Oct 2023)

Michael Healy-Rae: 204. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42972/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (4 Oct 2023)

Michael Healy-Rae: 234. To ask the Minister for Health when a person can expect an appointment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43184/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Ethics of End-of-Life Care: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)

Michael Healy-Rae: Parliamentary privilege is considered to apply to the utterances of members participating online during a committee meeting when their participation is from within the parliamentary precincts. There can be no assurances in relation to participation online from outside the parliamentary precincts, and members should be mindful of this when contributing. This committee discusses dying,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Ethics of End-of-Life Care: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)

Michael Healy-Rae: Thank you very much. Dr. Finegan is next.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Ethics of End-of-Life Care: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)

Michael Healy-Rae: I thank Professor Yuill. Before we go to members, I remind everybody that we are going to be strict on time. Each person has six minutes, and that includes for the answer. I ask members to address an individual witness. If they are leaving it open to all of the witnesses to answer, I ask them to please state that. First is Deputy Higgins.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Ethics of End-of-Life Care: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)

Michael Healy-Rae: I thank Dr. Yuill and call Senator Ronan Mullen.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Ethics of End-of-Life Care: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)

Michael Healy-Rae: He cannot go into very precise details of it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Ethics of End-of-Life Care: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)

Michael Healy-Rae: It is not easy to say in a public forum like this. There is no problem, Dr. Yuill can furnish it to us afterwards and it can be given to Deputy Kenny.