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Local Authority Housing Maintenance and Repair: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (28 May 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: I thank Deputy O'Donoghue for sharing his time and Sinn Féin for bringing the motion before the Dáil. I would like to deal with some quick practicalities. I thank the housing staff, clerk of works and people I deal with on a daily basis in our local authority, Kerry County Council, who are engaged in spending the money they get from central government to do the works that are...

Housing Situation: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (21 May 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: I thank Sinn Féin for bringing this important motion before the Dáil. I remind the Labour Party, the hurlers on the ditch who criticise me for not declaring an interest, that I declare an interest in the whole housing situation because it is a business that I have been involved in for many decades. I will not be accused of being a critic of Sinn Féin because I am not. I...

Housing for All: Statements (Resumed) (21 May 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: The Housing for All initiative is evidently not meeting its goals. Homelessness has reached unprecedented levels. I am very worried because the presence of even a single homeless individual is a national embarrassment, yet the Government seems complacent about the nearly 14,000 people, including 4,000 children, who are currently without homes. Since the launch of Housing for All,...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: Every year, we have the same issue when it comes to passports and the backlog in the Passport Office as we head into the holiday season. Myself, Martina, Fiona, Jackie and the people in my office are very thankful to the staff of the dedicated TD line who deal with our queries. However, being limited to 20 queries per week is only a drop in the ocean because I could well call more than 20...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: None of the three had any alerts on them, but they still went almost three weeks over the date.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: I am making it quite clear. I am not criticising the people in the Passport Office. They are dedicated and committed.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: I thank the Minister for Foreign Affairs and his staff.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: It is just a fair observation that something has gone wrong.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: Could we please get it right? It is costing families thousands of euro-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: -----and the loss of their holidays

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 May 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: Last night I was not convinced by the Minister's argument and I am still not convinced today, and I am sorry to say that. The Bill contains a number of provisions that will affect highly effective charity fundraising for deserving causes around Ireland, via radio bingo games on local radio. These games, which raise significant and much needed funds for charities, involve the distribution of...

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 May 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: The Minister of State knows what I am going to say because Deputy Daly and I discussed it with him last night. I sincerely support Deputy Gould in his concerns. I think of a person, perhaps late at night, maybe under the influence of something, sitting down with this useless article of a thing, their phone, in one hand and a credit card in the other.

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 May 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: They may be watching on Netflix a horse race in Kentucky, a place they have never been and never will be, and betting the kitchen sink on one of two old, worn-out horses. That is the concern we should have, not with the respectable bookmaker shops and the people we have all supported. When you go to the Killarney or Tralee races - I never had the honour of going to the Galway races - or...

Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 May 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: I acknowledge the presence of the Minister of State and thank him. I will say about this very important issue that every person goes through life and some people have good luck and good fortune and more people do not. Unfortunately, the people who found themselves in these institutions were very important human beings but were subjected to degrading practices. They were degraded and upset....

European Union Migration and Asylum Pact: Motion [Private Members] (1 May 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: I thank the Chair and the Minister of State. I also thank the staff in Deputy Mattie McGrath's office who did a lot of work and research in putting forward this very important motion. I also want to address people who are critical of the Rural Independent Group and say we are trying to be inflammatory with this motion. They are wrong. What we are trying to do is hold the Government to...

Petrol and Diesel Excise Rate Increases: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (30 Apr 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: I support the motion, but I am a little confused. While we in the Rural Independent Group support the motion, it seems a little late for Sinn Féin to now be concerned about higher fuel taxes when it has consistently supported them in the past. It failed to support the Rural Independent Group when we moved motions in the House to roll back fuel taxes and scrap the carbon tax. Sinn...

Petrol and Diesel Excise Rate Increases: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (30 Apr 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: I continuously remind them of what its leader said in a speech, where it was clearly stated that the Government was not going far enough quick enough. I represent people from Kerry who are hard-pressed to heat their homes and to go to work. That is why we brought forward motions asking the Government to go back on what it was doing. I have been the holder of carbon and marked gas oil...

Petrol and Diesel Excise Rate Increases: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (30 Apr 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: It is 100% true. I have a memory. I remember that Sinn Féin did not support us when we wanted support in asking the Government to go back on what it had done. The Government has let down the people, and I am sorry to say that.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Apr 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: On 19 December last, Liam Dennehy Quinn was deemed to be in urgent need of an operation for scoliosis. He has been living in University Hospital Kerry for the past 23 days. He is becoming more rigid and is potentially inoperable. He is at risk of needing two operations, rather than one, as well as longer stays in the hospital. His curve was 92° in February. His mother, Pamela, is...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Apr 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: His family has gone through enough. I am not fighting with the Taoiseach or arguing with him. He knows I am not criticising him. I am just asking him to please act for this young little boy.