Results 1-13 of 13 for speaker:Michael Healy-Rae in 'Dáil debates' segment:8857111
- Housing Targets and Regulations: Motion [Private Members] (6 Mar 2024)
Michael Healy-Rae: I compliment the Labour Party of old, the Labour people who were here in the past, the good people who were here for many years, when the Acting Chairman, Deputy Ring, was also here.
- Housing Targets and Regulations: Motion [Private Members] (6 Mar 2024)
Michael Healy-Rae: There were sound people in Labour at that time. We had the Springs, Moynihan-Cronins and other great people here-----
- Housing Targets and Regulations: Motion [Private Members] (6 Mar 2024)
Michael Healy-Rae: -----not people like those who are here now. I will tell the House why. The current people, at their conference, said they would build 1 million houses. The only thing these people would know about a house would be how to object to it-----
- Housing Targets and Regulations: Motion [Private Members] (6 Mar 2024)
Michael Healy-Rae: -----and how to object to developments. Those are the people here now.
- Housing Targets and Regulations: Motion [Private Members] (6 Mar 2024)
Michael Healy-Rae: The objectors of today are of what I would call the useless Labour Party of today. It is defunct, obsolete and non-existent in the people's psyche. As far as the people are concerned, the party is irrelevant in Irish politics today. It is ironic to see its members talking about housing considering that they are the finest group of objectors and do-nothingers I have ever seen.
- Housing Targets and Regulations: Motion [Private Members] (6 Mar 2024)
Michael Healy-Rae: They are leading in no way-----
- Housing Targets and Regulations: Motion [Private Members] (6 Mar 2024)
Michael Healy-Rae: Sorry, Chair, it is a fright that they do not have the manners to keep their mouths shut. However, when you are irrelevant all you can do is shout inside here in the way they are doing.
- Housing Targets and Regulations: Motion [Private Members] (6 Mar 2024)
Michael Healy-Rae: I would like to use my time properly in saying we have many-----
- Housing Targets and Regulations: Motion [Private Members] (6 Mar 2024)
Michael Healy-Rae: -----difficulties in housing at present, and we have solutions to housing.
- Housing Targets and Regulations: Motion [Private Members] (6 Mar 2024)
Michael Healy-Rae: We have practical-----
- Housing Targets and Regulations: Motion [Private Members] (6 Mar 2024)
Michael Healy-Rae: You can be sure of one thing: the policies we have do not mean we will stand up-----
- Housing Targets and Regulations: Motion [Private Members] (6 Mar 2024)
Michael Healy-Rae: -----and say we will build 1 million houses.
- Housing Targets and Regulations: Motion [Private Members] (6 Mar 2024)
Michael Healy-Rae: It is a fright they do not have the manners to let a person have his time.