Results 1-20 of 832 for long speaker:Michael Healy-Rae

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

Michael Healy-Rae: ...to that work and I know she is coming to retirement. I wish to acknowledge that work, thank her for it and say that she had a positive impact on many people's lives. She took them through very bad, long and hard days and ordeals. It is nice to acknowledge a person and say, "Thank you very much", and that his or her life's work made a difference. People are critical of the Bill. We...

Support for Carers: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: ..., one in eight, are family carers providing regular unpaid care. These carers form the backbone of Ireland's care provision, yet they often lack the support and recognition they deserve. The long-term intensive nature of their caring role, often without adequate support or recognition, can negatively impact a carer's physical and mental health, financial stability and social integration....

Acknowledgement and Apology to the Families and to the Victims of the Stardust Tragedy: Statements (23 Apr 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...here, I am so sad they have to be here. Today finds us at the culmination of a lifetime of a battle. In time, it is really more than a lifetime of battle. The Stardust fire disaster has been a long-standing symbol of injustice in our country. The families of the victims have been let down by successive governments, the State and the legal system. I am glad they have received a State...

Ceapachán an Taoisigh agus Ainmniú Chomhaltaí an Rialtais - Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (9 Apr 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...but I know plenty of people in Kerry who do. They are asking me to lobby. What the Government is doing does not make sense. It will not be able to stop people doing short-term lets and turn them into long-term lets. They will leave the properties empty first. With regard to the fodder scheme, what has been announced is not enough. It is not good enough. The rates and input costs...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reviews (9 Apr 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: 1447. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the review of the north Kerry CAMHS taking so long; when it is expected to be concluded (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14598/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 Mar 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: 1423. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the number of persons who are out on sick leave due to long-Covid within the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12578/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 Mar 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: 1425. To ask the Minister for Health if an extension will be given to those people working in the HSE, that is, nurses who are out on sick leave due to long-Covid and whose full pay is to end in March 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12580/24]

RTÉ: Statements (28 Feb 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...? I will give an example. I will not name the person but there is a man who does all the bemoaning, shouting, grumbling and grousing every day. He has been on €1,000 a day seven days a week for as long as I can remember. He is on the radio complaining about politicians. Of course, his motto is to complain about everybody. Tell the people he is getting €1,000 a day seven...

Road Traffic Bill 2024: Second Stage (13 Feb 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...headline reaction like reducing the speed limit and driving people demented on our roads by doing so. I would like the Government to do the practical, ordinary things that we have been asking it to do for a long time - to cut the hedges on the roads, shoot the deer that are meandering onto our roads, take the water off the roads, and make our roads safer to travel. I know for a fact...

Research and Innovation Bill 2023: Second Stage (31 Jan 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...to see other ways of having a trade or profession, something that will stand to them forever. We should be teaching them those skills from a very early age. We had it in the vocational schools long ago but there are other skills, for example, in hospitality. While some places might be getting bad press at the moment, we must always remember that the tourism capital of the Western world...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (25 Jan 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: 374. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason apprenticeship registrations are taking so long (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3443/24]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Section 481 Film Tax Credit: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...activity, an interest and a stimulating time for people who are interested in the whole world of arts, culture and heritage. Therefore, the sector should be promoted. I am very grateful to a long-standing arts officer who we have had the good fortune to have had. Ms Kate Kennelly has been our arts and cultural officer for many years in County Kerry. She has done tremendous work...

Housing and Homeless Prevention: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Jan 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...not allowed to get planning permission? There are people pontificating in here every night. You would get sick of it. They are continuously on about this but, when they go home, they bring out a piece of paper and write a big long objection about overshadowing somebody else or doing one thing or another. Jesus and God almighty, it would drive you into the mental home. I really have to...

Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...war plan other than anarchy or occupation. Extremists within his coalition talk outrageously of permanently displacing Palestinians from the enclave. The Rural Independent Group TDs believe that long-term peace in the Middle East can only be achieved through dialogue and negotiation. While the motion calls for urgent intervention, it is equally important to stress the need for dialogue...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Residential Premises Rental Income Relief and Mortgage Interest Relief in Budget 2024: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...and are paying higher rents. Everybody has to think when they talk about greedy property owners. I welcome the fact that the witnesses are not talking about landlords because we got rid of those people a long time ago. What we have is property owners who rent out properties. That is what they are. They used their heads and borrowed money in the majority of instances, unless they...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (17 Jan 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: 1210. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the next tranche of ACRES will open, and for how long; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56832/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (17 Jan 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: 1211. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the soil sampling submission will begin again, and for how long it will be open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56833/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Protecting Vulnerable People: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...statements. Our first speaker will be Senator Seery Kearney and this will be a seven-minute slot to include questions and answers from our witnesses. That interaction will be seven minutes long.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Access to Palliative Care and Social Supports: Discussion (21 Nov 2023)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...most vulnerable and at the worst time in their lives, when they are saying goodbye and getting ready to say goodbye to a person they do not want to say goodbye to, who they want to hold onto for as long as possible. The witnesses make that passage much easier with their kindness. Let the message go out to the people who work in their organisations that we humbly thank them from the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Oct 2023)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...excellent facility that is St. Mary of the Angels in Beaufort in County Kerry. It is a very special place for people with intellectual and physical disabilities. The Taoiseach knows that I have long campaigned, since 2011, when what I believe was the wrong decision was made to do away with congregated settings. I really do believe it is not a case that one shoe fits all when it comes to...