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Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Michael Healy-Rae: It is good there is someone who will stand up for those people. Most importantly, we are standing up for unborn persons - the babies who would grow up to be wonderful people. One of the most hurtful days I ever had in this Chamber, and one of the lowest times I have ever had, was the day we tried to pass an amendment on pain relief. We were beaten in everything else and we knew we were not...

Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Oct 2022)

Michael Healy-Rae: Before coming to the Bill, it has to be said that all people want in life is that things are proper and above board and that people behave in a way that is right and lawful. There is a place in the world for lobbying. Of course there is. There is a place for lobbyists. Different organisations are named here on the record of the Dáil. I will take as an example the CIF. I will say...

Extension of Part 3 of the Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020: Motion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: I would like the Minister's attention because the very first thing I want to do is publicly and humbly thank him and acknowledge a very important job he did, which was the help, kindness, care and consideration he gave to two small babies, Theo Whelan and baby Kate Mynard. As good as it is to come in here and attack the Minister and fight with him and say, "Minister, do this and do that", I...

Maternity Services: Motion [Private Members] (2 Jun 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: We are all very glad to see lovely new little babies coming into this world, and not just in Clonmel and County Tipperary but in County Kerry and the rest of the country as well. The motion we are discussing concerns a serious issue and I have been inundated with communication regarding partners not being allowed into scans. It is still an issue. I was grateful to the Minister for...

Development of Primary Care: Statements (29 May 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: I know that the Minister of State, Deputy Finian McGrath, has done it because I have been told about it and it is very important. It is not that one is going in to stick one's nose into people's business, as all one needs to do is to observe what is happening. One is there in a helpful way, not to be obstructive or critical or anything like that. If a person knows what the problems are...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: I move amendment No. 37:In page 11, between lines 7 and 8, to insert the following:“Administration of anaesthetic or analgesic to foetus 15.(1) A medical practitioner who carries out a termination of pregnancy shall take all steps as may be appropriate and practicable to avoid causing pain to the foetus.(2) Where the medical practitioner who is carrying out a termination of pregnancy...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: I will speak first while Deputy Mattie McGrath prepares his speaking notes. The amendment deals with our concerns that the pregnancy concerned has not exceeded 12 weeks of pregnancy, and that the termination of the pregnancy concerned is not being sought because of the sex or race of the baby concerned or because of any condition or disability affecting the baby concerned. It was Deputy...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Oct 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: There must be a requirement that all reasonable care be given to a baby born alive, perhaps after a failed abortion or an early termination under the grounds outlined in the legislation, to give it a chance to survive. Surely a living baby who has been born is, in legal terms, a citizen of the State who deserves all of the protection and support to which he or she should be entitled. We...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Oct 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: I wish to make a very heartfelt contribution. Yesterday evening I and other Members were with people from the healthcare professions. We were with midwives, doctors, healthcare workers who are united and want to defend their freedom of conscience as to what they will do in the future and how they will deal with people who want to terminate their pregnancies and who will present to them. ...

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (3 Oct 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: I would like to speak to this amendment because I am totally opposed to what is being proposed. We cannot take young people and wrap them up in cotton wool and say they will never see something that we do not want them to see. Every young person today has a mobile phone. It is no longer a communications instrument for making phonecalls. It is their connection to the outside world. It is...

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (17 Jan 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...nervous this evening is that I believe passionately in what I am going to say. Nobody can blame me for that or hold it against me. It is just my heartfelt belief. It is the way I was brought up and I am grateful for the opportunity to say my few words on what I believe and give my viewpoint. I want to acknowledge a great group of people with whom I have had the privilege of dealing...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: It is good to see a few Members tonight who are willing to stand for something and put it on the record. Time will thank them for it. Tomorrow will not, but time will. This Bill before us is wrong on the suicide issue. Every Member here is as interested in the protection of women's lives as they are in the lives of the unborn. We want to put the unborn life at the same level as that of...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: It is an absolute disgrace and makes a mockery of the Government's much-heralded care for women. During the course of this debate we have witnessed a lot of grandstanding by the Government on the need to become a more modern country. Abortion will not necessarily treat suicidal intent or depression. I would like to give a couple of true examples that are documented and backed up by real...

Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: I thank the Technical Group for sharing its time and allowing me to speak on this Bill. This legislation provides us with an opportunity to discuss generally the administration of medical cards and what has been happening in this regard over the past 24 months in particular. Owing to the downturn in the economy, people who never before envisaged needing a medical card have found themselves...

Further Education and Training Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...time to me. I acknowledge the presence of the Minister of State, Deputy Cannon. We were very glad when he visited County Kerry a number of months ago to attend the launch of an informative and comprehensive booklet outlining the various courses and further educational opportunities that are available for people who find themselves in need of upskilling and further training. In the...

ESB and Disposal of State Assets: Motion (20 Sep 2011)

Michael Healy-Rae: I thank my colleagues in Sinn Féin for sharing time. I acknowledge what the Minister stated last week and fully appreciate the difficulties he faces and the difficult position in which he finds himself. It is vitally important that we maintain the security of the supply of energy on this island. The ESB is a net contributor to the Exchequer. It is a world renowned company which could be...