Results 781-800 of 1,051,565 for in 'Dáil debates' OR (speaker:Damien English OR speaker:Jim O'Callaghan OR speaker:Niall Collins OR speaker:Pádraig O'Sullivan OR speaker:Dara Calleary OR speaker:Colm Burke) in 'Committee meetings'
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (23 Oct 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: This is not a comedy show.
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (23 Oct 2024)
Danny Healy-Rae: This is not a comedy. Tralee is closed down.
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (23 Oct 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The Deputy should resume his seat.
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (23 Oct 2024)
Michael Collins: There is a bus going to Belfast next Friday that will be full of people going blind because of the Minister and his Government.
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (23 Oct 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Will the Deputy please let the Minister respond?
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (23 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: It may not suit the Deputies that there is record investment. Not for a moment am I suggesting that everything is fixed. Deputies Cullinane and Shortall and others have rightly pointed out that we have several years to go but it is undeniable that our healthcare workers, who have been hired in record numbers, are turning this ship around.
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (23 Oct 2024)
Michael Healy-Rae: Why were they protesting in Tralee at 1 o'clock today?
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (23 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: In my constituency and the Deputies' constituencies, they are turning it around.
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (23 Oct 2024)
Danny Healy-Rae: They are not at fault at all. The Minister is at fault.
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (23 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: They are reducing waiting times and rolling out new services.
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (23 Oct 2024)
Michael Collins: The only ship that is turning is the Titanic.
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (23 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: The Deputies can shout as much as they like-----
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (23 Oct 2024)
Michael Healy-Rae: I am not shouting at all.
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (23 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: -----but it will not take from the improvements that healthcare workers are making in their constituencies and mine.
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (23 Oct 2024)
Michael Healy-Rae: They protested outside the hospital in Tralee at 1 o'clock today. Why did they do that?
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (23 Oct 2024)
Mattie McGrath: On a point of clarification-----
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (23 Oct 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: No, the Deputy does not need to clarify anything.
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (23 Oct 2024)
Mattie McGrath: I do. The Minister is rolling out figures. We are talking about our real experience in Cork, Kerry, Tipperary and elsewhere. I am not angry. I am just saying that it is unfair to have to listen to all about Dublin. The rest of Ireland deserves fair play.
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (23 Oct 2024)
Michael Healy-Rae: They came out of the hospital in Tralee today to protest. Why? It was because of the Minister's failure.
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (23 Oct 2024)
Michael Collins: It could not be getting better.