Danny Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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It feels like there is more focus on getting rid of the poor cows and a belief that will sort out the problem of deterioration in our water quality. I do not see the same focus by the Minster for the environment and the Minister for housing to rectify the situation. It is not possible to get permission for one more house in Moyvane village, which is a lovely satellite village about ten miles outside Tralee. There is no focus and no funding is being provided. We are all under the same sky.

It seems to be the case that farmers are suffering. This man - I will name him - Tim Early from Inchibeg, Rathmore, has the last house in Kerry going out the Millstreet road. He had to cut his cow numbers from 58 to 48. He had everything right, no bother in the world, but it was too expensive for him to rent more land. His young fella will not stay at home now. There is not enough there for him. That should not be the case.

A man called Professor Ray Bates died a few months ago. He was a climatologist. He said we should try to get emissions right but we should not make people suffer financially to achieve the goals because that is going over the edge. He is dead now. I read what he wrote in the Sunday newspaper.