Danny Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I have no problem with the Ukrainian people or any people from any other part of the world. Do not any one of you over there or over here behind me say that I have any gripe with any of them. The gripe I have is with the Tánaiste and the Government. If the Government is able to give €800 tax free to one section of society, it should be able to do it for the others as well. Irish people, Kerry people, cannot compete for a private house when the house owner is going to get €800 tax free. How could that be fair?

On the other issues, I have no spite in the world for the Ukrainian people or no gripe at all to tease out with them. It is with the Government. I want the same conditions applied across the board with regard to the medical card and school transport. It is happening. The 13 children I spoke about who were not let on the bus have to wait in Killorglin for half an hour for the rural link bus to come along. They are drowned waiting and perish in the cold all winter. The Tánaiste said to me I should not be raising these issues. I will make no apology for raising them on behalf of the people of County Kerry and Killarney or any part of the country.

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