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Management Fees (Local Property Tax) Relief Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Feb 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: The relevance of it is that people are being asked to pay property tax. They are told they cannot drink a pint or eat a bit of meat, that they would be better off to cycle or to walk, and that they should leave the turf in the bog regardless of whether they get cold. That is truth of it. They are told not to cut the briars and let them meet in the middle of road to avoid upsetting the...

Management Fees (Local Property Tax) Relief Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Feb 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: There also is a concern about insects. We are also being told to get rid of the cattle and save the foxes. We had a horrible situation last week where a hunt group collected money for the Irish Cancer Society and, lo and behold, that group was told that, because its members were killing foxes, the man in charge of that committee would not take the funds for the poor people that it might...

Management Fees (Local Property Tax) Relief Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Feb 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: At the same time people are being asked to pay property tax but what are they getting in return? These people are getting increasingly angry. People may be laughing at me-----

Management Fees (Local Property Tax) Relief Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Feb 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: -----but they may have the smile on the other side of their face when they will go knocking on the doors looking for a number one for the council or for the general election because people are breaking under it all and they are very hurt and angry. They are being asked to pay all of these taxes and are being stopped from doing the things they would have done traditionally over the years....

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: As a result of the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act 2018 introduced by the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Ross, hundreds of young drivers can no longer drive alone on a provisional licence. A family member must be with them. Parents are strangled trying to bring their children to college or wherever or trying to bring them to and from work. Given that they cannot drive alone...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: The Minister of State should be ashamed to say that. Insurance is going up.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: We told you this would happen two years ago.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector in the Context of Food Wise 2025: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (19 Feb 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: I have a few questions. I was not able to attend earlier but I saw parts of the contributions. The suckler cow and beef farming sectors are in a critical state and farmers are very concerned. As Deputy Eugene Murphy said, the numbers attending meetings of the beef round table and beef forum prove that farmers in the sector are seriously concerned. There have been massive crowds of young...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector in the Context of Food Wise 2025: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (19 Feb 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am not getting into it, but when one hears the Taoiseach stating he is doing his bit for climate change by reducing his intake of meat, that is a real worry for the farmers whom I and other members represent. In 2012, when the Tánaiste, Deputy Coveney, was the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, he told farmers that they should increase their herd and expand production as...

National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: The clients in this case are the taxpayers and the people who need a children's hospital. Who was responsible for signing the contract with the contractor? That is one question.

National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: Who decided to enrol PwC or how was the price of €450,000 to be paid to it agreed? Will Kerry be compromised now due to the fact that we may not get our community hospital in Killarney that was promised? I ask the Minister to answer those questions.

Nurses, Midwives and Paramedics Strikes: Motion [Private Members] (13 Feb 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to get the opportunity to talk about our nurses, who do such a wonderful job. Everyone will talk about his or her own county but the nurses do an especially good job in my county, Kerry. I met the nurses last Tuesday. It was absolutely lashing in Killarney, Tralee, Kenmare, Caherciveen and Dingle, yet the nurses were determined. One could see the determination in their faces and...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Feb 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: One of the main tasks of this Government is the provision of housing. However, one action taken by the Department and the local authorities is the purchase of second-hand houses around our county. This means the local authority is in direct competition with people who wish to purchase a house for themselves. The local authorities and the Department should be building houses for social...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Feb 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: That is different.

Comptroller and Auditor General (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Feb 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: Like everyone else in the country I am very disappointed with what has happened with the children's hospital. As Deputy Collins said, we had a motion here before anyone else, back in 2017. The people that are now jumping up and down about the projected cost of the hospital did not support us. Only 18 Deputies voted for our motion. We told everyone that it would go over budget because we...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Feb 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: The programme for Government promised to support farmers' incomes. The Taoiseach's adverse comments a few weeks ago did not help confidence in the beef industry. However, I ask him to do something about a number of rules and regulations that are causing many beef farmers real concern. The 30-month rule means that farmers are paid less if their animals exceed that. There is no difference...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Feb 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: The quality of that beef is no different if the animal were moved five or six times. The 70-day retention period-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Feb 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: The Taoiseach and his Minister for Agriculture, Food and Marine could do something about these rules and regulations to help beef farmers an awful lot. I am asking him to please look at those.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am delighted that the witnesses are here and thank them for coming to the committee today to discuss this very important matter. Farmers in Kerry are very concerned, especially about calves from dairy herds, the numbers of which are increasing year on year. That is especially so since the then Minister, Deputy Simon Coveney, advised farmers they should increase milk production. If one...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Feb 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: There is a row going on between the Government's own Fine Gael Deputies in Wexford about the local electoral areas and boundary changes. There are also problems in Kerry where parishes like Kilcummin have been divided into two. Parishes such as Gneeveguilla and Rathmore are also being divided into two. People are very angry. In Wexford the Minister of State, Deputy John Paul Phelan, has...