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Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: From the Seanad (5 Jul 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: There is no one listening.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: From the Seanad (5 Jul 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: No planning permission is needed for them.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: From the Seanad (5 Jul 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice has asked for clarity on what the Government means in its 2040 plan. The plan says that one-off housing may still be built if it does not detract from urban centres. People need clarity on this. As Deputy Fitzmaurice said, the interpretation is that if so many houses are to be built in a county then urban areas may use the bulk of the allocation. Where will this...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: From the Seanad (5 Jul 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am just giving an example. Where did the financial regulator leave us? He was asleep at the wheel. This is why Ireland is in the state it is and why the generations to come will pay for his inadequacy. He did not ensure that regulations were adhered to by the banks. He was asleep.

Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: We are talking about housing.

Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: We are telling the truth.

Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: Right so. The Government could do several things.

Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am as entitled to talk about housing in the Chamber as anyone else. Just because I am hurting the Minister of State in telling him the truth-----

Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: Perhaps that is what is wrong, but I will tell the truth wherever I am, be it here, there or anywhere. One will always win out with the truth. I am sceptical about the €20 million figure, but the Government could take simple actions. For example, it could help small builders by reducing the VAT rate from 13.5% to 9%, which would achieve a great deal. Other blockages are...

Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to have the opportunity to again talk about this very important matter. Since I entered the Dáil almost two and a half years ago there have been enough plans, schemes, reports and papers provided with which one could build several houses. That is the truth. I am very sceptical about this initiative. The Minister of State said "... a small equity investment of €20...

Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: That is not mentioned in the Minister of State's statement.

Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: I have asked the Minister of State several times to tell us truthfully if the Government has the money for the scheme. I am very doubtful that it has the money. In 2015 we were told that €62.5 million was to be given to build social housing in County Kerry. That is well over three years ago and I can guarantee that €62.5 million has not landed in County Kerry. A total of 20...

Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: There is no money available.

Intoxicating Liquor (Breweries and Distilleries) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Jul 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: I support the call for microbreweries to be allowed sell their product to visitors. We have wonderful breweries in Killarney such as Killarney Brewing and we also have the Dingle Distillery, which produces Dingle gin among other products. It is an attraction for tourists to visit such places and it makes sense to allow them to buy a sample and take it away with them. Are the brewers...

Intoxicating Liquor (Breweries and Distilleries) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Jul 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: It does not make sense.

Intoxicating Liquor (Breweries and Distilleries) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Jul 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: Of course I am.

Intoxicating Liquor (Breweries and Distilleries) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Jul 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: Of course I did.

Intoxicating Liquor (Breweries and Distilleries) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Jul 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: The Minister should not say I am not in favour of the rural pub. I want to tell him about the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Ross. Today, there was another serious accident at Glenflesk Church. Seeing as he has been mentioned, I call on the Minister, Deputy Ross, to resign because of what happened today.

Intoxicating Liquor (Breweries and Distilleries) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Jul 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: Yes, we will, a Cheann Comhairle. Microbreweries are a new phenomenon and an addition to our tourism attractions. It does not make any sense to try to stop people buying an amount of alcohol to take away with them.

Intoxicating Liquor (Breweries and Distilleries) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Jul 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: The Minister said he will not allow people to buy alcohol to take away with them.