Results 4,021-4,040 of 5,130 for speaker:Danny Healy-Rae

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: Those people could never come up to that level or have that amount of experience.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: It is nothing to be laughed at anyway.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: Some people -----

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: No, this is something different.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am sorry, a Cheann Comhairle, but that is the truth. It is happening behind the scenes. This is why I am extremely worried about what is going on.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am concerned that we are undoing a system that has served this country well for more than 100 years just to satisfy one Minister who is supporting the Government. It is about keeping him on side in order that he will continue to support the Government. He has been promoting this proposal for many years even before he was elected to this Dáil. It is clear that our Judiciary has been...

Order of Business (22 May 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: I too ask the Government to bring some common sense to our Garda vetting regime. Some might say I have a conflict of interest because I have an old bus and my drivers have to comply with Garda vetting guidelines. The escort on a bus might be vetted by the Garda to mind the children on the bus but he or she must be vetted again if he or she wants to drive the bus. Transport services are...

Order of Business (22 May 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: It is absolutely ridiculous. If a person has been vetted by the Garda once, it should last for five years at least, or until the need arises to vet him or her again.

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (22 May 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: The coalition is on.

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (16 May 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: I thank Fianna Fáil for bringing this motion forward, which is very important, even though we have already spoken many times in the House highlighting different aspects and the measures that could and should be taken to alleviate the housing problems we have. I support the motion for the provision of affordable houses to buy or to rent. It is a very laudable idea. There are many...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Review of Programmes of the Department of Rural and Community Development: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: People are having to leave the country.

Questions on Promised Legislation (16 May 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad the Labour Party is now waking up to this problem but it was in power with Fine Gael for five years. People are going blind and have gone blind on this and the previous Government's watch because of delays in being treated for cataracts. The aforementioned survey refers to waiting times of between 28 months and five years but there are people in Kerry and west Cork who have been...

Questions on Promised Legislation (16 May 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: It is not working in Kerry or Cork.

Leaders' Questions (16 May 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: It let them go blind.

Leaders' Questions (16 May 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: What was it doing for those five years?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (16 May 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: 94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the grounds on which a child with Down syndrome can be refused the July provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21498/18]

Mandatory Open Disclosure: Motion (15 May 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to have an opportunity to say a few words on this important topic. People are horrified by recent disclosures. I thank Emma Mhic Mhathúna and Vicky Phelan for publicising what happened to them and speaking so eloquently about how their lives have been changed forever. It appears the Government has decided to establish a new board to monitor the Health Service Executive....

Order of Business (15 May 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: Farmers' pockets are empty at this time. Back in 2008 and 2009, €1,100 was taken off the area aid payment but it was promised that it would be given back. Now the Taoiseach is saying he will give €200 or €230 sometime later on this year. I am appealing to the Taoiseach and the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to give them back the money that was taken off...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Negotiations (15 May 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: 74. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the preparation his Department is making in anticipation of either a hard or soft border. [20509/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Parks Facilities (15 May 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: 609. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will request the National Parks and Wildlife Service to allow jarveys that use the Mission Road in Killarney access to the national park from a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20991/18]