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Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2017: All Stages (12 Dec 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill. I am glad the constituency of Kerry has remained a five seater with 147,000 people to represent. There are a couple of discrepancies in relation to Rathmore, where part of the parish is on the Cork side, and it would be great if we could get it returned to us as it was taken from us. This comprises six townlands, namely, Rathduane,...

Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2017: All Stages (12 Dec 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: My colleague behind me, Deputy Michael Collins, is very lucky for the present because Berehaven, Ardgroom, Eyeries, Dursey Island, Allihies and Cahermore on the brink of the Atlantic Ocean were part of the Kerry constituency previously. We would have no bother in representing those people if they came back to us, and a lot of them are anxious to come back to us. The constituency of Kerry...

Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2017: All Stages (12 Dec 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: -----Killorglin, Caherciveen, Dingle, Tarbert and Ballybunion and all of those lovely places. It is the finest place and it is well able to accommodate everyone that comes. Whether they come from Hong Kong, Texas or wherever, they are all wonderfully looked after by the mighty people of Kerry. If there is an oil strike, or if anything like that happens outside of our control, we have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte's Annual Report for 2016 and Climate Change: Discussion (12 Dec 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: I welcome the delegation from Coillte. I have worked for Coillte over the years and my father started working for it in 1951. The Department has a rule that if one wants a grant to plant land, one must have 80% of green ground with only 20% of rough ground allowed. I do not know what type of county the Chairman comes from but in Kerry, particularly south Kerry, we have more like 80% rough...

Order of Business (12 Dec 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: This bill will be worse for commercial traders.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (12 Dec 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: 188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the enrolment policy for secondary schools; his views on the fact that enrolment is decided after all applications are received in order that the school will vet the person to determine if applicants will be accepted; and if persons in catchment areas receive preference. [53030/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (12 Dec 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: 430. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, and the Road Safety Authority, RSA, to prioritise the need for a safer speed limit going through Glenflesk village and to improve the street lights also (details supplied). [52792/17]

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Dec 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: I sympathise with all the families who have lost loved ones due to drink-driving. I do not condone and never will condone drink-driving but I support the right of people right around rural Ireland to have a pint and a half and not lose their licence because of that. I travelled for four hours this morning to get here from Kilgarvan and it will be the same journey back. I would travel much...

Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Dec 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: The programme for Government promised a fair and equitable health service for all. On 30 November, however, people suffering pain were dealt an awful blow when lidocaine patches, also known as Versatis patches, were withdrawn from coverage under the medical card scheme. The patches cost up to €150 per month to purchase privately. Was this change ordered by the HSE or the Government?...

Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: I understand pensions are being paid to people who live abroad. That is fine, because people worked in this country and made the payments which entitled them to receive pensions. Is that retrospective? If people from Ireland worked abroad are they paid pensions when they return home? Fair is fair. If we are paying people in other countries we need to be sure that other countries are...

Order of Business (5 Dec 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: First, I offer my sympathy and condolences to the parents and brother of the late Denise Crowley who tragically lost her life in Glenflesk village last Friday evening. The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Shane Ross, is progressing a road traffic Bill through the Dáil. He says it is for the safety of road users rather than making a name for himself. However, I ask...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Dec 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: I welcome the ICSFA, the Inland Waterways Association of Ireland, BirdWatch Ireland and the Hedge Laying Association of Ireland. I want to talk about roadside hedge cutting. Many people in rural Ireland, including me, believe that roadside hedges should be cut all year round for the safety of road users. There is no problem with restrictions inside ditches. The countryside is available...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Dec 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: What the farmers get is compensation and we make no apologies for saying that. It is compensation, not a gift.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Dec 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: And because Dublin traffic is clogged, it took me as long to get from Kildare to the Dáil as it took me to get from Kilgarvan to Kildare.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Dec 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: Keep at it. Keep bringing them in to Dublin and keep an empty rural Ireland.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Dec 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: The hills could be burned. The hills in those places were being burned before-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Dec 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: -----and all the birds that the witness is talking about were there at that time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Dec 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: Is the witness saying the farmers should not get the payments as compensation for not being paid properly?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Dec 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: Is Mr. Foulkes aware of the damage that seagulls, grey crows, magpies, mink, badgers, pine martins and rats are doing to ground nesting birds, and is that being tackled at all? I do not hear anything about it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Business of Joint Committee (29 Nov 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: Deputy Michael Collins has told me to ring him.