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Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (12 Apr 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: There is an addendum. The national secondary road between Killarney and Barraduff is a typical example of a location where people cannot get planning permission because of a stipulation that the then Minister, Deputy Varadkar, put in place whereby no access can be granted to a national secondary road. There is no new access for family members or anybody. That is despite the fact that at...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (12 Apr 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: That is okay. If we are discussing planning, I am pointing out that there are planning problems in Kerry as well. Those issues must be addressed. We must review the planning guidelines in those areas as well.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme (11 Apr 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: 292. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will review the tenant purchase scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17558/17]

Maternity Leave and Benefit: Motion [Private Members] (5 Apr 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: I, too, congratulate Deputy Catherine Martin for tabling this important motion. She has put a lot of work into it. It is a great evening to be an elected Member of this Dáil given the unanimity on the motion. The birth of a baby, whether born prematurely or at the correct time, is a joy and a wonder. It is a treasure for the parents to see a young baby come into the world. Today is...

Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Apr 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: Nor the hare.

Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Apr 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: The Government and the Minister for Education and Skills promised to recruit more than 2,000 young teachers this year. However, I have read in the newspapers that retired teachers are being hired. I ask that all the young qualified teachers be taken on first.

Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Apr 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: Another category of young teachers affected are those who must travel many miles from their homes to get employment in other areas. I want to make sure these young teachers get jobs nearer home rather than hiring retired teachers.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Courts (No. 2) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (5 Apr 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: I will not stay long but I will be here a while anyway.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty - Drink Driving) Bill 2017: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (5 Apr 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: The Minister wondered why the number of fatalities increased last year. The massive increase in the volume of traffic on our roads has certainly contributed to that. The longer distances people now have to drive to work also contributes to it. Our roads are not adequate for the volume of traffic or the size of vehicle using them at present. Bridges in many parts of the country were built...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty - Drink Driving) Bill 2017: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (5 Apr 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: It is.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty - Drink Driving) Bill 2017: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (5 Apr 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: The figures.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty - Drink Driving) Bill 2017: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (5 Apr 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: For those 35 fatalities, how sure is the Minister that the reason for the accident was the pint or the pint and a half and that it was not some pedestrian who fell out on the road in front of the car and was lying in the road on the other side of the bend when the car came around? How sure is the Minister that it was not the black ice that caught the fellow only after drinking one pint and...

Brexit: Statements (4 Apr 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: We are told that the Taoiseach is respected in European circles. We ask him to do his level best to ensure he gets the best deal for the country.

Brexit: Statements (4 Apr 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to get the opportunity to talk on this very serious and important matter facing our country. At a presentation in Buswells, IBEC informed us this will seriously affect the regions, as it calls them - I call them rural areas and the farming community - but it may not affect areas around Dublin as much. As Deputy Fitzmaurice said, I do not know how we can avoid a hard border, but I...

Order of Business (4 Apr 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: It is in the programme for Government; the Taoiseach knows more about it.

Order of Business (4 Apr 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: That was about a different thing.

Order of Business (4 Apr 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: Answer the question I asked.

Order of Business (4 Apr 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: That is very unfair of the Taoiseach. He has made no attempt whatsoever to answer the question he was asked.

Order of Business (4 Apr 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: Pull out altogether-----

Order of Business (4 Apr 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: Housing was supposed to be a priority for this Government. The housing crisis is getting worse. More and more people have to leave their homes. The banks are selling them. Landlords are selling houses. Bureaucracy and red tape are still holding up the building of local authority housing. The four-stage process demanded by the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local...