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GPO and Moore Street Regeneration as a 1916 Cultural Quarter: Motion [Private Members] (1 Jul 2025)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to get the opportunity to talk on this motion this evening. To start, we all have to honour, respect and remember those leaders, men and women who fought for our country in 1916 and around that time, including during the Civil War, and all those who died along the way so we could be here having our own democratic Parliament. Everyone is entitled to talk and say what they believe...

Review of Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004: Statements (1 Jul 2025)

Danny Healy-Rae: We all know that when a child presents with special needs and needs special assistance, it places a massive burden on his or her parents. The parents would prefer to see something wrong with themselves rather than their child. The Minister of State and I know that we do not need reports. We need funding. We need more specialist teachers and places and we need to speed up the assessment of...

Animal Health and Welfare (Welfare of Pigs) Bill 2025: First Stage (1 Jul 2025)

Danny Healy-Rae: Was I not left talk the last day about the foxes, when-----

Animal Health and Welfare (Welfare of Pigs) Bill 2025: First Stage (1 Jul 2025)

Danny Healy-Rae: -----they brought in something else ridiculous.

Animal Health and Welfare (Welfare of Pigs) Bill 2025: First Stage (1 Jul 2025)

Danny Healy-Rae: They are still attacking farmers.

Animal Health and Welfare (Welfare of Pigs) Bill 2025: First Stage (1 Jul 2025)

Danny Healy-Rae: I reject totally what the Deputy has said.

Animal Health and Welfare (Welfare of Pigs) Bill 2025: First Stage (1 Jul 2025)

Danny Healy-Rae: We have had Roughty Valley Co-Op-----

Animal Health and Welfare (Welfare of Pigs) Bill 2025: First Stage (1 Jul 2025)

Danny Healy-Rae: -----with 6,000 pigs in Kilgarvan for the last 53 years.

Animal Health and Welfare (Welfare of Pigs) Bill 2025: First Stage (1 Jul 2025)

Danny Healy-Rae: It is very unfair to make pig farmers out to be bad people, when they have been providing-----

Animal Health and Welfare (Welfare of Pigs) Bill 2025: First Stage (1 Jul 2025)

Danny Healy-Rae: -----employment for so many people over many years and providing food for our people.

Animal Health and Welfare (Welfare of Pigs) Bill 2025: First Stage (1 Jul 2025)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am not calling a vote today-----

Animal Health and Welfare (Welfare of Pigs) Bill 2025: First Stage (1 Jul 2025)

Danny Healy-Rae: -----but I am totally against it.

Animal Health and Welfare (Welfare of Pigs) Bill 2025: First Stage (1 Jul 2025)

Danny Healy-Rae: I can tell you-----

Animal Health and Welfare (Welfare of Pigs) Bill 2025: First Stage (1 Jul 2025)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am entitled to talk about something as important as this.

Legislative and Structural Reforms to Accelerate Housing Delivery: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jun 2025)

Danny Healy-Rae: I thank Deputy Michael Collins and his group for tabling this motion and giving us all an opportunity to talk about housing and discuss it as much as we can to see if we can help. This is one of many motions, Bills and whatever trying to address housing, but we really need to get down to work and see after the people to ensure that everyone has a home. The answer has to be to build more...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Delays in Departmental Scheme Payments: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jun 2025)

Danny Healy-Rae: I thank the witnesses for coming this. They have a fine team. My first question is for Mr. Savage and is about ACRES. We have been tormented by farmers who have not received their ACRES payments and this is going on since last September or October. Mr. Savage said the Department had reached 97% to 98% for advance payments. How many applicants have not been paid at present?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Delays in Departmental Scheme Payments: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jun 2025)

Danny Healy-Rae: I will wait for Mr. Savage's answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Delays in Departmental Scheme Payments: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jun 2025)

Danny Healy-Rae: When Mr. Savage talks about percentages, it looks grand but when we hear that 1,635 still have to get advance payments, that is kind of serious. When does the Department expect to have that cleared?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Delays in Departmental Scheme Payments: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jun 2025)

Danny Healy-Rae: When Mr. Savage said the system was broken, what kind of machine was broken down, was someone sick or what was wrong? When we have a machine that is broken down, we have to repair it and if it cannot be repaired or will take 12 months to repair, it is time to send the machine off to Hammond Lane or somewhere like that. I have been speaking to a fella since last September. I know that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Delays in Departmental Scheme Payments: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jun 2025)

Danny Healy-Rae: Will the same thing be repeated next year? Will we have to go through the same racket next year with this system? Will there be a totally new system to deal with this next year or what? If we go through the same thing again next year, the system will have to be scrapped. I am not blaming the officials personally but this scheme is not good enough. Farmers are owed money and are entitled...