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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Oct 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: I, too, wish to sympathise with the family of late Tom Burke. He was a massive friend of my late father and, indeed, all of us since we were elected to the Dáil. I wish to raise the issue of work permits for people from non-EU countries to help with the housebuilding programme and in many other areas. In Killarney, Michael Cronin Readymix and Thermohouse is looking for 20 people...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Charter Treaty, Energy Security, Liquefied Natural Gas and Data Centres: Discussion (resumed) (5 Oct 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: I have some questions for Mr. Foley. Can he justify the reason the cost of electricity has gone up by so much this year? Will the increases continue? Is the reason for the increase that gas-fired generators are very expensive to run and maintain?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Charter Treaty, Energy Security, Liquefied Natural Gas and Data Centres: Discussion (resumed) (5 Oct 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: Would we have been better off economically and financially, especially elderly people trying to heat their homes, if we had continued using Bord na Móna plants in the midlands? Costs seem to have gone up since those places were closed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Charter Treaty, Energy Security, Liquefied Natural Gas and Data Centres: Discussion (resumed) (5 Oct 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: We are in a very uncertain position now. As Ms MacEvilly said, gas prices are very hefty and we are paying through the nose for gas. What Members of the Oireachtas and the Government need to keep in mind is that people will not be able to pay as we go on. There is an old saying, "You can't get blood out of a turnip." People cannot pay if they do not have it. They are being put to the pin...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (7 Oct 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: 192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding an NCT test centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48829/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (7 Oct 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: 302. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will review the current payscale for early year and childcare workers and ensure that they are paid a professional salary in line with the responsibility they hold and the level of education required for this position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48902/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (7 Oct 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: 361. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the required funding is made available to safeguard the necessary services, ensure lifelong supports for persons with intellectual and physical disabilities and assist ageing parents and carers who are struggling to manage. [48967/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (7 Oct 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: 400. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the reopening of a day-care centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48830/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Charter Treaty, Energy Security, Liquefied Natural Gas and Data Centres: Discussion (resumed) (5 Oct 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: I thank Professor McMullin for his input today. He will agree that offshore wind energy is at least ten years away. In the meantime, and especially this winter, it appears we have an energy shortage and people may be cold in their homes as they may have no option other than electricity. Does Professor McMullin agree there is an urgent need for Shannon LNG to get off the ground and import...

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Budget Statement 2022 (12 Oct 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to have the opportunity to speak on the budget this evening. It will be remembered as a frightening budget because of the increase in the carbon tax. Many people would have thought that the carbon tax, which was put in place last year and is to last for another seven or eight years, would be paused this year in light of the increased cost of fuel coming into this country caused by...

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 1: Tobacco Products Tax (12 Oct 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: I too am opposed to this tax increase. I feel it will place undue hardship on people, especially those with mental health problems. They will tell you smoking is the only consolation they have. If you weigh it up, the extra money they will get in their social welfare payments would not even cover the cost of the extra 50 cent if they were to smoke a packet of cigarettes a day and maybe a...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (12 Oct 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: 347. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will address the rights of persons with disabilities (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49711/21]

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (13 Oct 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to have the opportunity to talk on the budget again this evening. It is an anti-rural budget. It is hurting a great many people, especially people in rural Ireland. Anyone with a wheel of any kind is affected. People travelling long distances to work, parents taking children to schools, lorry men transporting items to shops and so on will all face increased costs. Taxi men are...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Oct 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: Thousands of people who needed cataracts removed or their hips and knees replaced availed of the cross-border directive. That has been followed this year with the Northern Ireland planned healthcare scheme. As many people still need these interventions and it is clear that our own health service is in serious jeopardy, I ask the Government to continue the Northern Ireland planned healthcare...

Rental Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Oct 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: I thank Sinn Féin for giving us the opportunity again this evening to talk about rents. I declare that people may say I have a conflict of interest because Deputy Michael Healy-Rae is in that business and I am his brother. I concur with what Members have said. The cost of rents has become very steep and people cannot meet the amounts being charged. They are in a desperate way,...

Autism Spectrum Disorder Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Oct 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: Although I have only a minute, I am delighted to get this opportunity. I come across this issue daily. Young couples who love their children, care for them and want the best for them are having difficulties in getting them assessed in time. If they are not assessed in time, it is not known what intervention is needed. It is a question of early intervention but also of intervention at...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: I wish to raise with the Taoiseach the serious crisis in University Hospital Kerry, UHK. Three weeks ago, eight senior consultants at University Hospital Kerry wrote to general practitioners and elected members stating: "Our hospital is in crisis since the second week of September." The letter went on to state that elective surgery has been cancelled, there are high numbers of patients on...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: Not in September.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: We do not have them in Kerry.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: I thank the Taoiseach. He mentioned that the Minister, Deputy Foley, brought this matter to his attention. What has the Taoiseach done since the Minister brought it to his attention? On behalf of the people of Kerry, I ask the Taoiseach to ensure that action is urgently taken to address this crisis to prevent people from dying unnecessarily. We need a resumption of elective surgery for...