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Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (21 Sep 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: We should not be depending on Russian gas.

Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (21 Sep 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: It was made complex.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Sep 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: Households, businesses and people everywhere are terrified by the exorbitant cost of the electricity bills they are receiving. They see where the ESB companies' profits have trebled and their standing charges have trebled, and they ask whether the Government has any control. The Government has a 90% share in ESB. The Minister states the way to go is electric. Is the Government to let this...

Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (21 Sep 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: I reiterate what I have said previously about electric cars. I have nothing against electric cars but it is a fact people will buy electric cars when they are reliable and when they are a real alternative to what we have at present. People cannot be forced out of good diesel cars that can travel the distance, let us say from Kerry to Dublin, without having to refuel. I can actually go back...

Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (21 Sep 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: He and his Minister colleagues fly first-class.

Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (21 Sep 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: They are coming across from-----

Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (21 Sep 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am flabbergasted and do not know where to start. When someone who is elected by the people comes in here, having got enough votes, those people are depending on the person to do the right thing. For someone to come in here and try to use his influence to obliterate the rights and proposals put in place by a local authority that has arrived at something collectively - there are 33...

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Budget Statement 2023 (27 Sep 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: I welcome the chance to talk about this budget. There are a few positive aspects and I welcome them. There are measures for third level students and primary level students but there is nothing whatsoever for secondary students. They have been left out. I welcome the increase for social welfare, for disability payments and for carers but at this juncture I have to say that carers should...

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Budget Statement 2023 (27 Sep 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: I ask the Government, at this late stage, to rescind and drop that. It will stop many young fellows and young girls from putting a roof over their heads.

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Financial Resolution No. 1: Mineral Oil Tax (27 Sep 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: I, too, want to support the amendment. It is so ridiculous to be seeking to impose the carbon tax with the cost of fuel as it is. The cost of fuel being as it is today is mainly due to the Government taking the most of it in tax already. A barrel of crude oil is cheaper today than it was four years ago. I think of the prices poor people are paying at the pump. They are not paying it for...

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Financial Resolution No. 1: Mineral Oil Tax (27 Sep 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: I thought that the Deputy said that it was not enough.

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Budget Statement 2023 (27 Sep 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: It is ridiculous to hit such people. There is the Housing for All strategy but the Government has decided to increase the price of concrete by 10%, kick people when they are trying to start off and blow them out of existence.

Financial Resolution No. 3: Tobacco Products Tax (27 Sep 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am against a tax increase on cigarettes again this year. I would much prefer that more money be spent on education and ensuring our young population does not start smoking. I know smoking is bad for people but I worry about two things when it comes to increasing the tax on cigarettes for people who are addicted. Many of them would tell you that they have no other diversion but smoking...

Financial Resolution No. 4: Special Exemption Orders (27 Sep 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: I, too, welcome the late-night exemptions. Many of these businesses have been struggling since the pandemic. It is clear that many places have not come back to the levels of patronage they had. I count this measure as only a small gesture. Much more is needed to help the night-time industry to prosper. Many of my clinics are held in public houses and I appreciate those people...

National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Act 2019: Motion (27 Sep 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am very much opposed to this so-called rainy day fund. It rains all day in Kerry and in most of the south west but it is raining on the people of Ireland at present because many of them are struggling to keep going. They live from hand to mouth and they need more assistance from the Government. Whether it is housing or whatever it is - there are many different issues - the money should...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Bodies (27 Sep 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: 133. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress that has been made to replace the disabled drivers medical board of appeals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47212/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Bodies (27 Sep 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: 134. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons that are waiting for their appeals to be dealt with through the Disabled Drivers Board of Appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47226/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (27 Sep 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: 172. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will remove the working family payment from the list of income that is assessable when considering social housing applications (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46918/22]