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Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to get the chance to talk on this very important Bill. I am totally and absolutely against what is proposed. I do not think it is necessary in the first place. We do not have these kinds of demonstrations, that I know of, on my side of the country, in our county. In a lot of places we have practising GPs whom people go to daily. People cannot get to their GPs. How will these...

Housing and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (11 Jul 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to get the opportunity to speak. Planning is hurting a great number of people in our county who cannot get planning to build houses for themselves. It is the Government Planning Regulator who is the cause of this. These people just want planning permission. They will build the house themselves and they will foot the bill, as dear as it is, but they are not getting the planning...

Investment in Football: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to have the opportunity to support this Labour Party motion. It is very important because we all know that sport is so important in developing youth and bringing communities together. For many years, Gaelic football and hurling were the dominant games in Kerry but soccer is now coming forth. We are glad to see Kerry FC, which is now in the League of Ireland, doing very well...

Investment in Football: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: That must be looked at and rectified.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Sheep Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jul 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: Is MII aware of the number of farmers who are getting out of mountain production and producing sheep on hills, such as the hills of Kerry? There is a mass exodus out of the-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Sheep Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jul 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: Well, it is true. People are getting out altogether and people are reducing in number. Will that have an impact on driving up the price of lamb for the consumer? I will qualify what is happening in that regard. Even part-time farmers who have jobs give a lot of time every week to dosing sheep. So much has to be done to them, and the cost of dosing and vaccinations has increased by 30%....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Sheep Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jul 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: I forgot to mention that the cost of meals and ration has gone up considerably.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Sheep Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jul 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: That is impacting on that. Some of them are saying that they will not even pay for the stuff. I thank Mr. Carroll for the answer. It is a concern that we need to remind the Government about, or ask them about when we are coming up to budget time. Could we write to them as a committee to ask? If we do not ask, we will not get. These people are asking me. We have quite a lot of sheep...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Sports Broadcasting: Discussion (12 Jul 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to get the opportunity. There has been a lot of focus on RTÉ in recent weeks. There has been a focus on RTÉ for a different reason in Kerry for practically all of this year. There is an issue for genuine supporters. Some are elderly and there maybe others who have problems for other reasons. Many parts of Kerry do not have broadband and people cannot access GAAGO....

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Sports Broadcasting: Discussion (12 Jul 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: They pay all their taxes and they pay their TV licence fees without question. It is not good enough that they cannot see GAA matches, especially the top ones, at different times during the year.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Sports Broadcasting: Discussion (12 Jul 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: I thank the Chair for giving me the opportunity.

Mortgage Interest Relief: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Sep 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to get an opportunity to talk on this very serious matter before us this evening. While I welcome that Sinn Féin is bringing the motion forward, I do not exactly agree 100% that this will be targeted enough to help the people who are in trouble. What I cannot understand is that the Government is agreeing to these interest rate increases, and the Government is saying the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Accommodation (21 Sep 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: 73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline what measures he is taking to assist students (details supplied) attending colleges in Cork and Limerick, especially first-year students, in finding on-campus accommodation. [40913/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Accommodation (21 Sep 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: The Minister will appreciate that we, in Kerry, have serious problems with students finding accommodation in places like Limerick and Cork. What can he do and what will he do in the future? More importantly this year, what can be done for all these students who do not have a place in Limerick and Cork today?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Accommodation (21 Sep 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: Of course, I welcome what has happened in Tralee. However, I am talking about students who do not have accommodation in Cork and Limerick today. For whatever reason their courses are in those colleges at this time. They are travelling by bus. They cannot drive themselves because they cannot get a driving test in Kerry - it is an impossibility. The leaving cert results come out too late....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Accommodation (21 Sep 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: First year students find it the toughest. Second- and third-year students may have accommodation sorted before the holidays. These students are in a scramble and are finding it very tough. Some students from Kilcummin and Killarney are trying to rent a hotel room. Their parents are trying to help them. They are finding it very difficult and the rent prices are being increased by the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Sep 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: I need to bring to the Minister's attention the high level of anger, dissatisfaction and frustration felt by many people in Kerry because of two things, namely, the Shannon LNG project and the Killarney bypass. Energy security is being compromised, jobs are being lost and, in the case of the Killarney bypass, road safety is being compromised. Shannon LNG's application to An Bord...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Sep 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: I have no problem.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Sep 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: He made a submission.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Sep 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: He did.