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

Danny Healy-Rae: Why did the Tánaiste not make a submission then?

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

Danny Healy-Rae: I am stating the facts as well. Wherever the €626 million went, it did not go to the Killarney bypass or the Cork-Kerry economic corridor as it is also called. It did not go there anyway. That is a fact. It has been stopped because TII has been starved of the funding to do the assessments. If the Minister states that anyone could have made a submission, why did Deputy...

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

Danny Healy-Rae: Where were they? They are allowed to do what they like and at the same time no young lad in Kerry can get a driving test. Does the Government want to keep them off the road as well? There are 23,000 vehicle movements every day on the Killarney route I am talking about. Their safety is being compromised. He kicked up a big hullabaloo the other day saying he was going reduce speed limits...

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

Danny Healy-Rae: I will exclude Deputy O'Brien then but I will not exclude the rest of them.

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

Danny Healy-Rae: They have also told me that Kerry has not got enough from this Government under the local improvement scheme. Of 676 projects in Kerry, we got enough to do 25.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Testing: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: This is a very important debate. Ms Coleman said that the majority of the testers would be delivered to Dublin. I regret that because people in rural areas such as Killarney and Cahersiveen have distances to travel. It is not good enough for young lads who need a licence to go to work or to travel long distances to college because they cannot not get places to rent in Limerick or Cork to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Testing: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am asking if the witnesses can do anything for Kerry, for Killarney and Tralee. Are we at the end of the line? Will Mr. Walsh admit that 12 months is too long to have to wait to apply for a test?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Testing: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: I do not think that Mr. Walsh really comprehends the situation that we have. It is just not acceptable and I am asking Mr. Walsh if he thinks it's acceptable to have to wait 12 months before one can apply for a test.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Testing: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: That is an awful long time for youngsters who have their lessons done and who have done all that it is required, including the theory test and so on. All Mr. Walsh can tell me at this point is that he hopes the thing will be in order by the middle of next year, the middle of 2024. God almighty, that is like the story, leave horse until you get grass. It is not good enough. If Mr. Walsh...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Testing: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: Just to add, there is a need for lorry drivers and a need for-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Testing: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: They are all held up as well. It is just not acceptable. What happened that the wait time went from six weeks to 12 months? What has caused this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Testing: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: The NDLS needs to focus on this. What it is doing is just not good enough. Again, I am calling on the Minister to do something for people who are waiting for 12 months and are being told that they will have to wait for 12 months before they can actually apply for their driving test. The Department should forget about it and let them on the road now until such time as the NDLS comes along...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (20 Sep 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: 22. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on a first-time passport application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39802/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Offences (20 Sep 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: 97. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the implications the reduction of the speed limits on national roads will have on drivers' hours for professional drivers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40006/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (20 Sep 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: 116. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on driving test waiting times (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40213/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (20 Sep 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: 117. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a driving test application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40215/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (20 Sep 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: 118. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on a matter (details supplied) regarding driving tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40218/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (20 Sep 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: 613. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will give consideration to an issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39620/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (20 Sep 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: 625. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for details of funding for students (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39820/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (20 Sep 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: 626. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39821/23]