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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Forestry Programme and Strategy: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: That is what the Ministers say, but I do not agree with them. I suppose we have to be fair and admit that spruce trees would sequester way more carbon than broadleaf trees. Do the Ministers agree with that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Forestry Programme and Strategy: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: I have one other question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Forestry Programme and Strategy: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: Are the Ministers aware that there is a policy at the present time, especially in national parks, whereby fallen timber cannot be removed? It is supposed to be left there to rot. Are they also aware that this is where the insect that spreads Lyme disease thrives? That has harmed and hurt so many people who have visited our forests. I just want the Ministers to answer this question. Are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Forestry Programme and Strategy: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: I ask the Ministers to come back to the committee with the answer to that because it is a very serious problem, especially around the national parks in Killarney.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Forestry Programme and Strategy: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: To be clear, is what the Ministers are saying that no more boggy ground can be planted, only good land? Farmers are already under pressure for more land with derogation and everything else. The Minister is saying there is a problem with sourcing land, without saying it.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (5 Oct 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: 276. 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. [43312/23]

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Budget Statement 2024 (10 Oct 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to get the opportunity to talk about the budget. Of course, I welcome the increases in social welfare but I wonder how far they will go or how much they will alleviate the situation for people who are having problems and who can barely exist and keep going. Health is so important and is the first thing I want to talk about. We have a lack of GPs in Kerry and I am sure it is...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Budget Statement 2024 (10 Oct 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am asking the Government to provide a minor injuries unit in Killarney and a separate one in Tralee to help to reduce the waiting times in the accident and emergency department in University Hospital Kerry. Our disability services are severely lacking and the people who operate those services, many of them section 39 workers, are not adequately paid. Residential care is practically...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 1: Mineral Oil Tax (10 Oct 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: I request that the clock be stopped because-----

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 1: Mineral Oil Tax (10 Oct 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to get this opportunity. I thank Sinn Féin for going against the carbon tax tonight. We will not talk about what happened in the past, but we are glad and we hope it will continue in this vein against the carbon tax because it is totally and absolutely unfair. We have been against it from day one. This will hurt many people at midnight tonight. It will hurt the people who...

Financial Resolution No. 3: Tobacco Products Tax (10 Oct 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: Many years ago I worked with two men. One of them did not smoke and one of them did. The fellow who did not used to always be jarring the other fellow. He said that if God intended him to be a smoking man he would have put a chimney in him. I do not smoke, and I know it is bad for people, but I do not agree with this tax. As has been said about people who are addicted, God how they...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to get a chance to add to my contribution from last night. There is a lot of concern regarding road safety with ideas about reducing speed limits and increasing penalty points. However, we have to admit that there has been a massive increase in the volume of traffic on every road. I am calling for our roads to be upgraded. Many of our roads were built in the late 1800s and have...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (10 Oct 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: 126. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on a matter (details supplied) in relation to long-term rental; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43977/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Regulations (10 Oct 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: 384. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43533/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (10 Oct 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: 473. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a clinic (details supplied) is being closed down; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43534/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (10 Oct 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: 549. To ask the Minister for Health to give urgent attention to a problem (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43964/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (10 Oct 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: 608. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details on studying in the UK (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43969/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (10 Oct 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: 609. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43972/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (11 Oct 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: 65. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a timescale on promised works (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44286/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (11 Oct 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: 195. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44281/23]