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Order of Business (14 Nov 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: The Minister for North Korea, red tape, new regulations and stiffer penalties has made an order to severely punish unaccompanied provisional drivers. They have been waiting for driving tests for long periods. He clearly does not understand what it means to live in rural Ireland where people do not have access to public transport. Would it not be more productive if the Minister had made an...

Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Nov 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: The Taoiseach must be aware that many farmers in heavy land have been hit very badly this fall. This is on the programme for Government in respect of protecting farmers and their incomes. As a result, cattle and the whole lot have been housed for over three months. Many farmers have calculated that they will be short 50% of the fodder they need to feed their animals through to the...

Topical Issue Debate: Health Services Provision (15 Nov 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for allowing me to highlight Parkinson's disease and the need for services for those who have developed this disease and especially for the carers and family members who have to help them. Parkinson's is a progressive neurological disorder caused by the shortage of the chemical dopamine in the brain. The diagnosis of a serious movement disorder can be very...

Topical Issue Debate: Health Services Provision (15 Nov 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: Only 3% of Irish Parkinson's patients have access to deep brain stimulation, which is established as a standard treatment for patients with medication frequency issues. Therefore, the implementation of the neurorehabilitation strategy is critical to people with Parkinson's. This strategy was published in 2011 but there is still no implementation plan in place. There is a commitment in the...

Topical Issue Debate: Health Services Provision (15 Nov 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: I thank the Minister of State.

Topical Issue Debate: Health Services Provision (15 Nov 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: It is said that we have 600 patients in County Kerry, but the figure could be as high as 800.

Housing (Homeless Families) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Nov 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to again have the chance to discuss housing and people losing their homes. Private landlords seem to be blamed all the time by some Members. I do not condone the conditions of the properties of the landlords featured on a television programme recently or anyone who treats tenants in such a manner. However, there are good landlords. If a landlord has several houses, he or she has...

Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: I wish to highlight several infrastructural projects in County Kerry that require attention and funding. The last time I spoke during Leaders' Questions, I referred to the need for a new Killarney outer bypass which would start in Farranfore and finish up in Lissyviggeen. On that occasion I pointed out the various junctions where there is mayhem and slaughter on a regular basis, including...

Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am asking the Minister, Deputy Bruton, to take the question to the Minister of State. The latter was critical of my father at different times for money he took down to Kerry and for money he did not take down to Kerry. The ball is now in the Minister of State's court and I am asking him to provide funding for the bridge he travels over himself every day. I ask, too, that he ensures...

Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: The Minister said that the Government will have money to spend but my concern is that it will be spent in Dublin.

Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: The Minister, Deputy Ross, signalled he was spending €135 million on a footpath in Dublin. I want Ministers to go beyond the Red Cow Roundabout and travel to Kerry to see where slaughter has been occurring at junctions due to them being inadequate. Buses and lorries have been held up and lives are being placed in danger because of inadequate junctions and roads that cannot cope with...

Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: I hope it is but we will have to wait and see if it is.

Rural Crime: Motion (21 Nov 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: The closure of so many Garda stations in 2013 was a serious mistake. These stations dated back to the foundation of the State and they gave confidence to the elderly and all who lived in rural parishes. A common request I receive is a request for public lighting. People are afraid in dimly lit streets, crossroads and various places. It is a continuous request to have public lighting so...

Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Nov 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: Earlier this year, the Government promised it would find a mechanism whereby it would be possible to transfer some of the money from the fair deal scheme across to people who need more hours of home help. We have been waiting for this when last week, we read in the papers that the Government will means test the elderly to see if they will pay for some of the public home help they receive. I...

Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Nov 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: Most families and elderly people pay for private home help themselves to make up the deficit. Now we hear the Government is going to charge them for the measly hours and minutes that they are being given. Why is the Government doing this to our elderly people? Why will the Government not assist them to stay in their homes as long as possible? Why is the Government doing this?

Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Nov 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: The Dáil passed a motion and the Taoiseach promised he would find a mechanism.

Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Nov 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: It should.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Nov 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: I received a telephone call today from a young man who expects and fears that he will be made homeless before Christmas. He is married with two children and cannot find a home for his family. All Deputies are dealing with homelessness. The motion is different from previous motions on homelessness in that it refers to the use of sprinkler systems and spikes. I have not seen these...

Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: Before the controversy over emails in the Department of Justice and Equality there was a proposal to reopen six rural Garda stations. That commitment is certainly in the programme for Government. The Taoiseach has said there is a proposal to open three Garda stations in Dublin but Dublin is not rural. In light of the level of rural crime, I ask the Taoiseach to reopen a Garda station on...

Social Welfare Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: I may deviate a bit from what is in the Bill, but my points apply to whether people receive social welfare, and I need to highlight something which is ridiculous. We all encourage people to start working when they are young, because if they develop a work ethic when they are young they tend to continue with it. However, the way the Student Universal Support Ireland, SUSI, grant is set up at...