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Companies (Statutory Audits) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Jan 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: I have to begin with the most important thing that is affecting so many small companies throughout the country. Firs, however, I must declare that I have an interest in a family plant hire firm. I must write it up and leave it here because I seem to be telling this story every day, and several times on some days. My brother also has a small shop, so I have to declare those interests. Small...

Companies (Statutory Audits) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Jan 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: The vulture fund has told them they must get out. That is very wrong. I know of other cases where the people who got into trouble are prepared to pay back what they owe, with interest, and the vulture fund will not take it. As Deputy Mattie McGrath said, the vulture fund must have favourites or an idea that it can squeeze more money out of somebody else, but that is so wrong. We talk...

Companies (Statutory Audits) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Jan 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: In a short space of time, these principal contractors are back in action again. Much more needs to be done to rectify the wrongs that are being meted out to small suppliers, small operators, sole traders and families that work together to try to keep their household going because they get left behind when these fellows decide to pull the plug. They have everything organised, hid away,...

Order of Business (30 Jan 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: One of the Minister of Transport, Tourism and Sport's proposals in the Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill is that cars will be taken off unaccompanied drivers with a provisional licence and that those who own the cars will be jailed. It takes 22 weeks for a driver with a provisional licence to get a driving test in Killarney. This period is seriously too long. Why does the Government not do...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hen Harrier Programme: Discussion (30 Jan 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: I welcome Mr. Sean Kelly, Mr. Kenneth Fitzgerald, Mr. Jason Fitzgerald, Mr. Morris Flynn, all the farmers in the Gallery and all those in the audiovisual room who are following these proceedings. These are all respectable, honest, hard-working people who have done nothing wrong and who did not set out to do anything wrong. They all love their land and the place where they live. Irrespective...

Questions on Promised Legislation (31 Jan 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: My question relates to the protection of farmers' incomes. Will the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine grant a pilot scheme to the people of Iveragh in south Kerry to eliminate tuberculosis by way of vaccinating and removing badgers? A total of 40 herds have gone down but it affects only 7% of the herd. The remainder of the animals in south Kerry are fine. We do not want to...

Topical Issue Debate: Special Protection Areas Designation (31 Jan 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: Yesterday I attended a briefing in the AV Room by a group of farmers from north west Cork, east Kerry, west Limerick and County Tipperary on the designation of their lands under the hen harrier programme, the lack of compensation for years and the scheme being put in place which they said did not adequately compensate them, following which the issue was discussed with them at a meeting last...

Topical Issue Debate: Special Protection Areas Designation (31 Jan 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am amazed by the Minister's statement that the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has no role in the designation of land, yet that Department is supposed to pay compensation to the farmers. The story before was: "Pay as you go; if you don't pay, don't go." The Government should de-designate the lands or else pay the people fair compensation. They were promised €350 per...

Topical Issue Debate: Special Protection Areas Designation (31 Jan 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: All I will say-----

Topical Issue Debate: Special Protection Areas Designation (31 Jan 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: -----is that it is not fair on the Minister of State, Deputy Catherine Byrne, to be landed in here, and it is not fair on the people. All I will say is-----

Topical Issue Debate: Special Protection Areas Designation (31 Jan 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: The Government and-----

Topical Issue Debate: Special Protection Areas Designation (31 Jan 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: They can have all the airy-fairy issues they want to, but if they cannot pay the compensation, the land should be re-designated.

Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (31 Jan 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am grateful to have the opportunity to speak to the Bill. The issue has been raised by parents all around the constituency of Kerry. There have been tragedies as a result of cyberbullying and parents were not really aware of what was happening. Before now, children were safe when they came home and went to bed. Now blackguards of every creed and description can get at them from any part...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Statistics (31 Jan 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: 198. To ask the Minister for Health if there is an increase year on year on the number of children that present with autism and related problems in each of the years 2010 to 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4672/18]

National Broadband Plan: Motion [Private Members] (6 Feb 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to get the opportunity to speak about this important issue but I believe that Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael would be better advised to work together rather than attacking each other across the floor of the House. It ought to be remembered that the two are in Government together. Whether it is called a coalition or whatever is called, one party is holding the other up or...

National Broadband Plan: Motion [Private Members] (6 Feb 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: It is like the man who told me that if we went to the doors before Christmas, "God almighty, Danny, they will be pelting turkeys at you."

National Broadband Plan: Motion [Private Members] (6 Feb 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: If the Government goes before the people without doing something about the broadband before the next election, they will have the kettle and the frying pan and the whole lot at them. I am very sorry, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle.

Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Feb 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: In the programme for Government, there is a promise to protect farmers' incomes and payments. Indeed, the promise covered cases in which payments were held up for one reason or another and a consensus was arrived at that two thirds of outstanding payments would be made until the problems were sorted out. However, where commonage was burned in Kerry, some farmers received no payments at all...

Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Feb 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: Do not call us names. We were elected here in our own names and we will take no rubbish from Deputy MacSharry.

Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Feb 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: Deputy MacSharry's party is here supporting the Government and saying it has nothing to do with it.