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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Preservation of the Biodiversity and Ecosystems of Peatlands: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: I ask Mr. Fogarty to shorten it as much as he can.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Preservation of the Biodiversity and Ecosystems of Peatlands: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: I have a couple of questions on Bord na Móna and the loss of jobs. What consideration is being given to these 500 people who have lost or are about to lose their jobs? All Bord na Móna turf cutting is to cease by 2025 or 2026. What provision is being made for jobs for these people, since there is still peat to be had and a need for it for people who use it to heat houses? The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Preservation of the Biodiversity and Ecosystems of Peatlands: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: I have a question for Mr. Conaty. We have been told that 500 people have lost their jobs in Bord na Móna. Have they been given other jobs? Have they been employed elsewhere? What are they doing now?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Preservation of the Biodiversity and Ecosystems of Peatlands: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: The bank was already there.

Nurses and Midwives Industrial Action: Statements (7 Feb 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: What this is about, as well as pay, is staffing levels. All our young nurses are going abroad and, at the same time, we cannot attract nurses to open the other beds in Kenmare Community Hospital. I saw the determination in the nurses' faces last Tuesday in Killarney and Tralee, where I was with them in the pouring rain. The Government promised them that when the country was turned around,...

Nurses and Midwives Industrial Action: Statements (7 Feb 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: Can I ask a question?

Nurses and Midwives Industrial Action: Statements (7 Feb 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: Will the Minister please explain to the people of Ireland how it is the Government has money for a rainy day fund but it does not have money to pay the nurses?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Feb 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: There is a row going on between the Government's own Fine Gael Deputies in Wexford about the local electoral areas and boundary changes. There are also problems in Kerry where parishes like Kilcummin have been divided into two. Parishes such as Gneeveguilla and Rathmore are also being divided into two. People are very angry. In Wexford the Minister of State, Deputy John Paul Phelan, has...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Nursing Staff Remuneration (7 Feb 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: 4. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the consideration that has been given to the requests by nurses for restoration of pay in view of the fact that this was introduced as a temporary measure (details supplied). [6164/19]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Feb 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: The programme for Government promised to support farmers' incomes. The Taoiseach's adverse comments a few weeks ago did not help confidence in the beef industry. However, I ask him to do something about a number of rules and regulations that are causing many beef farmers real concern. The 30-month rule means that farmers are paid less if their animals exceed that. There is no difference...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Feb 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: The quality of that beef is no different if the animal were moved five or six times. The 70-day retention period-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Feb 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: The Taoiseach and his Minister for Agriculture, Food and Marine could do something about these rules and regulations to help beef farmers an awful lot. I am asking him to please look at those.

Comptroller and Auditor General (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Feb 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: Like everyone else in the country I am very disappointed with what has happened with the children's hospital. As Deputy Collins said, we had a motion here before anyone else, back in 2017. The people that are now jumping up and down about the projected cost of the hospital did not support us. Only 18 Deputies voted for our motion. We told everyone that it would go over budget because we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am delighted that the witnesses are here and thank them for coming to the committee today to discuss this very important matter. Farmers in Kerry are very concerned, especially about calves from dairy herds, the numbers of which are increasing year on year. That is especially so since the then Minister, Deputy Simon Coveney, advised farmers they should increase milk production. If one...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Feb 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: One of the main tasks of this Government is the provision of housing. However, one action taken by the Department and the local authorities is the purchase of second-hand houses around our county. This means the local authority is in direct competition with people who wish to purchase a house for themselves. The local authorities and the Department should be building houses for social...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Feb 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: That is different.

Nurses, Midwives and Paramedics Strikes: Motion [Private Members] (13 Feb 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to get the opportunity to talk about our nurses, who do such a wonderful job. Everyone will talk about his or her own county but the nurses do an especially good job in my county, Kerry. I met the nurses last Tuesday. It was absolutely lashing in Killarney, Tralee, Kenmare, Caherciveen and Dingle, yet the nurses were determined. One could see the determination in their faces and...

National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: The clients in this case are the taxpayers and the people who need a children's hospital. Who was responsible for signing the contract with the contractor? That is one question.

National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: Who decided to enrol PwC or how was the price of €450,000 to be paid to it agreed? Will Kerry be compromised now due to the fact that we may not get our community hospital in Killarney that was promised? I ask the Minister to answer those questions.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: We told you this would happen two years ago.