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Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: I will. I am finishing up. It would be remiss of me as an elected representative if I did not defend people from coastal communities to ensure they survive. They are at a crossroads now, like the hospitality sector. Who is going to be affected again only our rural areas? We do not want any further demise of those areas because they are gone down and gone back far enough.

Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: I also want to speak on behalf of the fishermen of our country. I refer to fishermen operating right around our coasts from Castletownbere, Dingle and Berehaven and all areas along the west coast, whether in counties Mayo, Donegal or wherever. These fishermen have been badly let down. Being let down is now being compounded by other issues as well, including the sacking of the former...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: From the Seanad (14 Jul 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: Of course the sequestering of carbon will have to be counted. My worry from the outset was that farmers would not be allowed the carbon they sequestered. I contend that many farmers are sequestering more carbon than they are producing. I worry that the calculations are supposed to take seven years to account for what farmers are sequestering and how efficient they are. Many farmers are...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: From the Seanad (14 Jul 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am finishing up. It is not even worth the Leas-Cheann Comhairle's while cutting across me. I will finish up on that. The Government has done nothing at all for them and the way it is going, it will not have done anything for them.

Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: On foot of what Dr. Tony Holohan said this evening, the Minister has lost all credibility. He has given different reasons for introducing this Bill but Dr. Holohan said that he did not advise and was not advising that people under 18 years of age should be let into indoor hospitality. That tells me the Government is only making it up as it goes along. What is sad about this, and I support...

Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: I ask the Minister of State for clarification. If one person is in a nursing home and the other person is at home and not availing of the fair deal scheme, is the assessment based on 7.5% of the value of the farm, house or whatever, or is it 3.75%? Does the three-year or six-year cap apply for a couple? Will the Minister of State please clarify that?

Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am concerned about the Bill. I want to especially thank the Minister of State for bringing the Bill forward and at least we will have a cap. When I hear what Deputy Denis Naughten has come out with, that it will be six years if a couple are named on the deeds, that is not what we signed up to at all. That is bad. Take a farm with the value of €500,000, for example. It would be...

Health (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2021: Second Stage (14 Jul 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: I welcome this opportunity. I am disappointed with the legislation, which is being rushed through. No less than anyone else, I wanted the hospitality sector to reopen fully and for people to be spread out. Clearly, this Bill is discrimination of the highest order. There was no consultation. Maybe some few words were had with the heads of the vintners' organisation and so on, but there...

Health (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2021: Second Stage (14 Jul 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: We have a different climate altogether. In a couple of more weeks-----

Health (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2021: Second Stage (14 Jul 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: -----people will get pneumonia if they do not get the virus, and they will probably die of it if they are going to be kept outside for much longer.

Lifting of Covid-19 Restrictions: Motion [Private Members] (14 Jul 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to get the opportunity to talk on this very important matter. I thank Deputy Mattie McGrath and his office girls for helping us with this motion. More than anyone else, I look forward to every door being opened in the hospitality sector. Whether the businesses are pubs or small restaurants, they have been closed for far too long. The longer they remain closed, the greater the...

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (13 Jul 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to get an opportunity to talk about the property tax and the new formulas that are being brought in. It is ironic this change is being introduced just as we are emerging from a gigantic public health pandemic. People are still worried, confused and out of sorts after being isolated. They are very worried about themselves and their families and now this is another concern. People...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jul 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: May I raise a point of order?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jul 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: Was the clock stopped while the vote was going on-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jul 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: -----and while the argument was going on in regard to the Order of Business?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jul 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: Does this mean that my question and those of the other people on the list today will have to wait until the middle of September to be raised? I wanted to ask the Taoiseach if he would extend the time for the registration of rights of way beyond 30 November.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jul 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: It needs to be extended at least as long as the virus has affected this country.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jul 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: A Cheann Comhairle-----