Results 201-220 of 4,961 for speaker:Danny Healy-Rae

Public Health Service Staffing: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Oct 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: I have no respect for the man who is not here.

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (22 Oct 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: In debates here about housing, I have several times asked the Government to afford the same concessions to our people as it is giving to Ukrainians. It is giving €800 tax-free to landlords housing Ukrainians. What hope do Irish and Kerry people have of getting a house to rent when that concession is being offered to the Ukrainian people? What is good for the goose is good for the...

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (22 Oct 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: She would not build a henhouse.

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (22 Oct 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: Tell the people the bloody truth and give up the codding with these figures.

Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2024: Motion (22 Oct 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to get the opportunity to speak in favour of this important proposal. Overall, the horse and greyhound industries are integral to the economic and social fabric of rural Ireland. With continued support and strategic improvements they can continue to provide significant benefits to the economy and social benefits to communities across the country. Indeed, going back more than 40...

Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2024: Motion (22 Oct 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: We do not listen to rubbish.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Oct 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: You have actually cancelled-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Oct 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: What has this Government of Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and the Green Party got against the people of Kerry? For a number of weeks the ophthalmology unit in Tralee general hospital has been closed. There are over 800 people waiting on different lists to be seen in the eye unit in Tralee. It has been there since the foundation of the State and it is closed down now. We are doing our best...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Oct 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: This has gone on long enough now. It has gone on nearly a month.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Oct 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: Give us the date.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Oct 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: It will be the 29th.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Oct 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: The Greens say it.

Finance Bill 2024: Second Stage (16 Oct 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to get the opportunity to say a few words about the missed opportunities in this budget. There was very little in it for farmers. I have been on about solar panels months and perhaps years. There was a promise that farmers would qualify for a 60% grant to put in solar panels, which could produce anywhere between 60% to 80% of their overall power consumption on farms. However,...

VAT Rate for Hospitality Sector: Motion [Private Members] (16 Oct 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad of the opportunity to contribute. I too compliment all the traders from Kerry and from all around the country who were outside the gates of Leinster House yesterday to highlight their concerns about what has been happening. The fact that VAT has not been reduced to 9% is ensuring that more places will close, following those that have already closed. That is what the Government of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (16 Oct 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: 266. To ask the Minister for Health to ensure additional funding is allocated for a service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41997/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (16 Oct 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: 267. To ask the Minister for Health if urgent consideration will be given to a query (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41998/24]

Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (15 Oct 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: I thank Sinn Féin for this important motion. I want to add a bit to what Michael has said about St. Mary of the Angels. I was amazed to see the Minister of State shake her head when we said this place is being closed down. It is being closed down by stealth. I will ask her one question. If someone applies today to go in there for long-term care, is there a bed for them? There is not.

Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (15 Oct 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: There is not one extra new person being taken in there for the past eight or nine years.

Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (15 Oct 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: There was one, and she knows the battle I had to do. Imagine one for all of Kerry. This is a vital place. It needs to be remodelled or added to. I am sorry. We need to build separate residential units on the campus. There are no respite places in Kerry for elderly parents who may have an elderly son or daughter. The only place I was offered for that very special person about whom I...

Social Welfare Bill 2024: Second Stage (15 Oct 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: We welcome social welfare increases for the people who benefited but one group for whom we are all disappointed is carers. They do such Trojan work minding an elderly or disabled parent or sibling, for example. They do great work but because their husband or wife works, they do not qualify for the carer's allowance. We are disappointed about that for so many people. We all supported the...