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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: I wish to ask the Government to open up construction for all those who have not been working for the past four or five months. I wish to ask the Taoiseach respectfully to increase the numbers who can go into a church for a funeral mass. I ask him to take into consideration size and height and capacity of places such as cathedrals and big churches and to increase the numbers. Fr....

Ceathrú Chultúir 1916 Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Mar 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to get the opportunity to talk on this important Bill. I thank Deputy Ó Snodaigh and Sinn Féin for giving us the opportunity. I recognise and appreciate what the men and women in Moore Street did more than 100 years ago to secure our freedom. We are all joined here, regardless of the political party to which we are affiliated or otherwise, to appreciate those people...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Flood Prevention Measures (24 Mar 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: 281. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action that will be taken to prevent future flooding to a public road (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14269/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (24 Mar 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: 523. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps that can be taken to prevent flooding to homes at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14270/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Care of the Elderly (24 Mar 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: 621. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding is available and if he plans to introduce a scheme similar to the fair deal scheme that would provide financial assistance to the elderly who wish to remain living in their own homes or with family rather than go into full-time care (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14173/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Turf Cutting (24 Mar 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: 1940. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the availability of peat (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13916/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (24 Mar 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: 1950. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps being taken to ensure that proper regulation and fairness is applied to beef factories to ensure that beef farmers are properly paid for their produce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14134/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (11 Mar 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: 2. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if matters in relation to funding for businesses (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13649/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (11 Mar 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: 187. To ask the Minister for Health if clarification will be provided in relation to the roll-out of vaccines (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13591/21]

Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to have an opportunity to talk on this very important matter. Housing is the dominant issue that we are asked about every day. I appreciate that the Minister is trying to do something about it. While I might not agree with the Land Development Agency aspect, it is not personal. It is my view versus the Minister's. I, too, compliment the local authority in Kerry on what it has...

Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Statements (10 Mar 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: I too want to highlight the lack of broadband connectivity in rural areas to help students. I am aware that several students are travelling to hubs or to the homes of neighbours who have broadband or whatever in order to try to access their courses. I ask the Minister to recognise the difficulties that exist in rural areas. I ask that the Minister be on the ball this year when and if...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Mar 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: Holy Family National School, Rathmore, is a thriving national school in east Kerry. I am glad that it has got the green light for an extension as it is very tight on room. However, it is seeking 0.16 of an acre from the HSE, which is sited next door. I ask the Taoiseach, the Minister for Education and the Minister for Health to come together and give this required amount of land to the...

Civil Registration (Right of Adoptees to Information) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Mar 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: I thank Sinn Féin for facilitating this debate. I will be supporting the Bill. As I have said before, adoptees are entitled to know who they are and where they come from. If their parents do not want to meet with them or whatever, that is fine. That is their business and they are entitled to do that too. These human beings are entitled to know who they are, however. I have to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Insurance Industry (10 Mar 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: 710. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding insurance reform; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12868/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Medical Certificates (10 Mar 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: 881. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a primary medical certificate application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13042/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Mar 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: I respectfully wish to highlight the problems with forestry felling licences. Very few are being granted despite the Bill that was passed recently in the Dáil. Munster Joinery employs 1,400 people on the Cork-Kerry border and has done so for years. Kelly's of Ballydesmond has been supplying the timber to the Munster Joinery plant for many years. However, since 9 September last year,...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Mar 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: Are people in the forestry service dragging their heels?

Banking Sector: Statements (3 Mar 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: There is not going to be much left in rural Ireland now. The banks are going, the post offices have gone and many of the pubs are closed. There is not going to be much left. It is like the 2040 plan, where everything is geared towards the five big cities with planning, housing, money and all kinds of infrastructure, and rural Ireland is forgotten about. It must be recognised that if one...

Housing Shared Equity Loan Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (3 Mar 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am pleased to have an opportunity to speak on this very important housing matter. There is a large cohort of young people in Kerry who cannot get planning permission to build close to their family homes because of a thing called an urban-generated pressure clause. That clause is there to prevent people from coming out from towns and building in rural areas, but it is affecting people in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (3 Mar 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: 415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter regarding funding sport in circumstances (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11199/21]