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Autism Spectrum Disorder Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Oct 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: Although I have only a minute, I am delighted to get this opportunity. I come across this issue daily. Young couples who love their children, care for them and want the best for them are having difficulties in getting them assessed in time. If they are not assessed in time, it is not known what intervention is needed. It is a question of early intervention but also of intervention at...

Rental Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Oct 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: I thank Sinn Féin for giving us the opportunity again this evening to talk about rents. I declare that people may say I have a conflict of interest because Deputy Michael Healy-Rae is in that business and I am his brother. I concur with what Members have said. The cost of rents has become very steep and people cannot meet the amounts being charged. They are in a desperate way,...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Oct 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: Thousands of people who needed cataracts removed or their hips and knees replaced availed of the cross-border directive. That has been followed this year with the Northern Ireland planned healthcare scheme. As many people still need these interventions and it is clear that our own health service is in serious jeopardy, I ask the Government to continue the Northern Ireland planned healthcare...

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (13 Oct 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to have the opportunity to talk on the budget again this evening. It is an anti-rural budget. It is hurting a great many people, especially people in rural Ireland. Anyone with a wheel of any kind is affected. People travelling long distances to work, parents taking children to schools, lorry men transporting items to shops and so on will all face increased costs. Taxi men are...

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 1: Tobacco Products Tax (12 Oct 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: I too am opposed to this tax increase. I feel it will place undue hardship on people, especially those with mental health problems. They will tell you smoking is the only consolation they have. If you weigh it up, the extra money they will get in their social welfare payments would not even cover the cost of the extra 50 cent if they were to smoke a packet of cigarettes a day and maybe a...

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Budget Statement 2022 (12 Oct 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to have the opportunity to speak on the budget this evening. It will be remembered as a frightening budget because of the increase in the carbon tax. Many people would have thought that the carbon tax, which was put in place last year and is to last for another seven or eight years, would be paused this year in light of the increased cost of fuel coming into this country caused by...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (12 Oct 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: 347. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will address the rights of persons with disabilities (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49711/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Oct 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: I, too, wish to sympathise with the family of late Tom Burke. He was a massive friend of my late father and, indeed, all of us since we were elected to the Dáil. I wish to raise the issue of work permits for people from non-EU countries to help with the housebuilding programme and in many other areas. In Killarney, Michael Cronin Readymix and Thermohouse is looking for 20 people...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Eligibility (7 Oct 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: They are waiting nearly two years for that.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Eligibility (7 Oct 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: 4. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the fuel allowance eligibility criteria will be reviewed to allow those in receipt of benefit payments such as jobseeker’s, illness benefit, carers benefit and so on to qualify; and if she will review the requirement of 15 months or more on jobseeker’s allowance in order to qualify for the fuel allowance,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Eligibility (7 Oct 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: I ask the Minister to review the eligibility criteria for the fuel allowance and to allow those in receipt of benefit payments including jobseeker's payments, illness benefit and carer's benefit to qualify. I also ask her to review the requirement for applicants to have been on jobseeker's allowance for 15 months or longer in order to qualify for the fuel allowance. This discourages people...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Eligibility (7 Oct 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: I hear what the Minister is saying but I am not satisfied because I believe people on benefit payments are being treated unfairly. A person in receipt of illness benefit does not qualify, irrespective of how long he or she has been claiming it for. It can be two years or sometimes more. People do not qualify for fuel allowance if they are getting one of the following contributory payments,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Eligibility (7 Oct 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: What the Minister has just said does not address the issue I have raised with regard to people on benefit payments. One example I did not get to is that of a person who has been in receipt of jobseeker's allowance for less than 15 months. Such a person will not qualify. That stops such people taking up part-time jobs in the summer. That is very unfair. I cannot understand how the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (7 Oct 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: 192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding an NCT test centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48829/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (7 Oct 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: 302. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will review the current payscale for early year and childcare workers and ensure that they are paid a professional salary in line with the responsibility they hold and the level of education required for this position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48902/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (7 Oct 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: 361. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the required funding is made available to safeguard the necessary services, ensure lifelong supports for persons with intellectual and physical disabilities and assist ageing parents and carers who are struggling to manage. [48967/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (7 Oct 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: 400. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the reopening of a day-care centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48830/21]

The National Youth Justice Strategy 2021-2027 and Supporting Community Safety: Statements (6 Oct 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy James Browne, for giving us this opportunity to discuss the things we need to do to help youngsters. In 1956, my late father started operating a school bus service to Kilgarvan National School. Since he gave it up, I have been doing it. It has given me great pride to see them starting out so small getting onto the bus or, as it was then, the school...

Energy Prices: Motion [Private Members] (6 Oct 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to have an opportunity to speak on this very serious problem. Indeed, it is a problem for the people of Kerry because, as we all know, their journeys to work are longer. Much of Kerry is farming community. The cost of diesel for tractors has more than doubled and the cost of heating oil has more doubled. I am concerned that elderly people could be cold in their homes this...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (6 Oct 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: 10. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a bus driver test application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48566/21]