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EU-UK Trade and Co-operation Agreement: Motion (20 Jan 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am very concerned about the cut in quotas for our fishermen. I see a noticeable reduction in the number of lorries going through Kilgarvan village from Castletownbere. They traditionally travelled that way every evening and night. There has already been a serious reduction in traffic on that route. Many businesses throughout the County of Kerry have contacted me regarding problems...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jan 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: I want to add my voice to the call for more vaccinations. We all appreciate that home helps and people on the front line have to be vaccinated first but I want people to be aware of the number of businesses whose doors are closed in County Kerry and in the town of Killarney, which has not a light in it. The Taoiseach is at the wheel. He is the Taoiseach of the country and is the Head of...

Pay for Student Nurses and Midwives: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jan 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: I thank Sinn Féin for giving us the opportunity to speak on this important matter. Young boys and girls, when they choose to become a nurse, see it as more than a career. It is a vocation for them and they deserve fairness and respect. A payment of €100 for a young nurse when his or her work is so demanding is not fair. We hear stories that many of them have to choose between...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Allowance (20 Jan 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: 355. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the list of payments that qualify for fuel allowance (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2836/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Public Sector Pensions (20 Jan 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: 424. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if all pensionable allowances for prison officers have been calculated since 2008 in accordance with the average of the best three consecutive years in the past ten years provision of the Department of Finance circular 10/2008 for the purpose of calculating an officer's pension at retirement; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (20 Jan 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: 587. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the vaccination schedule for long-term care facilities in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2636/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (20 Jan 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: 588. To ask the Minister for Health when persons (details supplied) will receive the Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2637/21]

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (13 Jan 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: I wish to add my voice to the call for vaccines and vaccination as soon as possible for each and every person on our island. All patients and front-line staff in public homes that house those with physical and mental disabilities, such as the Cheshire home, Deer Lodge and Cherryfield House in Killarney, should be vaccinated sooner rather than later. The workers who are doing such great work...

Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (13 Jan 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to get two minutes to talk about this sorrowful saga, which has gone on for many years in our State. First, I ask, like others, who leaked the report. Was it strategy by the Government? How did it happen? Who leaked it and who was given copies of it? I welcome the State and other bodies saying they are sorry but I believe the law of the land should be applied wherever it can be...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jan 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: As we all know, the coronavirus has wrecked our country. People have lost their lives, jobs and businesses and the whole country has been totally disrupted. This virus was and is reported to have originated in Wuhan in China. The WHO, to which our Government or the previous Government gave €9.5 million, sought to go into Wuhan before the end of last year and was refused. It was...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Losses (13 Jan 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: 33. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of jobs (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45179/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (13 Jan 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: 148. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration has been given to increasing the age allowed for cars being used for hackney service given that it is causing extra costs to drivers to replace their cars while their business is considerably reduced due to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45180/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (13 Jan 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: 172. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request that the NDLS provide clarity to the public on the current situation with renewal of driver licences (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1227/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (13 Jan 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: 207. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding tax relief for dental expenses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1762/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: School Staff (13 Jan 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: 494. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provision being made for the substitute teachers who will have no income as the schools remain closed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1317/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: School Curriculum (13 Jan 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: 502. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to a proposal (details supplied) by the NCCA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1452/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Special Educational Needs (13 Jan 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: 624. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will address a matter regarding the case of a child (details supplied) with special needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44875/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 Jan 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: 633. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way in which it is safe for staff, children and families to return to preschools while primary and secondary schools are closed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1401/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 Jan 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: 905. To ask the Minister for Health if special needs teachers seeing children with special educational needs will be included for very early vaccination; if carers caring for persons in their own home will be included in same; if primary and secondary teachers will be vaccinated as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1019/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (13 Jan 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: 1076. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding Covid-19 vaccinations in a nursing home (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1742/21]