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Maternity Services: Motion [Private Members] (2 Jun 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to have the opportunity to speak on this very important matter. Like other Deputies, I have been constantly queried about this and asked when the restrictions will be lifted. Other Deputies have criticised the senior Minister for leaving the Chamber but I have the utmost faith in the Minister of State, Deputy Butler. I have every confidence that she will deal with this and...

Judicial Council (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (1 Jun 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am grateful to Deputy Doherty and Sinn Féin for bringing forward this very important Bill. All of us have spoken so many times before about the insurance industry and the unfairness that is going on. Those who drive taxis, buses, and commercial lorries are all penalised, as are businesses such as publicans and young people who have done nothing wrong. They deserve to get a chance,...

Situation in Belarus: Motion (1 Jun 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to get the opportunity to talk on this important matter. I thank the Minister, Deputy Coveney; the Minister of State, Deputy Byrne; and the Government for being proactive in this regard. This was a terrible thing that happened to a Ryanair plane. It was forced to land. It reminds us of James Bond but there is a more serious aspect to this when we see what they did in the open...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Jun 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: I raise the matter that every sector of the community is open except pubs and restaurants. The Government says they can open 5 July but many people do not believe it. We need a proper and full debate here to see what the Government has against pubs in rural Ireland and ordinary punters who want to go for a pint. Surely the Government can trust the publicans and the people. Their mental...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (1 Jun 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: 205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the driver theory test service has not yet resumed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29092/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (1 Jun 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: 206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a driver theory test application by a person (details supplied) which has been rescheduled six times in the past six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29122/21]

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (26 May 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to have the opportunity to speak on this important Bill. When these powers were first brought in there was a need for exceptional emergency powers, but we do not need them now. We have vaccines and the vaccine roll-out is going well. It was going so well in Killarney that it has been paused for three days until Friday. It is going well on our side of the country, except that we...

Independent Beef Regulator: Motion [Private Members] (26 May 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am sharing time with Deputy Michael Healy-Rae. I am glad to get the opportunity to speak on behalf of the people I represent, namely, the small rural farmers throughout County Kerry, from Poulgorm Bridge through Kilgarvan, Kenmare and Sneem to Valencia Island. They are basically suckler farmers supplying top quality calves to beef finishers and fatteners around the country. The best...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry (25 May 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: 152. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will liaise with a company (details supplied) to request the company to review its decision to withdraw to service and crew from Shannon Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28107/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (20 May 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: 24. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that has been made with the granting of felling licences given that there has been a large backlog for years now; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26516/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (20 May 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: 61. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions being taken to deal with the long delays in granting felling licences. [26595/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (20 May 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: 101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the SUSI grant disregard of €4,500 for students who did holiday work will be given for those students who were on the pandemic unemployment payment as there was no work since 2020 due to Covid-19 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26517/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (20 May 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: 136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action taken to deal with student accommodation providers that did not refund students and families for rental on accommodation for 2020 such as in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26594/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (20 May 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: 353. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if funding will be provided for the farmers whose fences have been burnt down recently as a result of the fire in Killarney National Park and who now have no feed for their animals. [23059/21]

Financial Resolution 2021 - Financial Resolution: Stamp Duties (19 May 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: There are other levies and regulations. Steel is up by 50%. I ask the Government to bring back the tenant purchase scheme. Many people would buy out their house and give back the funds so that they could build another house.

Financial Resolution 2021 - Financial Resolution: Stamp Duties (19 May 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: A Cheann Comhairle, I have just one last thing. I ask the Minister to think of giving a small grant to the young couple or the first-time builder, building their own house-----

Financial Resolution 2021 - Financial Resolution: Stamp Duties (19 May 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: -----not the kind of rigamarole that the Government has, that hardly anyone is qualified for.

Financial Resolution 2021 - Financial Resolution: Stamp Duties (19 May 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: I have heard so much about the cuckoo here. It is a grand thing to hear the cuckoo under Mangerton Mountain or around the Roughty River. It was very wrong to give these funds that name. It is such a lovely bird that comes to our shores every year. It is grand to be listening to the ding-dong about housing that has been going on here over the last four or five years. It is clear that the...

Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 May 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, for bringing us to where we are today. At least we will have a cap of three years on the family farm, as there is on all residential properties. I am still not happy with this because I believe the land should not be assessed. It should be the family home, the same as everybody else. Why treat farmers, publicans and shopkeepers differently...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (19 May 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: The people of east Kerry, Rathmore and Gneevgullia are being asked to go up to Limerick for the jab, which is a two-hour drive. It is the same as if the people of Cashel, Wexford or Cavan and Sligo were told to come up here to Dublin for the vaccine. I appeal to the Government to allow the people of east Kerry, Rathmore and Gneevgullia to go back to Killarney, a 20-minute drive, for their...