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Covid-19 (Transport): Statements (23 Sep 2020)

Danny Healy-Rae: I raise the matter of tests for young drivers. The tests are seriously delayed in Kerry. A young fellow who has organised a job in Cork but cannot drive there will lose the job. A young farmer who wants to go to the farmers' course in Clonakilty but is waiting for months for a driving test cannot go to Clonakilty. The same story applies to youngsters going to colleges. They cannot drive...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Sep 2020)

Danny Healy-Rae: I wish to raise again with the Taoiseach the forestry industry, sawmills and so forth. They are on their knees. Will the Taoiseach ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to sign off on the felling licences because the harvesters, hauliers, the plant hire contractors who build the roads, the sawmills and the planters are all going to be out of work. The people who have put in...

Sick Leave and Parental Leave (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Sep 2020)

Danny Healy-Rae: This is a grand, popular, populist idea by the Labour Party and I do not begrudge employees anything that we can give them because they deserve as much as we can provide. Where will the money come from, however? I register the fact that I am a small employer myself. Small employers are under fierce pressure. In my county, we depend on small employers to a great degree. We do not have...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (22 Sep 2020)

Danny Healy-Rae: 396. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the leaving certificate standardisation process allows a student to be downgraded in several subjects resulting in a considerable reduction in points and losing out in college offers (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24715/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (22 Sep 2020)

Danny Healy-Rae: 397. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the standardisation of grades was used in the leaving certificate grading in 2020 when a student has no option to have a paper rechecked as would have been done in previous years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24717/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (22 Sep 2020)

Danny Healy-Rae: 398. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the appeals process for 2020 if a student is not happy with a downgraded result and requests an appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24718/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (22 Sep 2020)

Danny Healy-Rae: 599. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the exceptions being made for those that had sat their leaving certificate in 2019 and applied for college places in 2020 given that average grades across all subjects increased by 4.4% in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24719/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (22 Sep 2020)

Danny Healy-Rae: 725. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure persons and their carers receive full-time help and facilities without delay (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24861/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (22 Sep 2020)

Danny Healy-Rae: 729. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure the day care centres for the elderly will be reopened safely without further delay (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24867/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services (22 Sep 2020)

Danny Healy-Rae: 789. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding day care services for adults with special needs and disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25291/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (22 Sep 2020)

Danny Healy-Rae: 793. To ask the Minister for Health if the consultations at the breast clinic in Cork University Hospital are operating at full capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25320/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (22 Sep 2020)

Danny Healy-Rae: 794. To ask the Minister for Health if information (details supplied) will be provided regarding the breast clinic at Cork University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25321/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (22 Sep 2020)

Danny Healy-Rae: 874. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications for TAMS grants submitted to his Department; the number paid out in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24873/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (22 Sep 2020)

Danny Healy-Rae: 876. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who applied for TAMS grants; the number that received payment in County Kerry in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24876/20]

Workers' Rights: Motion [Private Members] (16 Sep 2020)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad of the opportunity to speak and thank the Independent Group for organising this motion relating to Debenhams workers. As has been pointed out, Debenhams has assets in other places and it was supported very well in Tralee by the people who used to buy its wares. The people of Tralee did not let the Debenhams workers down. Likewise, the people in Dublin did not let Debenhams down....

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Sep 2020)

Danny Healy-Rae: Hundreds of small plant hire operators and sole traders all over the Twenty-six Counties are about to lose their livelihoods and jobs following Irish Water's decision to tender out the water and sewerage maintenance work to one contractor or company for each county or multiple counties. This decision will only benefit some large multinational companies and will exclude local operators,...

Taxi Industry: Motion [Private Members] (16 Sep 2020)

Danny Healy-Rae: I congratulate the Minister of State, Deputy Sean Fleming, on his appointment and wish him well in his new role. It is very hard for ordinary people to grasp what is going on at present. First, it is Government policy to tell us to use public transport. Then it is advertising telling us to use only 50% of it or not to use it at all if we can do so. Taxis are needed and are not being...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Final Report of Nursing Homes Expert Panel (Resumed) (16 Sep 2020)

Danny Healy-Rae: I thank the witnesses for coming in to answer our questions. For us, as Deputies, to be relevant, we must fight for and ask questions on behalf of the people who cannot fight and ask questions for themselves. I am talking about vulnerable elderly people. First of all, I regret that many such people died on their own without being allowed visits from family members and friends. If their...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Final Report of Nursing Homes Expert Panel (Resumed) (16 Sep 2020)

Danny Healy-Rae: I ask them to reply.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Final Report of Nursing Homes Expert Panel (Resumed) (16 Sep 2020)

Danny Healy-Rae: I ask that action on visits to nursing homes be expedited as much as possible because elderly people do not have time on their side.