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Covid-19 (Business, Enterprise and Innovation): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am sorry, I must-----

Covid-19 (Business, Enterprise and Innovation): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Danny Healy-Rae: I have two buses. That is what I have, honestly.

Covid-19 (Business, Enterprise and Innovation): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Danny Healy-Rae: Of course, I also have a pub, like all the others.

Covid-19 (Business, Enterprise and Innovation): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Danny Healy-Rae: There needs to be a roadmap-----

Covid-19 (Business, Enterprise and Innovation): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Danny Healy-Rae: There needs to be a roadmap for publicans and the like all around the country.

Covid-19 (Business, Enterprise and Innovation): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Danny Healy-Rae: Many companies will not recover. We need to assist every employer who is going to attempt to carry on in any way we can because every job is valuable. As I said in my questions to the Taoiseach, I ask the Minister to explore every avenue when it comes to construction work, building companies and the construction of one-off houses. Every situation is different. I am sure that each person...

Covid-19 (Taoiseach): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Danny Healy-Rae: I wish to commiserate with all the families who have lost loved ones to this deadly disease. I want to thank all the people, each and every one, for the extraordinary sacrifice they have made and undertaken in the past six or seven weeks. I am calling on the Taoiseach to get as many people back to work as soon as is safely possible. This includes construction work and builders who may...

Covid-19 (Agriculture, Food and the Marine): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Danny Healy-Rae: I thank and congratulate the farming community around the country, especially in Kerry, for continuing to work, as it always has in the past, when most other activities are closed down. I am glad that, when we look out the door or go down the road, we are meeting farmers with tractors, jeeps and trailers and that they are continuing to work, carry on and do their bit. There is another...

Social Protection (Covid-19): Statements (2 Apr 2020)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to get the opportunity to talk about a few anomalies. I thank the Government for many of the measures it has brought in, but we need to trim up a few things to make it equal for people who are not being catered for. Kerry, Killarney in particular, is basically a tourist county. Many seasonal workers who traditionally work from the start of March until the end of October are...

Health (Covid-19): Statements (2 Apr 2020)

Danny Healy-Rae: I, too, sympathise with all those who have lost family members over the past three or four weeks, for whatever reason. It has been a very difficult time for them because nobody can assist them, grieve with them or go to funerals. I knew a 91 year old man who, when he knew he was dying, said to his son, "Goddamit, there will be no neighbour or anyone coming to the funeral." The son is...

European Council Meeting: Statements (5 Mar 2020)

Danny Healy-Rae: Farmers in the west cannot afford any cuts, especially those in Kerry who are trying to survive but are not being paid for their produce. We have raised so much about the sucklers. If they do not get some payment in the near future, many of them will close down and have to give up because they are not making a profit. They cannot afford any cut in their payments. Again, it is not a gift...

European Council Meeting: Statements (5 Mar 2020)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to get the opportunity to talk about this important topic. Farmers, especially suckler and beef farmers, are at a crossroads. Many are not making money. Indeed, they are losing money. We must remember that farmers are not getting payments from Europe as a gift or present. They are supposed to compensate them for not being paid properly and in order that food can be sold more...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Waiting Lists (5 Mar 2020)

Danny Healy-Rae: 505. To ask the Minister for Health the position of a person (details supplied) on the waiting list for a dental appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2600/20]

Taoiseach a Ainmniú - Nomination of Taoiseach (20 Feb 2020)

Danny Healy-Rae: A Cheann Comhairle, I congratulate you on attaining another term as Ceann Comhairle and I thank you for the excellent and fair way in which you carried out your duties during the last Dáil. I thank the people of Kerry who voted for one of two Healy-Raes, especially those who voted for me. I also thank the people who canvassed for me and who went out and worked for me. I do not call...

Rent Freeze (Fair Rent) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Dec 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: I thank Sinn Féin for giving me the opportunity to talk again about rent and housing. It is surely a problem in Kerry and especially in Killarney, where rents have gone from €700 and €800 a month to €1,200 and €1,500. People just cannot afford to pay such amounts. The real problem is that we do not have enough houses. It has to be remembered and...

Rent Freeze (Fair Rent) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Dec 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: Family income supplement payments are leading to people being thrown off the housing list.

Rent Freeze (Fair Rent) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Dec 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: That is surely wrong and the Government must acknowledge it.

Rent Freeze (Fair Rent) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Dec 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: The Government has to acknowledge that.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Dec 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: Are they going to stop them playing cards as well?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Dec 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: Because of political pressure from Fianna Fáil, the Green Party and others regarding the smoky coal ban, the Taoiseach was considering a nationwide ban on the burning of turf and timber. I am asking him not to stop the burning of turf or timber. Many people in rural Ireland, including Kerry, are very glad and proud to come home to a fire of turf or timber on a cold, wet evening.