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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: I disagree with the notion that farmers should pass on land at the age of 40 or 50 years. That is wrong.

Early Exit from Peat for Electricity Generation: Statements (6 Nov 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: Stop the clock.

Early Exit from Peat for Electricity Generation: Statements (6 Nov 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: This is the biggest sell-out that has happened in the country. When the sugar factories were closed, they were knocked down to ensure they would not reopen. We are discussing the desperate position of the people from the midlands who are here tonight, wondering and worrying what will happen to them. They are being sold out. The Minister has spoken about providing alternative jobs but...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Nov 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: There has been much talk about services for rural Ireland, but we are now being denied a service we once had, namely, a road between Kilgarvan and Ballingeary. The L3402 has been closed since October of last year. The funeral of a very prominent respected man was held in Ballingeary last Sunday evening and was attended by thousands of people. They practically had to go around the world to...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Nov 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: Cork County Council tells us that the road will open some time next year. There are many reports and investigations going on. This road was built by people with shovels, crowbars and sledgehammers. We have all kinds of machinery now, but this local road is preventing people from Kerry from going to Cork or Ballingeary and vice versa. It is totally unfair. If this were happening here in...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Nov 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: It is a matter of public interest.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: May I say something about amendment No. 87 if it is to be withdrawn?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: I was asked to highlight this matter. In the context of the carbon tax increase, many hauliers and operators cannot avail of the diesel rebate because they must have a transport operator's licence, which cannot be got for every reason. It is not viable for every haulier to get the licence. To claim the rebate, the cost of the diesel has to go above €1. It may have to reach...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: The new Euro 6 diesel engine emits 35% less CO2 per tonne than new electric cars, and the engines do not come cheaply to the haulage industry. They do more than anyone realises to neutralise or stop carbon emissions. The Minister needs to realise that the haulage industry is not causing havoc, as many are saying.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: The increase in stamp duty will have an adverse effect on many farmers over the age of 40 years who are still active. These fellows are trained as they have trained every day since they were 15 or 16 years old when they started farming. The rate of stamp duty applicable to them has gone from 2% to 7% in the past couple of years. It is a massive increase for them. The nature of farming is...

Illegal Drugs: Motion [Private Members] (5 Nov 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to have a small amount of time to talk about this very important matter. I thank Deputy Curran and the Fianna Fáil Party for giving us the opportunity to discuss the drugs problem because it is a fact that drugs are available in every town and small village in County Kerry. I am sorry that I have to admit it, but it is a fact. It is also a fact that we are losing the battle...

Finance Bill 2019: Second Stage (23 Oct 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to have the opportunity to speak on important matters relating to the budget. The first is my displeasure with the increase in carbon tax. As everyone knows, we have paid carbon tax for many years and it is just another tax for hard-pressed motorists. As the Minister of State will know, people in rural Ireland need a car and cannot move anywhere without one. The days of walking...

Public Ownership of the National Broadband Network: Motion [Private Members] (23 Oct 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: It appears it is a case of Dublin has it and to hell with the rest of the country. All this Government cares about is Dublin and the eastern side of the country. Once everyone in these areas has broadband, there is no hurry with the rest of the country; people can wait. In rural Ireland, landlines are a rarity and mobile coverage is virtually non-existent. There is no coverage on the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Oct 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: The Taoiseach is giving a false impression about the reduction of the housing list. If a couple with three or four children in receipt of family income supplement earn over €33,600 a year, they are knocked off the housing list. That family can never get a mortgage or build their own house. They still need a house and should be left on the housing list. People who have been on the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Oct 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: What is happening is-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Oct 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: The local authority states it is coming from the Department, not the local authority.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Oct 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: The local authority states it is coming from the Department.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Peatlands Restoration and Rehabilitation: Discussion (23 Oct 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: I welcome all the witnesses. Every witness is always welcome. I regret, however, and resent the fact that Dr. Florence Renou-Wilson has called people with bad black ground, or whatever, the bad guys.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Peatlands Restoration and Rehabilitation: Discussion (23 Oct 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: I want to introduce some clarify for Dr. Florence Renou-Wilson because she might not know what has been going on in this country for many years. Farmers with that type of ground got grants from the Government to drain said land. This was to help them to derive a living from the land they were given or they bought. That is all what they had to put food on the table. They got grants and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Peatlands Restoration and Rehabilitation: Discussion (23 Oct 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: It is not a bit funny