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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: We have a Minister of State, Deputy Griffin, in Kerry and I am asking him to put his shoulder to the wheel on this project.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am very sorry.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: Councillor Maura Healy-Rae has raised it with Kerry County Council. As the Tánaiste said, the scheme was suspended in 2011 and both parts of the scheme were suspended at that time. TII's appraisal, however, has left out the very important stretch from Lissivigeen to Castlelough. It only mentions the part from Lissivigeen to beyond Farranfore, which is not adequate and will not help...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: The Tánaiste suggests that other avenues are open to me. I am asking him in the Chamber of Dáil Éireann to progress this very worthwhile project in this year's capital investment plan. I am very sorry, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: Where is he?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to have the opportunity to raise again the matter of the proposed Killarney bypass. There were two parts to the project when it was first put before the members of Kerry County Council. The first part runs from Lissivigeen to beyond Farranfore on the N22. It is to run from Lissivigeen to Castlelough on the Muckross road on the N70. It is a vital project which will reduce...

Carers: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: I welcome the opportunity to speak to this important motion. People cannot organise the timing of when they get sick. It often happens that an elderly mother, father, brother or sister gets sick and has to go to hospital. Eventually they cannot stay in the hospital any longer and are faced with the choice of going into a home or going home. Many people from different walks of life do not...

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (26 Jun 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: I thank the Ceann Comhairle, the Captain of the Guard, the ushers and all of the staff who have afforded us this opportunity to pay tribute to my late father, Jackie Healy-Rae. I thank my brother, Deputy Michael Healy-Rae, for assisting to arrange these tributes and Deputy Mattie McGrath, the leader of our group, who spoke at the Business Committee about the matter. I thank all of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sentencing Policy (26 Jun 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am really shocked and disappointed. The Minister has not answered my question at all. The question he has answered has nothing to do with the one I asked about the coastline that is left unpoliced all along Kenmare Bay. What he dealt with was something else, the matter of sentencing. In all honesty and fairness, he did not answer my question. It is ridiculous. Did he get mixed up or...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sentencing Policy (26 Jun 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: No, that is not it. It is about the closure of Garda stations.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sentencing Policy (26 Jun 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: Something has gone wrong as the Minister is not dealing with my priority question. As I said, the closure of so many Garda stations on both sides of Kenmare Bay has left the area unserviced, response times are not adequate and communities genuinely believe they are being exposed to the importation of drugs along this massive coastline. Every town and village in County Kerry is rife with...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sentencing Policy (26 Jun 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: 34. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to bring forward legislation to provide for stronger sentences and penalties for criminals who target the homes of elderly persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27155/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sentencing Policy (26 Jun 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: Following the closure of many Garda stations on both sides of Kenmare Bay, including Lauragh, Portmagee, Ballinskelligs and Valentia Island, and given that many more such as those in Sneem and Waterville are only open at certain times, there are genuine concerns among communities in this vast area that response times in seeking Garda assistance are not adequate and that this is creating an...

Summer Economic Statement 2019: Statements (25 Jun 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: On health, I do not know how much money the Minister proposes to put into the HSE this year but it is not performing the way anyone wishes it would. I do not know if money is the answer because so many things have gone wrong. Respite care was mentioned. Telling elderly people that they must wait until the middle of November for home help is ridiculous and nonsensical. Carers are waiting a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (25 Jun 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: 195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the process of allocating special education teaching hours to primary schools when circumstances change significantly from one school year to another will be reviewed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26380/19]

National Maternity Services: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to have the opportunity to speak on this very important motion. It is grand to be talking about something as natural as this. When we were talking about babies last year, it was talk about killing people but this is better, proper and natural. The birth of a baby is a very important thing to a mother and a family. We need to ensure we have a safe, modern and world class service...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan: Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment (19 Jun 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: This is a very radical plan which has shocked an awful lot of people in rural Ireland. They are frightened and afraid about what the future holds for them. They would not mind if the plan was practical and introduced gradually but it sets targets and deadlines without providing proper funding to people to implement the changes the Minister says they will have to make. People are telling me...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan: Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment (19 Jun 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: It is all related. We will be delayed if I go on. There are a few things there. Why does the Government not remove the VAT from low-emission slurry spreading equipment? The Minister says that forestry eats up carbon but at the same time there is a great deal of marginal land in south Kerry and other parts of the county but farmers will not be given grants to plant on it. They will be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan: Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment (19 Jun 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: Is the Minister aware that, at this present time and as I am looking at him in this room, people are prevented from buying certain types of machinery, including tractors and lorries, if they do not comply with certain rules and regulations in respect of emissions while brand new machinery with the old style of engines is being produced and sold in India, China and Africa? We are all under...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan: Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment (19 Jun 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: I need clarity on one thing. Is the Minister saying that people who burn turf or timber will not be penalised in future? Is the Minister saying that?