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Beef Sector: Motion (27 Mar 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: I thank Fianna Fáil for bringing forward this timely and important motion. I welcome all those in the Visitors Gallery. It shows the concern people around the country have. There is the same concern in County Kerry where there have been savage attendances at Beef Plan meetings. We thank the people involved for organising and attending the meetings. They are putting their shoulder to...

Beef Sector: Motion (27 Mar 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am appealing to the Minister. This is his time. The Government is letting the people down.

Post-European Council Meetings: Statements (27 Mar 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: It is obvious that Brexit is going to have serious consequences for all sectors of our community. We have all mentioned agriculture several times. Then there are small businesses and hauliers. Fishermen are also going to be affected. I am very disappointed that the Government, supported by Fianna Fáil, is rushing the Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill through the Parliament in the coming...

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

Danny Healy-Rae: Horses and carts.

Gnó Comhaltaí Príobháideacha - Private Members' Business - Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Motion (26 Mar 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: If we were to reduce our emissions to nil, this would only mean a 0.13% reduction in a worldwide context. That is a fact. All of the talk about increasing taxes will only further penalise people in rural Ireland. These are people who are trying to go to work in the morning but they cannot do so without their cars. It is fine to talk about electric cars but we do not have the means-----

Gnó Comhaltaí Príobháideacha - Private Members' Business - Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Motion (26 Mar 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: I will of course. I say again that the temperature has only risen 1% since 1850, however many years ago that was. Members can add it up themselves.

Gnó Comhaltaí Príobháideacha - Private Members' Business - Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Motion (26 Mar 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: Obviously, I do not have to tell the House where I stand on the issue of climate change. I believe that the climate has changed since time began. What causes the change is where I differ from many others. As we know, since the Ice Age, there have been changes in our climate. The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Climate Action has been meeting for the past number of months but has been sitting...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Live Exports (26 Mar 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: I thank the Minister for the efforts he is making. I am glad that the mart in Castleisland now has a job to export 1,500 bulls to Turkey. However, more live exports and more permits are needed for small beef processors to allow them to sell beef to China and other countries. It is amazing that five licences have been granted to the major meat processing companies, while 11 other permit...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Live Exports (26 Mar 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: Why are cattle in the United Kingdom, including the North of Ireland, making €200 per head more than cattle in the South? There is uproar about the grading machines used in the factories. The sergeant for weights and measures is responsible for measures at petrol pumps and in public houses. Does the Department have any role to play in the calibration of grading machines used in the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Live Exports (26 Mar 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: 57. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the additional markets being sourced for live exports of cattle and provision of extra lairage for the export of dairy bred calves at Cherbourg, in view of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14205/19]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Live Exports (26 Mar 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: Farmers are at a low ebb. They feel beaten and let down. All over the country, they are on their knees and are at the point of giving up. More live cattle exports are needed, as well as more markets for processed beef. As Deputy McConalogue has said, extra lairage is required in Cherbourg for dairy-bred calves. I do not care whether it is the Minister or Bord Bia that provides the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Mar 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: Safety on our roads is paramount. In Kerry, people are facing turmoil and tears with deer on the roads. The deer are entering towns and villages, and estates around Killarney, and they have taken the place over. Cars are having accidents and people have died. People's cars have been broken and young fellows are crying after paying dearly for insurance and getting their driver's licence....

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Mar 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: Will the Taoiseach call out the Army? Will he do something to make our roads safe around Kerry? The deer are taking over.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Mar 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: It is only tokenism. It is not working.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Mar 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: They do not know what they are doing.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Mar 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: There is no rush about this.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (26 Mar 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: 1017. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the fifth quarter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14270/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (26 Mar 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: 1109. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason pedestrian crossings for schools (details supplied) are being held up by TII. [13605/19]

Business Insurance: Motion [Private Members] (13 Mar 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: I thank Deputy Michael McGrath and Fianna Fáil for giving us this opportunity to speak on this very important motion on insurance costs. Every one of us is affected by the cost of insurance. Public liability and employers liability insurance are very difficult to obtain because of the rising costs. No thanks to the Minister, Deputy Ross, or to everyone in the Government and many in...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Mar 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: There is uproar in County Kerry about new regulations or laws being brought in by the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government relating to short-term lettings. The Minister stated that it will not affect County Kerry. The local authority there has been given no direction. The Minister of State, Deputy Griffin, was asked on Kerry radio what was happening and stated that he was...