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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: The Minister of State should be ashamed to say that. Insurance is going up.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: We told you this would happen two years ago.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector in the Context of Food Wise 2025: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (19 Feb 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: I have a few questions. I was not able to attend earlier but I saw parts of the contributions. The suckler cow and beef farming sectors are in a critical state and farmers are very concerned. As Deputy Eugene Murphy said, the numbers attending meetings of the beef round table and beef forum prove that farmers in the sector are seriously concerned. There have been massive crowds of young...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector in the Context of Food Wise 2025: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (19 Feb 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am not getting into it, but when one hears the Taoiseach stating he is doing his bit for climate change by reducing his intake of meat, that is a real worry for the farmers whom I and other members represent. In 2012, when the Tánaiste, Deputy Coveney, was the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, he told farmers that they should increase their herd and expand production as...

National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: The clients in this case are the taxpayers and the people who need a children's hospital. Who was responsible for signing the contract with the contractor? That is one question.

National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: Who decided to enrol PwC or how was the price of €450,000 to be paid to it agreed? Will Kerry be compromised now due to the fact that we may not get our community hospital in Killarney that was promised? I ask the Minister to answer those questions.

Nurses, Midwives and Paramedics Strikes: Motion [Private Members] (13 Feb 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to get the opportunity to talk about our nurses, who do such a wonderful job. Everyone will talk about his or her own county but the nurses do an especially good job in my county, Kerry. I met the nurses last Tuesday. It was absolutely lashing in Killarney, Tralee, Kenmare, Caherciveen and Dingle, yet the nurses were determined. One could see the determination in their faces and...

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

Danny Healy-Rae: One of the main tasks of this Government is the provision of housing. However, one action taken by the Department and the local authorities is the purchase of second-hand houses around our county. This means the local authority is in direct competition with people who wish to purchase a house for themselves. The local authorities and the Department should be building houses for social...

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

Danny Healy-Rae: That is different.

Comptroller and Auditor General (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Feb 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: Like everyone else in the country I am very disappointed with what has happened with the children's hospital. As Deputy Collins said, we had a motion here before anyone else, back in 2017. The people that are now jumping up and down about the projected cost of the hospital did not support us. Only 18 Deputies voted for our motion. We told everyone that it would go over budget because we...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Feb 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: The programme for Government promised to support farmers' incomes. The Taoiseach's adverse comments a few weeks ago did not help confidence in the beef industry. However, I ask him to do something about a number of rules and regulations that are causing many beef farmers real concern. The 30-month rule means that farmers are paid less if their animals exceed that. There is no difference...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Feb 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: The quality of that beef is no different if the animal were moved five or six times. The 70-day retention period-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Feb 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: The Taoiseach and his Minister for Agriculture, Food and Marine could do something about these rules and regulations to help beef farmers an awful lot. I am asking him to please look at those.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am delighted that the witnesses are here and thank them for coming to the committee today to discuss this very important matter. Farmers in Kerry are very concerned, especially about calves from dairy herds, the numbers of which are increasing year on year. That is especially so since the then Minister, Deputy Simon Coveney, advised farmers they should increase milk production. If one...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Feb 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: There is a row going on between the Government's own Fine Gael Deputies in Wexford about the local electoral areas and boundary changes. There are also problems in Kerry where parishes like Kilcummin have been divided into two. Parishes such as Gneeveguilla and Rathmore are also being divided into two. People are very angry. In Wexford the Minister of State, Deputy John Paul Phelan, has...

Nurses and Midwives Industrial Action: Statements (7 Feb 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: Can I ask a question?

Nurses and Midwives Industrial Action: Statements (7 Feb 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: Will the Minister please explain to the people of Ireland how it is the Government has money for a rainy day fund but it does not have money to pay the nurses?

Nurses and Midwives Industrial Action: Statements (7 Feb 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: What this is about, as well as pay, is staffing levels. All our young nurses are going abroad and, at the same time, we cannot attract nurses to open the other beds in Kenmare Community Hospital. I saw the determination in the nurses' faces last Tuesday in Killarney and Tralee, where I was with them in the pouring rain. The Government promised them that when the country was turned around,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Nursing Staff Remuneration (7 Feb 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: 4. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the consideration that has been given to the requests by nurses for restoration of pay in view of the fact that this was introduced as a temporary measure (details supplied). [6164/19]

Greyhound Racing Bill 2018: Second Stage (6 Feb 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to get the opportunity to welcome this Bill. Anything that helps to strengthen and ensure the continuation of this valuable industry must be welcomed. There are many issues we hope the legislation will address. It must first strengthen the industry and eliminate illegal activities, of which there have been a few examples. There is a need to regulate the sale of greyhounds both...