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Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (26 Sep 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: There are 6,450 people employed in the drinks and hospitality trade in County Kerry, which represents 10.5% of the total number of people employed. No other county in Ireland has a higher percentage of people employed in the drinks and hospitality sector. The drinks industry is the lifeblood of many communities. Elected representatives must do everything they can to protect those jobs and...

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (26 Sep 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am very concerned by this cancer warning label.

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (26 Sep 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: It should not be there at all.

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (26 Sep 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: If it should not be there in English, it should not be there in Irish either. This was added to the legislation just before Christmas last year with no analysis to justify its merits or how effective the measure would be. It is important to point out that no other country in the world has introduced mandatory cancer warnings on alcohol products and this will put us completely out of step...

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (26 Sep 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: I will vote against it in English and in Irish.

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (26 Sep 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: It is worth considering whether introducing cancer labels will solve our problems with harmful or underage drinking.

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (26 Sep 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: The Bill started with minimum unit pricing.

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (26 Sep 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: We are doing a pile of harm to the microbreweries.

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (26 Sep 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: They should not be there in English or Irish.

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (26 Sep 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: We enjoy those things in rural Ireland. Sadly, we do not have as many of them as we once had. Are we going to have a situation where gardaí could land at a Biddy ball like the priests would land at house dances long ago, coming in the front door to chase people out the back door and follow them down the road? Is that what we are going to have? This is ridiculous, to be honest. This...

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (26 Sep 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: To suggest that it will be illegal to be given a free drink or for someone to make free drink available is absolutely ridiculous. Where will the Government get enough gardaí to make sure the law is followed? Gardaí certainly have enough things to do. They are very busy without sending them after people who are having a free drink. This is ridiculous. There are other issues...

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (26 Sep 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: I was talking about this amendment which suggests that it would be illegal for someone to be given a drink.

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (26 Sep 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: I have many concerns about how the Bill has progressed, because at the beginning it sought to protect youngsters from drinking too much and to stop alcohol from being too readily available at cheap prices for them. However, this Bill has gone all over the place, proposing to cover bottles with cancer warnings, among other things. This amendment would mean that people could not have a drink...

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (26 Sep 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: All right.

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (26 Sep 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am opposed to the cancer warning on-----

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (26 Sep 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: Does this include advertising?

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (26 Sep 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: Is it the cancer warning in the context of pubs and restaurants?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Sep 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: In 2012 the then Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Joan Burton, changed the pension rules. Women who came of pension age and applied for that pension in 2012 either got no pension or got a reduced pension. While the Taoiseach indicated he would start to address that anomaly in this budget, I would like to ask him about another category of women who are mothers to the men and women of...

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (25 Sep 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to have an opportunity to speak again on housing. I will not blackguard the Minister or be personal in my contribution. Unfortunately, the Government blames the local authorities and wrongly so. A total of €62.5 million was promised in 2015 to Kerry, not by the Minister but by his predecessor, in what was practically the same Government. The Government did not say how...

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (25 Sep 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: There is no need in the world for repossessions. During negotiations on a programme for Government, and at other times, I asked that local authorities be allowed to purchase these houses and rent them back to people for fair rent.