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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Transport Scheme: Discussion (25 Sep 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: Yes, and I am very grateful for being allowed to raise these issues. The Department has gone back on the promise it made, when it closed an outlying school, that the children would be transported to the central school in that parish. That is not happening in Scartaglen where the people were promised that they would be taken to the school in Cordal parish. They now have to travel...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Transport Scheme: Discussion (25 Sep 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am sorry.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Transport Scheme: Discussion (25 Sep 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: Through the Chair, if the RSA stopped a bus or had a problem with one, what would it do? My understanding is that it would march it off to do a full investigation and it does not go any further than that until things are put in order if something was found to be wrong. It is the same with lorries, even new lorries. Is that not correct? How is the RSA allowed to make a statement like this...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Sep 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: The Minister has to work a bit harder.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Sep 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: The programme for Government has the ambition of protecting farmers' incomes. Suckler farmers are experiencing severe difficulties in County Kerry and all along the west of Ireland. These farmers provide the source of our beef, by and large, for most of the rest of the country. Suckler prices are down by a third in Cahirsiveen, Castleisland and Kenmare marts. Farmers are losing today. I...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Sep 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: Heating oil prices have gone up by 29% - almost one third - in the past 12 months. It will cost householders an extra €160 for each fill of a 1,000 litre tank. It is recognised that it takes two fills to do a home for one year, so this is an increase of €320. Ireland's heating oil costs are four times more expensive than in the North of Ireland due to higher levies, taxes and...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Sep 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: Poor people-----

Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (19 Sep 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to get the opportunity to talk on this very important Bill and also to thank Deputy Clare Daly for her input and her long-standing work on this matter. The coroner services, which are operated by the local authorities, are in many instances the final verification of what happen to a family's loved one and on all occasions it is a very sad time for families. So many families have...

Future of the Post Office Network: Motion (18 Sep 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: Post offices have been part of the fabric of rural communities since the foundation of the State. I thank Tom O'Callaghan for attending all the meetings in rural Kerry, where 12 post offices are to close, for his assistance and for attending meetings as far away as Ballinskelligs, way down in south Kerry. Nine post offices in one part of north Kerry are being closed. The Minister says...

Future of the Post Office Network: Motion (18 Sep 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am asking the Minister to extend it much further than that - for at least one month.

Future of the Post Office Network: Motion (18 Sep 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: People in rural communities have been shocked and are reeling at what is happening in their parishes. The Government says that by closing one post office it is saving two. How does the Minister explain closing nine in one part of north Kerry? What will happen is that people will get their pensions paid into their bank accounts. They will not go to the bigger towns or leave their own...

Future of the Post Office Network: Motion (18 Sep 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: No one is begrudging the retirement packages postmasters such as Séamus McCarthy in Gneevgullia-----

Future of the Post Office Network: Motion (18 Sep 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: -----who gave 52 years behind the counter. No one is begrudging him of the money-----

Future of the Post Office Network: Motion (18 Sep 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: -----but the community of Gneevgullia is entitled to a post office service.

Future of the Post Office Network: Motion (18 Sep 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am sorry, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Sep 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: Appointments for-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Sep 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: The health service is in a shambles. People have totally lost confidence in the service in County Kerry. There have been no hip replacement or orthopaedic procedures carried out in County Kerry for at least four months. People who need a hip or knee replacement are in significant pain. The ear, nose and throat section of University Hospital Kerry in Tralee is currently closed. People...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (7 Sep 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: 91. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a tax is imposed on movement of goods, that is, cars (details supplied); when tariff-free trade will be allowed; and if refunds will issue to persons that have been overcharged. [36780/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (7 Sep 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: 123. To ask the Minister for Finance if the 9% tourism VAT rate will be retained in order to ensure the further recovery and growth of the hospitality sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36005/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (7 Sep 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: 273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to amend the rule by which medical card holders can only access free travel to school if they attend the closest school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35872/18]