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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (28 Mar 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: 159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision to refuse an application by a school (details supplied) for additional school accommodation will be reconsidered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14392/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme (28 Mar 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: 163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) was not awarded funding in the summer works scheme to replace windows; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14402/18]

Services for People with Disabilities: Motion [Private Members] (27 Mar 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am grateful for the opportunity to speak on this very important motion. The Minister of State visited St. Mary of the Angels in Kerry and saw at first hand the great work which was being done there. Sadly, no new children are being admitted to the centre. While no one is currently being moved, there is concern that people will be moved. I am calling for an independent assessment of how...

Government Response to Salisbury Attack: Statements (27 Mar 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: I, too, wish to voice my disappointment and anger at the attack in Salisbury on 4 March. I do not believe, however, there is much point in debating this issue here now because the decision has been made to expel a diplomat from the Russian embassy. I wonder how the Government decided on one person. Were all the names put into a hat and one fellow pulled out? How long will the termination...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: I support my two colleagues, Deputies Cahill and McConalogue, who have raised the serious matter of the way farmers are fixed. The other day I drove all the way from Drogheda to Kerry. There was not one blade of grass on either side of the road. The fact is cattle have been housed since last September. We need to be aware that is why the knackeries are full. The lorries are on the road...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: I have questions on the suckler cow. These farmers are now described as "hobby farmers". I know what they have to go through because we do it ourselves. Between calving cows in the middle of the night, losing calves and all that goes with it, breeding them and trying to have the right bulls, these suckler cow farmers are not even breaking even now. That is the gospel truth. They come to...

Citizens' Assembly: Motion (21 Mar 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: I ask that the Government give no more time to these people. They were elected by no one and several counties were not included in the assembly. I appeal to the Government not to allow the assembly to go any further. It has done too much harm. Please, do not let it do anymore. I am not supporting an extension of time. Blow the assembly out of it.

Business Insurance: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: On a point of order-----

Business Insurance: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: Someone took my spot.

Business Insurance: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am appealing to the Minister and the Government. They are in power-----

Business Insurance: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: -----and can do something to help these-----

Business Insurance: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: -----people from around the country and from Cork and Kerry. Their backs are to the wall-----

Business Insurance: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: -----and driven down to the ground. I am appealing to the Minister to do something.

Business Insurance: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle.

Business Insurance: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am very sorry.

European Council: Statements (21 Mar 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am grateful for the opportunity to speak on this important matter. Brexit is a major concern in my constituency, especially among those living in rural parts of County Kerry who depend on farming. Small business owners are also worried about what will become of them after Brexit. Significant expectations were created before Christmas with regard to the border with the North. The...

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Mar 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: Broadband or the lack of it in Kerry is still a major issue for many people. I will not say it is confined to rural areas because I would class many of the places as urban but broadband has not yet reached them. To say people are disappointed is an understatement. Many people trying to conduct businesses or to keep going are very angry. Eircom was sold and a new company known as Eir was...

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Mar 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: Could the Taoiseach clarify whether it is a possibility that he might purchase Eir again because it should never have been sold in the first place?

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: Why is it that the Minister is allowed to put forward amendments and we are not?

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: Why is the Chair not taking our amendments now?