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Provision of Cost-Rental Public Housing: Motion [Private Members] (6 Mar 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to have the opportunity to speak on this matter for a couple of minutes. I thank the Green Party and the Social Democrats for bringing the motion forward. Increasing supply is the key to getting us out of the rut we are in. I do not agree with people who say that it should be the responsibility of only the local authority or the public sector to build houses. The private...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Issues specific to Agriculture, Food and the Marine Sectors: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Mar 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: There is an awful lot of talk about global warming and climate change. My views are well known on this. While I agree the climate changes, I do not concur with many people's views as to how it changes. Back over the ages and through the centuries, there has been climate change when we did not have as many cows, highly intensive farming or mechanical engines or vehicles. The climate always...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Issues specific to Agriculture, Food and the Marine Sectors: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Mar 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: Does the committee realise the harm being done to the country and to the people that are trying to keep it going? Are they going to be broken further? Farmers are in a bad enough position as matters stand with Brexit looming. We do not know if it will be a hard border , a soft border or what kind of border, but one thing is sure, it will not be as good as they had it. There is a decline...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Issues specific to Agriculture, Food and the Marine Sectors: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Mar 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: Does the Chair think what the Government is trying to do to the working people is fair in light of the fact that 0.13 of 1% is what we are emitting in this country? That is what we are liable for. They are choked and using face masks in Japan as they go about their work. They cannot breath there. We have the cleanest air. Go to Valentia Island, to the top of Mangerton Mountain or to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Issues specific to Agriculture, Food and the Marine Sectors: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Mar 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: -----it looks to me like they are trying to send us backwards. However, they might have a battering on their hands before they get all these airy-fairy ideas through.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Issues specific to Agriculture, Food and the Marine Sectors: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Mar 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to get the opportunity to say a few words here to support agriculture in general because, as we all know too well, if agriculture is in decline the country is in decline. It is important to remember, when we are talking about climate change and getting rid of diesel cars and diesel vehicles, that we create €5 billion worth of exports from agriculture. We need to respect...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Issues specific to Agriculture, Food and the Marine Sectors: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Mar 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: How worried are the witnesses about the 2040 plan? Farmers will have to meet these targets by 2030 and we will not be able to cut turf or burn peat. Are the witnesses worried about that? If we have to comply with the Paris Agreement, come hell or high water, will it hurt Irish farmers? I did not vote to accept the Paris Agreement because farmers will pay. The Taoiseach and the Minister...

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Feb 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: A Cheann Comhairle, is-----

Motor Insurance: Motion [Private Members] (27 Feb 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: The claims are what is wrong. There are solicitors who are looking for people to claim. They are saying they got so much for one person and will get the same for another person. They are advertising. The Personal Injuries Assessment Board, PIAB, only deals with 20% of claims. It should be dealing with all the claims but is not. Why is that? The Minister of State, Deputy O'Donovan, who...

Motor Insurance: Motion [Private Members] (27 Feb 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: If the Government does not have that power, it should admit it is not able to do anything with insurance companies. This policy of stating it will not do anything is wrong, as someone must. People's cars are passing the NCT and they still are not allowed on the road. Why is that? Then there is the age limit, whereby insurance companies claim drivers do not have enough experience and...

Motor Insurance: Motion [Private Members] (27 Feb 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: Make it mandatory.

Motor Insurance: Motion [Private Members] (27 Feb 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to have the opportunity to talk about this serious matter. The first group of young drivers are discriminated against to the extent that it is almost impossible for them to go on the road now with the cost of insurance, even with a full licence. Indeed for those with only a provisional licence there is a Minister here saying they should not be on the road at all and that the...

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to have an opportunity to speak on this important Bill. When this Bill started off, people were looking to curtail binge drinking and provide for minimum unit pricing. Those were the objectives, but the Bill has strayed now. To be honest, it has gone haywire. The notion of introducing a cancer warning label that would cover one third of the packaging of alcohol products was...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (27 Feb 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: 397. To ask the Minister for Health if he will be using the FEMPI legislation to find a solution in future negotiations with regard to pharmacists; his views on whether this legislation should be used in view of the fact the financial emergency is over; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9343/18]

Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Feb 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: Get rid of them. Get rid of the whole lot.

Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Feb 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: Get rid of the whole lot of them.

Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Feb 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: There have been a lot of promises and reports to do something about homeless people and building houses. However, what reason or what gripe has the Government with people in rural Ireland wanting to build their own homes? In this new 2040 plan, that never mentioned Kerry by the way, the Government is saying that houses can only be built in the open countryside if they do not detract from...

Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Feb 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: It says it here on this page.

Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Feb 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: It is doing so in spite of the Government

Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Feb 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: So are the Government Deputies going to come down on their buses?