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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Action Plan for Rural Development: Discussion (29 Nov 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: I welcome the extra funding provided for local improvement schemes this year. It is a positive although it came very late. The fact is the local authority could not spend it in the time it had to do so. The most recent allocation was announced a week ago. In fairness, the local authority could not accept the amount it received because it could not physically get the work done in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Action Plan for Rural Development: Discussion (29 Nov 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: We are thankful for that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Action Plan for Rural Development: Discussion (29 Nov 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: I no longer pay attention to figures because we have been promised this amount and that amount for the past three or four years but nothing has been delivered. We had a perfect model for delivering the Leader programme but now there are more hoops to jump through and hurdles to be crossed. I am sceptical the new model will see the programme working in the way it previously worked. Why try...

Social Welfare Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: I may deviate a bit from what is in the Bill, but my points apply to whether people receive social welfare, and I need to highlight something which is ridiculous. We all encourage people to start working when they are young, because if they develop a work ethic when they are young they tend to continue with it. However, the way the Student Universal Support Ireland, SUSI, grant is set up at...

Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: Before the controversy over emails in the Department of Justice and Equality there was a proposal to reopen six rural Garda stations. That commitment is certainly in the programme for Government. The Taoiseach has said there is a proposal to open three Garda stations in Dublin but Dublin is not rural. In light of the level of rural crime, I ask the Taoiseach to reopen a Garda station on...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Nov 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: I received a telephone call today from a young man who expects and fears that he will be made homeless before Christmas. He is married with two children and cannot find a home for his family. All Deputies are dealing with homelessness. The motion is different from previous motions on homelessness in that it refers to the use of sprinkler systems and spikes. I have not seen these...

Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Nov 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: Earlier this year, the Government promised it would find a mechanism whereby it would be possible to transfer some of the money from the fair deal scheme across to people who need more hours of home help. We have been waiting for this when last week, we read in the papers that the Government will means test the elderly to see if they will pay for some of the public home help they receive. I...

Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Nov 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: Most families and elderly people pay for private home help themselves to make up the deficit. Now we hear the Government is going to charge them for the measly hours and minutes that they are being given. Why is the Government doing this to our elderly people? Why will the Government not assist them to stay in their homes as long as possible? Why is the Government doing this?

Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Nov 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: The Dáil passed a motion and the Taoiseach promised he would find a mechanism.

Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Nov 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: It should.

Rural Crime: Motion (21 Nov 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: The closure of so many Garda stations in 2013 was a serious mistake. These stations dated back to the foundation of the State and they gave confidence to the elderly and all who lived in rural parishes. A common request I receive is a request for public lighting. People are afraid in dimly lit streets, crossroads and various places. It is a continuous request to have public lighting so...

Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: The Minister said that the Government will have money to spend but my concern is that it will be spent in Dublin.

Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: The Minister, Deputy Ross, signalled he was spending €135 million on a footpath in Dublin. I want Ministers to go beyond the Red Cow Roundabout and travel to Kerry to see where slaughter has been occurring at junctions due to them being inadequate. Buses and lorries have been held up and lives are being placed in danger because of inadequate junctions and roads that cannot cope with...

Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: I hope it is but we will have to wait and see if it is.

Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: I wish to highlight several infrastructural projects in County Kerry that require attention and funding. The last time I spoke during Leaders' Questions, I referred to the need for a new Killarney outer bypass which would start in Farranfore and finish up in Lissyviggeen. On that occasion I pointed out the various junctions where there is mayhem and slaughter on a regular basis, including...

Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am asking the Minister, Deputy Bruton, to take the question to the Minister of State. The latter was critical of my father at different times for money he took down to Kerry and for money he did not take down to Kerry. The ball is now in the Minister of State's court and I am asking him to provide funding for the bridge he travels over himself every day. I ask, too, that he ensures...

Housing (Homeless Families) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Nov 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to again have the chance to discuss housing and people losing their homes. Private landlords seem to be blamed all the time by some Members. I do not condone the conditions of the properties of the landlords featured on a television programme recently or anyone who treats tenants in such a manner. However, there are good landlords. If a landlord has several houses, he or she has...

Topical Issue Debate: Health Services Provision (15 Nov 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: I thank the Minister of State.

Topical Issue Debate: Health Services Provision (15 Nov 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: It is said that we have 600 patients in County Kerry, but the figure could be as high as 800.

Topical Issue Debate: Health Services Provision (15 Nov 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: Only 3% of Irish Parkinson's patients have access to deep brain stimulation, which is established as a standard treatment for patients with medication frequency issues. Therefore, the implementation of the neurorehabilitation strategy is critical to people with Parkinson's. This strategy was published in 2011 but there is still no implementation plan in place. There is a commitment in the...