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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...

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

Danny Healy-Rae: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for allowing me to highlight Parkinson's disease and the need for services for those who have developed this disease and especially for the carers and family members who have to help them. Parkinson's is a progressive neurological disorder caused by the shortage of the chemical dopamine in the brain. The diagnosis of a serious movement disorder can be very...

Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Nov 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: The Taoiseach must be aware that many farmers in heavy land have been hit very badly this fall. This is on the programme for Government in respect of protecting farmers and their incomes. As a result, cattle and the whole lot have been housed for over three months. Many farmers have calculated that they will be short 50% of the fodder they need to feed their animals through to the...

Order of Business (14 Nov 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: The Minister for North Korea, red tape, new regulations and stiffer penalties has made an order to severely punish unaccompanied provisional drivers. They have been waiting for driving tests for long periods. He clearly does not understand what it means to live in rural Ireland where people do not have access to public transport. Would it not be more productive if the Minister had made an...

Order of Business (14 Nov 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: Many a woman will be dead before that.

Heritage Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: This Bill appears to be about allowing the cutting of hedges in the month of August, an extension of a month, on a trial basis and the burning of scrub in the month of March, also on a trial basis. That is what it amounts to, after all the talk and hullabaloo in the Seanad. I can assure the Minister that we will table amendments to the Bill. Roads must be kept safe at all times for the...

Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Nov 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: Earlier this year, Deputies voted by a margin of 80 to 51 not to regionalise the Money Advice & Budgeting Service, MABS, and Citizens Information Board. However, the policy of regionalisation is proceeding against the will of the House and despite a direction from Deputies not to do so. The first port of call for those who lose their home or get into financial trouble is to contact...

Private Rental Sector Standards: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: The way that the people in the RTÉ programme were treated was shameful. The landlords involved should hang their heads in shame. An animal welfare Bill was before the House a number of weeks ago. Around the country tonight, most cattle are bedded better than the poor people in those shameful conditions. However, most landlords run a good show and operate their properties to a high...

Private Rental Sector Standards: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: -----concerning the repair and lease scheme. When he answered me during a previous debate,-----

Private Rental Sector Standards: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: -----he said that it extended to rural areas. It does not. It is only applicable where there is an urgent-----

Private Rental Sector Standards: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: -----and serious demand for housing around highly populated towns.

Private Rental Sector Standards: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: If the Government is serious about opening up houses in rural areas-----

Private Rental Sector Standards: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: -----it has to extend the scheme to those.