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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Lower Lee (Cork City) Flood Relief Scheme: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: I welcome everyone here today from both sides. It is clear there are differing views on how the flooding in Cork should be dealt with. I do not agree with climate change. Flooding and storms happened long before there was ever a combustible engine. I reiterate that in spite of Monday's storm. We have had changes and differences in the patterns of climate going back in our history. It is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Lower Lee (Cork City) Flood Relief Scheme: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: I have just one question. Is using non-return valves a runner?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Lower Lee (Cork City) Flood Relief Scheme: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: Could that system be put in place for a city like Cork?

Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Oct 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: It is in the programme for Government. It relates to safety for all road users, and we cannot achieve that. We saw what happened last Monday. Moreover, whole rivers are flowing onto roads in times of flood because the rivers have not been cleaned out. I call on the Taoiseach to address these important road safety issues to ensure the safety of all our road users.

Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Oct 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: Road safety for all users is an important part of the programme for Government. However, trees are growing out of control along every roadside and leaves are falling into and blocking drains. Landowners and farmers should get assistance to clear these trees because clearly it is not safe for anyone to go out on the road to cut trees or clear the sides of the roads.

Local Authority Boundaries Review: Motion [Private Members] (17 Oct 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to have an opportunity to speak on this very important motion. As we look at it, it would seem it only affects Cork city and rural Cork but, by extension, if it goes ahead it will also affect people in the county I represent, because the people of south and west Kerry and the people of east Kerry have a lot of interaction and financial dealings with the people of Cork on either...

Order of Business (17 Oct 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: It is a serious issue.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rural Social Scheme Assessments (17 Oct 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: 561. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason persons on the rural social scheme are being called repeatedly for assessments particularly in rural County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43455/17]

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: Some people are happy enough with the budget and more people are not happy campers today because of certain elements, especially the increase in the stamp duty on commercial sites. It will hurt farmers who want to buy a piece of land. Farmers who are over 40 years of age who are trying to get on, in many cases find that the only way they can improve their situation is to increase their...

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: I do not know, maybe the Minister knows.

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: I do not know, but do not be looking at me. I did not take it off them.

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: They certainly feel that it was taken from them in tougher times and that it should be restored to them. We all hear about it when a house is robbed or if there is a break-in, but it is daylight robbery that farmers whose land is designated for hen harrier protection are not getting compensation. The land is rendered useless because they cannot farm it as they wish or plant forestry. They...

Financial Resolution No. 2: Stamp Duties (10 Oct 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: On a point of order, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle.

Financial Resolution No. 2: Stamp Duties (10 Oct 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: Under the Standing Order that the Minister said that it would affect a small businessman if he was selling.

Financial Resolution No. 2: Stamp Duties (10 Oct 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: It is the purchaser who will pay the stamp duty, is it not?

Financial Resolution No. 2: Stamp Duties (10 Oct 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am against this increase. If the Government is going to take €376 million it has to come from somewhere but I am afraid this may hurt farmers buying land. We need to get clarity on that because differing stories are coming out. Will it hurt small builders who are buying land to build commercial premises? It could be the difference in them not going ahead. Likewise, will it...

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Financial Resolution No. 1: Tobacco Products Tax (10 Oct 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: I cannot support this increase in the price of cigarettes. I am aware of the seriousness of smoking and the adverse effects it has had on many great friends of mine who died from lung cancer and so forth. However, this increase is highly unfair and will hit hard those who are addicted to cigarettes and smokers with serious mental health issues such as depression who live for a cigarette....

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Budget Statement 2018 (10 Oct 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am unsure about the €685 million that is being added to the health budget because when €950 million was added to the budget last year, we did not see much improvement in our services in County Kerry. HSE management seems to consume the money and we do not see the results. Since elected members were ruled out of having any say on the health boards, our health service has...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (10 Oct 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: 47. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to retain the 9% VAT rate for businesses involved in tourism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42231/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pharmaceutical Sector (10 Oct 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: 86. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when pharmacists and other self-employed persons will have their pay restored in view of the fact that FEMPI has been unwound in many sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42233/17]