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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]

Water Services Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Oct 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: It may be construed by some that I have a conflict of interest as owner of a company that repairs and replaces water brakes and has been doing so for the past 50 or 60 years. I am amazed that in all of the debates over water there has been no talk at all of the people in rural areas who have their own water supply and who have received little or no assistance to organise their own gravity...

Vacant Housing Refurbishment Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (4 Oct 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: I too wish to support the Bill and thank Deputy Cowen for giving us the opportunity to highlight some of the blockages in the system and the things that need to be addressed. While I am in support of the Bill, we have to adhere to fire regulations. They cannot be relaxed and people's lives cannot be put in danger. We have to ensure that regulations are in place and builders comply with...

Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Oct 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: I have to raise again the question of orthodontic treatment for young girls especially, or the non-treatment of these girls. I am sure it affects boys as well in the county that I come from. What progress has the Taoiseach or the Minister for Health made with the Health Service Executive, HSE, in finding out why such a delay exists? I have been told there are five types of waiting list:...

Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Oct 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: Why is it that there has been no funding for that waiting list initiative since 2016?

Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Oct 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: This Government is giving millions of euro to the HSE and we are not looking after these vulnerable people. Is the Government going to deal with this or not? If it does not it should forget about it altogether and pull out. It has gone beyond-----

Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Oct 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: It has to be dealt with.

Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Oct 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am sorry to say we have got nothing in Kerry since 2016.

Animal Welfare: Motion [Private Members] (3 Oct 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: The farming community, and I include myself in that, were brought up to make sure that animals were not mistreated and that they were fed, because if anything untoward was done to an animal, we were told that it would turn back on the farmer and that he or she would have bad luck. I estimate that 99% of people care for animals, especially the farmers, and we have to recognise the great...

Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Oct 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: I welcome the opportunity to speak on these matters related to pensions and the public services card. As I understand it, there are three pensions Bills to be brought before us in this Chamber in the current term. They come from Deputies Richard Boyd Barrett, Willie Penrose and Johnny Brady. I do not deny any of the three Deputies the right to bring whatever they wish before us in the...

Order of Business (3 Oct 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: We have moved away from slurry.

Order of Business (3 Oct 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: I would like to join in that request to ask that the time be extended for at least two weeks. It has been the worst year in history for spreading slurry. All the tanks are full. Please give them a chance by extending the time by two weeks.

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (3 Oct 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: We are talking about Kerry.