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Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Jul 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: I want to ask the Minister to meet-----

Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Jul 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: -----these people and let these honest people go home.

Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: I refer to the former St. Finan's Hospital in Killarney, a well built stone building which stands on 30 acres of land on the northside of the town which border both sides of the bypass. It is a listed building, for which plans for its future use need to be formulated. We are all aware of what happened this week to a similar building, the former Our Lady's Hospital in Shanakiel. Much of it...

Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: I thank the Minister for his reply. I am happy to say, without fear of contradiction, that my late father played a big role in ensuring the restoration of Killarney House was provided for in the capital programme in 2010.

Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: The programme was put in place before the Minister, Deputy Michael Ring, landed.

Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: That is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: The Minister, Deputy Richard Bruton, mentioned that there had been a trawl of properties owned by the State. Why then is the Government not already aware of this property? I have raised the issue several times at forum meeting of HSE south in County Hall in Cork. I call on the Government to ensure the building will not be allowed to become derelict to avoid the possibility of it burning...

Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: We need - this is directed at the Minister, Deputy Michael Ring-----

Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: There is a need for a road to be built through the lands to ensure the safety of people accessing the bypass.

Quarterly Report on Housing: Statements (6 Jul 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: There are a number of small things that could be done to help sort out much of the homelessness problem. Some genius decided that bedsits could not be used anymore, while fortunes are being paid to hotels to house people and people are still lying on the ground close to the hotel where I stay for two or three days every week. I am sure they would be much happier in a bedsit. I am not...

Rugby World Cup 2023 Bill 2017: Second Stage (5 Jul 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: I also wish to support this Bill. I wish the Minister and the Irish Rugby Football Union, IRFU, the very best in their bid to host the Rugby World Cup in 2023. This is a wonderful opportunity to showcase the venues and the country all around the world, and the advertising of Ireland in this way will pay for the costs incurred and the staging of the event. It has been indicated that...

Topical Issue Debate: Housing Adaptation Grant Applications (5 Jul 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: I thank the Minister of State for his response. He had some interesting answers, particularly regarding the issue of houses with stone walls. What I stated about it is a stipulation by our local authority and it said it was a Department rule. I will have to investigate that further. The housing aid for older people scheme is a great scheme and it had ensured that many elderly people...

Topical Issue Debate: Housing Adaptation Grant Applications (5 Jul 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: I thank the Acting Chairman.

Topical Issue Debate: Housing Adaptation Grant Applications (5 Jul 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: The Acting Chairman was interested in the topic.

Topical Issue Debate: Housing Adaptation Grant Applications (5 Jul 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: This Topical Issue is about housing and the problems people are experiencing getting grants. It is the wish of the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government and the Government that the social housing lists be reduced. This could be done if a number of things were rectified. To be eligible for grant aid from Kerry County Council a person must be 66 years of age. A...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: National Debt Servicing (5 Jul 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: Ireland is a small country with a small population. We do not have oil wells or gold mines. It is the working people who are paying this debt. It was not the working people or the people of Ireland who caused the problem; it was the bondholders and the bankers. I ask the Minister to tell the ECB bankers that we will pay. Irish people have always paid their way. We cannot pay until we...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: National Debt Servicing (5 Jul 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: 20. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will renegotiate the amount of debt Ireland has to repay with a view to reducing it; if he will seek an extension of the time period in which the debt must be repaid in view of the fact that it is unfair to ask this generation to shoulder the burden; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31625/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: National Debt Servicing (5 Jul 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: Will the Minister renegotiate the amount of debt Ireland has to repay with a view to reducing it? Will he seek an extension of the time period in which the debt must be repaid in view of the fact that it is unfair to ask this generation to shoulder the burden? All sections of our community are suffering because of this debt.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: National Debt Servicing (5 Jul 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: I thank the Minister for his reply. Last year, Greece paid €8 billion to service debts of €350 billion, while Ireland paid €7.5 billion to service debts of €214 billion. Why did it cost us almost as much as Greece to service €100 billion less? Middle-income earners cannot continue paying 51% or 52% tax. Services have been cut, including those for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Preserving Ireland's Natural Heritage: Discussion (5 Jul 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: I welcome all the witnesses. I heard only a part of Mr. Lumley's contribution, but I will dwell solely on that because I certainly know what he and his organisation are about. I know the hurt and damage they have caused to people in rural Ireland over the years. They have prevented people getting planning permission. I can name two families that do not have a son or daughter living beside...