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National Famine Commemoration Day Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Feb 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am very glad to get the opportunity to speak to this very important Bill before us. I thank Deputy Brophy for putting this Bill together to ensure the people who died so tragically at that time are at least commemorated once per year. It is very important to do that because if we do not know how we got here, we certainly do not know where we are going. As a contractor I have been into...

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Feb 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: These people are eligible.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (21 Feb 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: 229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason schools (details supplied) were not included in the DEIS plan 2017- new DEIS schools list published on 13 February 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8610/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (21 Feb 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: 501. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); when the person will be called for a cataract operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8739/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (21 Feb 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: 559. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a GLAS payment for a person (details supplied) is being held up in view of the fact the life scheme has been paid already; the reason his Department is rechecking this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8612/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (16 Feb 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: 133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will provide a new national school (details supplied). [7963/17]

Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: People in every part of the country are horrified and disgusted by what has occurred in recent days. They do not believe the contradictory statements made in the House by many Government members. There does not seem to be any accountability. It is equally horrifying that the cost of another tribunal will be loaded on taxpayers, the low and middle income earners who leave for work early...

Brexit and Special Designation for the North: Motion [Private Members] (15 Feb 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: No, it is fine.

Brexit and Special Designation for the North: Motion [Private Members] (15 Feb 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: I support this motion. I welcome the idea of a special exemption for Northern Ireland. We have to have it. A hard Border would be a disaster because it would deprive us of the free movement of goods and agricultural produce and make it difficult for workers to travel back and forth. There is clearly great support for the motion. However, the talk must happen other than in this Chamber....

Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Feb 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: It is no laughing matter.

Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Feb 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: Over €900 million has been added to the health budget again this year. People are languishing on trolleys, however, and waiting in accident and emergency units, and the number on trolleys has not reduced. The Taoiseach visited Cork University Hospital last Monday evening. Before his arrival, many trolleys were wheeled out of the accident and emergency unit into various wards. The...

Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Feb 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: The people on trolleys do not have much interest in Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Returning Emigrant Support Services: Discussion (15 Feb 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: I welcome the delegates. I have been dealing with Safe Home Ireland in County Mayo for many years. I thank all those involved for their support and assistance in bringing many people home to County Kerry to end their days in the place they left 40 or 50 years ago. I thank them for the part they have played in assisting the people concerned to return home to end their days in their home...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Returning Emigrant Support Services: Discussion (15 Feb 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am aware of a case involving a fellow who returned from England to mind his elderly mother and found that he did not qualify for the carer's allowance. He was honest and told the Department he owned a house in England. The house is idle while he is here minding his mother who is almost 100 years old but he has been refused the carer's allowance on that basis. He does not have any other...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Teagasc Courses (15 Feb 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: 247. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action being taken to deal with the backlog of 3,600 young farmers who are seeking places in agricultural colleges to obtain green certificate qualifications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7478/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Young Farmers Scheme (15 Feb 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: 248. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action that will be taken to assist the young farming community in view of the fact that no young farmer received an entitlement from the national reserve in 2016 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7480/17]

North-South Interconnector: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: A couple of minutes.

North-South Interconnector: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: I would not like to have power lines close to my house or closely overhead to where my family live. In fairness, the Government should take the concerns of the people into account in making a decision on this issue. It has been proven where there was only a 38 kV line that it affected five families who got sick and passed on. The places the debate is about are far away from me and I do not...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme (14 Feb 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: 178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether mechanical works will be short listed under the summer works scheme 2016-17 with regard to building works for the construction, extension and refurbishment of schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6735/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (14 Feb 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: 510. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an accurate current list of the number of persons waiting for cataract operations; the number waiting from the Kerry and Cork regions; the length of time they have to wait on the list before they have their operations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7248/17]