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European Council Meeting: Statements (5 Jul 2016)

Danny Healy-Rae: The people of Ireland and Kerry are worried like never before about their future and Ireland's position among the European Union nations. Ireland is a small nation that depends a great deal on Europe. Any further break up of the European Union could seriously impact on Ireland's future. Ireland is a small nation surrounded by water, with no road access to mainland Europe. I call on the...

Select Committee on Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and the Gaeltacht: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Revised) (5 Jul 2016)

Danny Healy-Rae: I had my hand up before the Minister finished talking about hedge cutting, an issue which has been lingering for too long. An extension of time was requested by my local authority going back Christmas 12 months. On that day, there was also a unanimous request to extend the period for gorse burning. I have a question for the Minister of State on rural water and group water schemes. Is he...

Select Committee on Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and the Gaeltacht: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Revised) (5 Jul 2016)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am very concerned when I hear the Minister say other bogs will be designated.

Select Committee on Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and the Gaeltacht: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Revised) (5 Jul 2016)

Danny Healy-Rae: Will those 500 people be allowed have their say? They are human beings and this will affect their traditional way of life. Will the Minister have any discussions with them before she designates those bogs?

Select Committee on Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and the Gaeltacht: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Revised) (5 Jul 2016)

Danny Healy-Rae: I was very interested to hear the Minister of State, Deputy Ring, speak about the way he progressed the development of the greenways in his part of the country. We have a proposal for a greenway in south Kerry. It is an important and laudable project but it is running into difficulty in that a compulsory purchase order, CPO, process has been initiated. In recent days, unsavoury slogans...

Select Committee on Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and the Gaeltacht: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Revised) (5 Jul 2016)

Danny Healy-Rae: The Minister of State spoke about it in the same way that I would like to talk about it. The CPO process is being initiated in Kerry. I gather from the way the Minister of State spoke that the officials went down to speak to the people on the land and got agreement. They got other stakeholders to talk to the landowners as well. That is how we would have preferred our projects to be carried...

Select Committee on Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and the Gaeltacht: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Revised) (5 Jul 2016)

Danny Healy-Rae: We want it but I do not believe the CPO process is the way this is going to be delivered. I am unsure how we can liaise with the officials and get them to deal with the landowners, but that is the way to do it. I do not believe the CPO process is going to work and I am concerned about it.

Select Committee on Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and the Gaeltacht: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Revised) (5 Jul 2016)

Danny Healy-Rae: I will start where I finished earlier regarding the greenways or "blackways", as Deputy Ó Cuív, called them. Why is a compulsory acquisition order required in respect of the areas involved in Kerry when that was not the way it was dealt with for the other greenways? I am concerned about the amount of funding the Minister said is available for the Leader programme. We have...

Select Committee on Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and the Gaeltacht: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Revised) (5 Jul 2016)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am very concerned about that issue. I am also concerned that it will be mainly administered by the local community development committees, LCDCs, rather than Leader partnership companies. That is a big cutback for rural areas compared to the bottom-up approach we had with the partnerships. The populated areas, with which I have nothing against, will probably benefit more than the rural...

Select Committee on Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and the Gaeltacht: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Revised) (5 Jul 2016)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am aware that the Minister is interested in this because this is what is involved when discussing rural Ireland. We must address this issue, return the funding and make discretionary funding available to the local councillors whereby they can nominate two or three roads each year which are not getting attention through any other means.

Select Committee on Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and the Gaeltacht: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Revised) (5 Jul 2016)

Danny Healy-Rae: I cannot believe the Minister. It is like the loaves and the fishes in that one must have the power to multiply. That would mean funding for our county roads and local roads would have been reduced, and the massive volume of traffic is from local areas into towns. I did not talk about the local improvement scheme. We are told, and I must believe our county manager, that there is only...

Select Committee on Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and the Gaeltacht: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Revised) (5 Jul 2016)

Danny Healy-Rae: It has been cut back to practically nil. One year, when my father was a Member of the Dáil, we received enough funding to do 111 roads.

Order of Business (5 Jul 2016)

Danny Healy-Rae: Before I ask my question, I highlight that it could be construed that I may have a conflict of interest, as I have a family plant hire business involved in different projects around Kerry and Cork maybe as well. Are the Taoiseach and the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government aware that many group water schemes have been on the list to be taken in charge for many years?...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (5 Jul 2016)

Danny Healy-Rae: 293. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) under the domiciliary care allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19209/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (5 Jul 2016)

Danny Healy-Rae: 294. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) under the domiciliary carer's allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19210/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Applications (5 Jul 2016)

Danny Healy-Rae: 295. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to expedite an application for a person (details supplied) under the invalidity allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19211/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (5 Jul 2016)

Danny Healy-Rae: 477. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide additional home help for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19227/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (5 Jul 2016)

Danny Healy-Rae: 478. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide additional home help for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19231/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Contracts (30 Jun 2016)

Danny Healy-Rae: 93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to create equal supplementary panel rights for fully qualified regulation three teachers with Teaching Council numbers (details supplied). [18851/16]

Equal Status (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Jun 2016)

Danny Healy-Rae: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill. I congratulate the Minister, Deputy Bruton, on his new portfolio. I am sure it will be no problem to him, as he has served in many other Ministries. I have to say we do not have discrimination issues in Kerry, Killarney or Tralee. We have people of many different religious denominations attending our national schools and secondary schools....