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Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 May 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: He is talking about the Fianna Fáil TDs, and they are not concerned about it at all.

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 May 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: I raised this with the Minister last Wednesday evening. I cannot understand how fundraising as we know it has become part of the Bill. I know about the fundraising that goes on in clubs. Most of the work done in local GAA and soccer clubs is done by volunteers who give of their time free of charge. There are things that have to be paid for, such as insurance, travel to games, taking care...

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 May 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: Kilgarvan.

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 May 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: We beat the best of north Kerry, both times.

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 May 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: You still remember it though, and I will not let you forget it.

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 May 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: In the same vein, this is very serious. I have come across couples and families totally broke up by this system where they can bet morning, noon and night online. As has been said, going to the races for a day is a different thing where people have a meal or two in the course of a day. They set out to spend a few bob, they have so much in their pockets and they can cut their cloth...

European Union Migration and Asylum Pact: Motion [Private Members] (1 May 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to get the opportunity to talk on this very important topic. It is one that everyone is talking about where I come from. The people I represent are very worried about opting in to this new migration pact. They are asking why Denmark is not opting in. We are an island nation and we do not have much natural resources. Working people working, including farmers and businesspeople,...

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: Everyone around the country is concerned about betting and gambling, especially online gambling. Youngsters are betting online and there has to be some curbing of that. We have to legislate for that. There have to be some limits whereby people can only bet so much online. That has to be introduced. There is no call for tampering with the fundraising of clubs, charities, sports clubs,...

Weather-Related Supports for Farmers: Statements (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: I have been a farmer all my life and I understand very well what farmers are going through and have gone through since 16 June last, since it started raining first. This €100 per hectare is €40 per acre for grain. God almighty, €40 an acre would not bring home one bag of messages. Farmers are being blamed for everything. Farmers are providing food, and if we do not...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (24 Apr 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: I respectfully ask the Taoiseach to do something urgently for Liam Dennehy Quinn of Crohane, Killarney, who is 13 years old. He is waiting for a scoliosis operation in Crumlin children's hospital and is in terrible pain. The curvature of his spine has worsened so much that he will now need two surgeries rather than one. The curvature has gone from 35° to 92°. I will give the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (24 Apr 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: Just one second. This child is in terrible pain and he needs to have the procedure scheduled without delay. There is his father, Stephen, his mother, Pamela, and his grandmother, Mary Dennehy, whose brother has worked for me for more than 40 years. This is very close to me and to my home because they are practically family.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (24 Apr 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am asking the Taoiseach to deal with this urgently. As Taoiseach of Ireland, I respectfully ask him to do that.

Support for Carers: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: I thank the Regional Group for bringing this worthy motion before us today. I will be supporting it 100%. There have been many promises in the past in regard to helping carers but they have fallen on deaf ears, so far. The nub of the problem is that means testing for carer's allowance will have to be abolished - full stop, no ifs or buts about it. There are other groups that should not be...

Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to get the opportunity to talk on this very serious matter. I am an employer, as was my father going back to 1955 and my son now operates the business. That is almost 70 years. Friday evening, pay day, comes very quickly for businesses. This could be the best country in the world if it was managed properly. TDs on this side of the House are saying the country is awash with...

Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: The five minutes are gone.

Road Safety: Statements (17 Apr 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to get this opportunity to speak on this serious matter. We commiserate with the families of all those who have died this year and in all the other years on our roads. The Minister has to realise that volumes of traffic have increased massively, especially since Covid. The state of our roads leaves an awful lot to be desired. To mention a few places, we have been calling for...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: Rubbish

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: We know that.

Disability Justice: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: I thank People Before Profit for bringing forward this worthy motion. It is clear that people with disabilities are not being funded properly. I think of the €29 million that was wasted on the referendums and what it would do for people with disabilities. All of us like to have a place to go and something to do to make us relevant. I ask that we ensure that young people who...

National Cancer Strategy: Motion [Private Members] (16 Apr 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to get the opportunity to wish the Minister of State well in his new role. All the very best. I want to thank in particular the Kerry-Cork link bus which takes people to the centre of excellence at CUH for treatment. I also thank all of the volunteers. Again, last Sunday, they put on a massive performance leaving Millstreet and finishing up in the Gleneagle Hotel in Killarney...