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Nature Restoration Law and Irish Agriculture: Statements (31 May 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to get a few seconds to talk about this very serious matter. It is the people on marginal land who had to work and drain their land to make it productive who will be hurt. We cannot flood fertile land. We cannot flood the plains of County Kildare, the Golden Vale in County Tipperary, east Cork or Limerick, but the Government will try to do it in south and north Kerry, which...

Nature Restoration Law and Irish Agriculture: Statements (31 May 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: The Senator was not elected by the people. She came in the back door.

Home Ownership: Motion [Private Members] (31 May 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to have an opportunity to speak about this very important topic. I thank Deputy Cian O'Callaghan for the opportunity. The biggest problem we have in Kerry at present is that people who want to build their own houses are being blocked by the planning regulator. This has been a serious issue since last June. Many people in their own areas cannot get permission because of...

Agriculture and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 May 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: At those gates in Bandon and in Rathkeale, I recall being asked several times by farmers why were they not being paid for the fifth quarter. The fifth quarter is every other bit of the carcase, which the farmer does not get paid for, yet the factories are getting paid for that. If this food regulator is to have any real purpose or benefit to farmers, the regulator needs to go after that...

Agriculture and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 May 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: We need to give the agrifood regulator teeth to investigate certain rules that apply at meat factories, such as the four-movement rule. My contention and that of all the farmers is that the four-movement rule is unfair, as is the 30-month rule whereby farmers are penalised when cattle are more than 30 months of age by the time they go to the factory. I have been raising these issues for...

Agriculture and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 May 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: It is very important that the regulator have powers to chase up these traders, in a legal sense, if they do not give the information requested. A regulator can ask all the questions in the world, but if it does not get answers, where is it to go? That does not make any sense, so I appeal to the Minister to accept the amendment, which makes the utmost sense.

Agriculture and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 May 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: I support Deputy McNamara's amendment because it is important to attain transparency as to what is going on. We know what the farmers would like. Deputy McNamara said we know what the farmers are getting at any time, we know what the consumers are paying at any time, but we do not know what is happening in between. A year or so ago, farmers' costs rose dramatically, mainly fertiliser...

Access to Autism and Disability Assessments and Supports: Motion [Private Members] (24 May 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: I thank the Labour Party for bringing this motion and giving us the opportunity to discuss this important matter here in the Chamber this morning. There is nothing to top the joy of a newborn baby for a couple when they are lucky enough for that to happen. When something is wrong, however, and they discover that something is not right with the child, it can be a really big problem and,...

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion [Private Members] (23 May 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: I thank Sinn Féin for introducing this motion. I mean no slight on the Minister of State, but it is a shame and disgrace that the Minister for Health is not here. There is no excuse good enough for that. He has been playing to the gallery all the week. He launched some initiative to put ads on bottles, drinks or whatever and announced that Ireland is the first country in the world to...

Accommodation Needs for New Arrivals: Statements (23 May 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: I have nothing at all against refugees or asylum seekers. How could I have anything against people I do not even know? We all feel for people who are fleeing war and conflict in other countries. However, it is clear this Government has an open-door policy, but it has not accommodation sorted out and services like doctors, teachers, schools and all those things in place. The Government...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 May 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: Does the Taoiseach want to blackguard me and the people of Kerry with the answer that he is after giving me there, because he answered very little of what I asked? He travelled to Tipperary and other places and talked about goodies that he says he is carrying around the country. I am talking about the Ring of Kerry and the national primary and secondary routes where people are totally...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 May 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to get this opportunity to raise a few issues that are preventing people from obtaining planning permission to be able to do the most basic thing in life, that is, to build a home and put a roof over their heads. At a time when the Government is struggling to house massive numbers of people who are on the social housing list and people from other countries who are fleeing wars and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (23 May 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: 212. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to ensure that people can pay by cash when purchasing food and drinks from the catering trolley on the trains between Killarney and Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24537/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tax Code (23 May 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: 399. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will clarify a matter relating to the residential zoned land tax (details supplied). [24195/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Revitalising Derelict and Vacant Homes on Farmland: Discussion (17 May 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: There is no allowance in Kerry.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Revitalising Derelict and Vacant Homes on Farmland: Discussion (17 May 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: No.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Revitalising Derelict and Vacant Homes on Farmland: Discussion (17 May 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: I welcome all the groups here, especially the Macra group, and I wish the new president all the best in her tenure. Macra is a great organisation. We saw it in action in Kenmare last Sunday morning organising the tractor run from Kenmare to Kilgarvan with a team of youngsters involved. It gives the likes of me hope to see that set-up and to see them so active. It is great. There are a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Revitalising Derelict and Vacant Homes on Farmland: Discussion (17 May 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am nearly finished. Those people were not going to benefit at all from those playgrounds at all. On top of that, if there was a local road - and people had to be on a local road, nearly, to get permission - that road will not be done up, regardless. People will have to pay the €2,500 or €3,000 levy for the roads. It may not be going to their house at all, because more than...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Revitalising Derelict and Vacant Homes on Farmland: Discussion (17 May 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: -----affordable houses. He was going to sell them for €245,000.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Revitalising Derelict and Vacant Homes on Farmland: Discussion (17 May 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: -----and where I am from and you are from.