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

Danny Healy-Rae: We are talking about rural Ireland, Chairman-----

Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 May 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: I welcome the opportunity to support this Bill brought forward by Sinn Féin. I thank Deputy Brady for doing the work and bringing it forward. This Bill aims to prevent the National Treasury Management Agency from investing in businesses that operate in illegal Israeli settlements on Palestinian land. I support this aim. We know our own story. We were an oppressed nation for 700 or...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (11 May 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: 233. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the visa application of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22245/23]

Planning and Rural Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am sharing time with Deputy Nolan. I am not exaggerating when I say planning permission in Kerry is very difficult to obtain at present and is becoming more and more difficult as the days go on. I have raised previously with the Taoiseach the issue of national primary and national secondary roads. It is ironic to think it was he who gave TII the powers in 2013, as Minister for Transport,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Wastewater Treatment (10 May 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: But sure ye do not have the money.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Wastewater Treatment (10 May 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: A contract is in place. If the Government is asking the contractors to do more than is outlined in the contract, surely it must give them the few bob more to do it.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Wastewater Treatment (10 May 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: It is grand to have meetings, but something has to come from a meeting. The Government gave the waiver in the other instances. It could give it for this as well if it wanted to, but it does not want to.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Wastewater Treatment (10 May 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: The Minister of State and the Government are throwing it over to Irish Water but they will take credit for what is being done and for the money they have given. I am asking for the connection fee to be waived. I have been involved in schemes like this all my life. My family is still involved in doing the schemes. I know what the cost of the scheme would be. There is no way in the world...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Wastewater Treatment (10 May 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am back again to raise the issue of Kilcummin and to ask the Minister to reconsider the request to waive the connection fee to connect residents to the new Kilcummin sewerage scheme, which is currently under construction. I ask this in light of the positive decision a couple of weeks ago by the Government to waive levies and fees in certain instances. I want this scheme for the people of...

Food Costs and High Grocery Bills: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (9 May 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: The Government is wondering why the food in the shops is dear but it is a fact that the farmers were taxed to such an extent last year that they had to raise the prices of their produce. Now, when people are complaining, it is the farmers who will be hit. They have already been asked to reduce the price of milk. It went down by 12 cent to 15 cent per litre in most co-operatives over the...

Support for Household Energy Bills: Motion [Private Members] (3 May 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to get the opportunity to talk about this serious matter. It is a fact that the exorbitant cost of electricity has driven many people demented. The Minister of State's buddy, the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, is specifically responsible for not ensuring the energy regulator does its job. The regulator has not done its job and there has been no account from the regulator through...

Construction Safety Licensing Bill 2023: Second Stage (3 May 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: All right. I am glad to get this opportunity. We must do more to entice young people into the construction industry, because we are at a crisis point in trying to find young people to come on board. We need to address that situation urgently.

Construction Safety Licensing Bill 2023: Second Stage (3 May 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to have the opportunity to speak on this important matter. A good and vibrant construction industry is vital for the way forward for our country. As someone who has employed people all of my life, I understand and know what it is to employ people safely and pay them properly. Friday evening comes very quickly when businesses employ people who need and have to be paid. They will...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 May 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: Since the Government closed Shannonbridge and Lanesborough peat power plants in the middle of the country, it has come to light that it has been importing woodchip from Brazil. As has been said already, it has been importing peat from Latvia and it also imported coal from Russia to keep the Tarbert plant going. Since Shannonbridge and Lanesborough were closed, the cost of electricity has...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 May 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: When is the Government going to call stop to this nonsense?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 May 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: The people of Ireland, especially the people in rural Ireland, are really angry to think that the Government will try to stop or prevent them from cutting turf on their own lands.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 May 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: It is oversubscribed. The Minister of State should not try to get people out of the scheme by saying that if they are cutting turf on their lands, their payments will be cut. That is very wrong.

Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (26 Apr 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: What has happened with the fertiliser is not unfair trading and it is not related to the Bill we are discussing.

Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (26 Apr 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: I want to ask the Minister a direct question. Will he instigate an investigation into what has happened with fertiliser and the exorbitant cost of it? A cartel is operating. We have even been told the larger co-operatives have asked the suppliers that import fertiliser not to supply it or to hold up the supply to the smaller merchants, and that is very serious. It looks to everyone out...

Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (26 Apr 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: It was about unfair trading.