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Reform of Carer's Allowance Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (22 Mar 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: I thank Deputy Harkin and the Independent Group for bringing this very important motion before the House. I thank all the carers who do excellent work in County Kerry, especially the home carers. We talk about carers. When someone is caring for someone who needs a lot of care, they are actually living in their world for the 365 days and nights of every year. I know one particular man who...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Infrastructure Funding (22 Mar 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: I know the request is to come from Kerry County Council but I know how this works. The local authority will not request funding unless it is assured it will get it because it does not want to embarrass the Government. The Government has to give it the indication that the money will be forthcoming. We appreciate everything that has been done but it is time to move on. The Minister...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Infrastructure Funding (22 Mar 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: I welcome the opportunity to raise this important matter on behalf of the residents of Birch Hill, Aghadoe and Old Killarney Village. A total of 68 houses, one pub and restaurant and a commercial business are affected by what is happening. I ask that additional funding be provided to remove and replace three non-performing wastewater treatment plants and connect to the live public sewer to...

Eviction Ban: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: The Government has not a notion and should not be talking about what it is doing now.

Eviction Ban: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: It is absolutely sickening to listen to what is going on here. Both sides are pontificating as to what they are doing and what they are going to do, while poor people are worried that they will not have a roof over their heads. The Government says that it is doing enough and that it will do more, but it is not doing enough. Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil have been in power one way or...

Finance Bill 2023: Second Stage (21 Mar 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to have this opportunity. The cost of electricity is very punitive and is hurting many people, especially those in rural Ireland, because they have no options when it comes to electricity for heating and all the other appliances. They find themselves hit so hard. The Government has been asked several times to put a cap on this and it will not do it. I honestly believe now that...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Mar 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: Is the Taoiseach aware of the implications that the reduction in the nitrates derogation to 220 kg of nitrogen per hectare will have on dairy farmers? It will have a significant economic impact and could potentially remove €236 million from the rural economy. It will also threaten food security and increase the cost of food. Farms will become unviable. A farmer who now has 58 cows...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (21 Mar 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: 545. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on a passport application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13560/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (21 Mar 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: 1482. To ask the Minister for Health the options available for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13756/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (21 Mar 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: 1483. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined and an update provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13759/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (8 Mar 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: The Government has handed over the provision of sewerage and water services to Irish Water and the long-awaited Kilcummin sewerage scheme is now under way. It is in the Lough Leane catchment. We all welcome this. Some €9 million is to be spent. The problem now is that Irish Water is deviating from what Kerry County Council, the local authority, always did. It is looking for...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (8 Mar 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: The purpose of the scheme is to enhance water quality, prevent pollution and prevent polluting the Deenagh River and the beautiful lakes of Killarney with algae blue. The full capacity of this scheme, which is paid for by public money, will not be realised if all the residents do not connect to the scheme. I would ask the Taoiseach to talk to Irish Water about this. There is €9...

Protection of Cash as Legal Tender: Motion [Private Members] (8 Mar 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: I thank Mairéad McGrath and Brian Ó Domhnaill for helping us to put this motion together. What we are essentially calling for is that the Government makes an order so there is a definite legal requirement on business and all entities to accept cash as a method of payment. Since Covid-19 we have sleepwalked into this situation where many places continue to demand cashless payments....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Services (7 Mar 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. This is the first scheme that Irish Water has taken charge of and is responsible for in County Kerry. As I have said, up to now connections were left out on the side of the road for people, free of charge. While €4,000 may not sound like much to the Minister of State or to other people, if you do not have it, it is an awful lot of money....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Services (7 Mar 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am asking the Minister of State to deal with it, to help them and to sort it out because Uisce Éireann is not playing ball.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Services (7 Mar 2023)

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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Services (7 Mar 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: I raise with the Minister of State the Kilcummin sewerage scheme where work is now under way to connect residents from Kilcummin to the existing Killarney scheme. I ask that the connection for residents and others be left adjacent to their properties, on the roadside at their boundary fence. This is not happening at present. I ask the Minister of State to provide a funding incentive to...

High Energy Costs: Motion [Private Members] (7 Mar 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: I thank Sinn Féin for bringing this motion forward. It is a serious issue for people. They are driven down through the ground with the costs of electricity. The Minister was blaming the war but we know that gas is cheaper now than it was before the war started. That is a fact, but the Government will not bring down the cost of electricity. It will not cap the cost, thought it was...

Environmental Protection Agency (Emergency Electricity Generation) (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (7 Mar 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to get the opportunity to talk about the energy situation. The Government has been found out. It is bringing in this emergency legislation to make sure the lights will not go out. The Government has been reckless since it took office. It closed Shannonbridge and Lanesborough, even though it had no alternative. There was plenty of turf available to keep those generating stations...

Environmental Protection Agency (Emergency Electricity Generation) (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (7 Mar 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: -----smart meters. Anyone who has put in a smart meter is paying through the nose for it. I want the Government to investigate whatever has gone wrong because, where a bill was €200 or €300 before, it is €700 or €800 now. Many people are blaming the smart meter. I want that to be investigated because it is time that people who are suffering are recognised....