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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....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (7 Mar 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: 366. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on an appeal by a person (details supplied) for a transport grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10969/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (2 Mar 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: 231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will give consideration to a request from students (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10614/23]

Credit Union (Amendment) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: I thank the two previous speakers for allowing me one minute to speak. I too acknowledge the magnificent role the credit unions play in our local communities. I thank them for the bridging loans they give people who travel to the North of Ireland to get their cataracts, hips, knees and all of those things done. Credit unions facilitate those people who travel to get that necessary...

Future of Regional Pre-Hospital Emergency Care: Motion [Private Members] (1 Mar 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: I thank the Regional Group for this very valuable motion. I want to praise ambulance drivers and paramedics in County Kerry for the great work they do. They are under increased pressure because, as we all know, doctors' surgeries are generally open from 9 a.m to 5 p.m. five days a week. There are 128 other hours in every week. People get sick during those hours, be it late at night, at...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Registration of Short-Term Tourist Letting Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to get this opportunity. I welcome all the witnesses. I am firmly and squarely behind the people who operate Airbnbs. I apologise to Ms Ní Mhurchú. She was in Killarney last Monday night, in my home town, but I was not able to be there because of prearranged meetings. I am glad my daughter, Maura Healy-Rae, was there. I know a lot of what is going on about this...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Registration of Short-Term Tourist Letting Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: Could she envisage a young family with school-going children living full term out in the country where she lives if they do not have a car?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Registration of Short-Term Tourist Letting Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: These are the logistical problems that exist. Ms Ní Mhurchú is just two and a half miles from her nearest town or village but what would the situation be if it was a distance of four miles or five miles? There is a rumour that there is supposed to be school transport for all but that is not the case when you try to get it for someone. How are people meant to get to the local shop...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Registration of Short-Term Tourist Letting Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: I feel so strongly about this, I would have stayed here until 12 midnight to get my say in. I really feel for these people. As I said to Ms Ní Mhurchú, I was sorry that I could not be at the meeting on Monday night.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Registration of Short-Term Tourist Letting Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: Some counties – I will not name them – have already agreed to allow properties that are over the seven year threshold to continue, but Kerry will not do so. I will further the proposal that Ms Ní Mhurchú mentioned. We will keep our end up; I promise that.

National Ambulance Service: Motion [Private Members] (28 Feb 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: I, too, thank Sinn Féin for tabling this motion. Until around 2011 or 2012, the ambulances were controlled locally but then a centralised service was brought in by the HSE which operated from counties Dublin and Donegal. There were two centres in total. Since then, the whole thing has gone wrong. Before I go any further, I want to thank all the ambulance drivers in County Kerry...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (28 Feb 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: 661. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update in relation to the HSE cyberattack (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10155/23]

Financial Resolution No.3: Value-Added Tax (22 Feb 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: He wants to support the Green Party.

Financial Resolution No.3: Value-Added Tax (22 Feb 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to have the opportunity to discuss the important issues of excise duty, VAT and the significant cost of fuel for people on the road. The Minister stated that excise duty and VAT rates would be increased in, I believe, June and September. I appeal to him not to restore the rates of excise duty and VAT unless the cost of fuel imports reduces to what it was in January 2022 before the...

Temporary Business Energy Support Scheme: Motion (22 Feb 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: We are thankful for the supports that have been given to many people. However, I must say that in the past number of hours, I have got a woeful lot of criticism from working-class people; those in the middle who are paying for all of this. As recently as ten minutes ago, a man was on to me about his ESB bill. He is a working person. His wife also has to work. They have big bills and a...

Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am all right. I will be fine.

Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: I thank the Ceann Comhairle and I am glad to get the opportunity to talk about this Bill tonight. The most joyous occasion in the world has to be when a little baby is born to a mother, whether it is a boy or a girl. It is very sad to think this is what we are doing to those people who suffered in a darker time when people had different and wrong ideas. A child born to a girl or a woman...