Results 101-120 of 359 for long speaker:Danny Healy-Rae

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Issues: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...that on that Friday, Deputies Mattie McGrath, Michael Collins and I visited the AIB headquarters in Molesworth Street and I have no hesitation in saying that we were prepared to stay there for a long time. Had the decision did not come through and had there been no change, we maybe would still be there today. People and entities make mistakes. I heard Dr. Hunt saying on a number of...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...will provide for a single-stage application process. It allows for simultaneous applications for any future development to An Bord Pleanála. These are all going to be referred to An Bord Pleanála, along with substitute consent for all developments. It also allows for the refusal to consider applications for retention of unauthorised developments in certain cases. That is...

Raise the Roof: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...'s focus at present seems to be totally on Airbnb. The Government thinks that will sort out the issue. There are people who want to let their houses short-term and they will not let them long-term. The Government cannot make them do otherwise with any law it brings in. The fact that in our local authority last October we had 162 vacant houses, many of which have not been brought up to...

Back to School Costs: Motion [Private Members] (5 Jul 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...cost an average of €210 per child. I have been asking about this. Extracurricular activities cost €178. Gym and sports equipment costs €77 and can go up to €120 at secondary school level. I could talk for a long time but I must give fair play to my colleagues.

Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (5 Jul 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...driver licence. They are asked for their public services card number. Many elderly people do not have that number. When they go to renew their licence after ten years they might have to travel long distances to Tralee to do so. Then they are asked for their public services card number. I do not see the need for that when the service already has a personal public service, PPS, number...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (5 Jul 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: 738. To ask the Minister for Health if CoaguChek meters and self-test strips will be provided free of charge to persons who require long-term oral anticoagulant therapy with warfarin (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35655/22]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Jun 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...scheme, one must have a haulage licence. Hauliers who are just supplying goods for themselves do not have a haulage licence and they are not benefiting. Again I say there are people travelling long distances going to work, putting petrol and diesel in their cars, and the Government will have to do more for them. They cannot wait until the budget. The Minister only gave farmers 2...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Jun 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...to transport goods or filling a construction work vehicle. Kerry is far away from everywhere and is impacted more than many other places. The increase in the cost of fuel is massive. The pumps along the road tell the story, with prices at €2.15 or €2.20 a litre. People are at their wits' end trying to stay on the road. Work is slowing. People building new houses and...

Respite Care Services: Motion [Private Members] (22 Jun 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...today. I hope the Government will assist in doing something about the position of carers. It is very important for carers to get some respite so they can keep the family member in the home for as long as possible. I know an old gentleman, and he is a gentleman, of 86 years of age who is trying to care for his son who is 46 years old alone. He has been sanctioned for respite care since...

Special Educational Needs School Places: Motion [Private Members] (14 Jun 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...have the right to full-time education. The State is not meeting that obligation to educate children with disabilities. This represents a gigantic failure on the part of the Government to address this long-standing issue. I believe there has been an increase in cases of autism. Our medics should look to see what is causing that because these vulnerable children are being...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Schemes (31 May 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...the Department of Transport or the Department of Rural and Community Development. I have a serious ask for the Minister. There are 678 roads and if we only do 19 or 20 a year, it will take us a long time, which is not fair on the people of Kerry. The people on these roads are every bit as entitled to a good road as the people in Dublin 4. We have to recognise the problem and deal with...

Rising Food Prices: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (31 May 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...tax. Why can the Government not do the same? It is not fair on people who have to pay to go on the road, that is, every man or woman with a wheel. They are paying savage costs and it will not be long until they are ground to a halt. The Government could take less tax and that would help. We have to start somewhere, and as the teacher said to me long ago when I was in school, when you...

Strike Action by the Medical Laboratory Scientists Association: Motion [Private Members] (25 May 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...have been cancelled in recent days. That is not fair on the people who need procedures. I hope that they are being carried out today. I have friends and special people who have been waiting a long time and are hopeful that their procedures will go through today. I am not blaming the current Minister, but the HSE. These people are being underpaid. Just look at the courses they had to...

Short-term Lettings Enforcement Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 May 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...any more because the tenant purchase scheme was not fit for purpose in the first place, with the 80% figure. Even the new tenant purchase scheme is not a proper scheme. Many landlords do not want to let long term for various reasons. Between finding or building a house and paying for it, there is a lot of trouble involved in acquiring a house. It should surely be the right of the...

Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Second Stage (23 Mar 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...in tax would be payable to the State. Surrogacy is not a choice; it is a last resort. It can be couples only opportunity to build a family due to debilitating infertility and medical conditions after a long difficult journey. Many parents who undergo surrogacy are married couples where one or both contribute genetic material to have the maximum possible biological input to their child....

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Mar 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: What does it want? How long more is it going to keep the people suffering?

National Driver Licence Service: Motion [Private Members] (2 Mar 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: I thank the Independent Group for tabling this very worthy motion. It is a scandal to God that a walk-in service is no longer offered to renew licences in Tralee. People must book an appointment online. People who do not use the Internet have long waits to get through on the phone line to make an appointment. This is something I have to say. To get these people on the phone is absolutely...

Security Situation in Europe: Statements (23 Feb 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: We sympathise with Ukraine and its people. It is not too long ago that a previous generation was involved in civil war and continuation of battle with the British until we got our own independence. As well as the trouble with Russia, there is a civil war threatening in Ukraine because there is a divide between the people. Some want to go with the east and others want to go West. We...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Island Communities (22 Feb 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: I cannot understand why the cable car has to be closed for so long because in 1967 it was built in one month for £14,000. It will take eight months to repair it. We have cranes and helicopters in today's world, which were not available in 1967. Why will it take so long? On average, 200 tourists use the cable car every day. There are 50 cows and 600 sheep on the best of land. There...

Dignity and Equality Issues in the Defence Forces: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 Feb 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: I also thank Deputy Clarke and Sinn Féin for tabling this motion. For far too long, the members of the Defence Forces have not received recognition for the work they do. We have only to look back on all the men and women from our Army who went to undertake peacekeeping duties in Lebanon and other places and where they put their lives in danger. For far too long, we heard that they...