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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.

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

Danny Healy-Rae: A Leas-Cheann Comhairle, may I make a clarification?

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

Danny Healy-Rae: I cannot understand how the Minister could say that-----

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

Danny Healy-Rae: Food security is paramount to everyone, not alone the farmers but also the consumers. We all see what happened with the fertiliser. It is my belief that the cartel operated by the larger co-ops in this country have ensured that the cost of fertiliser went to the highest that it could. This year, even with the price of gas coming down, we see they are still trying to make the argument that...

Rent Reduction Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Apr 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: As Deputy Michael Healy-Rae declared an interest, I will declare that I am his brother but I will tell the House honestly and truly that I will not benefit in any way from his interest. I am glad to raise a few matters with the Minister of State. While Deputy Michael Healy-Rae gave an example of a rent of €1,000 - it can be more than that at times in Killarney - in many parts of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disparity in the Cost of Fertiliser: Discussion (26 Apr 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad of the opportunity to contribute. I thank Mr. Keane for his excellent work and the fierce input he puts into his job. He has made an impression on committee members. He has come in here diligently. His has been a massive performance and I thank him for that. All of us, especially the farmers, know what has happened over the past 18 months. Going back to October 2021, we all...