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Finance Bill 2023: Report Stage (18 Apr 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: The Deputy must think I am a complete fool.

Finance Bill 2023: Report Stage (18 Apr 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: I would do that to go home.

Finance Bill 2023: Report Stage (18 Apr 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: And one is not going to do 80,000 kilometres.

Finance Bill 2023: Report Stage (18 Apr 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: I will sell the Deputy one. It is 2006.

Finance Bill 2023: Report Stage (18 Apr 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: It has only 780,000 km on it.

Finance Bill 2023: Report Stage (18 Apr 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: Are we also taking amendments Nos. 2, 3 and 4?

Finance Bill 2023: Report Stage (18 Apr 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: First, in respect of the electric cars, and I have always said this, the general public are not fools and when the electric car is reliable, affordable and will be a realistic option, people will buy them. I have no doubt about that. Diesel and petrol cars are reliable and will take people the distance. It is about getting people from A to B, especially those in rural Ireland. They have...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Apr 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: Disband the Citizens' Assembly on Biodiversity Loss.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Apr 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: Disband the assembly because it is not being fair.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Apr 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: The assembly is tormenting and aggravating farmers who are working hard.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Apr 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: The Citizens' Assembly on Biodiversity Loss, which the Government unwisely set, up is aggravating and tormenting farmers with suggestions that exports should be taxed further and that farm payments, which are subsidies, should be brought to a halt. I have to remind these people that farm payments are compensation to farmers who are not properly paid for their produce and who, by giving...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Apr 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: They are elected by the people and are responsible. I ask the Taoiseach to disband the citizens' assembly because it is aggravating and tormenting farmers with unfair proposals.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Apr 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: No word about Kerry.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Tax Code (18 Apr 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. I have read all that he read out. Farmers have been notified by the local authorities that they are liable for the tax, even for land that is zoned as strategic residential in reserve. That is wrong. These are active farmers. It is recognised there is no demand for this development land around Killarney. There is no demand as such. In 20...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Tax Code (18 Apr 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: I thank the Minister of State.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Tax Code (18 Apr 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to get the time to raise this important issue with the Minister of State. This residential zoned land tax is having an adverse effect on farmers, especially dairy farmers, close to our towns in County Kerry, and I am sure it is happening all around the country. It is happening in places such as Killarney, Tralee, Listowel and Castleisland. Many of these farmers have not slept...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (18 Apr 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: I thank the witnesses from the Department for their attendance. Having listened to Senator Cummins and to Deputy Gould, I accept that we all have different angles, but the one commonality is to provide as much housing as possible for people who need houses and who are in a desperate way in different situations around the different counties. In the neck of the woods that I come from,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (18 Apr 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: I will raise another issue. We have an awful lot of national primary and secondary roads in our county. Young fellows who want to build would get planning permission with no bother, except there are restrictions from the National Roads Authority and Transport Infrastructure Ireland, even with existing entrances or exits or whatever we want to call them. If you are coming out it is an exit...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (18 Apr 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: I will, but I have no problem in saying it now so long as the officials listen to me, because these things are important. Everyone we can house counts, whether it is with planning permission or getting through the blockage so people can rent houses that are vacant. We should look at everything. I am glad to have got the opportunity to speak and thank the Cathaoirleach for allowing me.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (18 Apr 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: 595. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18004/23]