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Building Defects: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Dec 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad for the opportunity, first to welcome all the people here in the Gallery who have been affected by the light-touch regulations provided for by previous Governments. We see it here in Dublin, in Donegal, in Mayo and in different counties. When we talk about Donegal, we must remember that in Donegal houses are falling down around the people. We remember Bridie Gallagher in the...

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Second Stage (6 Dec 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to have the opportunity to speak about this Bill. Like all of us who have been elected to this House, we know that gambling addiction causes problems that lead to the breakup of marriages, homes and relationships and clean out businesses and farms. It is like everything; if you do it in moderation, it is fine. As with a few drinks or any substance, a little bit in moderation is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seekers (6 Dec 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: 18. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has discussed the issue of an equal allocation of refugees and asylum seekers across all European countries, per capita of existing populations, with her fellow European Ministers. [58198/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (1 Dec 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: 288. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the length of time that persons will be accommodated in a hotel (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60000/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (1 Dec 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: 353. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60001/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tax Code (30 Nov 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: 83. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if farmers whose land is zoned as strategic residential reserve are liable for the tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59590/22]

Finance Bill 2022: Report Stage (23 Nov 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: I support this amendment, of course. We all know, as should the Minister, who deals with people as much as we do, that by increasing these taxes from next May, this will drive transport costs up. It will hurt people who are going to work in their cars and taking their children to schools. This will hurt people in rural Ireland more than in urban areas. People in rural areas need a car....

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (23 Nov 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: Farmers are being vilified and castigated day after day in this Chamber and, indeed, by the media and other commentators in relation to emissions. They are being told they have to reduce emissions by 25%. However, many farmers believe they are carbon neutral and are sequestering more carbon than they are emitting. Why is no measurement taking place to determine what is going on? How do...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (23 Nov 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: What good is that because it is going on every day?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (23 Nov 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: What about the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (23 Nov 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: Are they not?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (23 Nov 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: How can the Taoiseach make that assumption when no measurements have been taken?

Transport in Galway and Other Areas: Motion [Private Members] (23 Nov 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: I thank the Independent Group for giving us this opportunity. Earlier, the Minister boasted that he had spent so much money on footpaths and cycleways. That is fine where they are needed around towns and villages but what good is a cycleway, walkway or footpath in a place like Gneeveguilla or Shrone where it takes half an hour to go to work or wherever else in the morning and people have...

Declaration of a Housing Emergency: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to get the opportunity to speak. I thank Sinn Féin for bringing forward this very important motion. Every week, we seem to have a debate about housing. I am beginning to worry that the debate is mainly about the capital city or the largest cities. Places like Kerry, in particular rural Kerry, seem to be left behind as far as social housing is concerned. There are 171...

Social Welfare Bill 2022: Second Stage (22 Nov 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to get the opportunity to talk about a few very important issues that I can address under the Social Welfare Bill. While I welcome the extension of the fuel allowance thresholds, I asked the Minister by way of a Topical Issue matter a year or so ago about those people who are left outside the scheme and do not qualify for it because they are on welfare benefits. For instance, a...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Nov 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: It is happening in Killarney as well.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Travel Documents (22 Nov 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: 520. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the documents or proof that are required from Ukrainian refugees entering Ireland to demonstrate they are genuinely Ukrainians fleeing the war. [58177/22]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply, but he did not answer me the question. Yes, we are in a war situation. I recognise that and everyone recognises that and we feel for the Ukrainian people. But we have an industry in Killarney that has taken generations to build up. Many hotels are taken up with refugees at the present time. I asked the Taoiseach a straight, honest question. How...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: I wish to raise with the Taoiseach the recent influx of Ukrainian refugees and asylum seekers and the impact they may have on the tourism sector in County Kerry. Many are living in hotels in Killarney, Tralee, Ballybunion and other places. It is estimated that there are more than 6,000 in the county now, with almost 4,000 housed in hotels and guest houses in Killarney. Our town of...

Energy Regulations: Motion [Private Members] (16 Nov 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: I welcome the children and the teachers who are visiting Dáil Éireann today. We hope that by the time they are sitting in these seats, things will be much better in our country. I put it to the Minister of State that since he, the Green Party, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael came to office in 2020, more things have closed down and more harm has been done than was the case under...