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Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Oct 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: Where is the regulation here?

Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Oct 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: I know the man in front of you directed you to take me to task about it.

Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Oct 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: I have been here for a while and everyone else mentioned it. It is as much a problem for me-----

Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Oct 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: -----as an elected Member-----

Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Oct 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: -----of this Chamber to raise something that is not happening and to raise an issue that has let people down. I have a proposal to make on it. I realise as much as anyone else that the staff are not there and the HSE cannot get them. Thousands of Ukrainian people have arrived on our shores. Could the English-speaking people from this country be trained up? I believe they have cars and...

Public Transport: Motion [Private Members] (5 Oct 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: I thank the Independent Group for bringing this motion forward. On the matter of free and accessible public transport, we are told and we see that Dublin city has eight times more public transport than the rest of Ireland. I ask the Minister of State to think about this fact. I reiterate that Dublin city alone has eight times more public transport than the rest of Ireland. While I...

Defective Concrete Products Levy: Motion [Private Members] (4 Oct 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: I thank Sinn Féin for the opportunity to speak on this important motion, which I support. Our group was the only one that did not congratulate the Minister on this levy in the Dáil when it was announced on budget day. This concrete and concrete block levy will add at least €5,000 to the costs for every young man or woman who is trying to build a house. It will also add...

Housing for All Update: Statements (Resumed) (4 Oct 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: County Kerry is not included in the affordable homes scheme, contrary to what the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, told me. The cost of buying a house in Killarney or anywhere around it is between €350,000 and €500,000. On top of that, it is impossible for people who want to build their own homes to get planning permission. Family income supplement is denying people the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: Snails.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (4 Oct 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: 252. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the case of a mural (details supplied); the reason that the mural was painted over; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48324/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (29 Sep 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: 159. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the vacant property refurbishment grant scheme will be extended to derelict rural properties in order that those who live in rural areas may benefit from the grant, as well as those who reside in towns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47662/22]

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Financial Resolution No. 6 – General (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: I thank the Ministers for the positive aspects of the budget. We do not have to go through that, to be fair, but I thank them. However, what came over the Ministers to make them introduce a levy on concrete? This is supposed to the Government with the mantra of housing for all. What did it do? It put a 10% levy on concrete blocks when people are trying to fulfil their basic needs by...

National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Act 2019: Motion (27 Sep 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am very much opposed to this so-called rainy day fund. It rains all day in Kerry and in most of the south west but it is raining on the people of Ireland at present because many of them are struggling to keep going. They live from hand to mouth and they need more assistance from the Government. Whether it is housing or whatever it is - there are many different issues - the money should...

Financial Resolution No. 4: Special Exemption Orders (27 Sep 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: I, too, welcome the late-night exemptions. Many of these businesses have been struggling since the pandemic. It is clear that many places have not come back to the levels of patronage they had. I count this measure as only a small gesture. Much more is needed to help the night-time industry to prosper. Many of my clinics are held in public houses and I appreciate those people...

Financial Resolution No. 3: Tobacco Products Tax (27 Sep 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am against a tax increase on cigarettes again this year. I would much prefer that more money be spent on education and ensuring our young population does not start smoking. I know smoking is bad for people but I worry about two things when it comes to increasing the tax on cigarettes for people who are addicted. Many of them would tell you that they have no other diversion but smoking...

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Financial Resolution No. 1: Mineral Oil Tax (27 Sep 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: I thought that the Deputy said that it was not enough.

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Financial Resolution No. 1: Mineral Oil Tax (27 Sep 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: I, too, want to support the amendment. It is so ridiculous to be seeking to impose the carbon tax with the cost of fuel as it is. The cost of fuel being as it is today is mainly due to the Government taking the most of it in tax already. A barrel of crude oil is cheaper today than it was four years ago. I think of the prices poor people are paying at the pump. They are not paying it for...

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Budget Statement 2023 (27 Sep 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: I ask the Government, at this late stage, to rescind and drop that. It will stop many young fellows and young girls from putting a roof over their heads.