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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...being militated against and a bush has been put in their way to access the fair deal. So much wrong has been done to them that it is unbelievable it is happening in a democratic country such as Ireland, and that it is being allowed to continue. I call it a debacle. We thought we had brought it to a head in July 2018. Our Rural Independent Group, of which the Chairman is a member,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: I want to get an answer to the question I asked about a farmer who purchases more land and has borrowings on that or who has maybe borrowed the whole value, as happens. Is the value of that borrowed farm taken into account or will it continue to be taken into account and assessed if new provisions are made for farmers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...in as good or better condition as when they got it in the first place. Insisting that someone who accesses the fair deal scheme must pay back €7,500 on each €100,000 of the value of the farm land would mean that €35,000 per year would be paid for three years in the case of a farm valued at €500,000. That would place a burden of €105,000 on a young...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: I disagree with the notion that farmers should pass on land at the age of 40 or 50 years. That is wrong.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Peatlands Restoration and Rehabilitation: Discussion (23 Oct 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...for Dr. Florence Renou-Wilson because she might not know what has been going on in this country for many years. Farmers with that type of ground got grants from the Government to drain said land. This was to help them to derive a living from the land they were given or they bought. That is all what they had to put food on the table. They got grants and were advised by bodies such as...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: It is a fact that it has been raining in County Kerry for at least seven weeks. Cattle have been housed for several weeks. Farmers in the North of Ireland, the other side of the ditch, may spread slurry when the weather is right. The land is drenched at the moment. Farmers want to be allowed to spread slurry legally such that they do not lose their single farm payments.

Financial Resolution No. 3: Stamp Duties - Section 126AA Bank Levy (8 Oct 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...properties, which will affect farmers. The farmers are badly enough off, as was outlined earlier today. We all know that for farmers to continue to exist they must invariably buy a bit of land to increase production and stay in the race. For that reason, I oppose Resolution No. 4. It would also affect young people buying a site from a farmer or landowner. In addition, it would affect...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Mid-Year Review: Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (2 Oct 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: What I have to say is very straightforward. What the Minister did to people in rural Ireland is totally unjustified. One has to be there to understand it. Hedges in the city and along the motorways are being cut every day of the week, even when there is no need to cut them. One could land in Killarney or Mitchelstown and think one has travelled the country, but that is not the truth when...

Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (1 Oct 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...talk about paying farmers to do it, everyone in this House knows that that is not going to happen any time soon. For years we have been asking for a grant for the planting of trees on marginal land, but it has been refused. The Government has refused it and there is no hope it will change its mind any time soon. That is the truth of the matter. It is galling to think farmers are not...

Agriculture: Motion [Private Members] (18 Sep 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...a little less profit? It was in the newspaper that one processing plant made €190 million last year in profits. Why could it not accept half of that and give something to the farmers to allow them to continue working the land they love and on which generations before them prided themselves and on which they survived? Why could it not take a bit less? One individual is worth...

Offshore Islands: Motion [Private Members] (17 Sep 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: I also thank the Independents 4 Change for bringing this important motion to the floor of the Dáil and I support it. It is important that we keep our islands on the agenda for improvement. It is sad that numbers are declining all the time on the islands that are still inhabited, despite the fact that we have more modern means of transport and better ways of getting on and off these...

Beef Sector: Statements (17 Sep 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...tell me how many times it has been moved? It is ridiculous, yet if the CAP states that the animal has moved more than four times, the farmer is going to be paying. Like everyone else, I love my bit of land. I bought it 25 years ago. Farmers are trying to stay on their land and continue with their activities but they are not being treated fairly by the factories. I thank all the...

EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jul 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...to protest outside the gates of Leinster House today. They are very angry. They are already squeezed by the factories and if Brexit happens, they know they will be squeezed further. It is outlandish to think the Government is considering a deal with Mercosur when it complies with no rules and regulations. The animals are not tagged or anything. There is foot and mouth disease in those...

Summer Economic Statement 2019: Statements (25 Jun 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...they had and money they did not have but borrowed. They are now being told that they must reduce production when they might have no way of paying back that money and that they should plant some of their land. For the Government to dictate to farmers in this way rather than working with them is very unfair. It is ridiculous to think that after a short space of years, the Government is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan: Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment (19 Jun 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: .... Why does the Government not remove the VAT from low-emission slurry spreading equipment? The Minister says that forestry eats up carbon but at the same time there is a great deal of marginal land in south Kerry and other parts of the county but farmers will not be given grants to plant on it. They will be given grants to plant on good ground - green ground, as it is called - but they...

National Development Plan: Motion [Private Members] (11 Jun 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to have the opportunity to speak for a couple of minutes on this very important topic. The Project Ireland 2040 plan and the millions or billions that will be spent in the meantime matter little to a particular lady who gets 20 minutes' home help and does not have anyone to cook her dinner. She is sick and tired of sandwiches and being showered. No one has time to cook a dinner...

Loss of Biodiversity and Extinction of Species: Statements (29 May 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...friendly will always be good but it must be practical for the people affected. If not, the country will be designated with no place left for people. Farmers must be compensated for land that is designated as a wild habitat. Many farmers have no problem with that if they are properly compensated. However, it must be remembered that lands in the Ballydesmond, Castleisland and Rock Chapel...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 May 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...to the housing shortage on page 19. We all know what is happening in respect of housing. There are people in Kerry who are being deprived of the right to build their own houses on their own land by one serial objector. In all of these cases, Kerry County Council had granted planning permission. However, the objector in question has appealed all of the council's decisions to An Bord...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Statement of Strategy 2018 to 2020 and Project Ireland 2040: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: There are hedges along our roads which need to be cut for the safety of everyone that uses the roads. I have no problem with hedges in the countryside and I have built hedges in my own land. I like hedges, and that is the gospel truth. However on roadsides which are in the remit of the National Parks and Wildlife Service will have to be cut. The Department should in no way prevent...

Building the Housing of the Future: Motion [Private Members] (10 Apr 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...is available in County Kerry for demountable or modular homes. They were part of the housing set-up, for example, in a case where a farmer whose house got into a bad state of repair but who wanted to stay on his land brought in a demountable home, but that is not allowed. The stock we have is not being repaired and the living conditions are not adequate for those living in them. No...