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Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (18 Jan 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: 1373. To ask the Minister for Health the projected completion date for the Killarney Community Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63980/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (18 Jan 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: 1531. To ask the Minister for Health when the healthcare workers outside of HSE staff will be paid the €1,000 pandemic recognition payment; if there is a schedule of payments and list of eligible places of work available for the Kerry area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1632/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (18 Jan 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: 1532. To ask the Minister for Health if the staff who worked throughout the pandemic providing meals on wheels to the public at centres (details supplied) are entitled to the €1,000 pandemic recognition payment; and if so, when will this be paid. [1633/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 Jan 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: 1646. To ask the Minister for Health the status of speech therapy for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1964/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (15 Dec 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: 185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on a matter (details supplied) in relation to the charge to take a foldable bike on a bus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62920/22]

Current Issues Affecting the Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (13 Dec 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: I thank Sinn Féin for bringing this very important motion to the Chamber. It gives us a chance to highlight some of the needs and deficiencies in our constituencies. In County Kerry, and in Killarney in particular, we have a critical lack of GPs to service the needs of the people across a massive area. Over 4,000 extra people - refugees and asylum seekers - have landed into Killarney...

Appropriation Bill 2022: Second Stage (13 Dec 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to get the opportunity to talk on this topic. Once again, this large carryover demonstrates the delays by the Government in undertaking the required infrastructure that much needed by the country, including public housing. We know the delays and interruptions to capital projects as a consequence of the country dealing with Covid-19 were responsible for the significant increase in...

Confidence in Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Motion (13 Dec 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: I have no personal gripe with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, but we have serious problems in Kerry. I have highlighted them several times already. There are 171 voids in County Kerry. That is not acceptable. The homeless centre that operated for years in Killarney has closed down because the Government has offered people €800 tax-free per month to house...

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy. (13 Dec 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to get the opportunity to say a few words about Bobby. I welcome his wife here and his children and brothers;all his family. Bobby was a wonderful man. We became very close friends during the few years we were together in Dáil Éireann. Indeed, I have to say that Bobby was everyone's friend. He loved his family, politics, farming and hurling - all the things country...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Emergency Accommodation (8 Dec 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: 276. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on a serious matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61451/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Emergency Accommodation (8 Dec 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: 277. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on a serious matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61453/22]

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

Danny Healy-Rae: There is nobody here, only me.

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...