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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Schemes (31 May 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: My question is in the same vein. There are still 678 roads on our list. I believe that we have the longest list in the country, but we are only getting funding for 15 roads per year. I appreciate that we got extra funding last year, when we dealt with 19 roads, but a list of 678 roads would take 45 years to get through. I do not think that any of us who are in the Chamber tonight –...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Schemes (31 May 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: I thank the Minister for her reply, but I will pick her up on something she said. She stated that they were non-public roads, but they are public. It is just that they have not been taken in charge by a local authority. They have the same status as roads that were taken in charge by local authorities. Authorities stopped doing that in the early 1980s, but these roads were left behind....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Schemes (31 May 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad the Minister does.

Rising Food Prices: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (31 May 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: I thank Deputy Kerrane and Sinn Féin for organising this timely debate. The cost of fuel, especially diesel and petrol, is the main contributory reason for the increased cost of food. Lorry transport costs have increased significantly and farmers face increased costs to produce food. Whether they are dairy or beef farmers or tillage farmers, the savage extra cost of diesel alone and...

Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Instruction to Committee (31 May 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to get the opportunity to talk on this matter because it is surely very important that the political process or the electoral process is seen to act fairly and properly. We should all aspire to get young people to vote. We hear of many youngsters who when they turn 18 years of age do not turn up on the register for whatever reason. 4 o’clock Something needs to be done....

Recent Developments in Northern Ireland: Statements (25 May 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to have the opportunity to get in a few words in this timely debate. As Deputies are aware, there is a lot at stake at present in the context of the Good Friday Agreement. It is clear that the protocol and the legacy issues are all currently being discussed. All of us need to work extremely hard together and be united in ensuring that we maintain peace and protect the Good Friday...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 May 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: There is.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 May 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: Kerry is out of that.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 May 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: Kerry is out.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 May 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: It is not on the list.

Strike Action by the Medical Laboratory Scientists Association: Motion [Private Members] (25 May 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: I too am very glad to get an opportunity to speak on this very important matter. As has been pointed out to me, these medical students have gone through a five-year course and are highly trained with special skills. They are vital to the running of hospitals like University Hospital Kerry in Tralee, where I am sorry to say that many appointments have been cancelled in recent days. That is...

Short-term Lettings Enforcement Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 May 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to have the opportunity to speak on the Bill. I thank Sinn Féin, and Deputy Ó Broin in particular, for affording us this time to speak on housing. Certainly, housing for people who do not have homes is very important. We need to discuss all aspects of housing. I do not agree with the Bill. It is basically a Bill for Dublin rather than one for rural Ireland. Maybe...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 May 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am grateful for the Tánaiste's reply. That is the point that I am trying to make. Where there is an existing exit, where it is safe and where it meets all the sight distance regulations, I am asking that we review the regulations that are in place because there is a complete blanket ban in place all the way from Rathmore, west of Killarney, around Killarney itself and from Fossa back...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 May 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: I wish to raise the restriction by Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, which prevents many people who wish to exit onto national secondary roads from getting planning permission. This is adversely affecting applicants especially along the N72 from Rathmore to Killarney and from Killarney to Killorglin. We are talking about 22 of the 25 miles. In 2012 the Department authorised the...

Garda Síochána (Compensation) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 May 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: We welcome the Garda Síochána (Compensation) Bill, which seeks to reduce costs in the administration of Garda compensation claims by having claims assessed by the Personal Injuries Assessment Board, PIAB, rather than the High Court. Under the revised scheme, an injured member of the force will make an application to the Garda Commissioner, who will then cause a report to be...

Just Transition: Statements (18 May 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am afraid the Minister's understanding of a just transition is very different from mine and that of many other people. He kicked up a hullabaloo a number of weeks ago regarding the sale of turf. Given the small volume of turf being sold in the country, that he prioritised it in such a way hurt many people in my county, Kerry, where many people have traditionally cut turf over the years to...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (18 May 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: Farmers are under savage pressure with the increased costs of fertiliser, fuel and electricity. I welcome the €1,000 proposed by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Marine for 10 ha. While it is not an awful lot, it is a lot in a way. There are many farmers in east and south Kerry who do not cut their own fodder on their own land because the land is not suitable. We rely on...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (18 May 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: Please do something for the farmers who cannot grow their own stuff.

Subsidies for Developers: Motion [Private Members] (18 May 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: I thank the Social Democrats and Deputy Cian O'Callaghan for allowing us these couple of minutes this morning. We are sick and tired of the Government blathering, blowing and boasting about affordable houses and Housing for All. It will build 5,500 affordable houses for Dublin and the rest of the 7,500 houses are for the remainder of the country. However, no affordable house will be built...

National Maternity Services: Motion [Private Members] (17 May 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to get the opportunity to talk on this very important matter this evening. We certainly need a new maternity hospital in the city of Dublin, and for the country as well. I do not understand why the people who are objecting to this do not understand they are getting lands worth more than €50 million or €60 million, mostly free of charge or at a €10 per year for...