Results 161-180 of 4,472 for speaker:Danny Healy-Rae

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: I will challenge you any day of the week-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: -----and tell you the truth-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: -----because I tell you the truth about what is going on every day that I come up here.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: I did not say anything false. It is false of the Tánaiste to say that.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: You did say it.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: You were surprised when I raised it.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am very glad to get the opportunity to raise a number of concerns people in Kerry and Killarney have in regard to the massive number of Ukrainians who have been placed in hotels and guesthouses around the county. Over 35% of hotel beds in the town of Killarney are being taken up by refugees. People in Killarney, and all Kerry people, worked together for almost 150 years to bring the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (1 Feb 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: 332. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when farmers will receive payments for ACRES; the number of farmers waiting for confirmation of a payment date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4794/24]

Research and Innovation Bill 2023: Second Stage (31 Jan 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to get the opportunity to talk about this important Bill. I agree with and welcome much of it. The amalgamation of the science foundation and the Irish Research Council, combining their respective remits, is welcome but I hope there will be more funding for innovation and higher education because our youth today are our future tomorrow and our greatest asset. We must do...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: And then you closed down Bord na Móna.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: Why are they not hiring home helps since last November?

Misuse of Drugs (Cannabis Regulation) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (31 Jan 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to get the opportunity to say a few words on this legislation. I welcome the debate but, sadly, I cannot support the Bill. I worry so much about the evidence regarding drugs and what they are doing to youngsters, lovely young boys and girls, and how families are broken up and people finish up in bad health. We can see that cannabis use has been on the rise for nearly two decades....

International Court of Justice and Genocide in Gaza: Motion [Private Members] (30 Jan 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to get the opportunity to talk about the horror in Gaza and Israel. It is terrible to see small children with their small lives snuffed out by bombs and bullets. We are a very small country. All we can do is ask that there be a ceasefire. I wonder where the UN peacekeeping force is. Why is it not intervening or at least attempting to intervene? It is fine to have courts. We...

Services for those Seeking Protection in Ireland: Statements (30 Jan 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: This is a very important debate about co-ordination of services. I am concerned over how the Minister, Deputy Coveney, and Fianna Fáil Deputies are trying to confuse the debate by talking about immigrants who come here working. I have respect for all those people who come here working - as much as the Minister, Deputy Coveney, or anybody else. I have employed people from every part of...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jan 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: Two months ago, the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation, ICBF, board changed and rearranged the star rating of suckler cow beef breeds, downgrading four and five star Charolais, Limousin, Simmental and Belgian Blue breeds, which Irish farmers have bred to perfection over the past 40 years and, in the same way, promoting Dexter and other dairy breeds to four and five stars. The same cow and bull...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jan 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: -----for the serious way it has impacted on beef farmers. I ask the Taoiseach to intervene in this because this is going to have a serious effect on suckler beef farmers going forward.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jan 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: Who approved this?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jan 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: Does the Minister know what the Government doing to farmers? Are they aware of what they are doing at all? My God, it is terrible.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services Staff (30 Jan 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: 536. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3965/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Home Help Service (30 Jan 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: 537. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a update on a matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3966/24]