Results 1-20 of 211 for cork speaker:Danny Healy-Rae

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (2 May 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...for Health if the embargo on recruiting HSE staff has been completely lifted; if nurses are being hired for hospitals; the number of nursing jobs that are currently advertised by the HSE in the Cork, Kerry and Limerick areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18956/24]

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 May 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...another guess coming to it. This Bill is hitting at the heart and soul of rural communities, and indeed urban communities, which are also struggling to survive. The radio bingo helps the Kerry–Cork link bus. I was involved a few weeks ago in a vintage run from Millstreet to Killarney. So many people gave of their time and supported the event. We thank Radio Kerry for what it...

National Cancer Strategy: Motion [Private Members] (16 Apr 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to get the opportunity to wish the Minister of State well in his new role. All the very best. I want to thank in particular the Kerry-Cork link bus which takes people to the centre of excellence at CUH for treatment. I also thank all of the volunteers. Again, last Sunday, they put on a massive performance leaving Millstreet and finishing up in the Gleneagle Hotel in Killarney...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: The Tánaiste says he travels the world. He does, but he would want to travel a bit more around his own country, his own county of west Cork and Kerry as well. He should stay at home a bit more and maybe he would know a bit more about what is going on.

Protection of Employees (Trade Union Subscriptions) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Feb 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...packets and handing it over to trade unions. For too long now people have been coming to me from different sectors and walks of life to tell me that trade unions have let them down very badly. Cork University Hospital was mentioned earlier and the fact that the housekeeping staff there are not allowed to take their annual leave but their supervisors can do so. Supervisors are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...only a few dots of green fields here and there. The rest includes trees, bushes, scrub and every kind of rubbish. You could not put out a bag of fertiliser or travel on it. I include the area over the hills into west Cork, which we are near, all the way back to Cahersiveen, up to Mangerton Mountain and the periphery of all the parishes. I ask the new presidents to fight this. Why do...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Large-scale Capital Projects: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (14 Feb 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...years. We thought we were getting close last year but we were then told no funding was being made available to TII. The road is a continuation of the Macroom bypass and is also called the Kerry-Cork economic corridor. Where we are talking about is from Lissyviggeen to Farranfore, and from Farranfore to Castlelough on the Muckross Road, which joins up with the national secondary road,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Large-scale Capital Projects: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (14 Feb 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: ..., so I am worried. This is a very important link. People who come from the west, such as from Sneem, Kenmare and so on, have to go through Kenmare Place in Killarney. If they want to go to Cork, Galway or anywhere else, they have to come through the town.

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

Danny Healy-Rae: Can the Tánaiste not see it going on in County Cork? Maybe he cannot because he is all over the world, and maybe he has to be-----

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

Danny Healy-Rae: -----but I can tell him it is happening in Cork the very same as in Kerry.

Appropriation Bill 2023: Second Stage (12 Dec 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to get the opportunity to talk about important matters relating to Kerry. The Killarney bypass is otherwise known as the Cork-Kerry economic corridor. Gladly part of that was opened between Baile Bhuirne and Macroom, but our side of it from Farranfore to Lissivigeen and from Lissivigeen to Castlelough on the Muckross Road is a vital project to help alleviate the traffic jams on...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Nitrates Usage (21 Nov 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...and ensure this issue is explained to him. This is cruelty. It is inhumane to do this to cows and heifers that are heavily in calf. I am being contacted by farmers around Killarney, in Kerry, Cork, Tipperary and Limerick who cannot believe they are in this predicament. The Minister of State is from a country place and I appreciate his presence here to listen to my story because I know...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Nov 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...the great work it did and for leaving County Kerry intact and not putting any part of it into any other county. I have a small regret that there are small bits of Rathmore and of Ballydesmond in Cork North-West. They are part of their respective parishes and perhaps they could have been put into the Kerry constituency, but the Blackwater divides them and we have to accept that....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Concerns for Sourcing Winter Animal Feed in Shannon Callows Area: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...River Flesk. Going back to 2008 or 2009, it was coming out onto the N22. It flooded the N22 for a day or two and that is the main road that takes people from Tralee through Killarney and on to Cork. It was holding up ambulances which had to go around it and there were delays. Maybe that could be classed as an emergency but the water used to go down and the ambulances could get past...

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...be treated like farmers are currently being treated by the Government. Agriculture is the only real natural resource we have. The Government does not want to look at the gas off the Kerry coast, oil off the Cork coast or liquified natural gas in Shannon to make ourselves self-sufficient in any way. The Government closed down Bord na Móna and everything we had. It will not be...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: .... I am calling for our roads to be upgraded. Many of our roads were built in the late 1800s and have not been improved much since. Plans for the Killarney bypass, otherwise known as the Kerry-Cork economic corridor, has been shelved this year by the Minister, Deputy Ryan. This is unfortunate because on some days they are 23,000 vehicles movements on this road. I call on the Government...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 1: Mineral Oil Tax (10 Oct 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...Ireland. The Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, may want people to cycle and forget about cars altogether. What I am saying to him is that if he is in Scartaglen, is it not a nice thing to be asked to cycle into Killarney and up to Cork to go to work or in Gneeveguilla or some other place like that. That is not fair. By charging people the carbon tax, the Minister is just codding them....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...and are county council members as well. We are very active and vocal about roads and looking for funding. I will mention one particular road, the Killarney bypass, otherwise known as the Cork-Kerry economic corridor. We have been promised that road for more than 20 years now. Going back to 2018, the figure given for vehicular movements on the current road, which we hope to bypass,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Sep 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...the people of north Kerry that he would back Shannon LNG and it would become a reality. He has let us down. The Minister, Deputy Ryan, has also blocked the progression of the next part of the upgrading of the N22 Cork-Kerry economic corridor, also known as the Killarney bypass, which has been on the table and promised for more than 20 years. It is vital for the economy of our county...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Sep 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am stating the facts as well. Wherever the €626 million went, it did not go to the Killarney bypass or the Cork-Kerry economic corridor as it is also called. It did not go there anyway. That is a fact. It has been stopped because TII has been starved of the funding to do the assessments. If the Minister states that anyone could have made a submission, why did Deputy...