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Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (2 Oct 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...of time and I have no doubt that it will carry on for a long time to come. The greyhound programme that depicted the greyhound industry in such a bad light was not fair on people who love their dogs, would do nothing wrong to their dogs and have fortunes invested in their dogs. I met a man the other day who said he had €22,500 invested in his dogs. They would not have those...

Greyhound Industry: Motion [Private Members] (25 Nov 2020)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to get an opportunity to talk on behalf of the greyhound owners in Kerry who love their dogs. It is their culture and their sport and they are entitled to have it, like everyone else. To say that it is wrong to give this money to the greyhound industry is totally wrong. These people deserve and are entitled to their sport. RTÉ said that 6,000 dogs were destroyed but that is...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Dog Licences (9 Apr 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: 572. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the waiver of dog licence fees for persons with autism and disabilities that use assistive dogs will be extended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16064/19]

Greyhound Racing Bill 2018: Second Stage (6 Feb 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...board. Many people were up here a year or so ago complaining about doping and illegal activities, so we hope the Bill will help eliminate all those activities and give people who love the industry and their dogs the chance to be treated fairly, whether it is in racing, training or whatever side of the industry in which they are involved. This activity is taken very seriously in most...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Oct 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...by a Dublin-based Minister who also prevented the cutting of hedgerows in August. They believe that the Minister does not understand the amount of money and care they have invested in the dog industry or the love they have for the dogs. They are outraged by the demand of the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Ross, that coursing and the greyhound industry be taken off...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Apr 2022)

Danny Healy-Rae: .... It is to keep the Taoiseach in power until the end of the year and to make him Tánaiste next year and to keep the Ministers behind in place. That is what it is. The tail is wagging the dog. The dogs in the street see and know that. The Taoiseach has not answered or explained what is going on in Russia, China or the US. They are using massive amounts of oil, diesel, coal and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Fund Regulations 2020: Motion (24 Nov 2020)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...up. It is not true to say that 6,000 greyhounds were killed or that they went missing. I reject and resent that very much. Really, maybe they do not know where they went but it is a fact that when the dogs get older they are not as visible. They are visible to their owners. They foster them out to other people who want a dog in their homes. That is happening and will continue to...

Covid-19 (Agriculture, Food and the Marine): Statements (17 Feb 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: .... Eco schemes, it appears to many, are to satisfy dreams, paralyse farmers and deprive them of finance they badly need. The cost of feeding and fertiliser is another issue. Another issue is dog control in places like Shrone. Walkers with dogs that are not tied up are worrying sheep in those places. I also support the calls for felling licences to be speeded up and pay for the...

Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...the pension age will not be increased. The Minister needs to realise that many people are paying 40% tax, some of them 52% in tax and 4.5% USC on top of that. We see €860,000 being spent to bring dogs and cats into the country and the country is alive with dogs. I wish the dogs could vote for me; there are dogs around in every yard. We have plenty of dogs without paying to bring...

Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2021: Motion (30 Nov 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...these industries return these funds back to the coffers in abundance. It has been said horse racing accounts for some 29,000 jobs, while the doggy people provide 12,000 and are working very hard with their dogs. They treat them very well. It was sad the industry got a bit of a bad name for a while because of a few rogues, but 99% of these people are genuine. They live for their dogs...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fuel Prices (10 Apr 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: ----and €860,000 to bring dogs and cats in. Those in government are----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 May 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: What did the Government do with their cats and dogs? I ask the Taoiseach to answer this.

Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (2 Oct 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: Just one second. The programme stated that more than 6,000 greyhounds were unaccounted for, that they had been put down and were treated badly. I can assure the House that I met one dog that was ten years old and one would not know that he was not a six month old pup.

Autism Support Services: Motion [Private Members] (2 Apr 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: .... It means that we have to give the person with autism the resources that he or she requires to get the most out of himself or herself. Finally, there is a lack of funding for Autism Assistance Dogs Ireland. I acknowledge how valuable it is when a child receives such a dog because assistance dogs, as the organisation itself states, are changing "the world for children with autism"....

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (Section 4(2)) (Scheme Termination Date) Order 2024: Motion (21 Feb 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...empathise and sympathise with their predicament, be fair about the bloody thing. That is what I am asking for the Government to be. It came out the other day that the Government paid €850,000 to house and accommodate dogs and pets for people coming from Ukraine. We have enough dogs and pets here in Ireland and there is plenty of them to be got. If it was a dog here, you would...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Nov 2020)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...who operate game shooting live for the three winter months of November, December and January for hunting and game shooting pheasants, woodcock and so on. It makes no sense to stop a man and his dog going up a lonely slieve, bog or wide open territory. If the Taoiseach is to continue with these rules and regulations, he will lose the people. It is fine when it makes sense to the people-----

Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (27 Jan 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...not be denied this money as a result of this or any other fraud. None of us in the House condone or support fraud and we are certainly behind any laws that would prevent same. It was mentioned that dogs and pets are being stolen. I know one person who had a very valuable dog and he is fairly sure that it was stolen recently, or anyway he cannot find the dog, and it disappeared for no...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Sheep Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jul 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...will get out of it? It is a tough game because it involves climbing mountains. I know they have quad bikes, but there are parts of these places where you could not travel with any quad bikes. Good dogs are harder to get and people do not have the time to train them. You cannot do much around sheep without a good dog. They are costly to get. Are our guests concerned about this...

Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2020: Motion (1 Dec 2020)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...of the loss in gate receipts and other fundraising events it would have had. I am sorry many lies were told by the Social Democrats around the funding and about the care owners take of their dogs. I did not meet one person in all of Kerry last weekend who was against giving the money to the greyhound sector. They had high praise for it and thanked us for ensuring the funding. For...

A5 Route Upgrade: Motion [Private Members] (4 Jul 2023)

Danny Healy-Rae: Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael succumbed to the tail wagging the dog, or the Green Party, on this. We do not see much public transport. I do not know what people in the north west see by way of public transport, but we do not see it in Kerry anyway. Rather, we see big, flashy buses in Dublin, double-deckers or whatever, and one or two people at the most inside them. That is where the...