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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: They are being hindered in this regard and I ask the Taoiseach to do something about it.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (15 Oct 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: 314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41512/24]

Agriculture Appeals (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (9 Oct 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: I will defer for a while because it is not exactly -----

Agriculture Appeals (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (9 Oct 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: It may not be entirely relevant but everything to do with agriculture is very important. I am asking the Minister what he thinks about what went on by RTÉ last night trying to vilify a family that is exporting calves and playing a vital role in the well-being of marts around the country by bidding and competing for cattle. What is wrong? Why is RTÉ allowed do this? One...

Agriculture Appeals (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (9 Oct 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: -----especially in our county. What RTÉ tried to do was vilify the Hallissey family. That was wrong. I have serious objections to that. What is the Minister’s view on the matter? This is very important.

Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: Will the Minister clarify what power is being given to somebody in respect of telecommunications masts? Will he also clarify the issue relating to acquiring land along the sea by compulsory purchase order, CPO? It is something about acquiring land, in any event, one way or another. On a third issue, which will apply to many people, will the Minister explain how there are places with...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: People are being taken to court for not having a TV licence, and they have no cover whatsoever.

Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: I would like clarification on something the Minister said about giving power to the Minister of the day, I assume, to increase the height of masts. I know of two places in Kerry where this applies. In Kilgarvan, a mast is adjacent to the school, and in Inch, there is one adjacent to a private house. It is only feet away from the house and the people have objected to it. Is this to allow...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am not happy with that. As I understand it, the administering of a section 5 declaration meant the local authority and its elected members had a say. This will give over the say to the Minister of the day. Is that correct?

Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to get the opportunity to say a few words on this Bill. If I was to really speak about everything, it would take a whole week. I know we do not have that kind of time, however. I am worried about this Bill because I am wondering, first of all, who this planning commissioner is going to be? I am worried about the erosion of the role of county councillors, who are elected by the...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: -----asked, on behalf of the councillors, to put forward amendments to, we will say, the county development plan. The regulator then comes along, whom I do not know and no one in Kerry knows nor does he understand their problems. When we look to get a bit of serviced land zoned, what happens? The regulator sends an addendum to the chief executive telling the councillors to withdraw...

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Oct 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: I have a question for the Minister as well. He seems to be doing a lot of work in cost rental and affordable homes for tenants. It does not seem to be manifesting itself in Kerry. The question I have to ask the Minister is about tenant purchase schemes, people who wish to purchase their own local authority house. They cannot purchase it if the house was built after 2015. That is what is...

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Oct 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: We have an hour for this debate.

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Oct 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: That is if we will be here.

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Oct 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: You may not be aware that the restriction is there for houses built after 2015. They are not allowed to buy them.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (9 Oct 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: 39. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will increase the tax credits for widows/widowers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40373/24]

Spending of Public Funds by the Government: Motion [Private Members] (8 Oct 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: It is a scandal to God what has gone on. First, there was a bicycle shed at €336,000, then a hut for €1.42 million, and now pouches for €9 million while there is a shortage of SNAs and teachers in our schools. A total of €4-€5 million is spent on migration funding. Any amount of millions can be spent on climate action and it still will not change the...

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (8 Oct 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: The tenant purchase scheme was a great scheme. People got their feet under them and went down the road of purchasing their own home, and the money went back into the coffers and built more houses. Now councils have stopped that; any house built after 2015, they will not even sell it. We were so proud when people used to get rural cottages. It was the same story - when they got their legs...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Oct 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: The Social Action Group Rathmore day services have been in operation almost 32 years. They have grown and expanded to a state-of-the-art facility and are often referred to as the gold standard for the type of services provided. However, this year and next the services face substantial financial difficulty, with projections of a €62,000 deficit this year and a €68,000 one next...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Oct 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: Now, if the services are not provided with the necessary costs to keep going, the group will have to seriously consider a reduction in services.