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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Feb 2019)

Séamus Healy: Any works to upgrade the unit in Kilkenny are welcome. There is a proposal for a crisis house in Clonmel but that is not the issue here. The issue is the availability of inpatient psychiatric beds in Tipperary and the fact that the current service is simply not fit for purpose. The court case is not the only issue. In fact, it is only the tip of the iceberg. The Mental Health Commission...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Feb 2019)

Séamus Healy: In the first case of its kind, the HSE pleaded guilty in Kilkenny District Court to two charges relating to the physical conditions in the department of psychiatry of St. Luke's General Hospital, Kilkenny and to two charges relating to not having a consultant psychiatrist sign patient seclusion orders within 24 hours of the seclusion taking place, as required by law. Judge Brian O'Shea fined...

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2019)

Séamus Healy: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019. As other speakers have stated, this is a Bill everyone hopes will not be needed and will not be implemented. It is emergency legislation. There is certainly much worry and concern in the country regarding what might happen if Brexit occurs, whether that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Autism Support Services (26 Feb 2019)

Séamus Healy: 335. To ask the Minister for Health if funding for the provision of specialised autism specific respite services in Cahir, County Tipperary, will be approved; if the case of persons (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9298/19]

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (Resumed) (20 Feb 2019)

Séamus Healy: I will be supporting the motion of no confidence in the Minister for Health, Deputy Harris. Nobody with a whit of common sense believes the Taoiseach, the Minister for Finance, Deputy Donohue, and the Government were not aware of the national children's hospital debacle. It is crystal clear that the Minister for Health and the Minister for Finance were fully aware of the huge hospital...

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (Resumed) (20 Feb 2019)

Séamus Healy: -----and give the public an opportunity to make a decision on the Government in a general election. It is time for Fianna Fáil and the Independents who are supporting the Government, including Deputies Lowry and Cahill, to call it out on this issue and support the motion.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (20 Feb 2019)

Séamus Healy: 89. To ask the Minister for Finance if the 23% VAT increase on all vitamins, minerals and food supplements on health and financial grounds will be reversed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8547/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Psychological Services (19 Feb 2019)

Séamus Healy: 345. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a psychology appointment for a child (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7808/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (19 Feb 2019)

Séamus Healy: 428. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an assessment of needs for a child (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8298/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Issues (19 Feb 2019)

Séamus Healy: 691. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he plans to implement the recommendations of the Kenny report on the price of building land, particularly those recommendations which relate to the control of the price of land in view of the housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8485/19]

Nurses and Midwives Industrial Action: Statements (7 Feb 2019)

Séamus Healy: I have been a trade union activist all of my working life. I was a member of the Irish Transport and General Workers Union, the Federation of Rural Workers, the Amalgamated Transport and General Workers Union and the Irish Local Government Officials Union, now called Fórsa. I have represented that union at national level and been president of the Clonmel Trades and Labour Council. I...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Funding (5 Feb 2019)

Séamus Healy: 401. To ask the Minister for Health the level of funding included in budget 2019 and the HSE National Service Plan 2019 for equipping and staffing the 40 bed modular unit at South Tipperary General Hospital in view of the reply to Topical Issue no.3 on 29 January 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5422/19]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Accommodation Provision (29 Jan 2019)

Séamus Healy: We are getting the usual spin from the Minister of State. We want to know the answers to questions. When will the allocations for equipment and staffing be made and how much will they be? We want those allocations to be made immediately. We have already been waiting for seven months for something to happen. It appears that the HSE may be intent on not opening this unit when it is...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Accommodation Provision (29 Jan 2019)

Séamus Healy: When is the Minister of State going to-----

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Accommodation Provision (29 Jan 2019)

Séamus Healy: How much?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Accommodation Provision (29 Jan 2019)

Séamus Healy: What about the staff?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Accommodation Provision (29 Jan 2019)

Séamus Healy: There is annoyance, frustration and growing anger at the delay in the completion and opening of the 40-bed modular unit at South Tipperary General Hospital. The Minister promised that it would be opened in June 2018 but the date was pushed back to September, then December, then March and finally July. The Save Our Acute Hospitals Services Committee and Oireachtas Members met hospital...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Jan 2019)

Séamus Healy: Carers do a tremendous job day in, day out across the country. According to census figures, there are 195,263 carers, of whom 118,000 are women and 3,800 are under the age of 15. They provide 6,608,515 care hours each week. Women provide more than two thirds of the care and young carers under the age of 15 provide 2.2 million care hours each year. They provide 24-hour care for some of our...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Jan 2019)

Séamus Healy: I am not sure from what hymn sheet the Taoiseach is singing but his comments are pie in the sky and completely out of touch with reality. If he were to telephone the carer's allowance section of the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection, he would be told that the current waiting period is 17 weeks. That is worse than was the case six months ago. In June of last year we...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Transport Support Scheme (23 Jan 2019)

Séamus Healy: 142. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the reintroduction of the motorised transport grant and mobility allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3200/19]