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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (9 Apr 2019)

Séamus Healy: A whole list of matters that I have a Bill on, as the Minister knows very well.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (9 Apr 2019)

Séamus Healy: No it is not

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (9 Apr 2019)

Séamus Healy: 64. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if legislation will be brought forward to declare statutorily a homeless and housing emergency in view of the homeless figures of more than 10,000 persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16664/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (9 Apr 2019)

Séamus Healy: Will the Minister bring forward legislation to declare statutorily a housing and homelessness emergency in view of the fact that homeless figures now exceed 10,000, including 3,780 children? Will he respond to the criticisms of Government housing policy by the United Nations special rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, Leilani Farha, who said housing is stability, security, dignity...

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

Séamus Healy: I commend Deputies Funchion and Ó Caoláin on bringing forward this motion. I confirm my support for it. I welcome everybody in the Gallery and salute the teachers, parents, advocates and everybody involved in autism support services. There are 14,000 students in the country with an autism diagnosis, which is a significant number. In the very short time available, I raise again a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme (2 Apr 2019)

Séamus Healy: 358. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the charging of medical card holders for the taking of bloods by general practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15435/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment Applications (2 Apr 2019)

Séamus Healy: 553. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in respect of an application for a working family payment by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15003/19]

Gnó Comhaltaí Príobháideacha - Private Members' Business - Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Motion (26 Mar 2019)

Séamus Healy: With all due respect to the Minister of State, Deputy Canney, and to the Minister of State, Deputy Jim Daly, who spoke earlier, a senior Minister is not here to address this issue. That shows an absolute lack of respect for the Dáil. It is an insult to this Dáil that the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Deputy Bruton, is not in the Chamber to address...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Local Authority Boundaries (26 Mar 2019)

Séamus Healy: It is reducing it.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Local Authority Boundaries (26 Mar 2019)

Séamus Healy: It is Fine Gael dishonesty.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Local Authority Boundaries (26 Mar 2019)

Séamus Healy: Clonmel is the largest town in Tipperary. It is the county town and has a population of more than 17,000 people or 11% of the population of the county. The last Fine Gael-Labour Party Government that was in office from 2011 to 2016 significantly damaged Clonmel. It abolished Clonmel Borough Council; it closed the 50-bed St. Michael's psychiatric unit in South Tipperary General Hospital; it...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Local Authority Boundaries (26 Mar 2019)

Séamus Healy: The situation is obvious. Decisions the Minister of State has taken have damaged and further damage Clonmel and Cahir and they continue the serious damage done to the town of Clonmel during the term of the previous Government. The decisions they have taken are unbalanced. The moving of Cahir to Tipperary and Cashel in this respect is completely without justification. There is no...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (26 Mar 2019)

Séamus Healy: 296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide an educate together school in Nenagh, County Tipperary; the timeframe for the proposal; the location of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12915/19]

National Children's Hospital: Motion [Private Members] (12 Mar 2019)

Séamus Healy: Fairy tales are what come to mind when one hears the Government’s excuses and explanations for the huge overrun at the national children’s hospital. One could not make it up. The last time I spoke here on this, I said that anyone with a whit of common sense would not believe what the Government is saying. That is even more true today than it was then. At that stage, we...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (12 Mar 2019)

Séamus Healy: 131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for a new building for a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11526/19]

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...