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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services Provision (22 Jan 2019)

Séamus Healy: 106. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the case of a person (details supplied) with a view to returning them to their family due to their personal circumstances and declining health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2878/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Medical Waste Disposal (22 Jan 2019)

Séamus Healy: 517. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the introduction of the grant towards the cost of pay-by-weight charges for households with a vulnerable person with long-term medical incontinence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2788/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (15 Jan 2019)

Séamus Healy: 577. To ask the Minister for Health when an assessment of needs will be arranged for a child (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54232/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Autism Support Services (15 Jan 2019)

Séamus Healy: 603. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be approved for the provision of specialised autism specific services for persons (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54317/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (18 Dec 2018)

Séamus Healy: 237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary for urgent funding to build additional ASD classrooms to facilitate children on the autism spectrum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53222/18]

Anti-Evictions Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Dec 2018)

Séamus Healy: It is 48% this year.

Anti-Evictions Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Dec 2018)

Séamus Healy: The Minister of State addressed me so I am------

Anti-Evictions Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Dec 2018)

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Anti-Evictions Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Dec 2018)

Séamus Healy: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Anti-Evictions Bill 2018. I commend Solidarity-People Before Profit on bringing it forward and confirm my support for it. This is one of a number of Bills and numerous Private Members' motions that have been before the House in recent years. Hardly a week has gone by in the past two and a half years without some housing issue being on the agenda....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems Provision (4 Dec 2018)

Séamus Healy: 224. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the difficulty in identifying an agency to monitor community CCTV systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50256/18]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2018)

Séamus Healy: What we have just heard is simply propaganda for the rich and powerful. It is an excuse to allow the rich and powerful - people who have massive incomes and assets - pay little or no taxation and certainly not their fair share. The budget was for the super-rich. It was unequal. For example, 1.8 million workers are on incomes of less than €30,000. That is 40% of the workforce, and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2018)

Séamus Healy: It is the Government's duty to ensure that there is equity in taxation and that the wealthy are made to pay their fair share.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2018)

Séamus Healy: They are not doing so and the Government is allowing that to happen.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2018)

Séamus Healy: That is income tax.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2018)

Séamus Healy: What about wealth tax or asset tax?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2018)

Séamus Healy: People with €50 million in assets are paying less than those who are on the average industrial wage.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2018)

Séamus Healy: The Tánaiste has not even mentioned that.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2018)

Séamus Healy: It is outrageous.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2018)

Séamus Healy: It is shameful.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2018)

Séamus Healy: Ireland is the eighth richest country in the world but, according to the OECD, if we take all taxes into account revenue as a percentage of GDP in Ireland is the third lowest of OECD countries. We also know Ireland has the fifth lowest revenue to GDP ratio in the European Union, the figures being 35% for Ireland and 40% for the EU. Ireland is a low tax country. The real question is why it...