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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...

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

Séamus Healy: No, I am not.

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

Séamus Healy: I am not suggesting that.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)

Séamus Healy: I want to comment on the 72-hour waiting period and to express my opposition to it. I believe it should be removed from the Bill. There is no medical evidence whatsoever for this provision and no clinical indication for it. It is not an evidence-based provision. In my view it is a barrier and it will be used as such for access, particularly for rural women and women who are in abusive...

Microgeneration Support Scheme Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Nov 2018)

Séamus Healy: I welcome the Bill and confirm my support for it. I thank Deputy Stanley for bringing it forward. I note the Government is not opposing the Bill, which is not the same as supporting it. I certainly hope this is not a device to bury it because this is good legislation that makes a small but significant step in the right direction. The background to the Bill is the question of climate...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (27 Nov 2018)

Séamus Healy: I want to express my opposition in particular to amendment No. 4, which is really an attempt to turn back the clock. It is a device to attempt to frustrate and deny the democratic will of the people as expressed in the recent referendum. There is no doubt that would be the effect of this amendment if it were accepted. There is no doubt also that its practical effect would be that...