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Request to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (22 Mar 2005)

Séamus Healy: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss a matter of national importance, namely, the urgent need for the Government to introduce maximum class size guidelines, which will ensure that average class sizes for children under nine years of age will be below the international best practice guidelines of 1:20, as promised in the programme for Government, and to ask...

Job Creation. (10 Mar 2005)

Séamus Healy: Carrick-on-Suir is a lovely and progressive town with a population of approximately 5,000. Carrick-on-Suir Town Council has been involved in upgrading certain facilities in the town in recent years. It has improved the town's quality of life by pursuing a host of developments, such as the installation of quality public lighting, the provision of additional car parking facilities, the...

Job Creation. (10 Mar 2005)

Séamus Healy: Some 20% of the population is on the dole.

Report on Long-Stay Care Charges: Motion. (10 Mar 2005)

Séamus Healy: Has the Minister for Health and Children sought and received legal advice on the eligibility of elderly medical card holders who have been forced into private nursing homes due to the unavailability of beds in public hospitals or nursing homes or because they have been refused such beds? Is there another time-bomb ticking in the Department regarding this issue? Are the Minister and the...

Report on Long-Stay Care Charges: Motion. (10 Mar 2005)

Séamus Healy: Has specific advice been obtained on private beds in private nursing homes?

Report on Long-Stay Care Charges: Motion. (10 Mar 2005)

Séamus Healy: I am making the point that quite a substantial number——

Report on Long-Stay Care Charges: Motion. (10 Mar 2005)

Séamus Healy: ——of elderly patients with medical cards are not well-off. They are forced into private nursing homes because there are no beds available or because they have not been available in public hospitals and homes. They are in severe financial difficulty as a result.

Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (8 Mar 2005)

Séamus Healy: Question 251: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding overseas aid; the new target date at which Ireland will reach 0.7% of GNP; if he will set out a multi-annual plan to reach this target; if he will enshrine Ireland's commitment to the 0.7% target in legislation before the summer recess; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7822/05]

Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (8 Mar 2005)

Séamus Healy: Question 225: To ask the Minister for Finance the date on which it is proposed to commence the public consultation process, statutory process on the Clonmel flood alleviation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7784/05]

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (8 Mar 2005)

Séamus Healy: Question 226: To ask the Minister for Finance when the promised spring report on decentralisation will be issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7788/05]

Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (8 Mar 2005)

Séamus Healy: Question 233: To ask the Minister for Finance the financial assistance his Department is making available to traders who suffered severe losses due to the serious flooding in Clonmel in the autumn of 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8032/05]

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (8 Mar 2005)

Séamus Healy: Question 331: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the transfer of sections of the Department to Tipperary town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7788/05]

Relocation of Institute. (3 Mar 2005)

Séamus Healy: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to raise this issue with the Minister. In 2002 the Government announced the national spatial strategy for 2002 to 2020. Unfortunately, County Tipperary was not mentioned. It got no hub or gateway. It was as if the county did not exist. Clonmel is the main town within the county and within the south Tipperary, west Waterford, west Kilkenny and...

Relocation of Institute. (3 Mar 2005)

Séamus Healy: The Minister has other responsibilities now.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (3 Mar 2005)

Séamus Healy: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of urgent importance, namely, the immediate necessity for the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children to approve funding for the opening of completed medical units at Our Lady's Hospital, Cashel, to approve the 20-bed GP assessment unit at the hospital, in addition to giving approval to fund the completion...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (2 Mar 2005)

Séamus Healy: I am surprised by the fact that a Minister of State has been charged with taking the Bill. It is inappropriate that this should be the case. The Tánaiste should be present for the debate on a Bill of this magnitude and importance.

Health (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (2 Mar 2005)

Séamus Healy: I intend no disrespect to the Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture and Food, but the senior Minister at the Department of Health and Children should be present for the debate. It is a reflection on the House and on the public in general that neither the Tánaiste nor any of her Ministers of State is present. The Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2004, which was introduced before...

Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (24 Feb 2005)

Séamus Healy: The background to the Bill is the Dormant Accounts Act 2001 and the Life Assurance Policies Act 2003. The legislation introduced a scheme for the disbursement of funds that were unlikely to be reclaimed and covered three categories of funding: for those who were socially and economically disadvantaged, those who were educationally disadvantaged and persons with a disability. Responsibility...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (23 Feb 2005)

Séamus Healy: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss a matter of national importance, namely, the need for the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to immediately commence the appointment of community gardaí and the installation of closed circuit television cameras in towns and cities throughout the country in order to deal with the ongoing scourge of anti-social...

Disability Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (22 Feb 2005)

Séamus Healy: I am pleased to have the opportunity to speak on the Disability Bill. Obviously I welcome the multi-annual funding package recently announced by the Government, which will go some way towards addressing the historical under-funding of services and supports for people with disabilities. While the funding is important it only represents part of the solution. People with disabilities can only...