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Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (22 Apr 2004)

Séamus Healy: We know what happened to the proposal to support community employment schemes — they have been devastated. Twenty people were employed under community employment schemes in my local authority area, but that number has been reduced to two. We were supposed to get 15,000 social housing units; what has happened to that promise?

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (22 Apr 2004)

Séamus Healy: The fact that approximately 50,000 families are on housing waiting lists means that approximately 150,000 individuals are waiting for reasonable local authority accommodation. In effect, the proposed constitutional amendment is a smokescreen to distract the electorate from the dishonest promises that were made at the last general election and the breaking of those promises over the last two...

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (22 Apr 2004)

Séamus Healy: We know now that it is a one-party Government, because the PDs are more Fianna Fáil than the PDs themselves.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (22 Apr 2004)

Séamus Healy: It took a PD Minister to come up with this type of proposal to attempt to salvage the disgraceful record of Fianna Fáil and the PDs in this Government. There is normally widespread consultation and general discussion when it is proposed to hold a referendum, but that has not happened in this case. The Minister's decision to put this proposal to the people was taken within the space of four...

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (22 Apr 2004)

Séamus Healy: The other 51% were non-Irish and came from various categories.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (22 Apr 2004)

Séamus Healy: The vast majority of them were legally entitled to form their families in the country. This proposal is a cheap political stunt. It is a smokescreen to try to cover Fianna Fáil and the Progressive Democrats for what they have not done and the promises they have broken in the past two years.

Hospitals Building Programme. (30 Mar 2004)

Séamus Healy: I hope the Minister of State has more information for me than was offered to Deputy Stanton on the previous matter raised. A building at South Tipperary General Hospital at St. Joseph's, Clonmel, has been vacant for more than 12 months. It should house a 40 bed surgical unit, a 15 bed day unit and an accident and emergency unit. It has been idle and had been a white elephant for the past 12...

Hospitals Building Programme. (30 Mar 2004)

Séamus Healy: I did not ask about that.

Hospitals Building Programme. (30 Mar 2004)

Séamus Healy: On a point of order, I did not ask the Minister anything about the development or any agreement signed. I asked the Minister to tell the House when he will make funding available to equip and staff the unit and I would appreciate if he would outline that.

Hospitals Building Programme. (30 Mar 2004)

Séamus Healy: There are no answers to the questions I raised.

Hospitals Building Programme. (30 Mar 2004)

Séamus Healy: We get pure evasion and no replies to matters on the Adjournment and parliamentary questions.

Hospitals Building Programme. (30 Mar 2004)

Séamus Healy: No, it is a matter on the Adjournment and I have got no replies to the matters I raised.

Hospitals Building Programme. (30 Mar 2004)

Séamus Healy: Some 12 months after it was completed hardly represents a timely manner

Hospitals Building Programme. (30 Mar 2004)

Séamus Healy: That was what he said 12 months ago when he visited the hospital for its 150th anniversary.

Hospitals Building Programme. (30 Mar 2004)

Séamus Healy: It is funded by the Department.

Hospitals Building Programme. (30 Mar 2004)

Séamus Healy: When will it get them?

Hospitals Building Programme. (30 Mar 2004)

Séamus Healy: The people in south Tipperary do not want to be treated in this way either.

Hospitals Building Programme. (30 Mar 2004)

Séamus Healy: For 12 months we have been asking for money to be made available. It is about time we got an answer.

Hospitals Building Programme. (30 Mar 2004)

Séamus Healy: There were no replies to any of my questions.

Sexual Offences. (30 Mar 2004)

Séamus Healy: So do I.