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Vacant Housing Refurbishment Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (4 Oct 2017)

Séamus Healy: I support the intention behind the Bill. Deputy Cowen has requested that the Bill be allowed to pass Second Stage and go to Committee Stage. I have no problem with that. The Bill needs detailed scrutiny on Committee Stage. The proposal for a one-stop shop is attractive. As many other speakers have said, we cannot compromise on standards dealing with fire safety, health and safety and...

Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Oct 2017)

Séamus Healy: The priority of this Bill should have been to reverse the savage cuts and austerity that the past two Governments visited on ordinary people. Instead, this legislation is taking the opportunity to demonise social welfare recipients. The dishonest claim of high levels of fraud was a cynical tactic used by the then Minister for Social Protection to promote himself and his recent campaign for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (3 Oct 2017)

Séamus Healy: 455. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the masterplan for South Tipperary General Hospital; if he will provide a copy of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41938/17]

Water Services Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Sep 2017)

Séamus Healy: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Water Services Bill 2017. I want to begin by saluting the Right2Water campaign and the hundreds of thousands of people across this country who marched in every county as part of that campaign. They marched in our capital city of Dublin on many occasions. They stood up to Irish Water and to a Government that wanted to impose huge austerity on them...

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (27 Sep 2017)

Séamus Healy: I will support the motion. The former Minister, Deputy Coveney, and the current Minister have accepted we have a housing crisis on our hands. When will the Minister accept there is a housing emergency that needs emergency measures to deal with it? We simply have to look at the figures to show there is an emergency. There are 90,000 families on local authority housing lists. There are...

Flooding in County Donegal: Motion [Private Members] (26 Sep 2017)

Séamus Healy: I welcome this debate and compliment Deputy Charlie McConalogue on bringing forward the motion. There is no doubt that climate change has affected the weather in the past few years. That is something we have to accept and deal with into the future. I was shocked by the television pictures of what had happened in County Donegal in August. I was not on the ground there, but I am not easily...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Review (26 Sep 2017)

Séamus Healy: 543. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the review of the new tenant purchase scheme has been completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40639/17]

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Ceart chun Tithíochta), 2017: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to Housing) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Sep 2017)

Séamus Healy: I welcome the Bill and will support it. A right to housing in the Constitution is a key element in tackling the housing crisis, but we must not wait - and we do not have to wait - for a referendum to tackle the crisis. We can and must tackle it now. Government policy has been and continues to be disastrous and disingenuous. The Taoiseach's claim earlier today that Rebuilding Ireland, the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (20 Sep 2017)

Séamus Healy: 250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for further funding for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39637/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Eligibility (11 Sep 2017)

Séamus Healy: 1824. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will make free fuel payments available to social welfare recipients who are also in receipt of disability benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37529/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Funding (11 Sep 2017)

Séamus Healy: 1991. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when funds will be made available to local authorities for disabled persons' grants for local authority tenants in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37530/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Applications (26 Jul 2017)

Séamus Healy: 280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) in County Waterford for funding under the summer works scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35253/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (26 Jul 2017)

Séamus Healy: 784. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the completion of a development control plan or master plan for South Tipperary General Hospital; if he will forward a copy of the plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35343/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (26 Jul 2017)

Séamus Healy: 785. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make available a copy of the bed capacity study for South Tipperary General Hospital recently carried out by an official of the South/South West hospital group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35344/17]

Defence Forces Operations: Motion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2017)

Séamus Healy: The Naval Service is participating in Operation Pontus as part of a bilateral agreement with the Italian Government. Operation Pontus is a purely humanitarian mission rescuing migrants at risk of drowning in the Mediterranean. To date, the Naval Service has saved approximately 16,800 migrants. The Government's proposal to participate in Operation Sophia, which is supported by only eight of...

Summer Economic Statement 2017: Statements (13 Jul 2017)

Séamus Healy: I am happy to have the opportunity to say a few words about the summer economic statement. Unfortunately, this is an as-you-were document: no change and a continuation of existing policy. What this means is recovery for the rich and powerful in our society and living from hand to mouth for all those families on low and middling incomes. It means not having two cents to rub together at the...

Mortgage Arrears Resolution (Family Home) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Jul 2017)

Séamus Healy: We need to take these measures immediately. I welcome the Bill.

Mortgage Arrears Resolution (Family Home) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Jul 2017)

Séamus Healy: The policy of reliance on the market has created a housing emergency. The market has failed and failed disastrously. The result is 91,000 families on local authority housing waiting lists and 21,000 families on housing assistance payments, all of which are living from hand to mouth and have not got a ha'penny left at the end of the week. Thousands are homeless, including 2,700 children...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (12 Jul 2017)

Séamus Healy: 300. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application submitted by a person (details supplied) whose sole income is derived from a social welfare payment. [33241/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Policy (12 Jul 2017)

Séamus Healy: 460. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on a media report by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33173/17]