Results 621-640 of 2,967 for speaker:Séamus Healy

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme (31 Jan 2017)

Séamus Healy: 164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the new DEIS programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3798/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Administration (31 Jan 2017)

Séamus Healy: 460. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the granting of full medical cards to children in receipt of the domiciliary care allowance as announced in budget 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3799/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government and Mr. Séamas Ó Tuathail, SC (25 Jan 2017)

Séamus Healy: Last week, I asked about the percentage of collection in respect of non-domestic users.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government and Mr. Séamas Ó Tuathail, SC (25 Jan 2017)

Séamus Healy: Ms Graham can revert to us.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government and Mr. Séamas Ó Tuathail, SC (25 Jan 2017)

Séamus Healy: It was suggested that we should not have been discussing this issue, but it is wholly appropriate for this committee to discuss a constitutional amendment. We are discussing the principle, not the specifics, which are for another committee to address. A constitutional amendment is the only certain protection against privatisation of water services, so the suggestion that the currently...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government and Mr. Séamas Ó Tuathail, SC (25 Jan 2017)

Séamus Healy: That was a statement made by another committee member.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government and Mr. Séamas Ó Tuathail, SC (25 Jan 2017)

Séamus Healy: So am I.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government and Mr. Séamas Ó Tuathail, SC (25 Jan 2017)

Séamus Healy: The statement does not stand up. In the witnesses' view, is a constitutional amendment the only certain protection against privatisation? Is it not the case that any current protection, whatever it might be, can be changed by an Act of the Oireachtas? There appears to be a difference of opinion on the alienation of assets. Is that in itself not an indication that a constitutional...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government and Mr. Séamas Ó Tuathail, SC (25 Jan 2017)

Séamus Healy: They may have been.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government and Mr. Séamas Ó Tuathail, SC (25 Jan 2017)

Séamus Healy: Please do.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government and Mr. Séamas Ó Tuathail, SC (25 Jan 2017)

Séamus Healy: I do not believe that they were the same.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government and Mr. Séamas Ó Tuathail, SC (25 Jan 2017)

Séamus Healy: The only certain way.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Civil Registration Legislation (24 Jan 2017)

Séamus Healy: 293. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the Civil Registration ( Amendment) Bill 2014; and when the bill likely to complete its passage through the House of the Oireachtas.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2714/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (24 Jan 2017)

Séamus Healy: 394. To ask the Minister for Health if, in view of the fact that the urology outpatient waiting list at Waterford University Hospital is now 48-plus months, the proposals he has to rectify the situation. [2541/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Jan 2017)

Séamus Healy: When will the budget commitment to grant medical cards to the children of those in receipt of domiciliary care allowance be implemented? When can we expect these children to receive a medical card?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, and Department of Finance (18 Jan 2017)

Séamus Healy: I thank both Departments for their presentations. My questions are mainly for the Department of Finance. Mr. McCarthy has stated that the intention behind the establishment of Irish Water was to create a commercial entity that was off the Government's balance sheet and in order for that to happen, classification had to be provided by EUROSTAT. One of EUROSTAT's considerations is that the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, and Department of Finance (18 Jan 2017)

Séamus Healy: Mr. McCarthy told my colleague, Deputy Paul Murphy, earlier that such EUROSTAT classification would require an increase in domestic charges. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, and Department of Finance (18 Jan 2017)

Séamus Healy: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, and Department of Finance (18 Jan 2017)

Séamus Healy: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, and Department of Finance (18 Jan 2017)

Séamus Healy: The 50% funding plus costs, that the State will not fund, must be picked up by domestic customers on the basis that commercial charges already exist, although they could be higher as well. Is that what Mr. McCarthy is saying?