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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (18 Nov 2014)

Séamus Healy: 286. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will confirm if there was a Garda investigation into a matter (details supplied) and if officials of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine were interviewed in the course of any investigation. [43986/14]

Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Instruction to Committee (12 Nov 2014)

Séamus Healy: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Workplace Relations Bill and would like to refer, in particular, to the question of pensions and the wholesale destruction and closure of pension schemes and the changing of schemes from defined benefit to defined contribution schemes, which has been ongoing in the workplace over the past number of years. Those changes mean huge losses for workers in...

Social Welfare Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Nov 2014)

Séamus Healy: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill. I wish to focus on what the austerity policies of the Government, including the Labour Party, have done to families and children. I include the austerity policies of a Labour Party Minister and Tánaiste. We know that families, including children, have fallen further and faster into poverty in Ireland than in any other developed country....

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Children's Health (Tobacco Smoke in Mechanically Propelled Vehicles) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2014)

Séamus Healy: I welcome the Minister and his official. I compliment Senators John Crown, Mark Daly and, in particular, Jillian van Turnhout who developed the Bill. This common-sense Bill is important because it will ensure the protection of children. It is non-controversial and has been accepted across the political divide. I hope it will have a speedy passage.

Mortgage Arrears: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (5 Nov 2014)

Séamus Healy: I am pleased to have an opportunity to speak to this simple, straightforward and common sense motion and I compliment Deputy Joan Collins on introducing it. I am surprised and disappointed that the Government saw fit to table an amendment which effectively amounts to a counter motion. Given that the contents of the motion are ostensibly Government policy, I hope the Government, even at this...

Finance Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2014)

Séamus Healy: This Finance Bill, the budget and general Government policy is based on spin, hype and, indeed, the Government's lie that this country is broke.

Finance Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2014)

Séamus Healy: If the Government does not like that word, let us call it something else.

Finance Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2014)

Séamus Healy: It is completely untrue that this country is broke.

Finance Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2014)

Séamus Healy: The policies that follow from that and which are being implemented by this Government mean continued austerity for ordinary people. They mean continued austerity for low and middle-income families whom this Government are forcing to pay for a recession that they had no hand, act nor part in creating. The water charge is one of those austerity taxes, but ordinary people are now saying that...

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2014)

Séamus Healy: The Government gave an additional €200 million to Irish Water.

Irish Water: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Oct 2014)

Séamus Healy: This water tax is the ultimate hypocrisy. During the course of the last general election, the Labour Party opposed water charges. In the final days of that election campaign, the Labour Party produced the infamous Tesco advertisement which I have in my hand and which reads, "Look what Fine Gael have in store for you. Fine Gael - every little hurts". The advertisement includes a statement...

Financial Resolutions 2015 - Financial Resolution No. 3: General (Resumed) (22 Oct 2014)

Séamus Healy: This is the fourth regressive budget in a row introduced by the Government, which is deeply disappointing. It is a slap in the face to families who simply have had enough and who cannot make ends meet. As previous speakers said, according to Social Justice Ireland, the gap between rich and poor has widened by €499 a year. This measures the gap between the disposable income of a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Preparedness for Ebola Virus in Ireland: Discussion (16 Oct 2014)

Séamus Healy: Is it appropriate for them to go to an accident and emergency department?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Preparedness for Ebola Virus in Ireland: Discussion (16 Oct 2014)

Séamus Healy: All the general hospitals of which I am aware take admissions only through their emergency departments. I do not know whether that is a good system.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Preparedness for Ebola Virus in Ireland: Discussion (16 Oct 2014)

Séamus Healy: I thank the Minister, Dr. Holohan and the officials for the briefing. Obviously, it is very important for us not to be alarmist on the issue. However, we need a high level of preparedness. For clarification, as we have already said, we need to say very clearly that suspect cases should not attend their general practitioners. I take it that also means they should not attend accident and...

Financial Resolutions 2015 - Budget Statement 2015 (14 Oct 2014)

Séamus Healy: The Irish Constitution commits Irish Governments to safeguard with special care the economic interests of the weaker sections of Irish society. That constitutional provision has been breached every year for the past three years by this Government and is again being breached today. Regressive austerity budgets have given to the rich and powerful in our society and taken from low- and...

Agriculture Industry: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 Oct 2014)

Séamus Healy: I wish to focus on the staffing crisis at Teagasc. The public sector embargo on recruitment and promotion has had a huge impact on the ability of Teagasc to deliver education and advisory services at a time when demand is growing on a daily basis. The number of people enrolling at agricultural colleges has rocketed and the need for innovation in the agri-sector is growing rapidly. Teagasc...

Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Oct 2014)

Séamus Healy: I am sharing my time with Deputy Catherine Murphy. I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014. The word "lobbying" conjures up all sorts of images, including bribery, corruption, brown envelopes, secret decision-making, undue influence and cronyism. All these concepts are in the public mind when the word "lobbying" is used. That is not surprising at all,...

Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Oct 2014)

Séamus Healy: There is evidence to suggest that even where the public appointments process has been used, the vast majority of appointees have been and are connected to political parties. This legislation is certainly welcome, but we need every i to be dotted and every t to be crossed. There are obviously areas that need to be examined, and significant amendment will be needed during Committee and...

Direct Provision for Asylum Seekers: Motion [Private Members] (30 Sep 2014)

Séamus Healy: I am grateful for the opportunity to contribute to this debate, and I compliment Deputy Pringle, who tabled the motion. He has been interested in this issue for many a long year and he is supportive of a change in the direct provision system. That view is becoming more widely accepted. The system is detrimental to families and individuals and, in particular, children. I am particularly...

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