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Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme Administration (8 Jul 2014)

Séamus Healy: 754. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the procedure to be followed by medical card holders in order to claim and receive a monetary refund where these medical card holders have been charged for the taking of bloods by general practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29646/14]

Public Health (Standard Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2014)

Séamus Healy: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Public Health (Standard Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014. I compliment the Minister on bringing this measure forward and confirm my support for the legislation. It is important to remember some key facts and figures in regard to smoking and the effect of smoking on the health of individuals and the public generally. Smoking kills one in every two...

Mental Health Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (2 Jul 2014)

Séamus Healy: First, I compliment the various staff providing mental health services to the people of south Tipperary. They work above and beyond the call of duty on an ongoing daily basis. Despite their best efforts, the service has serious difficulties and is less than adequate. Some would say the service is dysfunctional and others describe it as being in crisis. The reason for this is the changes...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (1 Jul 2014)

Séamus Healy: 194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of small schools nationwide affected by the increased enrolment thresholds for two, three and four-teacher schools; the financial benefit resulting from these changes; the maximum pupil-teacher ratio for small schools; if he will offer to reverse the decision to raise these thresholds; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Inland Fisheries (1 Jul 2014)

Séamus Healy: 271. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will reverse the decision to close the River Suir indefinitely to snap net fishermen from 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28531/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Election Management System (1 Jul 2014)

Séamus Healy: 346. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will arrange for public access to all election counts in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28532/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (1 Jul 2014)

Séamus Healy: 590. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the extension of BreastCheck to the 65 to 69 age group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28530/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (1 Jul 2014)

Séamus Healy: 591. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the mobility allowance and motorised transport grant schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28533/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Provision of Epinephrine Auto-Injectors: Discussion (24 Jun 2014)

Séamus Healy: I extend my sympathy to Ms Sloan on the tragic passing of her daughter, Emma. I thank her and member of her family for showing such bravery in appearing before the committee to explain to members the current position in respect of the EpiPen and treatment. I also thank our other witnesses. The clinicians who spoke painted a picture for us when they noted that the condition is treatable...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Jun 2014)

Séamus Healy: If the Bill is passed, what services-----

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Jun 2014)

Séamus Healy: Is there a basket of services identified of which a person with one of these medical cards will be able to avail? Is it the same basket or are there differences? For instance, will the issue related to the taking of blood samples which I raised be addressed?

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Jun 2014)

Séamus Healy: I welcome the Minister of State and thank him for his presentation. If we accept that this is the first step in the roll-out of universality of access to free GP care for the population, we need to know what is the overall plan, what will be the next stage, how many stages will there be and what will be the timescale involved. The Minister of State indicated that this is a stepping stone to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banks Recapitalisation (19 Jun 2014)

Séamus Healy: 44. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 177 of 18 April 2012 (details supplied) and in view of the statement made by him in the reply and the fact that the statement indicates that €1.2 billion was put into Bank of Ireland by the National Pension Reserve Fund on behalf of the State following the Central Bank’s 2011 prudential capital assessment...

Death and Burial of Children in Mother and Baby Homes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (11 Jun 2014)

Séamus Healy: The appalling scandal of mother and baby homes between the 1920s and 1970s was known to the State, State agencies, the Church and the Irish establishment. These homes were registered, regulated and inspected by the State under the Registration of Maternity Homes Act 1934. They were State services. They were registered, regulated and inspected officially by the State and run by religious...

Local and Community Development Programmes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (5 Jun 2014)

Séamus Healy: If it is not broken, why fix it, is a generally accepted common sense principle which particularly applies to local development companies which have been doing Trojan work over the years. They have played a central role in developing and supporting local enterprises while sustaining jobs. They have provided local services across the country, including social inclusion programmes, while...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Annual Overview Report on the Regulation of Designated Centres for Older People 2013: HIQA (5 Jun 2014)

Séamus Healy: My question is related to a question Deputy Dowds raised earlier on activities. It has come to my notice in the recent past that residents and their families have received invoices for additional costs for the provision of services. Other Oireachtas Members will also have encountered this. Most of these services were available and covered by the payment on the admission of the patient....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Annual Overview Report on the Regulation of Designated Centres for Older People 2013: HIQA (5 Jun 2014)

Séamus Healy: I welcome the delegation from HIQA and thank them for their presentation and report. I note from the report that 78% of HIQA visits to care centres were unannounced and 22% were announced. On what basis is the decision taken to make an announced or unannounced visit? Deputy Ó Caoláin referred to end-of-life care. How is this matter addressed in care homes? On the issue of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Civil Service Code of Conduct (27 May 2014)

Séamus Healy: 81. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that the current Secretary General of his Department will not take up a position with a private sector entity until the standard civil service time interval has elapsed; if bodies such as the Central Bank of Ireland, National Treasury Management Agency and the National Assets Management Agency and similar agencies have adopted the civil...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (27 May 2014)

Séamus Healy: 117. To ask the Minister for Finance the monetary amount at current share values by which the equity in Bank of Ireland held by the State was reduced due to the share placing by Bank of Ireland used to raise the money required to purchase the preference shares of the State in recent months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22694/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Appeals Tribunal Decisions (15 May 2014)

Séamus Healy: 190. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the recent remarks by Ms Justice Maureen Harding Clark in her recent written explanation of a High Court judicial review, which quashed a decision of the Refugee Appeals Tribunal and which included the comment: "Sometimes the Court is called upon to review a decision which is so unfair and irrational and contains so many errors that...