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Disability Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (16 Jul 2014)

John Halligan: I congratulate the Minister of State on his appointment and wish him well. Last week, international media, particularly in the United States, watched in bewilderment as the possibility emerged of emergency legislation being drafted in this country to allow five Garth Brooks concerts to proceed in Croke Park. The singer was apparently up in arms that 400,000 ticket holders are going to be...

Leaders' Questions (17 Jul 2014)

John Halligan: The Government should bring in the Israeli ambassador.

Leaders' Questions (17 Jul 2014)

John Halligan: Tell that to the Israeli ambassador.

Leaders' Questions (17 Jul 2014)

John Halligan: Exactly.

Leaders' Questions (17 Jul 2014)

John Halligan: So the Tánaiste will not agree to a new referendum.

Leaders' Questions (17 Sep 2014)

John Halligan: It is already on the application form sent out to people.

Order of Business (17 Sep 2014)

John Halligan: That is the direct opposite of what the Ceann Comhairle told us last year.

Order of Business (17 Sep 2014)

John Halligan: We have a recording of it.

Order of Business (17 Sep 2014)

John Halligan: The Chair did not have the courtesy to tell us that in the first place.

Order of Business (17 Sep 2014)

John Halligan: A number of commitments have been made by both Fine Gael and Labour in regard to the excessive alcohol abuse in this country. A number of analyses by various groups in Ireland have come to the fore in recent months indicating that we are apparently at critical levels compared to Europe.

Order of Business (17 Sep 2014)

John Halligan: The promised legislation I am referring to is the alcohol pricing Bill. Does the Taoiseach accept we need a constructive debate in this House on what has been happening to Irish youth, the effect this is having on the economy and the effect on the health of the nation?

Order of Business (17 Sep 2014)

John Halligan: We are now beginning to move ahead of other European countries, such as the Nordic countries, with regard to how alcohol is affecting our youth in Ireland. It is now three and a half years since the Government came in-----

Order of Business (17 Sep 2014)

John Halligan: -----and a critical issue like this has still not been discussed in the Dáil.

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Sep 2014)

John Halligan: The Bill, essentially, applies to the professions of optometrist and radiographer. I take this opportunity to raise an issue which is critically worrying in University Hospital Waterford. The former Minister for Health, Deputy Reilly, to great fanfare early in the year, officially visited the hospital to launch the €1.75 million new CT scanner and now the scanner, which patient...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (25 Sep 2014)

John Halligan: 59. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether in certain circumstances where an applicant is marginally in excess of the income guidelines it may be unfair for the means assessed against them to be applied across the board to each application in isolation resulting in the applicant not being entitled to any of the payments whereas a person marginally below the income...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Reductions (25 Sep 2014)

John Halligan: 88. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the increasing popularity of both social and popular media the print media sector in general have been coming under more and more pressure of late as the availability of free news items have adversely affected their trade (details supplied); his further views that this sector have benefitted greatly from the reduced VAT rate of 9% and that it...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (25 Sep 2014)

John Halligan: 172. To ask the Minister for Health the level of funding which is being made available for residential placement in County Waterford; if it is acceptable for a parent now entering their 70th year to wait nine years for a residential placement for their son in view of the fact that their health is now failing and that their son has apparently been on a prioritised waiting list for the duration...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Administration (25 Sep 2014)

John Halligan: 269. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider making an additional allowance in relation to the water charges available to those families who, though they are caring for a family member on a full-time basis, do not for various reasons meet the criteria for a formal carer's allowance payment; if will he acknowledge that there are currently many...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Supply (25 Sep 2014)

John Halligan: 270. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the percentage of lead piping within residential properties situated in Waterford city and county; if it will be part of the metering contract to replace any existing lead piping, particularly where the property is owned by the local authority; where it is acknowledged by the local authority that lead piping is in...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Public Service Reform Plan Update (30 Sep 2014)

John Halligan: It is very important for the Taoiseach to comment on the employment of a member of the board of Irish Water as a personal driver for one of his Ministers. Does this not show contempt for an already outraged people who are facing water charges from today? He appointed a member of Fine Gael who already held down two jobs in Waterford where 20% of the people were unemployed. That is appalling...