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- Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second Stage (11 Feb 2015)
John Halligan: -----because all of the information, statistics and reasonably-minded people with know-how regarding universities state it deserves it, but we still do not know what is going on. It is shameful and a terrible way to treat a constituency.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2015)
John Halligan: The Deputy is being interrupted.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Possible Exit of UK from European Union: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Feb 2015)
John Halligan: I found Mr. Aiken’s submission very interesting. He said there will probably be a referendum. Consider the consequences beyond the economic effect on Ireland if the United Kingdom leaves the Union. There was a referendum in the United Kingdom in 1975. Even with all Mr. Murdoch’s media backing the UK Government at the time, the result was still two to one in favour of the...
- Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Second Stage (24 Feb 2015)
John Halligan: I welcome the publication of the Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015. The publication of this Bill is every bit as momentous, complex and society-altering as has been stated by the media and many Deputies. Its implications are profound for all families but most especially the range of non-traditional families in this country. I commend the Government for recognising the reality of...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (24 Feb 2015)
John Halligan: 418. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for a computed tomography, CT, scan at University Hospital Waterford; the number of persons that have been waiting for a scan in excess of six months and in excess of 12 months; the number of hours per week the existing scanner is in operation; the reason the new scanner at University Hospital Waterford, launched in May 2014, is not...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Possible Exit of UK from European Union: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Feb 2015)
John Halligan: I welcome Mr. Durkan. In his view, can Ireland or any other EU member state exert an influence on the UK's decision? Going back as far as 1975, despite all media and most parties supporting British membership, the referendum on whether the UK should remain part of the then EEC was only carried by a 2:1 majority. In 1993, John Major's Government almost fell on the issue of the Maastricht...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Possible Exit of UK from European Union: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Feb 2015)
John Halligan: From speaking to people in the British Labour Party, my impression is that there will be a referendum no matter who is in government after the election. I would go so far as to say there will undoubtedly be a referendum. Although the majority wanting to leave the EU has reduced and now stands at some 53%, 82% of British people want a referendum on the question. None of the parties will be...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Possible Exit of UK from European Union: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Feb 2015)
John Halligan: When Mr. Durkan says investment will fall in the lead-up to leaving Europe, does he mean there will be an investment fall-off when they are in the process of leaving or when they have left?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Possible Exit of UK from European Union: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Feb 2015)
John Halligan: Are there indications that is happening now?
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hospital Services (25 Feb 2015)
John Halligan: 3. To ask the Minister for Health further to Questions Nos. 246 and 249 of 18 December 2013, if he will provide a guarantee that 24-7 cardiac cover will be introduced at University Hospital Waterford, UHW in the lifetime of the Government; his views that this service has been promised since 2010; the infrastructure that is currently lacking at the hospital, which prohibits the introduction of...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hospital Services (25 Feb 2015)
John Halligan: Can the Minister finally guarantee that 24-7 cardiac cover will be introduced at University Hospital Waterford in the lifetime of the Government, as promised since 2010? What infrastructure is currently lacking at UHW that prohibits the introduction of a full-time service? What plans has the Department to increase the staffing complement of consultant interventional cardiologists from its...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hospital Services (25 Feb 2015)
John Halligan: I am not happy with the Minister's reply. This Government and former Minister committed to a 24-7 service. The cath lab is open from Monday to Friday until 5.30 p.m. and, despite the fact that Waterford is one of the busiest regional hospitals in the country, it closes at the weekend. Lives are being lost. I was recently in contact with the Minister's office concerning one of these lives....
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hospital Services (25 Feb 2015)
John Halligan: I sent the details to the Minister.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hospital Services (25 Feb 2015)
John Halligan: The cath lab is closed from 5.30 p.m. on Friday until Monday. The Government prepared a business plan in the 2015 Estimates which stated that University Hospital Waterford needed an additional three consultant interventional cardiologists to enable the lab to operate on a 24-7 basis. The hospital recently sought funding for these, and the total revenue cost, according to the Government, was...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hospital Services (25 Feb 2015)
John Halligan: The Government supported it. The former Minister supported it. I am sorry for cutting across the Minister. This is a very serious issue.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hospital Services (25 Feb 2015)
John Halligan: I apologise.
- Income and Living Conditions: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 Feb 2015)
John Halligan: The Acting Chairman should watch those 20 seconds. It is interesting that we have heard expressions such as "quality of life" and "enriched country", as well as how good this country is to live in. I have always believed that a country should be judged by the quality of life of people living in it. There are guiding principles in this respect. It is interesting that Social Justice Ireland...
- Income and Living Conditions: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 Feb 2015)
John Halligan: Badly paid jobs.
- Income and Living Conditions: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 Feb 2015)
John Halligan: They are badly paid jobs.
- Income and Living Conditions: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 Feb 2015)
John Halligan: They are badly paid jobs.