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Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2013)

Séamus Healy: Live in the real world.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2013)

Séamus Healy: I apologise, Chairman, as I had to leave after my initial contribution. I asked for figures on agency costs for non-consultant hospital doctors and nurses. I know the Minister does not have the figures with him but I ask him to send them on.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2013)

Séamus Healy: Okay. I hope I will get those figures. I have been told that the agency cost of non-consultant hospital doctors in particular is significant. The Minister tells a good story about medical cards. Unfortunately, I do not believe him because what he has said conflicts with what I see on a daily basis in my clinics around Tipperary and what I am told by other Deputies on what they hear in...

Planning and Development (Transparency and Consumer Confidence) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (18 Dec 2013)

Séamus Healy: I commend Deputy Catherine Murphy on drafting the legislation and presenting it to the Dáil last night and tonight. It is well thought out and demonstrates an in-depth knowledge and practical experience of planning issues. The Deputy has gained that experience over a life of service to communities in the Kildare area, including dealings with planning authorities, community and...

Leaders' Questions (19 Dec 2013)

Séamus Healy: I join with all Members in the Christmas and New Year's greetings, particularly to the staff of the Houses of the Oireachtas, including the ushers, caterers, clerical and administrative staff who serve and support us. The right to keep a roof over their heads and to continue to live in their family homes is one of the most cherished aspirations of the Irish people and people the world over....

Leaders' Questions (19 Dec 2013)

Séamus Healy: I am not clear as to whether the Minister accepts the problem I outlined. Does he accept that there is a category of individuals - rather than individual families - numbering up to 30,000 families who cannot avail of insolvency arrangements put in place by the Government? As a result, they face the loss of their family homes. That will add another 20,000 or 30,000 to the 90,000 people...

Leaders' Questions (19 Dec 2013)

Séamus Healy: They will also have to avail of rent supplement, at much cost to the State. Currently, the only solution for these families is bankruptcy. Does the Minister accept that as a solution for these families, as I certainly do not? What changes will the Government make in insolvency arrangements to ensure that this category of distressed mortgage holder can be helped? I repeat that these are...

Leaders' Questions (19 Dec 2013)

Séamus Healy: That does not cover this category of people.

Leaders' Questions (19 Dec 2013)

Séamus Healy: The current arrangements do not protect the people I have described.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Service Plan 2014: Minister for Health and HSE (14 Jan 2014)

Séamus Healy: I welcome the Minister and his Department staff, as well as Mr. O'Brien and the HSE staff. I compliment the HSE staff throughout the country who provide services, as well as related staff, services and communities funded through this budget. They are under significant pressure and work above and beyond the call of duty on a daily if not hourly basis. It is important that we understand...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Service Plan 2014: Minister for Health and HSE (14 Jan 2014)

Séamus Healy: I asked a number of questions to which I have not received a reply.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Service Plan 2014: Minister for Health and HSE (14 Jan 2014)

Séamus Healy: I asked about agency costs.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Service Plan 2014: Minister for Health and HSE (14 Jan 2014)

Séamus Healy: What does the €56.5 million in containment costs refer to?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Service Plan 2014: Minister for Health and HSE (14 Jan 2014)

Séamus Healy: There is €7.5 million for hospital reconfiguration.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Service Plan 2014: Minister for Health and HSE (14 Jan 2014)

Séamus Healy: What does that mean?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Service Plan 2014: Minister for Health and HSE (14 Jan 2014)

Séamus Healy: Back-office services?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Service Plan 2014: Minister for Health and HSE (14 Jan 2014)

Séamus Healy: Are they operational or back-office issues rather than relating to emergency or maternity departments for example?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Service Plan 2014: Minister for Health and HSE (14 Jan 2014)

Séamus Healy: What about the agency costs?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Service Plan 2014: Minister for Health and HSE (14 Jan 2014)

Séamus Healy: I asked for that before Christmas.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (15 Jan 2014)

Séamus Healy: 777. To ask the Minister for Health if there is provision in the Health Service Executive service plan for 2014 or in the budget of his Department for 2014 for the development of a 100-bed unit on the grounds of St. Mary's Hospital in Drogheda to cater for future demand for residential care for older citizens as recommended in the HSE Louth Services for Older People Report 2012; and if...