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Hospital Accommodation (27 Jun 2012)

Séamus Healy: That response is outrageous and shameful. It did not address the issues raised. There is an acceptance in it that the hospital activity level has increased significantly and substantially with an 11% increase in activity over 2011 and a 32% increase in general medicine. The reply states that the average length of stay at 3.5 bed days is below the national average and admissions are well...

Hospital Accommodation (27 Jun 2012)

Séamus Healy: They are now being punished.

Criminal Justice (Withholding of Information on Offences Against Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2012)

Séamus Healy: This Bill and other proposed pieces of legislation represent a welcome shift in attitude by the Government. I welcome the Bill and I compliment both the Minister and the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs. There needs to be a change in the national attitude. I refer to a recent survey by the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children which found that 87% of respondents...

Criminal Justice (Withholding of Information on Offences Against Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2012)

Séamus Healy: That was the Deputy's line before.

Criminal Justice (Withholding of Information on Offences Against Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2012)

Séamus Healy: I welcome the opportunity to say a few words on this Bill. I compliment the Minister on bringing forward this legislation and also his colleague, the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy Frances Fitzgerald who deals with this area. This legislation, together with other legislation such as the Children First Bill, the National Vetting Bureau Bill, the new child protection and...

Schools Building Projects (27 Jun 2012)

Séamus Healy: Question 5: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the construction of a new school (details supplied) which has been waiting for the past 18 years for a new school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31250/12]

Schools Building Projects (27 Jun 2012)

Séamus Healy: I thank the Minister for his response, although it is disappointing. Gaelscoil Chluain Meala was established in September 1994. It has approximately 216 students and 11 teachers and provides education through Irish to the highest standards. However, the building from which it operates is very old, substandard and unfit for purpose. The school does its best to ensure it is maintained...

Schools Building Projects (27 Jun 2012)

Séamus Healy: Is the application for planning permission not subject to the drawings being available from the Department? Will the Minister take a serious look at the file and will he take a personal interest in the matter? This has been ongoing for 18 years and judging by what the Minister said, it may continue quite a bit longer. I urge the Minister to take a personal interest in the matter because of...

Army Barracks (21 Jun 2012)

Séamus Healy: Question 5: To ask the Minister for Defence the progress made regarding the future of the site of the former Kickham Barracks, Clonmel, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30134/12]

Army Barracks (21 Jun 2012)

Séamus Healy: Will the Minister confirm the interest of South Tipperary Vocational Education Committee in part of Kickham Barracks? The committee has a building immediately adjacent to the barracks and I know it has an interest in a small portion of the site, together with the north block. I support Deputy McGrath's comments regarding relocation of the Garda barracks. I believe the Minister mentioned a...

Army Barracks (21 Jun 2012)

Séamus Healy: Will the Minister outline if the process was adhered to in that case? I have previously raised the matter of a memorial plaque for Company Sergeant Felix Grant, and his son Felix, known as Tony, has been in contact with the Department. He was also a member of the Defence Forces, and he has indicated the family's preference to have the memorial plaque back in Clonmel. Will the Minister...

Army Barracks (21 Jun 2012)

Séamus Healy: I welcome the Minister's response with regard to the VEC and the Garda, as well as the information on the memorial plaque. Is it correct that €36,000 has been spent to date on security for the barracks? Will the Minister inform us of the tendering process? Was it adhered to for Kickham Barracks? What will be the cost of securing this new building for the Reserve Defence Forces?

European Stability Mechanism Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (20 Jun 2012)

Séamus Healy: I record my opposition to the Bill which is part and parcel of a policy, at European and national level, under which ordinary people, known as the coping classes, are being made pay in a recession that they had no hand, act or part in causing. Effectively, the private debts of bankers and bondholders are being placed on the backs of ordinary people, while very wealthy individuals are paying...

Order of Business (19 Jun 2012)

Séamus Healy: The programme for Government promised to bring accountability and transparency to NAMA, which is effectively a secret organisation. The Taoiseach and the Tánaiste confirmed that legislation will be brought forward. Does the Taoiseach have any idea when that will happen? Have the heads of the Bill been agreed? What is the position in regard to the freedom of information Bill?

Order of Business (19 Jun 2012)

Séamus Healy: Will it include NAMA?

Carer's Allowance (12 Jun 2012)

Séamus Healy: Question 111: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will address the position regarding the processing of carer's allowance applications particularly the delays in deciding on applications, now averaging over 32 weeks, and the rule whereby a new application must be made when a carer cannot continue and a new family member takes on the caring role; and if she will make a statement...

Carer's Allowance (12 Jun 2012)

Séamus Healy: The reason I raise this issue, and it is a concern for all Deputies, is the fact that there is an average waiting period of far longer than 28 weeks - it is probably 32 or 34 weeks - for decisions on carer's allowance. Increasingly, my office has found, and I am sure it is the case for other Deputies, that some people have passed away in the course of the application process. That is a very...

Carer's Allowance (12 Jun 2012)

Séamus Healy: Can the Minister provide a timescale as to when the backlog will be cleared? Is it a case of one, three or six months? Would it not be possible to prioritise some applications? I refer, for instance, to applications in which the person being cared for is terminally ill or is in receipt of palliative care. Could an exceptional process be put in place for such applications because they...

European Stability Mechanism Bill 2012: Second Stage (7 Jun 2012)

Séamus Healy: I am pleased to have an opportunity to contribute to the debate on this Bill which we have been informed is in the public interest. It is odd that Second Stage of such important legislation is being forced through the House by means of a guillotine. This reckless decision is unfair to Deputies and members of the public. If the Tánaiste and leader of the Labour Party, Deputy Eamon Gilmore,...

Private Members' Business. Building Control Regulations: Motion (6 Jun 2012)

Séamus Healy: On behalf of those who tabled the motion and those who support the motion, I welcome residents from Pyrite Action who are present in the Visitors Gallery. They are living with this nightmare daily and they are entitled to know that the Government will take remedial action in this area. Light touch regulation in the financial sector was a disaster while light touch regulation of employment...