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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...

Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 May 2012)

Séamus Healy: I wish to ask that same question. What is the Minister's position as regards the various authorities recommended for grouping in the report? I refer to Carlow-Kilkenny which has been ear-marked in that group. I ask if it is proposed to amalgamate Carlow and Kilkenny and if so, how far advanced are these proposals? Is it a fact that the Minister is protecting his own constituency, just as...

Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 May 2012)

Séamus Healy: It is the Minister's constituency and he must have a view on it.

Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2012)

Séamus Healy: I am glad of the opportunity to speak on this Bill, but I object to the manner in which the Bill is being guillotined and to the manner in which it has been presented. I object in particular to the intention to introduce significant amendments on Committee Stage, thereby introducing an almost new Bill. I object that this is happening with a Bill dealing with important issues such as the...

Private Members' Business. National Monuments: Motion (resumed) (23 May 2012)

Séamus Healy: I welcome the motion and thank Sinn Féin for tabling it and providing us with this opportunity to discuss it. I also compliment the relatives without whose determination and foresight the motion would not be on the clár. I support the motion 100%. We are speaking about the national monument at Nos. 14 to 17 Moore Street which is of major significant historic importance. The idea of...

Written Answers — Enterprise Support Services: Enterprise Support Services (22 May 2012)

Séamus Healy: Question 323: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in view of the high levels of unemployment in south Tipperary, the number of visits to County Tipperary facilitated by the Industrial Development Agency, other agencies and his Department in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25204/12]

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (22 May 2012)

Séamus Healy: Question 522: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will commission an independent review of the direct provision system for asylum seekers to include the appropriateness of the system, the associated health costs, the implications of de-skilling persons over a prolonged period, the human rights perspective, the mental health perspective, the social cohesion perspective, the...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (22 May 2012)

Séamus Healy: Question 635: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a person (details supplied) who has been attending St Vincent's Hospital, Dublin, for the past six years in view of the fact that this person has been told that they cannot be treated at St Vincent's in the future in view of the fact that they are outside the catchment area [25205/12]

Private Members' Business. Regulation of Debt Management Advisors Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 May 2012)

Séamus Healy: I welcome the Bill and also the indication from the Government that it will take into consideration the items raised in it when amending the Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Bill currently before the Oireachtas. That is a welcome development. The debt management industry has flourished in the years since the recession took hold. However, it is completely unregulated. Because it...

Credit Guarantee Bill 2012: Second Stage (16 May 2012)

Séamus Healy: I am pleased to have the opportunity to speak on this legislation and I welcome it. Small and medium businesses have long been a vital and important part of the Irish economy. Many of these are family businesses which have been handed down over the years. Most, if not all, are local businesses that employ local people and buy in local services. In recent years, small businesses have been...

Written Answers — Physical Education Facilities: Physical Education Facilities (10 May 2012)

Séamus Healy: Question 65: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will agree to meet the shortfall of funds needed to provide a sports hall for a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary in view of the fact that considerable funds have been raised locally by parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23457/12]

Written Answers — Physical Education Facilities: Physical Education Facilities (10 May 2012)

Séamus Healy: Question 66: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of a sports hall for a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23459/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (10 May 2012)

Séamus Healy: Question 94: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite the application for a carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23463/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (10 May 2012)

Séamus Healy: Question 95: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite the application for a carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23464/12]

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (10 May 2012)

Séamus Healy: Question 114: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the planning, approval, commencement and completion of water schemes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23462/12]

Written Answers — Defence Forces Personnel: Defence Forces Personnel (10 May 2012)

Séamus Healy: Question 138: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will arrange for the return of the Felix Grant Memorial Plaque to Clonmel, County Tipperary, following its removal on the closure of Kickham Barracks Clonmel in view of the fact that he served at Kickham Barracks Clonmel and his family resides in the town. [23458/12]

Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (10 May 2012)

Séamus Healy: Question 165: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the completion of a bilateral adoption agreement with Russia to allow the many families waiting, the right to adopt from that country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23461/12]

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (10 May 2012)

Séamus Healy: Question 179: To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds now closed at South Tipperary General Hospital; the specialties affected; the reason for closure; if these closed beds will be reopened in view of the ongoing number of patients on trolleys on the hospital corridor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23460/12]

Written Answers — Long-Term Illness Scheme: Long-Term Illness Scheme (10 May 2012)

Séamus Healy: Question 180: To ask the Minister for Health if he will include Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, a long term chronic auto immune disorder as a long term illness and instruct the Health Service Executive to provide much needed information resources and support for Lupus patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23465/12]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (10 May 2012)

Séamus Healy: Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health the timescale for the implementation of the budget provision to grant medical cards to persons who qualify for long term illness benefits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23466/12]