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Ceisteanna ó na Ceannairí (7 Mar 2012)

Séamus Healy: Freagair an cheist faoin ESM.

Written Answers — Private Rented Accommodation: Private Rented Accommodation (1 Mar 2012)

Séamus Healy: Question 18: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the new maximum rent allowance limits have resulted in a reduction of rents across the country; if she considered alternative measures to achieve the same aim; if her attention has been drawn to the practice of landlords putting one rent on the form for the rent allowance and demanding another rent from the tenant; and if she will...

Written Answers — Anti-Poverty Strategy: Anti-Poverty Strategy (1 Mar 2012)

Séamus Healy: Question 45: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the actions she will take to tackle child poverty here in view of the fact that 19% of children are at risk of poverty, 9% live in consistent poverty and that 185,000 children live in households in which the family income is less than 60% of the national median income per adult; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8296/12]

County Enterprise Boards (29 Feb 2012)

Séamus Healy: Question 3: To ask the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation in view of the fact that according to the Central Statistics Office, the Quarterly National Household Survey for Quarter 3 of 2011 shows that the total number employed in the economy declined by a further 20,500 in that period, his views that the outcomes of the QNHS on the total employed in the economy over the next year...

County Enterprise Boards (29 Feb 2012)

Séamus Healy: Is it not a fact that this Government is a jobs destruction Government and that the number employed in the economy since the Government came to office has decreased significantly? The CSO figures for 30 June show a decrease of 4,000 jobs. The CSO figures for 30 September show a reduction of 20,500 jobs. Surely that is the definitive judgment on the so-called jobs budget introduced last...

County Enterprise Boards (29 Feb 2012)

Séamus Healy: It is quite clear that up to 30 September last year there were 25,000 fewer jobs in the economy. They are black and white statistics from the CSO. It is an indictment of the Government. We all welcome any job announcements from any companies. Unfortunately, the record shows there has been an investment strike over the past few years by private funds. The ESRI is forecasting a reduction...

Leaders' Questions (23 Feb 2012)

Séamus Healy: And the Tánaiste, too.

Banks Recapitalisation (22 Feb 2012)

Séamus Healy: Question 3: To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the opinion given to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform in relation to the scheduled payment of €3.1 billion to Anglo Irish Bank, now IBRC, on 31 March 2012 (details supplied) if he will immediately inform the Central Bank of Ireland, the Troika and the European Central Bank that the scheduled...

Banks Recapitalisation (22 Feb 2012)

Séamus Healy: The payment of this promissory note is a major millstone around the necks of the Irish people and a major contributor towards austerity, affecting everybody across the board but particularly low-income and middle-income families. Professor Brian Lucey told the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform last week: "[O]nce we start paying under the present schedule it will be...

Banks Recapitalisation (22 Feb 2012)

Séamus Healy: This is not a question of roaring, shouting or screaming. It is a practical and seriously difficult problem for the country, particularly for low and middle income families. Economic advisers have clearly said that if we continue to pay under this schedule, it will be impossible to renegotiate. I worry, too, about the reference to interest rates. As Deputy Doherty said, the economists...

Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011: Report Stage (22 Feb 2012)

Séamus Healy: The entire rationale behind the use of agency workers has been to casualise employment, with such workers subject to various employment abuses. We have been slow enough in bringing the Bill forward and it comes on foot of an EU directive. Rather than being minimalist in its provisions, we have an opportunity to ensure agency workers will be treated properly and equally with the employees...

Order of Business (22 Feb 2012)

Séamus Healy: On recent developments whereby NAMA has allegedly put thousands of jobs at risk, necessitating the direct involvement of the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, the Taoiseach told me previously that legislation in this regard is promised for later in the year. In view of these developments, will he prioritise this legislation and introduce it this session?

Order of Business (22 Feb 2012)

Séamus Healy: Freedom of information legislation.

Order of Business (22 Feb 2012)

Séamus Healy: Will the Taoiseach prioritise it?

Order of Business (22 Feb 2012)

Séamus Healy: It is a serious problem which is putting thousands of jobs at risk.

Order of Business (15 Feb 2012)

Séamus Healy: In view of the bizarre circumstances that have developed in Mullingar, Clonmel and Cavan, where the Minister for Defence is closing barracks-----

Order of Business (15 Feb 2012)

Séamus Healy: This is in regard to legislation.

Order of Business (15 Feb 2012)

Séamus Healy: At the same time as the bizarre closure of the barracks, the Department is-----

Order of Business (15 Feb 2012)

Séamus Healy: -----advertising in regard to the rental and lease of properties for the Defence Forces in the same towns, at a cost of approximately €100,000 per year. Is there any proposed legislation to prevent this waste of public money?

Stroke Services (14 Feb 2012)

Séamus Healy: I thank the Irish Heart Foundation for the massive amount of work it has done in this area over the years by way of reports, research and proposals. Without its reports, there would have been much less progress in this area. We owe it a debt of gratitude for its work. As previous speakers noted, 10,000 people suffer from strokes every year in this country and as many as 2,000 die as a...