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Bretton Woods Agreements (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2011)

Séamus Healy: I do not agree that it is technical.

Bretton Woods Agreements (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2011)

Séamus Healy: I do not agree and previous speakers have ranged widely in their contributions.

Bretton Woods Agreements (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2011)

Séamus Healy: It is more than a technical matter; it is a matter of the policy being pursued by the IMF and the Government. Speakers on both sides ranged far and wide in their contributions to the debate yesterday. Austerity is destroying jobs and the policies being pursued into the first quarter of next year are horrendous. Increasing VAT by 2% will take more money out of the economy and will result in...

Bretton Woods Agreements (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2011)

Séamus Healy: A total of 25,000 have been lost.

Bretton Woods Agreements (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2011)

Séamus Healy: I referred to independent statistics from the CSO.

Bretton Woods Agreements (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2011)

Séamus Healy: The Deputy should stick to the technical aspects of the Bill.

Bretton Woods Agreements (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2011)

Séamus Healy: To whom are they sold on and where do they end up?

Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (14 Dec 2011)

Séamus Healy: Deputy Mathews should vote against this now and start the ball rolling.

Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (14 Dec 2011)

Séamus Healy: That is the fact. Talk is all very fine.

Rural Areas: Motion (Resumed) (14 Dec 2011)

Séamus Healy: I also refer specifically to the community employment schemes. Obviously, these schemes affect not only rural areas. Every town, city and village in the country will be severely hit by the changes to the schemes, both in grants and in personal payments. There is also the cost of sceptic tank upgrades. I refer to those two items in particular. I want to focus on the part of the Government...

Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (14 Dec 2011)

Séamus Healy: I also want to oppose this section, which contains the various paraphernalia of the Bill, as has already been said. This flat-rate regressive tax targets people on lower incomes. It is completely and absolutely unfair that those earning the minimum wage or receiving social welfare will pay this tax at the same rate as those who are millionaires. There seems to be a policy of depressing...

Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (14 Dec 2011)

Séamus Healy: There is a narrow range of exemptions from this charge. The number of recipients of mortgage interest supplement will be significantly reduced next year because all community welfare officers are informing people they cannot get the assistance until they are 12 months in arrears and have spoken to their lenders. Private tenants are also meant to be exempt from the charge. Anyone suggesting...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (13 Dec 2011)

Séamus Healy: Question 216: To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the findings of research on fuel poverty and older people by the Dublin Institute of Technology and the Institute of Public Health, if she will accede to the petition sponsored by an organisation (details supplied) which states that hundreds of older people die each winter in Ireland because they cannot afford to keep...

Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2011)

Séamus Healy: The bankers.

Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2011)

Séamus Healy: Such as by the Minister for Health, Deputy James Reilly.

Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2011)

Séamus Healy: Last year, Deputy Joan Burton was rightly indignant in her response to the budget. She said: I dare say the Minister must be aware that people with children took the biggest cuts this year and last year. Let us remember, child benefit is paid almost universally to women. I suppose that is a comment on how few women are Members of this House and what little political power women exercise...

European Summit: Motion (8 Dec 2011)

Séamus Healy: I support the motion in the name of the Technical Group and the amendment in the name of United Left Alliance Deputies. In the meetings over the coming days, Ireland's interests must come first and we must resist all attempts to force us into a fiscal union. I make no apologies to Deputy White or any other member of the Labour Party for making that comment. We cannot be dictated to anymore...

Financial Resolutions 2012: Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)

Séamus Healy: During the course of the general election we were told time and again, particularly by the Labour Party but also by Fine Gael, that the vulnerable would be protected by the Government. However, this budget gives the lie to this. It is a vicious assault on the elderly, the sick, the disabled and middle and low income families. It is a massive reneging on promises made during the general...

Financial Resolutions 2012: Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)

Séamus Healy: What about the €4.4 million?

Financial Resolution No. 3: Carbon Charge on Mineral Oils (6 Dec 2011)

Séamus Healy: The implementation of this carbon tax on home heating oils from May 2012 is obscene because it is an attack on the elderly. Yesterday, we saw a 20% reduction in the fuel allowance, and in addition gas and electricity allowances were cut from 1 September this year. Independent professional research has shown that the lack of heat in wintertime leads to the deaths of elderly people from...