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Special Educational Needs: Motion (12 Jul 2011)

Séamus Healy: The conduct of the Government parties this evening is absolutely despicable. They have 113 Deputies in the House and only two of them are present. That is no reflection on the Minister of State or Deputy Harris but no other Member is on the Fine Gael or Labour Party benches. Does that reflect the interest the Government has in special needs for the most vulnerable children in our society...

Special Educational Needs: Motion (12 Jul 2011)

Séamus Healy: The Minister of State is in Government now.

Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (7 Jul 2011)

Séamus Healy: I did not realise I was next to speak.

Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (7 Jul 2011)

Séamus Healy: I welcome the Bill and the opportunity to speak to it. I understand its importance and appreciate the necessity for its being fast-tracked through the Dáil. The Minister will be aware that all sides of the House understand the position and are keen to have the Bill passed today. It appears we are in a situation similar to the one we were in some years ago with temporary registration which...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (6 Jul 2011)

Séamus Healy: Question 80: To ask the Minister for Finance if the new reduced 9% VAT rate will be extended to cover the laundry and dry cleaning industry which is a main service provider to the tourism industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19136/11]

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2011)

Séamus Healy: I wish to share time with Deputies Collins and Wallace.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2011)

Séamus Healy: In the few minutes left to me I will deal with the number of Deputies and the reduction proposed in the Bill. I am strongly believe that the number of Deputies in this House is not the problem. The problem is the accountability of Deputies in the House to the public and electorate who elected them. It was brought home forcefully in the aftermath of the recent election. Parties stood on...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2011)

Séamus Healy: He was the financial guru of the day and we could have ended up with him here. There are all sorts of problems relating to the list system. Someone like Seanie Fitzpatrick, who was considered to be a guru then, might well have ended up as Minister for Finance, so we would be in an even worse situation than we currently are.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2011)

Séamus Healy: I wish to share time with Deputy Joan Collins. I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill and to comment on some matters raised during the course of the debate. I welcome the provision in the Bill whereby by-elections will take place within six months of the vacancy arising. We are agreed the situation was completely unacceptable and almost anti-democratic, especially the almost...

Hospital Services: Motion (5 Jul 2011)

Séamus Healy: While I cannot deal with the issue in two and a half minutes, I will simply say I am concerned by what I have heard today. I have dealt with the HSE and the previous Fianna Fáil-Green Party Government in recent years in regard to hospital reconfiguration. The terminology, phrases, sentences and words I have heard here today, such as "a new lease of life for local hospitals" and "no...

Workers' Remuneration: Motion (21 Jun 2011)

Séamus Healy: It is in Government.

Workers' Remuneration: Motion (21 Jun 2011)

Séamus Healy: I support the motion. The proposals from the Minister are an outlandish attack on the most vulnerable people in society, namely, the low paid and their families. It is important to paint a background to the current situation. The current Government, which has taken over from the previous Fianna Fáil and Green Party Government, has effectively carried on the EU and IMF deal even though...

Workers' Remuneration: Motion (21 Jun 2011)

Séamus Healy: Why is the Government not taxing the wealthy?

Workers' Remuneration: Motion (21 Jun 2011)

Séamus Healy: Demand is depressing because the Government has put too many people out of work and is taking billions of euro out of the economy.

Workers' Remuneration: Motion (21 Jun 2011)

Séamus Healy: What about the super rich? What about a wealth tax? Richie Ryan did it years ago, and he was a Fine Gael Minister.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (16 Jun 2011)

Séamus Healy: I wish to seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of public interest requiring urgent attention, namely the need for the Government and the Industrial Development Agency to source urgently a replacement industry for Cashel, County Tipperary, following the announcement yesterday of the closure of the Johnson & Johnson plant in the town with the loss of 133...

Order of Business (16 Jun 2011)

Séamus Healy: Is it the Technical Group?

Order of Business (16 Jun 2011)

Séamus Healy: Is that from Deputy Stagg?

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Jun 2011)

Séamus Healy: The Minister referred earlier to the maintenance of jobs and she obviously believes that this section is vitally important in that context. She is correct in one sense. If one walks down the high street in any town throughout the country, one will see that a significant number of long-standing businesses are either reducing their operations or are closing down. The difficulty of matter does...

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Jun 2011)

Séamus Healy: I thank Deputy Ross for moving the amendments in my name. I am not convinced that we should be going down the road of imposing a levy on pensions. However, if it is to be done, the objective of these amendments is to ensure the charge is borne by the managers of pension funds rather than the beneficiaries. There is adequate information available to suggest that significant profits are...