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Bank Bailout and EU-IMF Arrangement: Motion (Resumed) (6 Apr 2011)

Séamus Healy: I will be voting against the Government amendment, which encapsulates a continuation of the disastrous Fianna Fáil-Green Party policy. It is a mistake to become allied with extreme right-wing forces. It creates confusion and impedes the political reorganisation of the people, who alone can impose a solution in their interest.

Bank Reorganisation: Statements (Resumed) (6 Apr 2011)

Séamus Healy: The previous Fianna Fáil-Green Party Government, and now the Fine Gael-Labour Party Government, would have us believe that the EU and IMF are good samaritans helping out a neighbour in trouble. Nothing could be further from the truth. The Irish taxpayer is being forced to bail out bankers, particularly German, French and British bankers, who have gambled recklessly and lost but who now...

Bank Reorganisation: Statements (Resumed) (6 Apr 2011)

Séamus Healy: I am appalled by the fact that the Irish people have been led into subordination to Britain, Germany and France, as well as the bankers and speculators of these countries, through the EU-IMF deal. I am appalled by the loss, through this deal, of sovereignty and independence. This is a real national, economic and social emergency and I believe the guarantee should be revoked and that small...

Moriarty Tribunal Report: Statements (Resumed) (30 Mar 2011)

Séamus Healy: I accept the findings of the Moriarty tribunal. While I fully accept the right and entitlement of the people of north Tipperary to elect Deputy Lowry to Dáil Éireann, I believe that in the circumstances, he should resign. In light of this report, there is a need for a fundamental change of ethos in Irish politics if political life is to be redeemed. We have heard more of the same in this...

Family Support Services (30 Mar 2011)

Séamus Healy: Question 21: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she intends to reverse the cuts in carer's allowance implemented by the previous Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6211/11]

Family Support Services (30 Mar 2011)

Séamus Healy: I concur with previous speakers in congratulating the Minister on her appointment and wishing her well for the future. If my eyes were closed, I would have thought it was a Minister from the previous Government who was giving the reply to this question. We are dealing with the one of the most vulnerable sections of society. I understood that the Government was going to be fair and balanced...

Family Support Services (30 Mar 2011)

Séamus Healy: Is the Minister aware that carers earn about €1.20 per hour and work 168 hours per week? Is she aware that 160,000 carers work about 3.7 million hours per week and save the State about €2.5 billion per year? Is it not reasonable that this section of our community should be exempt from any cutbacks? There is a huge contrast between how carers are being dealt with and how very wealthy...

Family Support Services (30 Mar 2011)

Séamus Healy: Can I ask a supplementary question?

Corporation Tax: Motion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2011)

Séamus Healy: I am thankful for the opportunity to say a few words on this motion, which I will support. To bow to the demands of Mr. Sarkozy and Ms Merkel would be to compromise further Irish sovereignty and set this State on a slide towards unprecedented powerlessness. It would be the first of many demands as bullies always return for more. We simply cannot allow Ireland to be bullied by large...

Programme for Government: Motion (15 Mar 2011)

Séamus Healy: We have heard already from various speakers that the programme for Government is about change, reform and all being in this together. However, one of the most important and significant questions to be asked about the programme for Government is who pays for the recession. As always, we find that low and middle income earners and poor people are being forced to pay for this recession, a...

Nomination of Taoiseach (9 Mar 2011)

Séamus Healy: I oppose the nomination of Deputy Enda Kenny as Taoiseach. The programme for Government is a deep betrayal of working people, the poor and families on low and middle incomes. We see no serious change in the programme, which is a continuation of the Fianna Fáil-Green Party policies in what is now a more unfavourable environment for the public. The continuation of the universal social...

Water Services Bill 2003 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Apr 2007)

Séamus Healy: Water is a basic necessity of life and citizens should have a statutory entitlement to good quality water that is free from impurities and from anything that might give rise to illness. This right should be a statutory right enshrined in legislation. Issues that have arisen in recent times and in the past mean that water supplies in various areas of the country are not fit for human...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (4 Apr 2007)

Séamus Healy: Question 255: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will ensure that the existing compliment of teaching, learning support and resource staff at a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary, be maintained for the school year 2007/2008 in view of the increase in the school population in Bansha and the surrounding area due to increased local authority and private home...

Written Answers — Archaeological Sites: Archaeological Sites (3 Apr 2007)

Séamus Healy: Question 248: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will develop Ormonde Castle, Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary as a significant heritage site including the building of a visitor centre, bus and car parking facilities and a new entrance roadway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12940/07]

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (3 Apr 2007)

Séamus Healy: Question 672: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will approve the Ballylynch, Carrick-on-Suir regeneration scheme currently being discussed by his Department and the officials of Carrick-on-Suir Town Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12948/07]

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (3 Apr 2007)

Séamus Healy: Question 675: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will approve the Wilderness/Carrigeen regeneration scheme in Clonmel, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12963/07]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (29 Mar 2007)

Séamus Healy: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil to discuss a matter of national importance, namely, the need for the Minister for Finance to abolish, not least drastically reduce, fees for freedom of information appeals in view of the fact that since the introduction of fees, the number of requests under the FOI Act has reduced by 59% and the number of appeals to the Information Ombudsman has fallen by...

Appointments to Public Bodies Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Mar 2007)

Séamus Healy: I wish to share time with Deputies Catherine Murphy, McHugh and Joe Higgins.

Appointments to Public Bodies Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Mar 2007)

Séamus Healy: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Appointments to Public Bodies Bill 2007 and compliment the Green Party on introducing it. This is an important debate, but that the matter has appeared on the Order Paper so late in the Dáil is a pity. The legislation's background is the fact that politics have been devalued during the years by broken promises and a lack of trust. For example,...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (28 Mar 2007)

Séamus Healy: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss a matter requiring urgent attention: the need for the Minister of State at the Department of Finance to develop Ormond Castle, Carrick-on-Suir as a significant heritage site, including the erection of a visitor centre, the provision of car and bus parking facilities and the need for the Minister of State to make a...