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Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (1 Feb 2007)

Séamus Healy: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter requiring urgent attention, namely, the need for the Minister for Education and Science to identify immediately a site for a new school for Gaelscoil Chluain Meala and to initiate the planning and design process without delay to allow for an early commencement of construction. Gaelscoil Chluain Meala has been...

Health Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2007)

Séamus Healy: I wish to share time with Deputy Boyle.

Health Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2007)

Séamus Healy: I welcome the debate and I welcome the Bill, which is long awaited and not before time. In recent times disturbing reports and details have emerged from private nursing homes and there is no doubt a robust inspection system is urgently needed. I believe the operators of private nursing homes and public hospitals will generally welcome the legislation and the regulations that will arise from...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (14 Dec 2006)

Séamus Healy: It is not a laughing matter, Minister. Deputy Healy-Rae is 100% right.

Postal Services: Motion (Resumed) (6 Dec 2006)

Séamus Healy: I commend the staff of An Post, who do an excellent job on a daily basis, and I support this Private Members' motion and the retention and expansion of the postal service. Some speakers have stated there is no national policy on the postal service, but I do not agree. Unfortunately, the national strategy is right wing and ideologically driven, which provides for the closure of small rural...

Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Dec 2006)

Séamus Healy: Some appeals officer take into account——

Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Dec 2006)

Séamus Healy: I support the amendment. The general principle is that an appeals system should be independent and seen to be independent. People should have confidence in it and should feel that the system is fair, allows them to advance their point of view and is overseen by someone without a hidden agenda. The current position suggests that will not be the case. The Bill is black and white. It...

Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Dec 2006)

Séamus Healy: I put a question to the Minister of State last week. I know two brothers on non-contributory old age pensions. Both are medical card holders and local authority tenants. Both have applied for public beds in long stay institutions but the beds are not available. The maximum subvention they can receive is €240 per week. When this is added to the pension each is €100 short per week....

Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Dec 2006)

Séamus Healy: They do not have the house to sell. They are local authority tenants and medical card holders. They have no children and are single men.

Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Dec 2006)

Séamus Healy: Yes, the Minister of State does.

Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Dec 2006)

Séamus Healy: There is no obligation to take account of a person's family home in the current regulations.

National Aquatic Centre. (30 Nov 2006)

Séamus Healy: Question 3: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his intentions for the National Aquatic Centre in view of the recent happenings in the Supreme Court and in view of allegations that the building is deteriorating rapidly. [40917/06]

National Aquatic Centre. (30 Nov 2006)

Séamus Healy: I join the Minister in support of the staff at the centre. Is the Minister aware of allegations that the building has deteriorated considerably? What works need to be carried out to bring the centre up to a good standard, how much will they cost and who will be responsible for the costs of any works necessary?

Garda Reform: Statements (Resumed) (30 Nov 2006)

Séamus Healy: I am glad to have the opportunity to contribute to this debate. At the outset, it is important to acknowledge the work that went into the reports that led to it and I thank those involved. Lessons should be learned from the reports and their recommendations should be put in place as speedily as possible. At the outset of such a debate, it is important that Members, in their capacity as...

Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2006)

Séamus Healy: I concur with Deputy Seán Ryan. Even at this late stage I ask the Minister of State to reconsider this Bill. Even what is good about the current situation is being undermined by this Bill. In the past officials of the Health Service Executive had discretion but that will no longer be the case. The situation in respect of the nursing home subvention is completely unwieldy and unfair....

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (29 Nov 2006)

Séamus Healy: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the need for the Government and the Dáil to acknowledge that it is unforgivable that one in ten children — approximately 100,000 children — is living in consistent poverty, and calls on the Minister for Finance in his budget to prioritise the eradication of child poverty and...

Written Answers — Closed Circuit Television Systems: Closed Circuit Television Systems (28 Nov 2006)

Séamus Healy: Question 189: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the installation of closed circuit television cameras in Clonmel, Carrick-on-Suir, Tipperary Town and Cashel, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40127/06]

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (28 Nov 2006)

Séamus Healy: Question 563: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will introduce a grant scheme for the installation of central heating for categories of persons who own their own homes and whose income is solely or mainly derived form social welfare payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40126/06]

Noise Bill 2006: Second Stage (28 Nov 2006)

Séamus Healy: I wholeheartedly welcome this debate. I am sure I am not alone in finding noise pollution and inappropriate noise probably one of the most frustrating issues brought to my attention as a public representative on a regular, if not a daily, basis. It is frequently difficult to solve the problem. All involved become frustrated and the system is undermined. The reason is that the existing...

Noise Bill 2006: Second Stage (28 Nov 2006)

Séamus Healy: Noise pollution.