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Written Answers — Psychological Service: Psychological Service (3 Oct 2006)

Séamus Healy: Question 455: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will reverse the decision to withdraw the on-site National Educational Psychological Service from a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary which has disadvantaged status. [30437/06]

Written Answers — Psychological Service: Psychological Service (3 Oct 2006)

Séamus Healy: Question 456: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the schools in South Tipperary where the on-site National Educational Psychological Service has been withdrawn; the reason for this withdrawal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30438/06]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (3 Oct 2006)

Séamus Healy: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of local and national importance requiring urgent attention, namely, the need for the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources to intervene with the Commission for Energy Regulation to immediately withdraw the 34% gas price increase effective from 1 October and the proposed electricity 20% price...

Nursing Homes: Motion (Resumed). (28 Sep 2006)

Séamus Healy: I wish to record my support for this motion, particularly with regard to the inspection of nursing homes. Inspections are vitally important and the inspection regime should be statutorily based. Furthermore, inspection reports should be freely and openly available to the public. One important issue which relates to this debate is the lack of sufficient long-stay beds for the elderly in...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (28 Sep 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 Minister for Education and Science to reverse the withdrawal of the on-site National Educational Psychological Service from the Presentation secondary school, Clonmel, a school which has disadvantaged status, and to ask the Minister to make a statement on the matter.

Order of Business (28 Sep 2006)

Séamus Healy: On a point of order, neither is there provision for leaders of parties to speak now.

Order of Business (28 Sep 2006)

Séamus Healy: The leaders who speak here on Leaders' Questions are entitled to speak now.

Order of Business (28 Sep 2006)

Séamus Healy: Deputy Joe Higgins speaks on behalf of the Independent Deputies and he is entitled to speak here this morning.

Order of Business (28 Sep 2006)

Séamus Healy: Neither is there a provision to hear from the other speakers who spoke.

Order of Business (28 Sep 2006)

Séamus Healy: It is undemocratic.

Order of Business (28 Sep 2006)

Séamus Healy: The Chair applies discretion in favour of party leaders.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (27 Sep 2006)

Séamus Healy: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: the urgent necessity for the location of emergency ambulance services in Carrick-on Suir, County Tipperary as the lives of heart attack and road accident patients are put at risk because the existing emergency ambulance services operating from Clonmel and Waterford cannot meet the required...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (29 Jun 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 to implement the terms of the 30 year old Kenny report on the price of building land in view of the fact that house prices rose by 270% in the past ten years and today's revelation that house prices in the first few months of this year have risen at three...

Nursing Home Subventions. (28 Jun 2006)

Séamus Healy: The Minister may stop talking.

Credit Union Act. (28 Jun 2006)

Séamus Healy: I urge the Minister for Finance to introduce a ministerial order to allow credit unions to lend 40% of their loan book over five years and 20% of their loan book over ten years, thereby amending section 35 of the Credit Union Act 1997 which is unfair to credit unions as it stifles the growth of the credit union movement. The credit union movement is a significant community, voluntary and...

Criminal Law (Home Defence) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)

Séamus Healy: I wish to share time with Deputies Breen, Gregory, Finian McGrath and McHugh.

Criminal Law (Home Defence) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)

Séamus Healy: I may have been mistaken. The Green Party and Sinn Féin may also wish to share time.

Criminal Law (Home Defence) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)

Séamus Healy: I welcome the opportunity to say a few words on this Bill. I will now probably have to say a few more than I had expected. The Bill before us arises from circumstances of which we are all aware, high profile cases of recent years and one in particular that happened last year. We can all understand the background to the Bill, but I am not at all sure that it is the right response. I agree with...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (28 Jun 2006)

Séamus Healy: I request the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a specific matter of local and national importance requiring urgent attention, namely, the need for the Government to immediately implement the recommendations of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Communications, Marine and Natural Resources on the prevention of the erection of equipment creating electromagnetic or radio...

Leaders' Questions. (21 Jun 2006)

Séamus Healy: What about the Kenny report?