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Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (10 Nov 2005)

Séamus Healy: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of urgent importance, namely, the need for the Government to provide a significant child care package for both working and stay at home parents to enable them to access quality child care at a reasonable cost.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (9 Nov 2005)

Séamus Healy: I wish to seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the need for the Government to recognise the contribution made by carers to Irish society, working 3 million hours each week and saving the State over €1.5 million a year, by significantly increasing the carer's allowance to €190 per week, allowing dual eligibility for...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (3 Nov 2005)

Séamus Healy: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: the immediate need for the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources to intervene in the An Post dispute and to instruct An Post to meet its obligations under the partnership agreement and pay the full increase due under Sustaining Progress to its workers and retired staff.

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (2 Nov 2005)

Séamus Healy: Question 387: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the habitual residency rule will be waived in respect of Irish missionaries at home on holiday in order to allow them to avail of the old age pension in cases in which they comply with the various other criteria. [31533/05]

Written Answers — Water Charges: Water Charges (2 Nov 2005)

Séamus Healy: Question 628: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if local authorities will be instructed to exempt primary schools from the imposition of water charges thus releasing funds for school education and maintenance. [31532/05]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (2 Nov 2005)

Séamus Healy: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: the need for the Government to designate south Tipperary and the south-east region for category one status under European Union regional aid for the period 2007 to 2013 given that south Tipperary and the south east have lost out economically and socially over the last period.

Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (27 Oct 2005)

Séamus Healy: Striking a balance between work and family life is an important policy objective at national and European levels and was the intention behind the 1998 Act and this legislation. The impetus for the original legislation came from a 1996 EU directive, while the Bill before us arose from the Sustaining Progress review group on parental leave. I welcome certain provisions in this Bill, such as the...

Health Services: Motion (Resumed). (26 Oct 2005)

Séamus Healy: Does the Tánaiste or the Minister of State support the Hanly report?

Health Services: Motion (Resumed). (26 Oct 2005)

Séamus Healy: Will the Tánaiste tell us if she supports the Hanly report?

Health Services: Motion (Resumed). (26 Oct 2005)

Séamus Healy: Would the Minister of State like to tell us if he supports the Hanly report?

Health Services: Motion (Resumed). (26 Oct 2005)

Séamus Healy: I am asking the Minister of State a question. Would he like to answer it?

Health Services: Motion (Resumed). (26 Oct 2005)

Séamus Healy: The Minister of State obviously does not want to answer it.

Health Services: Motion (Resumed). (26 Oct 2005)

Séamus Healy: I support the motion. In the brief time available I want to express my sympathy to the Walsh family on the death of Pat Joe Walsh in Monaghan General Hospital. Unfortunately, that death was the result of a pre-Hanly policy, which is now a Hanly policy, and it is a scenario we can foresee happening in many hospitals throughout the country unless the Hanly proposals are set aside. In terms of...

Employment Permits Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (26 Oct 2005)

Séamus Healy: I welcome this opportunity to contribute to this debate on this legislation which is long overdue. Originally it was to be published prior to Easter 2003 but it not published until June of this year. It was so long in gestation that I expected it to be a much more comprehensive and radical Bill. I am disappointed with it, particularly with the lack of integration and connectivity between the...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (25 Oct 2005)

Séamus Healy: Question 309: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding decentralisation of part of his Department to Tipperary town; if he has received the contract for the purchase of a site for this purpose; if so, when he received same; if he has signed the contract; and if not, when he proposes to do so. [30667/05]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (25 Oct 2005)

Séamus Healy: Question 564: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the application by a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary for approval to construct a three-classroom extension and ancillary rooms. [30649/05]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (25 Oct 2005)

Séamus Healy: Question 565: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will appoint a full-time caretaker to a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [30650/05]

Social Welfare Consolidation Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (20 Oct 2005)

Séamus Healy: I welcome the opportunity to say a few words in this debate. In September 2005, the Economic and Social Research Institute published a document called Trends in Welfare for Vulnerable Groups, Ireland 1994-2001, which examined how such vulnerable groups as children, the elderly and unemployed have fared in our society. In the words of Mr. Christopher Whelan of the ESRI, "Ireland remains a...

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (18 Oct 2005)

Séamus Healy: This Bill gives us an opportunity to examine the multifaceted area of crime. Crime has many contributory factors and must be examined more deeply than in the past. It is an area where resources, not just for the Garda, must be provided. Education is a factor where resources need to be provided. Significant numbers of our young people are educated in classes which are unmanageable. In south...

Irish Ferries: Motion (Resumed). (12 Oct 2005)

Séamus Healy: We will, provided the Leas-Cheann Comhairle gives us time.