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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.

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

Séamus Healy: What about last night?

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

Séamus Healy: The Minister should be here. This is a debate about the future not only of the 540 Irish Ferries workers but a hell of a lot other workers in this country.

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

Séamus Healy: There are other relevant and more senior Ministers.

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

Séamus Healy: I repeat my assertion that the Government's handling of this motion last night and tonight is an insult to this House and its Members and to the workers in Irish Ferries. There are at least two senior Ministers involved in this area, namely, the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment and the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources. If one Minister had to be elsewhere,...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (12 Oct 2005)

Séamus Healy: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the urgent need for the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to recruit the 2,000 additional gardaí promised in the programme for Government, and to recruit additional community gardaí to tackle the plague of anti-social behaviour which is making life unbearable for...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (11 Oct 2005)

Séamus Healy: Question 155: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the transport sub-committee established as a result of the report on radiotherapy services; if the report has been completed three years on; the recommendations of the report; when she will publish the report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27638/05]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (11 Oct 2005)

Séamus Healy: Question 198: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will include an amendment in legislation to allow appropriate tax incentives to apply to any proposed park and ride facilities to be provided by South Tipperary County Council on the same basis as the scheme applies in other locations throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27641/05]

Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (11 Oct 2005)

Séamus Healy: Question 199: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the Clonmel flood alleviation scheme; the outcome of the public consultation process; the timescale for the scheme; if the scheme will be fast-tracked as it is outstanding for a considerable number of years with consequent hardship to homeowners and the business community due to severe flooding. [27643/05]

Written Answers — Sports Funding: Sports Funding (11 Oct 2005)

Séamus Healy: Question 255: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding funding the outstanding capital debt of a centre (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [27637/05]

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (11 Oct 2005)

Séamus Healy: Question 262: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will abolish the three-year lifetime capping of community employment scheme participants introduced. [27636/05]

Written Answers — Closed Circuit Television Systems: Closed Circuit Television Systems (11 Oct 2005)

Séamus Healy: Question 354: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he will provide funding for the installation of closed-circuit television cameras for Clonmel; the time scale for the installation; when the work will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27639/05]

Written Answers — Commissions of Investigation: Commissions of Investigation (11 Oct 2005)

Séamus Healy: Question 355: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the terms of reference of the Rossiter inquiry; if the inquiry will be established under recent public inquiry legislation rather that the out-of-date Dublin Police Act 1924 in order that a full, transparent and effective public inquiry takes place into the death of a person (details supplied); and if he will...

Written Answers — Schools Amalgamation: Schools Amalgamation (11 Oct 2005)

Séamus Healy: Question 426: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the amalgamation of schools (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27632/05]