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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (24 Apr 2013)

John Halligan: 267. To ask the Minister for Health the reason insulin pumps are not available at Waterford Regional Hospital for children suffering with type 1 diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19475/13]

Companies Bill 2012: Second Stage (23 Apr 2013)

John Halligan: I am sharing time with Deputy Mattie McGrath. I support many aspects of this Bill. A commitment the Minister made before his election was to introduce it. In the short time available to me I want to speak on the benefits to SMEs afforded by the Bill. Sadly, it does not address the issue of companies dealing with workers' rights. The Minister may well say this should not be part of the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Job Initiatives (23 Apr 2013)

John Halligan: 394. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is monitoring possible job displacement and job losses as part of the Tús and JobsBridge schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18603/13]

Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2013)

John Halligan: I thank the Taoiseach for his direct answers to my questions. There is also some concern about budget allocation. Cork University Hospital had a deficit of €2 million last year, while Waterford Regional Hospital had a deficit of €6,120. The front-line staff in Waterford Regional Hospital can tell horror stories of having to keep within budget and out of deficit. It is very...

Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2013)

John Halligan: The Taoiseach undoubtedly is aware of the grave concerns regarding the leaked report prepared by Professor John Higgins on the proposed hospital network reconfiguration in the south east. This is an area populated by more than half a million people. I understand the long-awaited report by Professor Higgins on the hospital groupings is before the Cabinet and I am almost certain the Taoiseach...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Post-Leaving Certificate Courses (17 Apr 2013)

John Halligan: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reverse the pupil teacher ratio and lift the cap on student numbers in colleges of further education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17584/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Administration (16 Apr 2013)

John Halligan: To ask the Minister for Finance when a property falls within valuation band number one but in terms of both comfort and cost is well below the standard of the mid-point valuation pertaining to that relevant scale, if he will confirm if it is right that a person with very limited means living in such a property would be compelled to pay the property tax; his views on whether properties which...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (16 Apr 2013)

John Halligan: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1085 of 16 January 2013, wherein he had indicated that he expected to be in receipt of the report from Professor Higgins regarding the future potential composition of the hospital groups in the South East in the near future if he will confirm if he has received this report; if he has had time to consider the recommendations...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (28 Mar 2013)

John Halligan: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the limits being imposed on the fishermen of Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15571/13]

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2013)

John Halligan: Will the family pet be considered one mouth too many to feed?

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2013)

John Halligan: Where will it stop? Have we reached the point where the banks that caused residential property hyper-inflation - the banks which are now handing out pensions of €100,000 to 165 personnel - are being given the green light to pillage homes?

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2013)

John Halligan: Developers have said how understanding NAMA is of their plight.

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2013)

John Halligan: NAMA has not asked them whether they have two cars, to take their children out of private school or whether they are going on a holiday this year. Does the Taoiseach accept that there appears to be one law for the elite and another law for the ordinary person?

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2013)

John Halligan: I do not believe the full scale of the depth of the problem is evident yet. In many cases mortgages taken out in 2001 or those consolidated since that date simply cannot be paid back. Does the Taoiseach agree that the only way to the bottom of this mess is to find a mechanism that revalues the properties at the present valuation, compares the model valuation with the lending against it and...

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2013)

John Halligan: My suggestion is reasonable and pragmatic.

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2013)

John Halligan: The banks have the money.

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2013)

John Halligan: It cannot be paid for anyway.

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2013)

John Halligan: We gave the banks money. We recapitalised the banks.

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2013)

John Halligan: I was contacted by a lady in recent days who told me how utterly humiliated she felt when she heard the details of the new personal insolvency service guidelines published in last weekend's press. The lady and her husband have both taken a massive drop in salary in recent years and, on foot of this, were forced to restructure their mortgage. So-called luxuries such as Sky TV, health...

Disability Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (21 Mar 2013)

John Halligan: I thank Deputy Finian McGrath for bringing this important issue before the Dáil. I concur with what Deputy Seamus Healy said about Slí Eile in Clonmel. The anger of people in the south east at the closing of this facility is unbelievable. Last week, I took part in a radio show with some of the workforce of Slí Eile. More than 1,700 calls came into the radio station from...