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Defence Forces Operations: Motion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2017)

Séamus Healy: The Naval Service is participating in Operation Pontus as part of a bilateral agreement with the Italian Government. Operation Pontus is a purely humanitarian mission rescuing migrants at risk of drowning in the Mediterranean. To date, the Naval Service has saved approximately 16,800 migrants. The Government's proposal to participate in Operation Sophia, which is supported by only eight of...

Summer Economic Statement 2017: Statements (13 Jul 2017)

Séamus Healy: I am happy to have the opportunity to say a few words about the summer economic statement. Unfortunately, this is an as-you-were document: no change and a continuation of existing policy. What this means is recovery for the rich and powerful in our society and living from hand to mouth for all those families on low and middling incomes. It means not having two cents to rub together at the...

Mortgage Arrears Resolution (Family Home) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Jul 2017)

Séamus Healy: We need to take these measures immediately. I welcome the Bill.

Mortgage Arrears Resolution (Family Home) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Jul 2017)

Séamus Healy: The policy of reliance on the market has created a housing emergency. The market has failed and failed disastrously. The result is 91,000 families on local authority housing waiting lists and 21,000 families on housing assistance payments, all of which are living from hand to mouth and have not got a ha'penny left at the end of the week. Thousands are homeless, including 2,700 children...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (12 Jul 2017)

Séamus Healy: 300. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application submitted by a person (details supplied) whose sole income is derived from a social welfare payment. [33241/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Policy (12 Jul 2017)

Séamus Healy: 460. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on a media report by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33173/17]

Waste Reduction Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Jul 2017)

Séamus Healy: I welcome the Bill and compliment the Green Party and the Labour Party on bringing it forward and confirm my support for it. It is a short but significant and important Bill. Section 3 will ban the sale or free distribution of non-compostable tableware, while section 4 will introduce a deposit and return scheme for beverage containers. Plastic pollution is everywhere. According to the...

Leader's Questions (11 Jul 2017)

Séamus Healy: We are not asking for a block. We are asking for temporary accommodation, which is accepted by everyone.

Leader's Questions (11 Jul 2017)

Séamus Healy: The Taoiseach's reply is absolutely disappointing and unacceptable. As the Taoiseach, the HSE, the management of the hospital and the management of the south-south west hospital group well know, the situation in South Tipperary General Hospital is absolutely atrocious. Everyone accepts the hospital's lack of bed capacity. This may be the fifth year that various Ministers and Ministers of...

Leader's Questions (11 Jul 2017)

Séamus Healy: South Tipperary General Hospital is a progressive, forward-looking and efficient hospital, but it has a major problem with a lack of bed capacity. Simply put, there are not enough beds to cope with the number of admissions. That this is a problem has been accepted by hospital management, the regional HSE management and the South/South West hospital group management. The figures are...

Quarterly Report on Housing: Statements (6 Jul 2017)

Séamus Healy: There is nothing old-fashioned about that.

Quarterly Report on Housing: Statements (6 Jul 2017)

Séamus Healy: The policy of reliance on the market has created a housing emergency. A total of 91,000 families are on local authority housing lists, a number that has doubled since 2005. There are 21,000 families on housing assistance payment, HAP. There is a homelessness crisis, including 2,700 children in homeless accommodation and many thousands more are couch-surfing and doubling up with relatives...

Quarterly Report on Housing: Statements (6 Jul 2017)

Séamus Healy: It brings pressure.

Quarterly Report on Housing: Statements (6 Jul 2017)

Séamus Healy: The Deputy addressed me.

Quarterly Report on Housing: Statements (6 Jul 2017)

Séamus Healy: I am entitled to respond to him. He is talking nonsense as usual.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (6 Jul 2017)

Séamus Healy: 104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the allocation of special needs assistants and resource teacher hours is expected to be announced in view of the fact that the delay is causing considerable difficulty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31870/17]

Early Childhood Care and Education: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (5 Jul 2017)

Séamus Healy: In the two minutes available to me, I want to welcome all those in the Visitors Gallery who are involved in the child care area. I compliment Deputy Kathleen Funchion on bringing forward this Private Members' motion. She is very well briefed and has a very good understanding of the service. I will be supporting this motion. I have been involved in this area for the past 15 years as a...

Topical Issue Debate: National Broadband Plan Implementation (5 Jul 2017)

Séamus Healy: The lack of high-speed broadband is squeezing the life out of rural Ireland. There is widespread concern and dismay that it might be delayed further. I welcome 15,000 premises, or the one third, which will get high-speed broadband within the next 18 months, but what about the other two thirds, the other 30,000? When will they get it? From reports and from a question to which the Minister...

Topical Issue Debate: National Broadband Plan Implementation (5 Jul 2017)

Séamus Healy: Central Statistic Office figures released recently show that County Tipperary had a number of unemployment blackspots. That is an area where there is more than 27% unemployment. The figure across the county was significantly higher than the national average. A number of electoral divisions, 26 in all, including places like Farranrory, Mullinahone, Fethard, Ballingarry, Littleton,...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Tax Avoidance (5 Jul 2017)

Séamus Healy: 21. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to legislate before the summer recess to make certain that a tax-avoidance loophole cannot continue in view of the report in a newspaper (details supplied). [31794/17]