Results 641-660 of 2,918 for speaker:Séamus Healy

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme (29 Nov 2016)

Séamus Healy: 228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rank that Tipperary town has regarding the review of DEIS, in view of the fact that no primary school in Tipperary town has DEIS status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37516/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (29 Nov 2016)

Séamus Healy: 230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for additional school accommodation by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37533/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme Data (29 Nov 2016)

Séamus Healy: 294. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will review the criteria for the mortgage-to-rent scheme with a view to increasing the number of distressed mortgage holders who would qualify to avail of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37509/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (29 Nov 2016)

Séamus Healy: 737. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be made available to urgently address the need for a bypass of Tipperary town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37511/16]

Local Government (Mayor and Regional Authority of Dublin) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Nov 2016)

Séamus Healy: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill. I compliment the Green Party on bringing it forward and I will support the proposal. As far back as 2001, the Local Government Act provided that the mayor or cathaoirleach of city and county councils would be directly elected in 2004, but the relevant sections of the Act were repealed by the Local Government (No. 2) Act 2003 before they...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Minor Works Scheme (17 Nov 2016)

Séamus Healy: 135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which he will pay the minor works grants to primary schools here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35532/16]

Post Office Network: Motion [Private Members] (16 Nov 2016)

Séamus Healy: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this motion, which I support, and commend the rural Independents for bringing it forward. I sponsored a very similar motion during the term of the previous Dáil but unfortunately, despite no less than two Grant Thornton reports, an Oireachtas committee report and a report from the Post Office Network Business Development Group, little or no progress...

Mental Health Services Funding: Motion [Private Members] (15 Nov 2016)

Séamus Healy: I welcome the opportunity to speak to and support the motion. A Vision for Change, published in 2006, is a template for a community-based progressive and modern mental health system. The policy emphasises provision of a mental health system based on community services and supports provided by community-based multi-disciplinary teams with a significantly reduced need for inpatient services....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (15 Nov 2016)

Séamus Healy: 577. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the construction of a crisis house for the mental health service at Clonmel, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34970/16]

Social Welfare Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2016)

Séamus Healy: Five euro per week.

Social Welfare Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2016)

Séamus Healy: The Government will not tax the rich.

Social Welfare Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2016)

Séamus Healy: Social Justice Ireland, in its analysis of the budget, noted that budget 2017 disproportionately favoured wealthy people and did nothing to safeguard against deepening inequality. It also pointed out that reductions in the universal social charge and income tax clearly had a greater benefit for those earning more money. The TASC report made the point that the basic rate of social welfare...

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Uisce faoi Úinéireacht Phoiblí) (Uimh. 2) 2016: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Nov 2016)

Séamus Healy: As a long-time member of the Right2Water campaign and as a Right2Change candidate in the last general election, I confirm my support for this Bill to stop the privatisation of our water. The Bill is the result of people power. It shows that when we stand together we can and will be successful. I thank everyone who marched and mobilised as well as those who put pressure on their local...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (9 Nov 2016)

Séamus Healy: 111. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the position regarding the publication of new guidelines for wind turbines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33964/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Foras na Gaeilge (9 Nov 2016)

Séamus Healy: 143. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of budget for Foras na Gaeilge for 2017; if this funding is an increase or decrease on the 2016 figure; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that approximately 120 jobs are dependent on this budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33990/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (9 Nov 2016)

Séamus Healy: 199. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the application for €1.2 million in capital funding for Scouting Ireland for developments at Larch Hill and Killaloe; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33968/16]

Public Sector Pay: Motion [Private Members] (8 Nov 2016)

Séamus Healy: I support the motion. There is no proposal in the motion which would allow Deputies to set their own salaries. What is being requested is that Deputies voluntarily agree not to accept these huge increases. The motion refers to a two-tier recovery but things are worse than that. The Government is supporting the rich and powerful in our society while low and middle income and poor families...

Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2016)

Séamus Healy: It is clear to anybody with an independent view that the Taoiseach, the Government and the Department of Education and Skills have locked out teachers and students. The Taoiseach's claim that the ASTI unilaterally withdrew from the Croke Park agreement on working hours is completely false, demonstrably so. He has claimed in the past few days that there is no money available to pay teachers....

Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2016)

Séamus Healy: Pay it.

Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2016)

Séamus Healy: Pay it and schools could open in the morning.