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An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Cearta Geilleagracha, Comhdhaonnacha agus Cultúir) 2014: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha]: - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Economic, Social and Cultural Rights) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 May 2015)

Séamus Healy: When?

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Cearta Geilleagracha, Comhdhaonnacha agus Cultúir) 2014: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha]: - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Economic, Social and Cultural Rights) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 May 2015)

Séamus Healy: Can the Minister of State make it available before Private Members' business finishes?

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Cearta Geilleagracha, Comhdhaonnacha agus Cultúir) 2014: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha]: - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Economic, Social and Cultural Rights) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 May 2015)

Séamus Healy: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important legislation, the Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Economic, Social and Cultural Rights) Bill 2014. I compliment Deputy Pringle on bringing forward the Bill. Like Deputy Pringle, I compliment the work of the economic, social and cultural rights initiative, a coalition of 60 non-governmental organisations and community groups....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: HIQA Investigation into Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise (Resumed): Parents and Patient Advocates (19 May 2015)

Séamus Healy: I am conscious of the fact that there is a large number of members present who wish to address the committee on this issue, so I will be as brief as possible. I thank our guests and welcome them. I sympathise with the families. We owe them a debt of gratitude for highlighting these issues in difficult circumstances and against all the odds. The HIQA report is shocking. It is difficult...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: HIQA Investigation into Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise (Resumed): Health Service Executive (19 May 2015)

Séamus Healy: I am ceding time to Senator Crown.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: HIQA Investigation into Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise (Resumed): Health Service Executive (19 May 2015)

Séamus Healy: I am due in the Chamber to speak on Private Members' business shortly so I thank the Chairman. The HIQA report confirms, in all material respects, the experiences the families had at hospital level, at local level, at regional level and at national level. I understand the HSE, including Mr. O'Brien, had concerns over the draft report. The report is out now. Does Mr. O'Brien accept the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: HIQA Investigation into Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise: Health Information and Quality Authority (13 May 2015)

Séamus Healy: I thank the representatives of the Health Information and Quality Authority for their presentation and report. Is HIQA legally obliged to provide a draft report or is this part of its due process procedure? Were draft reports presented in all previous cases? Politicians are frequently accused of not getting the right answers because they do not ask the right questions. For the purposes...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: HIQA Investigation into Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise: Health Information and Quality Authority (13 May 2015)

Séamus Healy: On the first point, was any individual named in the draft report?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Process (12 May 2015)

Séamus Healy: 387. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current timeframe for the passage of the Spent Convictions Bill 2012 through the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18103/15]

Sale of Siteserv: Motion [Private Members] (6 May 2015)

Séamus Healy: I welcome the opportunity to speak and to support this motion on the sale of Siteserv by IBRC. The sale of Siteserv to a Denis O’Brien-linked company for a knock-down price of €45 million, with a payment of €5 million to shareholders, is a case study in how this Government has lined the pockets of the rich and powerful elite while making low and middle income families...

Sale of Siteserv: Motion [Private Members] (6 May 2015)

Séamus Healy: They are all in the public domain.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Projects (6 May 2015)

Séamus Healy: 177. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the proposal by a former Minister (details supplied), whereby the Office of Public Works would take charge of the Bolton Library, Cashel, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17861/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Disability Strategy Implementation Plan (6 May 2015)

Séamus Healy: 352. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the fact that persons with disabilities lost basic and critical income and service supports during the course of the recession, if she will immediately implement the National Disability Strategy; if she will confirm that persons with disabilities will now be prioritised for funding and services, into the future; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Sovereign Debt (6 May 2015)

Séamus Healy: 431. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he attended the United Nations debt resolution meeting in New York in the United States of America from 28 to 30 April 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17580/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Schemes (6 May 2015)

Séamus Healy: 499. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will amend the Caranua survivor scheme to allow the children of survivors avail of education grants, which were available under the previous Nova scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17699/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (6 May 2015)

Séamus Healy: 501. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 401 of 9 December 2014 if she will confirm that the tender process to appoint the design team to complete the design of the extension and refurbishment works required in a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary has been completed; if a successful tenderer has been appointed and an approximate date...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Library Services Provision (6 May 2015)

Séamus Healy: 614. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the future of Bolton Library, Cashel, County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17860/15]

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (30 Apr 2015)

Séamus Healy: They will be recovery for the wealthy.

Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2015)

Séamus Healy: The Minister should instruct the banks.

Mortgage Arrears and Repossessions: Motion [Private Members] (28 Apr 2015)

Séamus Healy: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Private Members' business and welcome and support the many practical measures proposed to address the mortgage arrears crisis. A reading of any of the statistics relating to mortgage arrears in Ireland today is truly frightening. To give an overview of the situation, seven of every ten residential mortgage holders who are behind on their repayments...