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Water Charges: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 Mar 2015)

Séamus Healy: Those whom the gods seek to destroy they first turn mad. That sentiment comes to mind with regard to the bizarre contribution of a former Minister this evening. His story seems to be that it is all RTE's fault. Whether that is an acknowledgment that former Workers' Party people are no longer running RTE or whether it is more sinister, a blatant attempt to intimidate RTE to stop reporting...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Mar 2015)

Séamus Healy: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015. It is a very important Bill and is long overdue. Climate change is a real and distressing phenomenon which disproportionately affects the most vulnerable in our society. We only have to think of a country like the Philippines and, more recently, the Pacific island of Vanuatu, to see the utter...

Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2015)

Séamus Healy: They are sending letters asking people to change.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Library Services Provision (24 Mar 2015)

Séamus Healy: 1005. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she will take to secure the future of Bolton Library in Cashel in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11520/15]

Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (10 Mar 2015)

Séamus Healy: I welcome the opportunity to speak and support this important emergency legislation, which arises from the Court of Appeal judgment today which struck down section 2(2) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977. The ruling indicated that the section impermissibly delegates the power to legislate for controlled drugs to the Government. The court reaffirmed the decision in the Cityview Press v. An...

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhionannas Pósta) 2015: An Dara Céim - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Marriage Equality) Bill 2015: Second Stage (10 Mar 2015)

Séamus Healy: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this legislation and I confirm my support for the Bill. I will be voting "Yes" in the forthcoming referendum on 22 May. The referendum arises from the Constitutional Convention vote of 79 to 19 in favour of same-sex marriage. This is a civil rights and equality issue and is about removing the barriers which deny some couples the chance of marrying and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Cost of Prescription Drugs: Discussion (5 Mar 2015)

Séamus Healy: I have a quick question for the community pharmacists. In terms of substituting generic or low-cost drugs, how effective have the changes in prescribing been? Can other changes in that regard be made to reduce the cost further?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Cost of Prescription Drugs: Discussion (5 Mar 2015)

Séamus Healy: I thank the guests for the presentations. In regard to Professor Dunne's presentation, one of the key issues is general practitioners and doctors. They have to be leaders in the field of prescribing generic medication, informing patients and changing the whole culture. It would appear from the presentation that approximately 15% of GPs have less confidence in generic medication. This is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Cost of Prescription Drugs: Discussion (5 Mar 2015)

Séamus Healy: Where are Healthwave's 10,000 customers predominantly based?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Cost of Prescription Drugs: Discussion (5 Mar 2015)

Séamus Healy: Would prescribing not be done by hospital consultants to a large extent as well?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Momentum Programme (3 Mar 2015)

Séamus Healy: 122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will introduce a travel allowance for participants of the Momentum scheme, in view of the fact that the lack of an allowance is creating hardship and preventing take-up of the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4989/15]

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2015)

Séamus Healy: I broadly welcome the Children and Family Relationships Bill. It is a positive contribution to the law in this area. It updates and improves the legislation. I suppose it reflects the changes in society over the years and takes account of the many different family types currently in existence. Some areas within the Bill could be improved or amended and I will refer to those shortly. ...

Income and Living Conditions: Motion [Private Members] (24 Feb 2015)

Séamus Healy: Austerity comes in many different forms and is all pervasive for the ordinary people in the country who are the vast majority of the population. The past four years of austerity have come from a Government which has absolutely no mandate for it. During the last general election we heard it was going to be Labour's way and not Frankfurt's way, there was not going to be another cent for the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Services for People with Disabilities (24 Feb 2015)

Séamus Healy: I hope the Minister is not suggesting that I wish to take these children out of the wider review for any negative reason. The reason I ask that they be dealt with separately from the review is to ensure that their special needs can be adequately and urgently addressed. I ask the Minister to seriously consider doing something immediately for children in this regard.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Services for People with Disabilities (24 Feb 2015)

Séamus Healy: 124. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide extra resources to child care providers in respect of children with additional and special needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7976/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Services for People with Disabilities (24 Feb 2015)

Séamus Healy: Will the Minister to provide extra resources to child care providers in respect of children with additional and special needs?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Services for People with Disabilities (24 Feb 2015)

Séamus Healy: As the Minister knows well and has mentioned, the provision for children with disabilities or special educational needs is limited in the extreme in the child care area. Where it is available at all, it is very limited and inconsistent throughout the country. The measure of any society is how it supports the most vulnerable members, and surely young children with additional and special...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Care Services Funding (24 Feb 2015)

Séamus Healy: Quality early childhood education is paramount for the healthy development of children. It is also important from the point of view of addressing educational and future employment outcomes for children as well as the prevention of poverty and all the various social difficulties that may arise. There are 4,300 centres in the country employing approximately 24,000 staff. The majority of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Care Services Funding (24 Feb 2015)

Séamus Healy: Will the Minister restore the capitation grant that was reduced in budget 2011, at least on an interim basis?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Care Services Funding (24 Feb 2015)

Séamus Healy: We can all agree on this and the Minister is in agreement, but what we really need is action. In 2011 we were promised graduate-led child care, a second free preschool year and a Scandinavian-type child care system. None of that has materialised. There are numerous difficulties in the service for staff. These are qualified staff providing a well laid out and accepted curriculum but at low...