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Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2014)

Séamus Healy: Shame.

Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2014)

Séamus Healy: When did the Taoiseach sell shares for €425 million?

Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2014)

Séamus Healy: The Taoiseach's and the Government's ideological commitment to private banking has ripped off the taxpayer and the people. The value of Wilbur Ross's and his North American vulture capitalist friends' shares in Bank of Ireland has more than trebled, from €1.1 billion to €3.8 billion. They are now selling 6.75% of Bank of Ireland for €690 million, at a huge profit, while...

Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2014)

Séamus Healy: I thank the Taoiseach for his response, but, once again, we have heard the usual smoke and mirrors blather. The fact is that the Government's ideological commitment to private banking has gone even further. As bad as the Wilbur Ross affair was, the taxpayer has been ripped off again, as recently as December 2013. This happened when Bank of Ireland was unable to call or buy all of the...

Post Office Network: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Feb 2014)

Séamus Healy: At the outset, I welcome the postmasters, postmistresses, staff and families who are in the Visitors Gallery tonight, and I thank those who also attended last night. I thank the large numbers who attended a protest outside Leinster House this evening. The Government amendment and the contributions of the Minister and the Minister of State have been deeply disappointing and even...

Post Office Network: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Feb 2014)

Séamus Healy: Vote for the motion.

Post Office Network: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Feb 2014)

Séamus Healy: Perhaps the Deputy should vote for the motion.

Post Office Network: Motion [Private Members] (25 Feb 2014)

Séamus Healy: I move:That Dáil Éireann: recognises:— that the post office network is a unique social, cultural and financial institution that is essential to our local communities and the country as a whole; — the vital contribution the post office network makes to the Irish economy; — the fact that the post office network employs over 3,000 people throughout Ireland;...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Ambulance Response Times: Discussion (25 Feb 2014)

Séamus Healy: I welcome the HSE staff. I pay tribute to ambulance personnel throughout the country. They work above and beyond the call of duty, not only daily but also hourly trying to provide a very important service to the public. What we all want, including the staff, is the best patient outcomes for those who avail of the service. It is clear from the various presentations this afternoon, from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Ambulance Response Times: Discussion (25 Feb 2014)

Séamus Healy: I welcome the SIPTU representatives and thank Mr. Bell for his very informative presentation. I worked in the hospital sector for many years. A family member of mine was an ambulance driver initially and then progressed to being a paramedic and an advanced paramedic. I am well aware of the work done by the ambulance service. While the public might be concerned at times about particular...

Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2014)

Séamus Healy: There are 100,000 families on housing lists.

Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2014)

Séamus Healy: Will the Taoiseach increase the income limits?

Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2014)

Séamus Healy: There is a social and affordable housing crisis. More than 100,000 families are languishing on local authority housing waiting lists. These families cannot afford to buy or build their own homes and cannot access mortgages. In addition, because the Government has slashed the income limits to qualify for local authority housing, thousands of other families cannot get on those lists, cannot...

Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2014)

Séamus Healy: Based on the Taoiseach's reply, it is clear the Government's draft plan is regressive as regards social housing. Obviously it will cater only for those who can afford to buy these houses or get mortgages for them. It will not cater for local authority housing applicants or those who have failed to get on the housing lists because the Government has reduced the income limits significantly....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Ambulance Response Times: Discussion (25 Feb 2014)

Séamus Healy: I apologise for my late arrival. I was taking Leaders' Questions in the Chamber. I welcome the representatives of the National Ambulance Service Representative Association. I also welcome the people in the Gallery, particularly the members of the McQuillan family from Drogheda. I sympathise with them on their sad loss. I would like to ask a few questions about the ambulance service...

Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2014)

Séamus Healy: They are not even being allowed to bid for their own mortgages.

Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2014)

Séamus Healy: Media reports, rightly in my view, have described this sell-off as pure financial treason and an act of outrageous vandalism. Will the Government reverse the decision to sell these mortgages? Will the Government instruct the IBRC liquidator, as it is entitled to do in law, to stop these sales?

Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2014)

Séamus Healy: Quite clearly, these families are being thrown to the wolves by the Government, because that is what the reply means. It means the Government is reversing the gains made by Michael Davitt and James Connolly, who called for the reconquest of Ireland from foreign landlords and foreign capitalists. The Government is restoring the modern equivalent of the rack-renting foreign landlord and...

Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2014)

Séamus Healy: Will the Government allow the people to bid for their own mortgages?

Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2014)

Séamus Healy: Will the Government protect these mortgage holders?