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Leaders' Questions (19 Sep 2013)

Séamus Healy: The Tánaiste almost boasts that the number of medical cards have increased. So they have, but, of course, that is far from an achievement. That is, in fact, an indictment of the Government. It is an indictment of the austerity policies that have driven employees out of work, that have driven incomes down and that have put applicants under medical card limits that are most stringent...

Leaders' Questions (19 Sep 2013)

Séamus Healy: I also want to ask the Tánaiste when the medical card income limits will be reviewed and increased. Whether or not he knows it, they have not been increased since 2006. In fact, some of these limits - including that pertaining to travel to work, which is discriminatory towards those living in rural areas where no public transport is available - have worsened over the past 12 months. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Work Programme, Disability Services and Related Issues: Discussion with HIQA (12 Sep 2013)

Séamus Healy: I have one question for HIQA about resources, which is raised in the final page of the authority's submission. We are all aware of the environment in which the health service is operating. Hospitals and health care facilities have lost up to 25% of their budgets in recent years as well as hundreds of members of staff. As Deputy Ó Caoláin has said, some of the reports by HIQA,...

Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Jul 2013)

Séamus Healy: I commend Deputy Wallace on bringing forward this important legislation. The Bill will, no doubt, be voted down later on this evening by the Government. However, it puts in place a template for best international practice, which will be acted upon in the not too distant future. It is worthwhile reminding ourselves that many of the provisions in the Bill before us have been recommended in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Young People in Detention: Discussion with the Ombudsman for Children. (17 Jul 2013)

Séamus Healy: I thank the Ombudsman for Children for her attendance and her presentation. Perhaps Ms Logan will confirm an impression that I have. For 16, 17 and 18 year olds, the key factors are the culture of the institution and its staff, education and access to related services. We are not there yet, but are we heading in the correct direction and is the timeframe in question acceptable? Do...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Cochlear Ear Implants: Discussion (16 Jul 2013)

Séamus Healy: How many new cases arise each year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Cochlear Ear Implants: Discussion (16 Jul 2013)

Séamus Healy: I welcome the delegates and thank Shay Kearns for his presentation. As others have said, there is cross-party support for the case they are making. It is important that the budget funding for next year is allocated. I too would like to hear their response to the continuing problem of bilateral treatment. Could they outline the failure rate of the implants? Is it the case that implants...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Wind Energy Generation (16 Jul 2013)

Séamus Healy: 719. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will commit to an immediate full and independent cost/benefit analysis to the State of its current wind energy strategy taking into account energy supply to both the Irish grid and for export, in view of the scale of current and planned wind farm developments; if he will ensure that such a study will examine all...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (16 Jul 2013)

Séamus Healy: 1105. To ask the Minister for Health if he will instruct the Health Service Executive to carry out a disability impact assessment on public toilets leased by local authorities and if he will provide the cost of leasing contracts for superloo toilets to each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34969/13]

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Séamus Healy: Amendment No. 153 seeks to exclude the criminalisation of the pregnant woman. It seeks to differentiate the pregnant woman from any others involved in assisting her. The proposal to criminalise the pregnant woman and to make her subject to a 14-year prison sentence is inhumane, barbaric and anachronistic. It is indefensible and should be removed from the legislation. The 14-year sentence...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Séamus Healy: Amendment No. 103 deals with the amount of time given to the review committee to carry out its deliberations and reach a decision. The Bill currently provides for a figure of seven days. When we add the three days provided for establishing the committee, the period comes to ten days. As Deputy Catherine Murphy pointed out, these provisions will apply in cases which require urgency in...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Séamus Healy: This group of amendments includes Nos. 35, 37, 64, 108 and 110 in my name. The purpose of my proposals is to include in the legislation the full test in the X case judgment by adding the words "which may be neither immediate or inevitable" in the various sections. The objective here is to clarify for clinicians and for women the exact position as set out in the X case decision. I do not...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2013)

Séamus Healy: The ordering of the debate by the Government is bizarre. It brings the Oireachtas into disrepute and is an insult to Members and the public generally. Any reasonable person would have adjourned the debate to tomorrow. I have supported the legislation on Second and Committee Stages and will support it later this morning when a division is called. However, it is limited and restrictive...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Unethical Organ Harvesting in China: Discussion (10 Jul 2013)

Séamus Healy: I thank the Chairman for giving me the opportunity to speak, as I am not a member of the committee. I apologise for my late arrival, but I was at another meeting. I have been kept up to date on this issue by a constituent from Cashel. I have one question, which may have been covered. What specific steps are the delegates asking the committee and the Government to take on this issue?

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Message to Dáil (10 Jul 2013)

Séamus Healy: I wish to be associated with Deputy Naughten's objection.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised)
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Revised) (10 Jul 2013)

Séamus Healy: The Minister should be careful about what he says.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised)
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Revised) (10 Jul 2013)

Séamus Healy: Always.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised)
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Revised) (10 Jul 2013)

Séamus Healy: Always.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised)
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Revised) (10 Jul 2013)

Séamus Healy: The Minister can doubt me if he likes, but it has always been done that way.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised)
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Revised) (10 Jul 2013)

Séamus Healy: From my experience and that of other Members in the Houses, as well as the response from Ms McGuinness, it seems clear that people with medical conditions are being targeted in order to implement a reduction of 40,000 cards that was in last year's budget.