Results 141-160 of 254 for does speaker:Séamus Healy

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

Séamus Healy: ...Ó Caoláin has said, some of the reports by HIQA, which are excellent, may have been used in the past for a different purpose by the HSE or the Department of Health. To what extent, if at all, does HIQA address the whole question of resources and the availability of numbers and categories of staff? This is a key question because when one hears about HIQA reports, one hears about...

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

Séamus Healy: ...In addition, it would prohibit serving gardaí from forming part of the GSOC's staff. The latter two points are very important. We simply cannot have gardaí investigating themselves. It would not work for any other profession either. It simply does not work and it is quite clear from the recent report by the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission that it is not working...

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

Séamus Healy: ...in Oberstown to ensure that the overall culture is right and children have a good chance of leaving the institution better able to take their places in their communities and to find employment? Does Ms Logan want the committee to take specific actions in light of her presentation?

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

Séamus Healy: ...abnormality and the Government invited the European court to accept that if that case was put to the Irish courts, there was, at least, an arguable case that it would be accepted. If the Minister does not accept this and tells us that he has sympathy for the case we are making, let him commit to holding a referendum to change the position. That is the simple alternative for him.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2013)

Séamus Healy: ...it is difficult to understand or believe that, having gone through the difficulties and tragedy of the case of the late Ms Savita Halappanavar, we still find that, effectively, this legislation does not deal with such situations and that, had this Bill been passed at the time, it would not have applied in her case or similar cases. It would appear that unless we deal with it now, the...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2013)

Séamus Healy: Can the Minister give an indicative timescale for implementation of the Bill? I accept that he does not want significant delays.

Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2013)

Séamus Healy: ...has imposed since coming to power, in particular cuts to child benefit and those affecting the elderly such as carer’s allowance, fuel allowance and electricity allowance. In terms of pensions, the Bill does not deal with the crucial issue of defined-benefit pension schemes and the benefits to workers where their employment has ceased or a business has gone bust. That should have...

Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Second Stage (30 May 2013)

Séamus Healy: There is no doubt that the Minister talks the talk but she does not walk the walk. The Bill contains only a few minor positives. It is part of an overall policy of austerity, of making cuts and of forcing middle and lower-income families pay for a recession which they had absolutely no hand, act or part in creating. The previous Fianna Fáil-Green Party Government began the destruction...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (29 May 2013)

Séamus Healy: If he believes that, and given this Bill is named in that manner, why in this Bill does the Minister attack ordinary middle and low-income public servants?

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (29 May 2013)

Séamus Healy: ...affects private sector workers, because 5,000 or more such workers will lose their jobs as a result of the money being extracted out of the economy under this Bill. As a Labour Party Minister, why does the Minister not target the 10,000 highest earners in the country? The Minister for Finance recently informed me they earn €5.9 billion per year or an average of €595,000...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (29 May 2013)

Séamus Healy: ...I remind the Minister that during the last general election, he and his Labour Party members and candidates went around the country telling everyone they would protect the vulnerable. This measure certainly does not constitute protecting the vulnerable. This is an attack on the grassroots Labour membership in this country. It is an attack on labour history and is an attack on the 1913...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (23 May 2013)

Séamus Healy: ...of Croke Park I to restore pay cuts starting with low paid workers. The Government has reneged on that. Today the Government published virulent and outrageous anti trade union legislation, which does not even provide for the commitments given under Croke Park II to restore the cuts. How can any public sector worker accept that these restorations will take place or that they will be the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)

Séamus Healy: ...also the publication of the hospital group's report last week and I wish to raise a number of questions on it. What is the timescale for the appointment of the chairman of the board in each case? Does the Minister have the dates for the appointment of board members? Will he ensure there is geographical as well as specialist representation on the boards of these groupings? It will be...

Ireland and the Eurozone: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (22 May 2013)

Séamus Healy: ...the Irish Examiner. He was arguing for a managed exit from the eurozone but not the EU, effected through a meeting of peripheral countries to plan resistance to the EU central powers. This motion does not go that far. It merely seeks that the option of leaving the eurozone be made available through planned treaty changes and that is a proposal I support. I am amazed that both Sinn...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)

Séamus Healy: ...what the witnesses have said the locations need to be broadened because there may not be psychiatric care facilities, for instance, on-site. For example, the unit in Limerick is stand-alone and does not have a coronary care or intensive care unit immediately available. What exactly are the witnesses saying in terms of extending the locations? Are there enough personnel available in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)

Séamus Healy: ...that consideration was and the reason this was excluded from the Bill? In respect of appropriate location, the heads refer to health care facilities providing obstetric and mental health services. Does this mean that public hospitals where there are obstetric units but no inpatient acute psychiatric units are not covered as appropriate locations under the Bill? I agree with Senator...

Housing (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 May 2013)

Séamus Healy: ...repairs. Nothing is done by the landlord, although technically the landlord is responsible for the repairs but in the real world the tenant, in practice, is responsible for all repairs. Also, the tenant does not have any right to purchase the house, irrespective of the length of time he or she is in the house. We should be clear that what has happened under this Government, and...

Europe Week: Statements (8 May 2013)

Séamus Healy: ...statistics. The banking crisis has cost every individual in this country €8,981. The average for the EU is €192 per capita. These figures are shocking. In fact, things are even worse, as EUROSTAT does not take into account the additional €22 billion from the National Pensions Reserve Fund which was used to address the banking crisis or the €30 billion NAMA...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sugar Industry (8 May 2013)

Séamus Healy: ...contractors. In Tipperary, we hope that the site just outside Thurles at Lisheen Mine will be used for a processing facility. The county has been hit badly by unemployment over the years. Does the Minister have any information on the site?

Organ Donation: Motion [Private Members] (1 May 2013)

Séamus Healy: ...a national donor registry that would facilitate engagement with prospective donors and be accessible to all acute hospitals. This element of the scheme would be beneficial. An information campaign does need to be rolled out. The four elements outlined, namely, a soft opt-out system, the appointment of co-ordinators, the establishment of a register and a publicity campaign, are necessary...