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Palestine: Statements (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

Séamus Healy: I condemn in the strongest possible terms the latest massacre of unarmed Palestinians by Israeli occupation forces. Last Monday, 14 May, was the single deadliest day for Palestinians in the occupied territories in over four years. The Great March of Return protests took place on the 70th anniversary of the Nakba, the expulsion - perhaps it might be better explained as ethnic cleansing - of...

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (16 May 2018)

Séamus Healy: The hypocrisy in the House tonight is absolutely breathtaking. The Fianna Fáil Party abolished the local authority public house building programme and handed it over to the private market. The Fine Gael Government since 2011 embraced the abolition of the public housing programme and embraced the privatisation of the housing programme. It has made matters worse ever since. The Labour...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (15 May 2018)

Séamus Healy: 245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the allocation of an additional post under circular 0010/2018 for a school (details supplied) will be approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20820/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Funding (15 May 2018)

Séamus Healy: 414. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request funding from the HSE towards the establishment of stroke survivor groups in south County Tipperary and the engagement of co-ordinators to facilitate this process (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21276/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (15 May 2018)

Séamus Healy: 423. To ask the Minister for Health if a dedicated stroke specialist nurse at South Tipperary General Hospital will be appointed; the efforts that have been made to recruit for the post which has been vacant since January 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21304/18]

Health Service Reform: Motion [Private Members] (8 May 2018)

Séamus Healy: There will be no real reform in the health service until the HSE is abolished. It is accountable to nobody. It was set up precisely to allow Ministers and Government to evade responsibility for problems such as the CervicalCheck scandal. We have to remember the HSE was established by the extreme capitalist free marketeer, the former Minister, Mary Harney, and supported by former Taoiseach,...

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (8 May 2018)

Séamus Healy: I agree that the response shows a shocking ignorance of the situation in Tipperary, north and south. Patients from south Tipperary have to travel to Kilkenny for inpatient care. North Tipperary patients have to go to Ennis. Neither unit is fit for purpose. The Kilkenny unit is continually overcrowded, there are delayed admissions as a result, there are inappropriate early discharges and...

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (8 May 2018)

Séamus Healy: Along with my two colleagues, Deputies Mattie McGrath and Cahill, I attended a powerful but heartbreaking public meeting last Thursday night in Clonmel, which called for the reopening of closed beds at St. Michael's unit in the town. It was shocking to hear many contributors say they were satisfied that their loved ones would be alive today if those beds had been open. The closure of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (8 May 2018)

Séamus Healy: 307. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a urology inpatient procedure at Limerick University Hospital for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19826/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Electoral Register (8 May 2018)

Séamus Healy: 472. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to allow British citizens living here to vote in referenda and presidential elections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19749/18]

Mental Health Parity Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 May 2018)

Séamus Healy: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Mental Health Parity Bill 2017. I compliment Deputy Browne on bringing it forward and I confirm my support for the Bill. The Bill represents another step in the journey to bring mental health into the heart of the community and give it equal status with physical health. When I think of the journey of institutional care to the centrality of...

Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (1 May 2018)

Séamus Healy: I commend Deputy O'Sullivan on this child protection legislation, the aim of which is to protect children and vulnerable adults from sexual predators. This is a vast industry said to be a $32 billion one, only behind the arms race. Approximately 4.5 million young people and vulnerable adults are trapped in this sex tourism industry on an ongoing basis. The common denominator in this area...

National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)

Séamus Healy: We know that the senior management team at CervicalCheck agreed and signed off on a policy of non-disclosure. Does the Minister have confidence in that senior management team?

National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)

Séamus Healy: Mandatory open disclosure is an urgent matter. This House has been able to pass legislation at very short notice, often over night. Does the Minister have a timeline in mind for the urgent introduction of mandatory open disclosure?

National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)

Séamus Healy: Will the Minister consider the introduction of a compensation scheme for women affected by this scandal? While I understand the current urgent situation in regard to the identification of the issues involved in this instance, I believe that the HSE is not fit for purpose, has never been fit for purpose and I ask that the Minister give urgent consideration to this matter.

National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)

Séamus Healy: What about a compensation scheme?

National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)

Séamus Healy: I commend the bravery and determination of Vicky Phelan. Without her courage, we would be still in blissful ignorance of this scandal. This is another shocking and shameful episode in the history of this State. Women have been again badly failed. On this occasion, 162 women had medical information withheld from them and, sadly, 17 have passed away. The scandal is the result of a toxic...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (1 May 2018)

Séamus Healy: 265. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the reopening of acute inpatient psychiatric beds in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18835/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (1 May 2018)

Séamus Healy: 281. To ask the Minister for Health when additional inpatient psychiatric beds for children and young persons will be opened (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18884/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (1 May 2018)

Séamus Healy: 383. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the invitation to Mr. Pablo De Greiff, UN Special Rapporteur, was extended to provide international human rights oversight of the Government's response to issues regarding the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18834/18]