Results 41-60 of 2,839 for speaker:Séamus Healy

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (24 Oct 2019)

Séamus Healy: 157. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the shortage of the BCG vaccine here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43859/19]

Finance Bill 2019: Second Stage (23 Oct 2019)

Séamus Healy: I am right. It was closed by Kathleen Lynch, a Minister of State in the previous Government.

Finance Bill 2019: Second Stage (23 Oct 2019)

Séamus Healy: I am right. We took that case to the High Court and indeed to the Supreme Court. Former Deputy Kathleen Lynch, who was a Minister of State, closed it. She told me and the deputation in this House that the closure of the unit was not set in stone but in blood. The Minister of State, Deputy Kehoe, can take that for absolute fact. People who need inpatient mental health facilities in south...

Finance Bill 2019: Second Stage (23 Oct 2019)

Séamus Healy: That is a fair statement, but my perspective might be a little different from some of the others.

Finance Bill 2019: Second Stage (23 Oct 2019)

Séamus Healy: Budget 2020 and the Finance Bill are the structure, framework or scaffolding, if one wishes, that creates, continues and supports a deeply unequal society in this country. What we have in them is socially unfair and socially divisive and deliberately increases the rich-poor divide in our society. Even the ESRI has described the budget as regressive, which is something unusual for the ESRI....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Disposal Charges (23 Oct 2019)

Séamus Healy: 178. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the urgent need for the provision of a support grant for families that face increased refuse charges due to the fact a family member uses incontinence pads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43797/19]

Living Wage: Motion [Private Members] (15 Oct 2019)

Séamus Healy: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the motion, which I support. I commend Sinn Féin on tabling it. It is appropriate that it has been tabled the week after a budget that will drive more and more families into poverty. Even the ESRI indicated that the budget hit the least well-off hardest. There is no doubt that Ireland is a low-wage economy with a significant rich-poor divide. The...

Financial Resolutions - Budget Statement 2020 (8 Oct 2019)

Séamus Healy: This is a shameful budget. It is deeply regressive, unjust and socially unfair. It exacerbates the rich-poor divide in our society. Fine Gael and the Independent Alliance in government, supported by Fianna Fáil, are pursuing a deliberate policy of favouring a golden circle of the rich and powerful in our society. The budget and Government policy are prefaced by the dishonest claim...

Development of a Liquefied Natural Gas Facility in Ireland: Statements (3 Oct 2019)

Séamus Healy: I confirm my support for the motion circulated by Deputy Bríd Smith on this matter and I commend her on her tenacity in ensuring that at least some debate took place in the Chamber on this issue. Nothing shocks me any more. The manner in which the Government has gone about this issue shows a very brass neck - effectively, pulling the wool over the eyes of the public and the Dáil....

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Oct 2019)

Séamus Healy: I appeal to the Tánaiste to intervene immediately to have additional special needs assistants posts approved for Scoil Aonghusa special national school in Cashel, County Tipperary. Six children with special needs are at home today, unable to avail of education, because there are not enough special needs assistants at the school. The school has places, teachers and transport available...

Industrial Action by School Secretaries: Statements (2 Oct 2019)

Séamus Healy: I welcome the decision to go to the WRC. This is not unusual, however, and is just the first step. The important point is that the Minister and his officials go to the WRC with a view to solving this problem in a way that will mean school secretaries will be employed directly by the Department of Education and Skills. That is the bottom line and what the process must achieve.

Industrial Action by School Secretaries: Statements (2 Oct 2019)

Séamus Healy: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate and express my support for school secretaries and the industrial action currently in progress. I do so as a lifelong trade unionist, a current associate member of Fórsa and a trade union activist in its predecessor, the IMPACT trade union, previously known as the Local Government and Public Services Union and, prior to that, the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2019)

Séamus Healy: The public is rightly and intensely proud of our Defence Forces. Irish soldiers have given their lives in the service of peace around the world, protecting some of the world’s most vulnerable citizens. Thousands of their families at home have endured the absence of a father or a mother during the long period of overseas service. Our Air Corps fly air ambulances and save hundreds of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2019)

Séamus Healy: Unfortunately, the Minister’s reply is a further exercise in the Government burrowing its head in the sand instead of dealing with this issue. That is certainly not the way forward. Tinkering at the edges will not solve this problem. The problem is so serious that Uachtarán na hÉireann, Michael D. Higgins, has felt the need to intervene publicly on this issue.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2019)

Séamus Healy: It is important to realise the serious nature of the crisis in our Defence Forces and the necessity for the Government to deal immediately with this issue. It is open to the Government to use an exceptional measure outside of any public service pay agreement to improve pay, conditions and allowances for serving members of the Defence Forces. On the basis of the Government’s lack of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (26 Sep 2019)

Séamus Healy: 81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for a new school building for a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39095/19]

Climate Change: Statements (19 Sep 2019)

Séamus Healy: I welcome this debate at the start of the Dáil term and hope that it indicates some real commitment and urgent action by the Government on this most important issue. It is opportune that the debate is taking place on the eve of what is likely to be the biggest global climate mobilisation ever led by school strikers tomorrow. Millions of people around the world will come together to...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services Provision (17 Sep 2019)

Séamus Healy: 94. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37003/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (6 Sep 2019)

Séamus Healy: 1009. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a medical card application by a family (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35699/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Review (6 Sep 2019)

Séamus Healy: 1959. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the review of the local authority tenant purchase scheme; if tenants have an entitlement to purchase by way of a lump sum; if Part V houses will be included in the scheme; if persons have an entitlement to purchase with income other than from employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35626/19]