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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2018)

Séamus Healy: That is income tax.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2018)

Séamus Healy: What about wealth tax or asset tax?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2018)

Séamus Healy: People with €50 million in assets are paying less than those who are on the average industrial wage.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2018)

Séamus Healy: The Tánaiste has not even mentioned that.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2018)

Séamus Healy: It is outrageous.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2018)

Séamus Healy: It is shameful.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2018)

Séamus Healy: Ireland is the eighth richest country in the world but, according to the OECD, if we take all taxes into account revenue as a percentage of GDP in Ireland is the third lowest of OECD countries. We also know Ireland has the fifth lowest revenue to GDP ratio in the European Union, the figures being 35% for Ireland and 40% for the EU. Ireland is a low tax country. The real question is why it...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2018)

Séamus Healy: No, I am not.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2018)

Séamus Healy: I am not suggesting that.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)

Séamus Healy: I want to comment on the 72-hour waiting period and to express my opposition to it. I believe it should be removed from the Bill. There is no medical evidence whatsoever for this provision and no clinical indication for it. It is not an evidence-based provision. In my view it is a barrier and it will be used as such for access, particularly for rural women and women who are in abusive...

Microgeneration Support Scheme Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Nov 2018)

Séamus Healy: I welcome the Bill and confirm my support for it. I thank Deputy Stanley for bringing it forward. I note the Government is not opposing the Bill, which is not the same as supporting it. I certainly hope this is not a device to bury it because this is good legislation that makes a small but significant step in the right direction. The background to the Bill is the question of climate...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (27 Nov 2018)

Séamus Healy: I want to express my opposition in particular to amendment No. 4, which is really an attempt to turn back the clock. It is a device to attempt to frustrate and deny the democratic will of the people as expressed in the recent referendum. There is no doubt that would be the effect of this amendment if it were accepted. There is no doubt also that its practical effect would be that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (27 Nov 2018)

Séamus Healy: 344. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will issue to persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48843/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Eligibility (27 Nov 2018)

Séamus Healy: 581. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if disablement benefit will be disregarded from the financial assessment for payment of fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49169/18]

Brexit: Motion (21 Nov 2018)

Séamus Healy: The current draft Brexit proposal is a document of more than 500 pages. If it is approved at a meeting of EU leaders in Brussels next Sunday, it will be put before the UK Parliament for ratification. That is to occur after the meeting, not in advance of it. That is the opposite to what we are doing here. In my view, the Dáil should not approve any measure until the final text emerges...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medical Card Applications (21 Nov 2018)

Séamus Healy: I know the Minister of State is reading information he got from HSE officials but they are simply burying their heads in the sand. There is a general problem with the registration and logging of applications, particularly with respect to further information. I see this on a daily basis and I know other Members are similarly aware of it. The HSE is assuring the Minister that there is no...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medical Card Applications (21 Nov 2018)

Séamus Healy: This Topical Issues matter concerns the need to address the delays in processing medical card applications. It is no reflection on the staff working in the medical card section. I compliment the staff, in particular, those dealing with the receipt, registration and processing of medical card applications. My office is in touch with them daily and find them to be very courteous and helpful....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (20 Nov 2018)

Séamus Healy: 216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the provision of ASD units in primary schools in Clonmel town in the absence of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48144/18]

Housing Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (13 Nov 2018)

Séamus Healy: Not only is the Government's response to the Bill deeply disappointing, it is absolutely disastrous for the 500,000 people affected by the housing and homelessness emergency. We have heard it all before from the Minister and the Minister of State. Phrases such as "live horse and you will get grass" and "believe in your own propaganda" come to mind. The fact is that everybody associated...

Housing Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (13 Nov 2018)

Séamus Healy: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." The Bill seeks to formally declare the housing and homelessness crisis a national emergency. The Bill provides for the delimiting of the rights of landlords, banks and finance houses, including vulture funds, in order to prevent tenants and mortgage holders from eviction as provided for under Bunreacht na hÉireann and as advocated...