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Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)

Colm Keaveney: The Tánaiste is surrounded by Torys.

Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)

Colm Keaveney: They were wrong.

Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)

Colm Keaveney: Well done.

Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)

Colm Keaveney: It is true.

Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)

Colm Keaveney: Are they lying?

Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)

Colm Keaveney: They get a few extra hours.

Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)

Colm Keaveney: What about those on zero-hour contracts? Some chance.

Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)

Colm Keaveney: Children are going to school impoverished. The Tánaiste is taking money off them.

Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)

Colm Keaveney: The Government is taking money from homeless people and-----

Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)

Colm Keaveney: Around 1,100 children are sleeping in hotels. The Government took their homes from them.

Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)

Colm Keaveney: Around 1,100 children are sleeping in hotels.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Services for People with Disabilities (9 Jul 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 4. To ask the Minister for Health the action he will take on foot of recent Health Information and Quality Authority inspection reports of residential centres for persons with intellectual disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27792/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Services for People with Disabilities (9 Jul 2015)

Colm Keaveney: We have seen a number of damning HIQA reports that were recently published which highlighted the Government's serious failure with respect to disability services. I refer to reports on the St. John of God service in Drumcar and Cregg House in Sligo. Is the Minister concerned about the reports? Is it not evidence of the lack of political will at Cabinet with respect to providing the best...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Services for People with Disabilities (9 Jul 2015)

Colm Keaveney: I fail to see how the Minister is committed to the disability sector. The parliamentary question was not about the regulatory standards, it was about providing resources for people with disability. Is the Minister not appalled at the Cregg House report, which found that the chronic staffing levels due to cuts to staff resources had "a direct impact on the quality of life for residents"? ...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Services for People with Disabilities (9 Jul 2015)

Colm Keaveney: The Minister's unedifying response is a distraction from his commitment to provide for the most vulnerable people. If he was less focused on providing for the pensions of retired politicians and more enthusiastic about providing resources for people with disability, I would not be asking this question today. Will the Minister reverse the cuts he strategically planned against people with...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Universal Health Insurance (9 Jul 2015)

Colm Keaveney: There is none here.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Suicide Prevention (9 Jul 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 56. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that is being provided for the new suicide prevention strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27574/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Residential Institutions (9 Jul 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 59. To ask the Minister for Health the action that will be taken on foot of several recent Health Information and Quality Authority inspection reports into residential services for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27573/15]

Central Bank (Variable Rate Mortgages) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 Jul 2015)

Colm Keaveney: In late February of this year, shortly before Fianna Fáil moved our motion on the same issue that is dealt with in the legislation before us this evening, I met with a constituent in my office. For the purpose of this debate, I will call him Shane. The Minister seems to find that amusing, but it is he who is letting the banks gouge ordinary families. If he thinks it a laughing matter...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Free Movement of Capital (7 Jul 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 124. To ask the Minister for Finance if he considers capital controls within a monetary union to be consistent with an optimal currency zone, or even with a monetary union, that may not satisfy the conditions of an optimal currency zone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27131/15]