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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultants Recruitment (22 Mar 2016)

Michael Harty: 353. To ask the Minister for Health when a consultant geriatrician post at Ennis General Hospital, County Clare will be advertised; when the Health Service Executive became aware of the planned retirement of the existing post holder; the measures being taken to date to fill this post; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5055/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Capital Programme (22 Mar 2016)

Michael Harty: 359. To ask the Minister for Health the capital plans and timeframe for works at Ennis General Hospital, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5082/16]

Health Services: Statements (20 Apr 2016)

Michael Harty: As this is the first time I have addressed the Chamber, I would like to thank the people of Clare for the honour of being elected to the Thirty-second Dáil. The Irish health system is struggling to cope with demands on its services. The fundamental issues currently are a lack of bed capacity within our hospitals, a recruitment shortage of specialist nurses and therapists, a lack of...

Irish Water: Statements (27 Apr 2016)

Michael Harty: I assure people that things have improved dramatically in County Clare since Deputy Ryan was there as a student.

Irish Water: Statements (27 Apr 2016)

Michael Harty: He can come to County Clare quite safely now and have a good holiday.

Irish Water: Statements (27 Apr 2016)

Michael Harty: With regard to the Irish Water controversy, it is my belief that all homes and businesses should be metered, and the average usage of domestic water per person should be determined by initial metering. The UN has declared water is a human right and has calculated that a person needs between 50 litres and 100 litres of water daily to meet their needs for consumption, cleaning, cooking and...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish Council for Social Housing (28 Apr 2016)

Michael Harty: I thank the delegation for attending. In our village a development of 16 houses was built 15 years ago and we have taken in people who were homeless and taken people out of nursing homes. We have housed people who were in very poor rural housing. It has been a very successful scheme. We were, perhaps, lucky at the time in that 5% of the funding of the scheme came from the community, with...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish Council for Social Housing (28 Apr 2016)

Michael Harty: In the scheme we had, 75% of the people came from the housing list and we had a discretionary allocation of 25%. If 100% of people were coming off the housing list, we could have had 90% of that scheme funded. Is that right?

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish Council for Social Housing (28 Apr 2016)

Michael Harty: What is the mechanism for applying for that?

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish Council for Social Housing (28 Apr 2016)

Michael Harty: I have another supplementary question. Is it the case that one must establish a need and then apply to the county council, which will prioritise the scheme?

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (6 May 2016)

Michael Harty: It has been 70 days now since our election, although to me it has felt far longer. In those 70 days it has been my privilege to meet many Deputies who have been intently constructive in exploring government formation. Although they may have had divergent views, they came together to have us in the Chamber today. I welcome that we finally have a Government, as do the people, I imagine. I...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Master of the High Court (10 May 2016)

Michael Harty: I have just one question in regard to compulsory purchase orders. Given that we have a housing emergency which brings the public interest and common good into play, do we have adequate legislation or is new legislation required to provide for compulsory purchase orders to override the property rights of owners? Is legislation strong enough or would new legislation have to be introduced?

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Law Society of Ireland (10 May 2016)

Michael Harty: I have two questions for Ms Naughton. With regard to medical priority, patients come to my surgery quite often looking for medical evidence regarding either moving from a house, because the one they are in is in poor condition, damp or affecting their health, or the effect on themselves or their children. I give medical evidence in that regard. Is it passed on to the medical officer...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Professor P. J. Drudy, Trinity College Dublin (10 May 2016)

Michael Harty: On a slightly different tack, what is the Professor's view on the lopsided economic recovery and the lopsided development of our major cities vis-à-visrural areas in the context of the housing problem? People are moving to cities because jobs and investment are concentrated there. The problem is most acute in Dublin and it is contributing to the current housing difficulties. Mr. John...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (17 May 2016)

Michael Harty: 725. To ask the Minister for Health to install a kidney dialysis unit at the Mid Western Regional Hospital Ennis in order to facilitate patients from County Clare who have to travel to Counties Limerick or Galway for this facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9834/16]

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Insolvency Service of Ireland (17 May 2016)

Michael Harty: Two of my questions have already been asked.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Insolvency Service of Ireland (17 May 2016)

Michael Harty: Is there a requirement on the banks to inform the client of the existence of the Insolvency Service of Ireland or do they have to find it out through advertising and local media? Is there an obligation on the banks to direct their clients towards the insolvency service?

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish Mortgage Holders Organisation (17 May 2016)

Michael Harty: In his opening remarks, Mr. Hall said his organisations had secured 8,500 resolutions. Have they been arranged between the borrower and the bank without a PIP or were they negotiated via a PIP? Those figures are much higher than the ISI figures. Is the IMHO using a different method? What is the difference in the arrangements used by the IMHO and the ISI?

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish Refugee Council (19 May 2016)

Michael Harty: Are residents officially deemed to be homeless when they go into direct provision and the emergency reception and orientation centres? At what stage do they become homeless? Is it when they leave those centres? In respect of integration, is there no system of integration the moment people arrive in the reception centres or the emergency orientation centres? Is integration not a part of...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Pavee Point (19 May 2016)

Michael Harty: To revert to the issue of Traveller health, the statistics provided by the witnesses are absolutely appalling and shocking. I refer to how only eight members of a community of 36,000 are over the age of 85, how only 3% of the population are over the age of 65 and to the rate of suicide. To what extent do the witnesses associate these statistics with the accommodation problems they face?