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Roads Maintenance: Motion [Private Members] (13 Feb 2018)

Séamus Healy: ...is also dependent on the removal of heavy traffic from them. For example, thousands of vehicles, including huge lorries, are going straight through the main street in Tipperary town on a daily basis. They are destroying businesses, roads and the town. We have been seeking a bypass of the town for over 20 years and it is now time to deliver on it. We certainly hope it will be in the...

Local Authority Boundaries Review: Motion [Private Members] (17 Oct 2017)

Séamus Healy: ...just won the League of Ireland Premier Division title with a draw against Derry City this evening. In debating this matter, we have to go back to the then Minister, Deputy Phil Hogan, when he effectively destroyed local government in this country. The abolition of borough and town councils undermined local democracy, local government and local services. Local services should be provided...

Revised Estimates for Public Services 2016 (Resumed) (22 Jun 2016)

Séamus Healy: ...Síochána understand the devastation being caused by the illegal drug trade, and not just in places such as Dublin. In every town and village and at every crossroads in this country, drugs are easily available. Families are being absolutely destroyed by the trade. There is a focus on this in the Dublin area at the moment, and rightly so, but there are equally serious problems...

Water Charges: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 Mar 2015)

Séamus Healy: Those whom the gods seek to destroy they first turn mad. That sentiment comes to mind with regard to the bizarre contribution of a former Minister this evening. His story seems to be that it is all RTE's fault. Whether that is an acknowledgment that former Workers' Party people are no longer running RTE or whether it is more sinister, a blatant attempt to intimidate RTE to stop reporting...

Charities (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (22 Jan 2014)

Séamus Healy: ...an affront to the ordinary people of this country, who are paying through the nose for a recession which had they no hand, act or part in creating. The debacle we have seen has the potential to destroy the base of charity donations, as has been indicated in various surveys over a period. That is beginning to happen, and if the process continues, it will completely undermine the services...

Leaders' Questions (11 Dec 2013)

Séamus Healy: It is being destroyed every day of the week.

Electricity Infrastructure: Motion [Private Members] (3 Dec 2013)

Séamus Healy: ...of the average bungalow, and set at 330 m intervals. Residents will have to live with them 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. These monsters will blight the landscape for locals and visitors alike, destroying local tourism industries. Large scenic areas across south Tipperary and west Waterford are affected by this proposal. EirGrid is engaged in a sham consultation process that does...

Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2013)

Séamus Healy: ...of the entire Irish establishment, including the Central Bank, the banks, the Government, their cheerleaders in the media and the State research bodies that predicted a soft landing. The same banks that destroyed society and that we bailed out are threatening these genuine mortgage holders with eviction. I have a letter from one of the pillar banks to such a mortgage holder. It...

Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Nov 2013)

Séamus Healy: Dishonesty is destroying the reputation of politicians and of the political system. There is deep and understandable cynicism in the population generally about politicians and politics. It is being driven by dishonest legislation like the Bill we are discussing which deals with income limits for medical cards for the over 70s. It is important to note what the current Government said in...

Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2013)

Séamus Healy: ...live with these pylons 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year for the remainder of their lives. This infrastructure will blight the landscape for locals and visitors alike and will destroy our tourism industry. Some of the most scenic areas in my constituency of south Tipperary are affected, including the Galtee Knockmealdown Valley, the heritage town of Cahir, the Golden...

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2013)

Séamus Healy: ...vulnerable? Remember the infamous Tesco advertisement guaranteeing that child benefit would not be touched? All of those promises have been broken in this Bill or in previous budgets. Dishonesty is destroying our political system, its reputation and politicians. It erodes confidence in the integrity of democracy. The responsibility for changing this situation lies with us all, but...

Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2013)

Séamus Healy: Dishonesty is destroying the reputation of politicians and the political system in this country. I ask the Taoiseach who said the following:The Government has lost touch with the people and misled its own backbenchers. It thought it could carry out this attack on the elderly under the guise of patriotism, when it was more like an act of terrorism. The principle is simple; universal...

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 May 2013)

Séamus Healy: ...motion and generally support the points made by previous speakers. However, my particular reason for supporting this motion is the fact the Minister has closed Kickham Barracks in Clonmel. He has destroyed the military history and tradition in the town of Clonmel.

Ireland and the Eurozone: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (22 May 2013)

Séamus Healy: ...Ireland's growth capacity has been compromised; the best and brightest -- our engineers, architects, doctors, nurses, teachers, entrepreneurs -- have left and the morale of those remaining is being destroyed. This is not "adjustment"; it is tantamount to self-harm. The second reason for a managed exit by Ireland is that these same policies are doing enormous damage to two of the most...

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (15 May 2013)

Séamus Healy: ...Building Society. This was an abuse which the ECB approved. The group is also seeking that the EU - through the European Stability Mechanism - restore to the Irish Exchequer the €3.1 billion already destroyed on the basis of those promissory notes, the €20.7 billion taken from the National Pensions Reserve Fund to bail out the banks to which I refer and the remaining...

Job Creation and Economic Growth: Motion [Private Members] (12 Mar 2013)

Séamus Healy: ...to speak on this Private Members' motion. I make no excuse to Deputy Lyons or anybody else for saying this Government does not care. The fact is that if this Government cared, it would stop destroying jobs and creating unemployment in this country. The first thing it would do is to stop the destruction of jobs in the public service, where 30,000 jobs are already gone and another 8,000...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Household Benefits Scheme (5 Mar 2013)

Séamus Healy: South Tipperary's grant was reduced today from €3.1 million to €1 million. The scheme has been destroyed.

Financial Resolutions 2013 - Budget Statement 2013 (5 Dec 2012)

Séamus Healy: ...in the budget is wrong. It is more austerity, more cuts and more taxes. That approach has patently failed. The budget should be about job creation. Since it came to power the Government has actually destroyed jobs. In the year to 30 June, the Government's figures show that 33,400 net jobs were lost to the economy. In the quarter to 30 September, 5,800 net jobs were lost. Built into...

Pensions and Retirement Lump Sums: Motion [Private Members] (6 Nov 2012)

Séamus Healy: ...a scandal. The Labour Party has capitulated to the right-wing capitalist ethos of Fine Gael in allowing this sale. It must not happen again. The neoliberalism espoused by the Irish establishment has destroyed our economy and society. People like the CEO of Bank of Ireland are now more answerable to American venture capitalists than they are to the Government, the country or the...

Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (25 Oct 2012)

Séamus Healy: ...has actually happened. This Government simply took over the policies of the previous Fianna Fáil-Green Government, lock, stock and barrel. The Government’s economic policy has absolutely failed, destroying jobs both in the private and public sectors. It is most certainly Frankfurt’s way, not Labour’s, as we tip our hats to the robber barons of Europe. The...