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Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (8 Feb 2007)

Séamus Healy: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a specific matter that requires urgent attention, namely, the need for the Minister for Finance to approve funding for the Clonmel flood alleviation scheme immediately. The town urgently needs the scheme, for which it has been waiting for 12 years. I ask the Minister to make a statement on the matter.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (13 Feb 2007)

Séamus Healy: I request the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of urgent importance, namely, the need for the Minister for Transport to meet a deputation from Tipperary Town Council to discuss the immediate funding of the N24 Tipperary town bypass, which bypass is vital for the economic and social development of Tipperary town and west Tipperary; and to ask the Minister to...

Flood Relief. (13 Feb 2007)

Séamus Healy: I thank the Office of the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to raise this important subject. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Parlon, who is directly responsible for this matter. I hope he will be able to provide an answer to a straightforward question. When will the Minister for Finance approve funding for the Clonmel flood alleviation scheme? There is great frustration and...

Flood Relief. (13 Feb 2007)

Séamus Healy: The quays were flooded this year as they have been every year since 1995.

Flood Relief. (13 Feb 2007)

Séamus Healy: I am not exaggerating; the quays were impassable.

Flood Relief. (13 Feb 2007)

Séamus Healy: When will the moneys be made available?

Biofuels (Blended Motor Fuels) Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed). (14 Feb 2007)

Séamus Healy: I support the Bill not as a major contribution to the issues of climate change, greenhouse gas emissions, bio-fuels and other alternative energies, but as a small start in this area. The background to today's debate was set only last week in the latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC. There is no dispute regarding this report's conclusion that the global...

Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (14 Feb 2007)

Séamus Healy: Question 212: To ask the Minister for Finance when he will approve funding for the Clonmel flood alleviation scheme; the proposed date for the commencement of the scheme; the duration of the scheme; if phasing is involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5609/07]

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (14 Feb 2007)

Séamus Healy: Question 354: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the proposed regeneration scheme for the Wilderness/Carrigeen area of Clonmel, County Tipperary including when he will approve funding for the scheme, details of the scheme and the expected commencement date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5605/07]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (15 Feb 2007)

Séamus Healy: I request the Adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss a matter requiring urgent attention, namely, the need for the Taoiseach to intervene with the Minister for Finance and the Minister of State at the Department of Finance to approve funding for the Clonmel flood alleviation scheme in view of the fact that Clonmel has been devastated by four major floods in the past ten...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (15 Feb 2007)

Séamus Healy: This is in the notice.

National Development Plan: Statements. (15 Feb 2007)

Séamus Healy: I do not have sufficient time to address this plan in any substantial way. Instead, I will address a local issue that arises from this plan and its predecessor. I am sure I will be accused of being parochial but I make no apology for that. I make a plea to the Minister for Finance on behalf of the people of Carrick-on-Suir, which was absolutely abandoned in this and the previous plan. Some...

Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Second Stage (15 Feb 2007)

Séamus Healy: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill, which I welcome although I am not sure it goes far enough. The detail will be teased out on Committee Stage. The Bill is based on research carried out by the teaching organisations and the report of the task force. Lack of discipline is a significant problem and it needs to be tackled seriously. School is a microcosm of life. Pre-schools,...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (20 Feb 2007)

Séamus Healy: Question 518: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will ensure that a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary retains its existing quota of teachers for the 2007/2008 academic year. [6457/07]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (20 Feb 2007)

Séamus Healy: Question 530: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will urgently meet a representative of a school (details supplied) and an Oireachtas Member in order to progress the location of a site for the new Gaelscoil; and if she will progress the planning and design of the school which has been in substandard and overcrowded accommodation for the past 13 years; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (20 Feb 2007)

Séamus Healy: Question 559: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will approve funding through South Tipperary County Council for the appointment of a tenancy support worker and an outreach worker for the Simon Community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6456/07]

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (21 Feb 2007)

Séamus Healy: Question 289: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will amend the higher education grant scheme by removing the condition which requires mature students, of such maturity, to be resident here for the 12 months period prior to commencing post graduate courses particularly where the applicant goes abroad to further their experience in their chosen profession as is the position...

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (27 Feb 2007)

Séamus Healy: Question 292: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of the Exchequer current account surplus per each of the years 1998 to 2006 inclusive; and the current account surplus in general Government balance basis for each of the years 1998 to 2006 inclusive. [7319/07]

Requests to Move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (28 Feb 2007)

Séamus Healy: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a specific matter requiring urgent attention, namely, the need for the Minister for Health and Children to increase medical card financial limits to ensure the reduction in medical card coverage from 38% to 32% of the population is reversed, and individuals and families whose cards have been downgraded from full medical...

Domestic Violence: Motion (Resumed). (28 Feb 2007)

Séamus Healy: I support the motion and compliment Sinn Féin Deputies on tabling it. I have a particular interest in the area of domestic violence, having been associated with a service for victims of domestic violence since the early 1990s. While mayor of Clonmel, I became a patron of Cuan Saor, the main organisation providing services for victims of domestic violence in south Tipperary. I have been...