Results 1-13 of 13 for revert speaker:Billy Kelleher

Other Questions: Brexit Supports (10 Jul 2018)

Billy Kelleher: ...and the scorecards. We must ensure that a sector by sector detailed analysis is done of the impact that various scales of Brexit could have. If the rules of the World Trade Organization, WTO, are reverted to in the event of a hard Brexit, for example, what impact would that have and what tariffs could be placed on Irish products entering the UK? I refer also to the softer, linear type...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 38 - Department of Health (27 Sep 2017)

Billy Kelleher: ...in the Cork area. That issue was brought to my attention recently by union representatives who are very concerned about it. While I do not expect the Minister to comment now I would like him to revert to me on it. Otherwise, I will have to raise it in the Dáil. It is an issue of huge concern across the country. We always talk about the inability to recruit psychologists and...

Cannabis for Medicinal Use (Regulations) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (1 Dec 2016)

Billy Kelleher: ...accepted before being amended and improved if there is concern about some elements of the Bill. Fianna Fáil supports the overall principle of the Bill. The Minister has indicated the HPRA will revert with an expert opinion on the issue of medicinal cannabis. There is no doubt that many families believe through experience that suffering can be alleviated by medicinal cannabis. While...

United Kingdom Referendum on European Union Membership: Statements (27 Jun 2016)

Billy Kelleher: ...capacity and the wherewithal to withstand this potential threat both in the context of Brexit as well as in the broader issue of threats from the left and the right, who seek to bring it down and revert to a nationalistic Europe, something that served nobody well over the past 100 years.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2014)

Billy Kelleher: ...worth consideration. While we want to incentivise young people into the market, we do not want to disincentivise entry at a later stage. If entry becomes too onerous, people will not enter. This reverts to the issue of universal health insurance. If there is to be no universal health insurance, this penalty is necessary. If there is, however, then this penalty is superficial. It will...

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (26 Nov 2014)

Billy Kelleher: ...fund the health service in the years ahead, the Minister and others have often accused me of not having a determined health policy. Whenever I open the pages of a newspaper, though, the Government seems to be reverting to the policies that we would have pursued, namely, a publicly funded health system with the option of private health insurance. Pitting one against the other or removing...

Social Welfare Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Nov 2014)

Billy Kelleher: ...out there. That is something we will live to regret. I thought "Strumpet City", where we had slums and deprivation and people saw no hope and no outcome in life, was in the past but we are fast reverting back to a situation in which whole communities feel absolutely alienated from every day discourse. They do not see this place as relevant to their lives. More often than not, they see...

Other Questions: Medical Card Eligibility (14 May 2014)

Billy Kelleher: There are several of them. Are we reverting to type?

Health Service Executive (Financial Matters) Bill 2013: Second Stage (13 Feb 2014)

Billy Kelleher: ...making and accountability back under the Minister's umbrella. For these reasons, we need a sincere debate. Yes, the HSE was cumbersome and posed difficulties, but are we now saying that we should revert to a system of competing rather than complementary trusts scattered throughout the country that try to undermine one another in the provision of health care? This decision has not been...

Health Service Budget: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jul 2012)

Billy Kelleher: ...people in the community setting and which benefit, in every way, the transfer of people from the hospital setting to the community one which, as the Minister says, is stated policy and yet he reverts to type and closes them without any consideration for the residents or the community? I refer to other areas causing huge dislocation. The Minister placed great store on his special delivery...

Company Closures. (10 Dec 2008)

Billy Kelleher: ...to Christmas it is a difficult time for the families of those employees affected. Deputy Allen and I know people who work and have worked in Beamish. I will inquire of the SABMiller approach and revert to the Deputy.

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Dec 2007)

Billy Kelleher: ...Bill would have in this regard. According to the explanatory memorandum, if the Competition Act 2002 applied with full force and effect to trade unions and their members, trade unions would then revert to their old common law status as unlawful "combinations" and trade union leaders would be prosecuted as parties to a criminal conspiracy. The 2002 Act applies only to undertakings and...

Labour Inspectorate. (4 Jul 2007)

Billy Kelleher: ...progressively increased from 31 to 90 by the end of 2007. Recruitment of the additional labour inspectors is progressing. Seven new labour inspectors were appointed in April 2007, one of whom has reverted to his former office. The remaining six have undergone intensive training and have now commenced on-the-job training. Advertisements were placed in the national newspapers on Sunday, 10...