Results 8,161-8,180 of 21,431 for speaker:Alan Kelly

Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)

Alan Kelly: I thank the witnesses for their input which has been quite good.

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy Budget (8 Nov 2018)

Alan Kelly: 160. To ask the Minister for Health the process used to make a decision to increase or decrease an amount (details supplied); if this figure will increase for 2019; and his role in determining same. [46291/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy Budget (8 Nov 2018)

Alan Kelly: 161. To ask the Minister for Health the process used to make a decision to increase or decrease an amount (details supplied); the provision for drug and alcohol task forces within this figure; if the figure for task forces within this heading will increase for 2019; and his role in determining same. [46292/18]

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Alan Kelly: I am not going to repeat what my colleagues have said because I agree with them. However, I would not necessarily agree with some of the amendments because of legal issues. The real issue is that this is not women-centric and the language is hurtful. It is not what the people who have spoken to me expect. Based on the themes raised in the discourse, I hope the Minister will find a...

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Alan Kelly: Yes.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Alan Kelly: That is very clear.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Alan Kelly: We could sit from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Alan Kelly: The amendments should be grouped thematically; it makes sense.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Alan Kelly: They are all grouped.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Alan Kelly: I also support the removal of the word "serious". Speaking to my amendment, my advice is that the word "avert" in section 10(1)(c) is too absolute in its meaning and it needs to be examined. That is why I have suggested, as has Deputy O'Reilly, that we put in "to avert or mitigate". I do not understand why that could not be allowed. We have looked at the measure in different ways and the...

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Alan Kelly: I will not be supporting the amendment. With all due respect, I cannot even see why it is being brought forward in the way it is. I would see the provision as a fundamental change and think it would change everything. I presume that in the advice the Minister has been given and the consultation he has had with medics he has been told that they would not see that they would be able to...

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Alan Kelly: That is enough for me.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Alan Kelly: That clears up the matter.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Alan Kelly: I move amendment No. 53:In page 9, line 15, after “avert” to insert “or mitigate”. I will withdraw the amendment on the basis that the Minister will come back to us, having considered it and taken legal advice. Our strong advice is that it is too absolute and needs to be changed.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Alan Kelly: I move amendment No. 56:In page 9, to delete lines 23 to 28 and substitute the following:"(4) The obstetrician referred to in paragraph (a) of subsection (2) shall make such arrangements as he or she shall deem to be necessary for the carrying out as soon as may be of the termination of pregnancy to which the certification referred to in subsection (3) relates.". This brings us back to an...

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Alan Kelly: The Chair may withdraw my name as my query has been clarified.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (6 Nov 2018)

Alan Kelly: 568. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by the HSE in contracting debt collection agencies to pursue unpaid statutory charges in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44951/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (6 Nov 2018)

Alan Kelly: 569. To ask the Minister for Health the costs incurred by each public hospital in contracting external debt collection agencies to pursue unpaid statutory charges in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44952/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (6 Nov 2018)

Alan Kelly: 570. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatients or inpatient day cases with unpaid inpatient charges whose debt was referred to a debt collection or legal agency in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44953/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (6 Nov 2018)

Alan Kelly: 571. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure by the HSE and public hospitals on referral of statutory charges to external debt collection or legal agencies; and the breakdown of expenditure per charge, that is, inpatient charge, outpatient and emergency charge in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018. [44954/18]