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- Hospital Services (30 Jun 2011)
Billy Kelleher: Question 4: To ask the Minister for Health when the special delivery unit will be established and operational; the process by which it will begin receiving referrals of patients; the timeline for this process; the date on which the National Treatment Purchase Fund will no longer receive referrals; the functions the NTPF will have following the establishment of the SDU; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Services (30 Jun 2011)
Billy Kelleher: Most people accept that the National Treatment Purchase Fund has proven to be a very effective mechanism in the context of dealing with delays and reducing waiting lists. Some â¬30 million has now been taken out of its budget. Will the Minister confirm that this money will be spent by the special delivery unit on ensuring the capacity the National Treatment Purchase Fund would otherwise...
- Hospital Services (30 Jun 2011)
Billy Kelleher: Does the Minister have evidence? A very serious allegation has been made by a senior Minister that the previous regulator was interfered with.
- Hospital Services (30 Jun 2011)
Billy Kelleher: An allegation was made across the House that the previous-----
- Health Service Staff (30 Jun 2011)
Billy Kelleher: On a point of order, the Minister made-----
- Health Service Staff (30 Jun 2011)
Billy Kelleher: -----a very serious allegation-----
- Health Service Staff (30 Jun 2011)
Billy Kelleher: He made a very serious allegation across the floor of the House.
- Health Service Staff (30 Jun 2011)
Billy Kelleher: The Minister------
- Health Service Staff (30 Jun 2011)
Billy Kelleher: The Minister should withdraw or substantiate that allegation.
- Health Service Staff (30 Jun 2011)
Billy Kelleher: Is the Minister quite clear in stating that the previous regulator was interfered with in some way?
- Health Service Staff (30 Jun 2011)
Billy Kelleher: That is absolutely-----
- Health Service Staff (30 Jun 2011)
Billy Kelleher: Substantiate it so.
- Health Service Staff (30 Jun 2011)
Billy Kelleher: Deflecting from Roscommon, that is all you are doing.
- Ambulance Service (30 Jun 2011)
Billy Kelleher: Question 60: To ask the Minister for Health if cuts to ambulance transport services for cancer and dialysis patients in the North West are to proceed from the 1 July 2011; and the meetings he has held with the Health Service Executive West and other interested parties to address this matter in the past week. [17877/11]
- Written Answers — Health Insurance: Health Insurance (30 Jun 2011)
Billy Kelleher: Question 15: To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken since his appointment to address waste and inefficiency in the health system in order to finance his plans for universal health insurance. [17887/11]
- Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (30 Jun 2011)
Billy Kelleher: Question 169: To ask the Minister for Health the measures he has taken to address the shortage of junior doctors in emergency departments here; if these measures will be in place by the 11 July; and the length of time before these measures are fully implemented. [18081/11]
- Hospital Services: Motion (5 Jul 2011)
Billy Kelleher: When in opposition, during a debate on a cancer services motion on 20 May 2008, the Minister, Deputy Reilly, said: The motion is self-explanatory but the rationale behind it requires further elucidation. At the core of it is the question of trust. What is at issue is whether the people of the north west and west can trust the Government, the Minister for Health and Children and the...
- Hospital Services: Motion (5 Jul 2011)
Billy Kelleher: If it was a lazy way then it is damn well a lazy way now.
- Hospital Services: Motion (5 Jul 2011)
Billy Kelleher: Not only is it a lazy way, it is also dishonest in the way it was perpetrated.
- Hospital Services: Motion (5 Jul 2011)
Billy Kelleher: In that debate the Minister, Deputy Reilly, went on to say: People are feeling pain but HSE administrators have taken the soft option of cutting front line staff and services. Navan hospital is a case in point. The Minister alluded to it being shut because of economic considerations, given all hospitals must stay within budget, but Navan hospital is operating within budget. We had a...