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Developments in the Eurozone: Statements (Resumed) (2 Nov 2011)

Billy Kelleher: I welcome the opportunity to discuss this issue. I thank the Government for agreeing to demands put forward by the Opposition last week to the effect that the House should sit today to debate it. This is an extremely important issue for us, as European citizens, and for the nation, as a political entity in the context of the European Union and the eurozone. I welcome the comments by those...

Health Service Staff (3 Nov 2011)

Billy Kelleher: Question 9: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the social workers recruitment embargo and the impact it may have on the implementation of the recommendations in the Ryan Report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26267/11]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (3 Nov 2011)

Billy Kelleher: Question 167: To ask the Minister for Health the programme for the provision of services for spina bifida and hydrocephalus sufferers; the extent of the provision of multidisciplinary treatment currently available along with future plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32636/11]

Hospital Services (8 Nov 2011)

Billy Kelleher: Question 38: To ask the Minister for Health the public hospitals that he considers suitable to be turned into hospital trusts; if the introduction of external management consultants represents the beginning of that process; if the move is permissible under the Croke Park agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33230/11]

Hospital Services (8 Nov 2011)

Billy Kelleher: In the context of the introduction of universal health insurance and the establishment of independent trusts, by now the stated position of the Government, nine months after taking office, given what was said prior to the general election and the time the Minister has had to prepare policy documents on his own vision of what the health service should look like in the years ahead, should at...

Hospital Services (8 Nov 2011)

Billy Kelleher: Who will make decisions on the hospitals in which there will be further capital investment while we await the establishment of independent trust hospitals and the amalgamation of other hospitals? Who is going to make these decisions in the interim?

Health Services (8 Nov 2011)

Billy Kelleher: Question 41: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the crisis that a number of hospitals face in their budgets this year; the actions he will take to address the expected €320m overrun; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33231/11]

Health Services (8 Nov 2011)

Billy Kelleher: The fundamental issue is who is in charge of the health services. E-mails sent from Cathal Magee, the CEO of the HSE, to Michael Scanlan, the Secretary General of the Department of Health, state there is confusion and uncertainty about the governance of the system with regard to whether it is the Minister's advisers, the HSE, the Department of Health or the Minister who is in charge. There...

Health Services (8 Nov 2011)

Billy Kelleher: Will the Minister tell the House who is ultimately responsible?

Health Services (8 Nov 2011)

Billy Kelleher: The final solution.

Health Services (8 Nov 2011)

Billy Kelleher: It rings a bell.

Health Service Administration (8 Nov 2011)

Billy Kelleher: I raised this issue previously in another question. There are conflicts between what is being said in the House and what is contained in e-mails from special advisers in the Minister's Department. Without giving names and specifics, e-mails have been sent from the Minister's advisers "with the full authority of the Minister". The advisers either have the full authority of the Minister or...

Health Service Administration (8 Nov 2011)

Billy Kelleher: Who is in charge of the health service? Who is running it? Do the advisers have the authority to tell the HSE and its managers that they are acting with the full authority of the Minister? Can the Minister give a "Yes" or a "No" answer?

Health Service Administration (8 Nov 2011)

Billy Kelleher: Is the Minister taking responsibility now?

Health Service Administration (8 Nov 2011)

Billy Kelleher: Is the practice still in place whereby advisers, acting on behalf of the Minister, can, with the full authority of the Minister, infer decisions should be made or taken without formal discussions or going through the proper procedures at the HSE, the board and along the chain of command? Do advisers have the authority to put the reconfiguration process on hold, for example, as was stated by...

Health Service Administration (8 Nov 2011)

Billy Kelleher: The CEO had that view.

Private Members' Business - Promissory Notes: Motion (8 Nov 2011)

Billy Kelleher: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this issue. I believed we would have had a more reflective debate and that, after the white heat of battle and elections past, we could have sat down as a mature Parliament and discussed the realities of the situation confronting our country instead of rewriting history.

Private Members' Business - Promissory Notes: Motion (8 Nov 2011)

Billy Kelleher: I only have a short time available to contribute. When we are trying to put matters in context, it is important that we come from a basis truth and fact. Prior to the general election, people in Opposition cars swanned around the country - they are now in Government cars - and told anyone who would listen that they would burn bondholders and build a tall pyre outside Dublin Castle to burn...

Private Members' Business - Promissory Notes: Motion (8 Nov 2011)

Billy Kelleher: The small print was so small, it could not be read. Every speech in the House, even those of the leaders of Fine Gael and Labour, referred to burning bondholders and bankers morning, noon and night.

Private Members' Business - Promissory Notes: Motion (8 Nov 2011)

Billy Kelleher: Last week, one of the biggest lies perpetrated against the Irish people was revealed by the issuance of €720 million to unsecured and unguaranteed bondholders. The most interesting aspect is that the markets believed it would be paid. The markets considered those Deputies who, prior to the election, claimed they would not pay bondholders if they got into government and backed them to...