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Order of Business (2 Oct 2012)

Billy Kelleher: Some of the Taoiseach's Labour Party colleagues did and they are not too happy now.

Order of Business (2 Oct 2012)

Billy Kelleher: That is a dangerous place.

Order of Business (2 Oct 2012)

Billy Kelleher: In wishing the Minister of State, Deputy White, the best of luck, I want to inquire if the instruments assigning power to the Minister of State have been signed. Will the instruments be laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas?

Order of Business (2 Oct 2012)

Billy Kelleher: Will it include primary care and will the delegated functions be in the tenure of Minister of State?

Order of Business (2 Oct 2012)

Billy Kelleher: There was no answer the previous time when Deputy Adams raised it.

Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (2 Oct 2012)

Billy Kelleher: I thank the Minister for his comprehensive outline of the Bill before us. The Fianna Fáil Party welcomes the introduction of this legislation, the details of which we can go through on Committee Stage. There is an obligation on us at this time to ensure regulation and oversight of health and social care professionals, as provided for in the 2005 Act and in this amending legislation...

Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (2 Oct 2012)

Billy Kelleher: I thank the Minister. The point I am making is that people are entitled to protection against fraudulent use of material which is then put into a person's body. The difficulty is that while the Irish Medicines Board may have oversight within the State, if something happens outside the State, people may have difficulty seeking redress afterwards. In fairness, the Minister and the Department...

Addiction Services: Motion [Private Members] (2 Oct 2012)

Billy Kelleher: I welcome the opportunity to speak in this very important debate. I thank the Technical Group for moving this motion, especially Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan, who has campaigned on this issue for many years, and her predecessor, the late Tony Gregory. In the early 1980s when I was growing up, even though I was from a rural part of Cork but one which was near the city centre, I was unaware of...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Services Provision (2 Oct 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding his proposals to overhaul the five employment rights bodies; the date on which he intends to complete this project; the proposals he has in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41663/12]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (2 Oct 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a detailed progress report on remedial works carried out to date in Glanmire, County Cork, following the flooding in June; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41321/12]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (2 Oct 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when consultants and engineers will be put in place to carry out flood prevention measures at Glanmire, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41322/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payments (2 Oct 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons that have been awarded assistance in the County Cork area following the recent flooding; if she will provide a breakdown by affected areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41323/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Offices (2 Oct 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to transfer staff from the District Veterinary Office at Darrara, Clonakilty, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42084/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (2 Oct 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health if the savings outlined by the Health Service Executive on 30 August 2012 in relation to cuts to home help hours, if these cuts of €10.8 million still apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41343/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (2 Oct 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health if the savings outlined by the Health Service Executive on 30 August 2012 in relation to cuts to home help care packages, if these cuts of €1.7 million still apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41344/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (2 Oct 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health the total annual budget for home help and home care packages following the announcement of cuts by the Health Service Executive on 30 August 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41345/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (2 Oct 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health the instructions Health Service Executive management has given their local management officials in relation to implementing cuts to home help hours and home care packages following the announcement of cuts on 30 August 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41346/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hepatitis C Compensation Payments (2 Oct 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health if he will agree to meet with a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41494/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hepatitis C Compensation Payments (2 Oct 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health if he is considering extending by regulation the class or classes of persons who make a claim for compensation before the Hepatitis C Tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41495/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (2 Oct 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health if lyme disease sufferers are eligible for treatment under the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41731/12]