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Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (27 Nov 2012)

Billy Kelleher: I do not know. What I do know is that it is cumbersome for a person who has just come out of hospital and receives a letter from his or her insurance company saying the bill for his or her care and treatment has been paid to have to address concerns in this regard.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (27 Nov 2012)

Billy Kelleher: I support the thrust of Deputy Naughten's amendment. This goes back to my original point. The difficulty I have is that there is there is no incentive for a young person to take out health insurance other than a belief that he or she may get sick. The difficulty we have is that between now and the Holy Grail of the proposed universal health insurance, there is no reward for a person to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Child Care Services (28 Nov 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who were in residential care in the Cork/Kerry area between January 2012 and September 2012; the number of approved whole time equivalents staff Kerry units for the Health Service Executive South and a value for money and cost per child during this period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53105/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for Children with Disabilities (28 Nov 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health if Autism will be a key priority of his as part of Ireland's Presidency of the EU in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53131/12]

Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2012)

Billy Kelleher: Obviously he was being irrational in Opposition.

Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2012)

Billy Kelleher: With placards.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Advertising Standards (29 Nov 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way he proposes to combat inappropriate media advertising aimed at children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53256/12]

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Allocations for Public Expenditure 2013: Discussion with Minister for Health (29 Nov 2012)

Billy Kelleher: I will reserve criticism regarding the documentation for another time. I am not saying it is the Minister's fault but this committee should have had at least some documentation in advance to prepare for this discussion on the Estimates for 2013. I am disappointed about that. The European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies report is quite extensive and it makes for interesting and,...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Allocations for Public Expenditure 2013: Discussion with Minister for Health (29 Nov 2012)

Billy Kelleher: It is difficult to go through all this in three minutes particularly given that we did not have any documentation in advance of this discussion. When will the Supplementary Estimate for 2012 come before the committee or the Dáil?

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Allocations for Public Expenditure 2013: Discussion with Minister for Health (29 Nov 2012)

Billy Kelleher: Is the Chairman taking questions from Deputies before calling the Minister?

Leaders' Questions (4 Dec 2012)

Billy Kelleher: What about the Minister, Deputy Quinn?

Estimates for Public Services 2012: Leave to Introduce (4 Dec 2012)

Billy Kelleher: Is this the motion to refer the Supplementary Estimate for the Health Service Executive to the select sub-committee?

Estimates for Public Services 2012: Leave to Introduce (4 Dec 2012)

Billy Kelleher: We object to this in the strongest possible manner. We believe this is sweeping ministerial incompetence under the committee room carpet. We oppose this motion.

Estimates for Public Services 2012: Leave to Introduce (4 Dec 2012)

Billy Kelleher: We are opposing the motion on the grounds that we feel there should be a full debate in plenary session on this very important issue with regard to a Supplementary Estimate of €360 million in the Department of Health.

Funding of Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (4 Dec 2012)

Billy Kelleher: I move: That Dáil Éireann: recognises: — the fact that there are over 600,000 people with disabilities in Ireland; — the deep concern among those with disabilities that services affecting them may be cut or reduced further; and — that it is unfair and unjust to cut services for people with disabilities; notes pledges in the Programme for Government to: —...

Funding of Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (4 Dec 2012)

Billy Kelleher: The reason we tabled this motion is because there are great difficulties in the area of intellectual and physical disability. There are major concerns among service providers and users of those services. There is no point in us pretending there have not been cuts to the area of services for people with disabilities, both physical and intellectual. There clearly have been cuts in terms of...

Funding of Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (4 Dec 2012)

Billy Kelleher: We are not even asking the Government to live up to the commitments it made before the election given the wild abandoning of such promises made prior to the election. We are asking just for what is contained in the programme for Government. That is a fair and genuine approach from this side of the House to try to encourage the Government to provide the resources that are needed. There has...

Funding of Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (4 Dec 2012)

Billy Kelleher: They cannot be guaranteed a place. The reason prior to this was that funding took account of the number of people who were going to leave and funding was provided accordingly. Regardless of whether the place was guaranteed or not, the funding was in place to ensure they would have those services. That funding has been cut and there is a diminishing budget, which is why the Government...

Funding of Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (4 Dec 2012)

Billy Kelleher: Thanks.

Funding of Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (4 Dec 2012)

Billy Kelleher: What about the people Sinn Féin has disabled?