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Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (4 Mar 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 413. To ask the Minister for Health his response to a recent Irish Medical News survey of general practitioners which indicated that four-fifths of GPs feel that the proposed new GP contract represents a conflict of interest for them in terms of their compliance with the medical practitioners act, professional competence and other laws governing GPs; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (4 Mar 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 414. To ask the Minister for Health if he or any of his Departments Ministers of State have personally written any part of the proposed new GP contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10515/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (4 Mar 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 421. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Laois who is trying to live independently and is working has been refused a medical card. [10528/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roadworthiness Testing (4 Mar 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 509. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will change the regulations requiring the testing of trucks and trailers that are currently off the road and have been certified as being off the road for road tax purposes, resulting in an increasing the financial burden on already hard pressed hauliers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10506/14]

Protection of Residential Mortgage Account Holders Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (5 Mar 2014)

Billy Kelleher: I am glad the Minister for Finance is taking an interest in this debate. Deputies on all sides of the House have expressed concern about this issue. Nobody on this side is intentionally trying to scaremonger. We are expressing genuine concerns which are reflected in the fact that the Minister will be introducing legislation to address this issue in 2015. This House passed legislation late...

Protection of Residential Mortgage Account Holders Bill 2014: Referral to Select Committee (5 Mar 2014)

Billy Kelleher: I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Sub-Committee on Finance pursuant to Standing Orders 82A(3)(a) and (6)(a) and 118.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Levy (5 Mar 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 184. To ask the Minister for Health the procedures that have been put in place by the Health Service Executive for the application of the new public bed charges for privately insured patients which came into effect on 1 January 2014; the way it is proposed to establish whether a patient has waived his or her right to treatment as a public patient; if he will accept the recommendation in the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Data (5 Mar 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 186. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 270 of 26 January 2014, the age groups 17 years and under, 18 to 29 years, 30 to 39 years, 40 to 49 years, 50 to 59 years, 60 to 69 years, 70 to 79 years, 80 years and over of the 2,052,000 people reported by the Health Insurance Authority as being insured with inpatient health insurance plans at the end of December...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Company Payments (5 Mar 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 187. To ask the Minister for Health the number of bed nights in a public hospital privately insured patients have used to date in 2014; the amount of extra income these charges bring to the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11155/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Data (6 Mar 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 262. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of medical cards as of 1 March 2014; the total number of GP cards on the same date; and the total number for each type of card issued on a discretionary basis on that date. [11420/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Reviews (6 Mar 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 263. To ask the Minister for Health with regard to Health Service Executive reviews of eligibility for approximately 1 million medical card holders during 2014 that are to be conducted in a risk-assessed manner, the number of reviews that took place in February 2014; the number of medical cards discontinued as a result of these reviews; the number of reviews where a person's income exceeded...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Report on Perinatal Deaths at Midland Regional Hospital: Discussion (6 Mar 2014)

Billy Kelleher: I thank the witnesses for attending and for their presentations on the report. I compliment Dr. Holohan on his report and on his professional handling of same. I also compliment the Minister on meeting the families. It showed that what is often lacking for families in a time of crisis is a human face. The families appreciated it. This is just the initiation of a longer and more in-depth...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Report on Perinatal Deaths at Midland Regional Hospital: Discussion (6 Mar 2014)

Billy Kelleher: How many do I have left?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Report on Perinatal Deaths at Midland Regional Hospital: Discussion (6 Mar 2014)

Billy Kelleher: The Chairman is being gracious today.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Report on Perinatal Deaths at Midland Regional Hospital: Discussion (6 Mar 2014)

Billy Kelleher: Indeed. The issues of the coronial process must be viewed seriously, in that there seems to have been an effort not to co-operate fully with investigations. Statements made at the coronial process may not correlate with written notes, etc. This is a serious charge and, if true, must be put right quickly. One could argue that, if people are not co-operating with their statutory obligations...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Early Years Strategy: Discussion (6 Mar 2014)

Billy Kelleher: I welcome the witnesses. My colleague, Deputy Robert Troy, who is the Fianna Fáil spokesperson on children, conveys his apologies for being unable to attend. As spokesperson on health, I will do my best to step into the breach. As a father of three young children, all of whom are in national school, I am well aware of the pressures and strains on many parents. One need only stand at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Early Years Strategy: Discussion (6 Mar 2014)

Billy Kelleher: The Chairman is being very generous.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Early Years Strategy: Discussion (6 Mar 2014)

Billy Kelleher: It is welcome that we have a Minister and a Department with responsibility for children and youth affairs. However, the services available from agencies throughout the country remain disparate in nature. For example, some are provided by the Departments of Justice and Equality and Health, while others are provided by local authorities. Is there a need to streamline the system even further...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Early Years Strategy: Discussion (6 Mar 2014)

Billy Kelleher: From where does that research come? Is it just research in general on universality or-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Early Years Strategy: Discussion (6 Mar 2014)

Billy Kelleher: One is entitled to go to school and the State is obliged to provide schooling, but the State is not obliged to provide a 15:1 pupil-teacher ratio. It does do so, however, in problematic areas of disadvantage. That is the question we are trying to clarify.