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- Leaders' Questions (15 May 2014)
Billy Kelleher: I have no doubt the staff there work exceptionally hard and diligently but the difficulty is that they are doing the Government's bidding in regard to the removal of discretionary medical cards. A Private Members' motion this week and one last year highlighted, and advocacy groups continually highlight, the fact discretionary medical cards are being removed and yet the Government denies...
- Leaders' Questions (15 May 2014)
Billy Kelleher: The programme for Government guarantees access to medical care based on need and not on income. That is a central tenet of Government policy in regard to health delivery. Fairness should be at the heart of any policy. The Irish people are very fair when it comes to deciding whether free GP care for all those under six should be funded by taking discretionary medical cards from the oldest...
- Leaders' Questions (15 May 2014)
Billy Kelleher: Clearly, what the Government is doing is ensuring that those who need the supports of the State most do not get it and that those who can afford them will be able to access their GPs for free. Would the Tánaiste not agree that if the Government is genuinely interested in social solidarity that it should revisit this and ensure there is funding in place for those who need it most? We...
- Leaders' Questions (15 May 2014)
Billy Kelleher: The populist thing would be to welcome it and to ask for more.
- Leaders' Questions (15 May 2014)
Billy Kelleher: The Tánaiste should read the HSE service plan.
- Leaders' Questions (15 May 2014)
Billy Kelleher: The Tánaiste is suffering like us.
- Leaders' Questions (15 May 2014)
Billy Kelleher: That is equally uncomfortable for the Tánaiste.
- Order of Business (15 May 2014)
Billy Kelleher: Is the purpose of this adjournment to allow for the Tánaiste and the Government to canvass the people or is it for the purpose of enabling the Tánaiste to canvass his backbenchers? What is the actual purpose of the adjournment?
- Order of Business (15 May 2014)
Billy Kelleher: Were the Tánaiste to clarify what exactly it is for, Fianna Fáil might be able to assist it.
- Order of Business (15 May 2014)
Billy Kelleher: Is its purpose to allow the Tánaiste to canvass the backbenchers?
- Order of Business (15 May 2014)
Billy Kelleher: The programme for Government contains a commitment to invest in the supply of more and better care for older people in the community and states that residential settings would be a priority for the Government. There also is a commitment that additional funding would be provided each year for the care of older people, as well as for more home care packages or home helps. In addition, a...
- Order of Business (15 May 2014)
Billy Kelleher: I thank the Tánaiste.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Data (15 May 2014)
Billy Kelleher: 225. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of medical cards as of 1 May 2014 or later if available; 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. [21901/14]
- Other Questions: Tax Reliefs Application (27 May 2014)
Billy Kelleher: 6. To ask the Minister for Finance the consultations he and his Department have undertaken with the Department of Health with regard to the cap for tax relief on private health insurance introduced in the last budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22577/14]
- Other Questions: Tax Reliefs Application (27 May 2014)
Billy Kelleher: Last year in his Budget Statement the Minister announced a cap on the tax relief for private health insurance. At that time he said that only gold-plated private health insurance policyholders would suffer as a result of the €1,000 tax relief cap. Of course, that has not transpired. The vast majority of families who are struggling to pay for private health insurance find themselves...
- Other Questions: Tax Reliefs Application (27 May 2014)
Billy Kelleher: The difficulty we have is that the Minister got it spectacularly wrong when he announced that his intention was to introduce a cap on private health insurance that would only affect gold-plated policies. With all due respect to the Departments of Health and Finance, the definition of "gold-plated" leaves a great deal to be desired. The vast majority of ordinary families who struggle daily...
- Other Questions: Tax Reliefs Application (27 May 2014)
Billy Kelleher: The Minister has forgotten that the people who pay private health insurance are subsidising the public health system. It is very much a merry-go-round because many families are making extraordinary efforts to maintain private health insurance and removing the responsibility from the State to provide health care for them. In effect, they are subsidising the public health system by taking out...
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Application (27 May 2014)
Billy Kelleher: 33. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to amend or review the cap he put on tax relief for private health insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22578/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (27 May 2014)
Billy Kelleher: 98. To ask the Minister for Finance if the property of a person (details supplied) in County Cork is exempt from the local property tax. [22313/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (27 May 2014)
Billy Kelleher: 212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the facilities that will be made available to a school (details supplied) in County Cork for a deaf child who has put in an application for needs at the school as it has never had a deaf child before. [22316/14]