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National Asset Management Agency: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (21 Oct 2015)

Billy Kelleher: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the issue, which has been raised a number of times in the Dáil. I congratulate Deputy Michael McGrath on consistently pursuing it. At stake here is the integrity of the State. The integrity of the State is being called into question. We have consistently been trying to highlight the need for an independent investigation established by the Houses...

National Asset Management Agency: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (21 Oct 2015)

Billy Kelleher: They are afraid to initiate an investigation for fear that something may be unearthed. The corollary of the point I am making is that if there is no concern, why would the Government be afraid to initiate some form of independent investigation? I ask the Minister of State to bear in mind that investigations are already going on. The Stormont finance committee, the UK National Crime Agency...

National Asset Management Agency: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (21 Oct 2015)

Billy Kelleher: The Minister of State is being misleading.

National Asset Management Agency: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (21 Oct 2015)

Billy Kelleher: Nobody ever said that they had.

National Asset Management Agency: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (21 Oct 2015)

Billy Kelleher: The Minister of State should break free of the shackles and the constraints.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (21 Oct 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 59. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform given the announcements to recruit new members of An Garda Síochána, if he will address the issue where former members of the Defence Forces who are successful in their application will lose their pension entitlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36740/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (21 Oct 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 110. To ask the Minister for Health if the estimated 2015 forecast outturn for the Health Vote as detailed on page 6 of the 2016 Expenditure Report includes a Supplementary Estimate for Health; if so, the extent of same; and if the outturn for Health in 2015 turns out to be greater than forecast in the Expenditure Report, if this increase will be reflected in a greater Estimate for 2016 than...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (21 Oct 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 111. To ask the Minister for Health the additional costs in 2015 of extra measures, such as the emergency Department task force, and revised measures, such as the details of free general practitioner care for the under sixes, which he announced during the course of 2015 but which were not covered in the 2015 Revised Estimate for Health; and if he will provide same in tabular form. [36679/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists (21 Oct 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 128. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for orthodontic treatment, by local health office area, for those up to 16 years of age and for those over 16 years of age at the end of September 2015 in tabular form. [36787/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Departmental Budgets (22 Oct 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 1. To ask the Minister for Health the contingency plans his Department is putting in place in the event of a health budget overrun in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36796/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Departmental Budgets (22 Oct 2015)

Billy Kelleher: What contingency plans are being put in place by the Minister for Health in the event of an overrun in the health budget in 2016 and will he make a statement on the matter? This leads from the point that next year there will be different fiscal rules applicable to Departments in the context of supplementary budgets. This year the Minister for Health has a €600 million budget deficit....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Departmental Budgets (22 Oct 2015)

Billy Kelleher: Straight away, the abdication of responsibility continues, because the Minister is saying his Department will work closely with the HSE. The bottom line is that it is the Minister who will present the Estimates and who is charged with seeking enough funding for the HSE national service plan that will be published in early 2016. The bottom line, to date, is that the Minister has said one of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Departmental Budgets (22 Oct 2015)

Billy Kelleher: There are massive waiting lists, overcrowding in emergency departments and a lack of capital investment across many of our hospitals, so there are huge problems out there and the demographics on top of that. We already know we do not have enough.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Departmental Budgets (22 Oct 2015)

Billy Kelleher: The difficulty with all of this is that, as we stand here today raising issues and asking Dáil questions, there is overcrowding in emergency departments across the country and massive waiting lists. The Minister has changed the targets for inpatient and outpatient appointments to 18 months. There are cancellations on a continued basis for elective surgeries. Right across the health...

Other Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (22 Oct 2015)

Billy Kelleher: Before the election anyway.

Other Questions: National Dementia Strategy Implementation (22 Oct 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 11. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the implementation of the national dementia strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36661/15]

Other Questions: National Dementia Strategy Implementation (22 Oct 2015)

Billy Kelleher: We welcome everything that has been done, but if one considered the demographics and the projected trends in Alzheimer's and dementia, one would see a trebling in the incidence of both in just a generation. That will be a major demand on resources. Even in the context of the national dementia strategy, I do not believe that enough planning is being done to provide the resources that will be...

Other Questions: National Dementia Strategy Implementation (22 Oct 2015)

Billy Kelleher: One way of showing a continuing commitment would be increase the number of intensive home care packages for 2016 in the context of the HSE service plan. We know from all the empirical evidence and the collation of data that the prevalence of the conditions will increase dramatically in the years ahead. By any stretch of the imagination, we do not have the supports or infrastructure in place...

Other Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (22 Oct 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 12. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons his targets for waiting lists have not been met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36662/15]

Other Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (22 Oct 2015)

Billy Kelleher: I ask the Minister for Health the reasons his targets for waiting lists have not been met and whether he will make a statement on the matter.