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Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (25 Nov 2015)

Billy Kelleher: On a point referred to by the Minister in response to Deputy Mitchell O'Connor, we must accept there is a complete proliferation of health insurance policies. Perhaps it is because I am spokesperson on health, but we are daily getting calls, letters or e-mails from people who, when they avail of their private health insurance, are being informed they have to make a partial payment, which...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Prices (26 Nov 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 170. To ask the Minister for Health the measures introduced in 2015 to reduce the cost of medicines to patients and the taxpayer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42183/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Strategy (26 Nov 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 171. To ask the Minister for Health when his Department will publish a new obesity policy. [42184/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Care Policy (26 Nov 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 172. To ask the Minister for Health when his Department will publish a new oral health strategy. [42185/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (26 Nov 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 173. To ask the Minister for Health when his Department will publish a new maternity care strategy. [42186/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Cancer Strategy Publication (26 Nov 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 174. To ask the Minister for Health when his Department will publish a new cancer strategy. [42187/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Independent Advocacy Services for Health Service Users: Discussion (26 Nov 2015)

Billy Kelleher: I welcome the delegates. Having listened to the points made by Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin about the presentations, I want to focus on the issue of patient confidentiality. The protection of information is obviously very necessary, particularly when one is dealing with medically sensitive files, etc. Like Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin, I sometimes find that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Independent Advocacy Services for Health Service Users: Discussion (26 Nov 2015)

Billy Kelleher: I thank Mr. O'Brien for his presentation. This morning we heard from advocacy groups who outlined their views and concerns on what is required to be done to ensure we have proper accountability in how complaints are followed through in our health services. There are certain cohorts with specific vulnerabilities and areas of disability, where people may be in a congregated setting without...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (1 Dec 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 57. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the additional resources that will be made available to An Garda Síochána in Gurranbraher and Mayfield in the Cork city Garda Síochána division under Operation Thor; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42407/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (1 Dec 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 95. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Síochána stations and the number of gardaí in each station in the Gurranbraher and Mayfield Cork city Garda Síochána districts on 1 November 2010 and on 1 November 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42408/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Provision (1 Dec 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 437. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new nursing staff recruited, the number of nursing staff who left, the total number of nursing staff, and the net increase or decrease in the number of nursing staff, in each hospital (details supplied) from 1 January to 30 September 2015, in tabular form [42737/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: HIV Incidence in Ireland: Discussion (1 Dec 2015)

Billy Kelleher: I welcome the presentations made by Mr. Mulligan, Ms Seery and Mr. Brady. At the risk of being repetitive in talking about the national sexual health strategy, it is important to promote awareness among the general public, as well as the target groups. Mr. Brady said people who were born in the 1960s and 1970s would remember the 1980s quite well. Clearly, it was a difficult time to be gay...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: HIV Incidence in Ireland: Discussion (1 Dec 2015)

Billy Kelleher: The morning off.

Leaders' Questions (2 Dec 2015)

Billy Kelleher: We cannot believe the Taoiseach after Roscommon.

Leaders' Questions (2 Dec 2015)

Billy Kelleher: The Taoiseach made a solemn promise.

Leaders' Questions (2 Dec 2015)

Billy Kelleher: There must be an election in the offing.

Order of Business (2 Dec 2015)

Billy Kelleher: It is called democracy. It is called parliamentary democracy.

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (2 Dec 2015)

Billy Kelleher: We had detailed discussions about this on Committee Stage. The Minister referred to the fact that this is about making sure risk equalisation is maintained along with the concept of community rating and intergenerational solidarity to ensure affordable health insurance. However, the biggest recruiter for private health insurance companies is the fact that our public health system is in...

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (2 Dec 2015)

Billy Kelleher: I read the Minister's.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: General Practitioner Contracts (3 Dec 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 1. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the measures that will be taken to put general practice on a sustainable basis, especially in rural areas; the progress that is being made on a new contract for general practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43125/15]