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Government Appeal of European Commission Decision on State Aid to Apple: Motion (7 Sep 2016)

Billy Kelleher: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this motion regarding an appeal of the Commission decision stating that Ireland acted unlawfully with regard to state aid due to its tax rules and dealings with Apple. Some of the amendments to the motion from some Opposition parties look more like a philosophical debate at a political summer school, what with socialist republics and everything else they...

Government Appeal of European Commission Decision on State Aid to Apple: Motion (7 Sep 2016)

Billy Kelleher: I hope the House can revisit this issue because a broader political debate is required. To respond to some of the comments made in this debate, Deputies should not be under any illusions; foreign direct investment has helped the economy and generated a large number of embryonic spin-off companies which service and learn from multinational companies. Software technology is one area which has...

Government Appeal of European Commission Decision on State Aid to Apple: Motion (7 Sep 2016)

Billy Kelleher: Slab Murphy.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Future of Health Care (Resumed): Dr. Stephen Kinsella (14 Sep 2016)

Billy Kelleher: I will revisit a few points that have already been made. First and foremost, policy must set the template for the direction the health services will take. In that context, I assume that if we are to produce a workforce planning model in the years ahead, we need a definitive view as to where we are going with our health services. That would mean that we would have to assess whether primary...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Future of Health Care: eHealth Ireland (14 Sep 2016)

Billy Kelleher: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. A lot has been asked and answered. To bring it back to the practicalities of the delivery of health care in general, if we look at the various policies that have been outlined by the Department of Health, the HSE and various Governments, and probably by this committee in its final deliberations, without setting that it stone, primary care and...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget 2017 (16 Sep 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 200. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) will be eligible for the new first-time buyers scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25077/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (16 Sep 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 1007. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting almost a year and will not have an appointment until later in the year. [24389/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (16 Sep 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 1093. To ask the Minister for Health the number of operations and procedures that have been cancelled or postponed in each public hospital to date in 2016 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24650/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (16 Sep 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 1094. To ask the Minister for Health the number of operations and procedures that have been cancelled or postponed in each voluntary hospital to date in 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24651/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (16 Sep 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 1122. To ask the Minister for Health if the Government has been contacted by the tobacco industry or any of its representatives on the possibility of a joint agreement on the joint use of the industry's Codentify system for the tracing of illegal tobacco; if so, the outcome of any such contact; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24859/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (16 Sep 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 1160. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the case of a person (details supplied) and the ongoing issue involving a review of their case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25078/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescriptions Charges (16 Sep 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 1450. To ask the Minister for Health the revenue raised from prescription charges in 2015 and to date in 2016. [26199/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Data (16 Sep 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 1470. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards as of 1 September 2016 or the latest date available; the number of general practitioner cards on the same date; and the number for each type of card issued on a discretionary basis on that date. [26309/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Data (16 Sep 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 1471. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home help hours provided in each local health office area in June, July and August 2016 in tabular form; and the way it compares against target in each instance. [26310/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data (16 Sep 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 1472. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme for each local health area in tabular form; and the length of time waiting in each instance. [26311/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Funding (16 Sep 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 1474. To ask the Minister for Health the budget allocation for 2016 for each public and voluntary hospital detailing for each month to date in 2016 the profiled expenditure and the outturn in tabular form. [26328/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (16 Sep 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 1655. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the date for the roll-out of high speed broadband for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24696/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (16 Sep 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 1668. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the date for the roll-out of high speed broadband for Elm Grove, Sallybrook, Glanmire, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24792/16]

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: General Practice in Disadvantaged Areas (21 Sep 2016)

Billy Kelleher: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for their presentations. We speak of primary care as the bulwark of delivery of health care in the future. To date, it has been under-resourced, understaffed and under-utilised in many cases. During the Celtic tiger era we placed much emphasis on the physical structures of primary care, namely, the buildings. Let us be under no illusion, not every GP...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: General Practice in Disadvantaged Areas (21 Sep 2016)

Billy Kelleher: The doctor knows what would happen. It would be snaffled by accident and emergency and what comes in through the other side of the hospital.