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Financial Resolutions 2018 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: I welcome the opportunity to speak. In my time observing budgets in this House in the last few years, I have observed that the set-piece on budget day is no longer what it was. There is an evolving system of how we present budgets in this House. There is a broader public debate out there which is important. With the budgetary process that has been proposed and amended in recent years, the...

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: Yes, I support that project, too. It is hard to get to areas in the west from Cork through Galway.

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: It is hard to get from Cork to Limerick, too. If Cork, Limerick, Galway were interconnected, the region would be an influential place and engine for economic growth, not only for Ireland but also for the rest of Europe. It is the part of Europe that is nearest to the United States and significant opportunities would be provided. The budget has provided for initiatives in certain areas....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Health Care Issues Arising from the Citizens' Assembly Recommendations: Masters of the National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street and the Rotunda Hospital (11 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: Most of my questions have been answered. The Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act, which is on the Statute Book, provides for a 14-year custodial sentence both for clinicians and for people who procure abortion through abortion tablets. I spoke on that legislation in the Dáil and I opposed that measure, but I still cannot get my head around the idea or perception of a young girl in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reviews (12 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 132. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed national review of cardiology services; the preparatory works that have taken place during the summer by the HSE; if an outside international expert has been identified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43294/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (12 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 135. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the allocation of €5 million for the Healthy Ireland fund in 2017; if this funding has been allocated for 2017; and the locations in which the funding has been spent in 2017, in tabular form [43339/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (12 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 136. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the promised €14 million investment over three years in Cork University Maternity Hospital; the amount which has been allocated and drawn down; the items or services which have been provided with same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43340/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultant Recruitment (12 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 137. To ask the Minister for Health if there are now 81 doctors working as consultants in public hospitals that are not on the specialist register of the Medical Council; and if claims are accurate that in some cases the least experienced persons working remotely without senior consultant peer back up were performing high risk exploratory surgery for abdominal pains. [43341/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (17 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 374. To ask the Minister for Health the competing priorities for funding (details supplied); the position regarding children with arthritis, who are waiting for two years on the list of priorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43885/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (17 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 375. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address a shortfall (details supplied) in care for children with JIA in the annual Estimates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43886/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (17 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 376. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a submission by OLCHC requesting funding for the third rheumatology consultant has not been granted for the past three years (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43887/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction Services Provision (17 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 280. To ask the Minister for Health if 2019 is the earliest date that public funding can be provided for assisted human reproduction; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some persons are of the view that this may be too late for them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43449/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Data (17 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 342. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home care packages and transitional care beds that will be provided by the €37 million funding announced in budget 2018. [43696/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Risks to Health, Including Physical Health, of Pregnant Women: Professor Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, Dr. Peter Boylan and Dr. Meabh Ní Bhuinneáin (18 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: I thank Dr. Ní Bhuinneáin. In view of the fact that there is a vote in the Seanad, the next speakers have to go so Deputy McGrath is next up.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Risks to Health, Including Physical Health, of Pregnant Women: Professor Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, Dr. Peter Boylan and Dr. Meabh Ní Bhuinneáin (18 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: That is fine. I call Deputy Louise O'Reilly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Risks to Health, Including Physical Health, of Pregnant Women: Professor Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, Dr. Peter Boylan and Dr. Meabh Ní Bhuinneáin (18 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: I welcome the witnesses. I have a number of questions. My first question is for Dr. Boylan. He said in his presentation, with regard to foetal abnormalities, that up to ten weeks, amniocentesis or chorionic villus testing-sampling could identify whether there is a genetic abnormality. How late in the gestation period would we have to allow for all testing to be done to identify any other...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Risks to Health, Including Physical Health, of Pregnant Women: Professor Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, Dr. Peter Boylan and Dr. Meabh Ní Bhuinneáin (18 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: In general, we would have to legislate for at least 20 weeks to give very accurate diagnostic assessments-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Risks to Health, Including Physical Health, of Pregnant Women: Professor Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, Dr. Peter Boylan and Dr. Meabh Ní Bhuinneáin (18 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: -----for most foetal abnormalities, as opposed to fatal foetal abnormalities.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Risks to Health, Including Physical Health, of Pregnant Women: Professor Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, Dr. Peter Boylan and Dr. Meabh Ní Bhuinneáin (18 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: In terms of risk, and this is a question for the three witnesses, currently we are very restrictive in Ireland. It has to be when there is a real and substantial risk to the life of the mother. Dr. Boylan said, and I assume this is corroborated by the other witnesses, that the woman does not have any discussion in this. The medical professionals make that assessment and the only opinion...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Risks to Health, Including Physical Health, of Pregnant Women: Professor Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, Dr. Peter Boylan and Dr. Meabh Ní Bhuinneáin (18 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: If we were to liberalise and change, surely the woman's view in terms of risk should be taken into account, not only in the context of the risk to her life but other issues well.