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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination Arising From Rape: Mr. Tom O'Malley, NUI Galway; Dublin Rape Crisis Centre; and Dr. Maeve Eogan, Rotunda Hospital (25 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination Arising From Rape: Mr. Tom O'Malley, NUI Galway; Dublin Rape Crisis Centre; and Dr. Maeve Eogan, Rotunda Hospital (25 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: I refer, in particular, to minors. If a minor wants a termination because she has been raped and goes to her GP, is there an obligation to mandatorily report the case of a minor?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination Arising From Rape: Mr. Tom O'Malley, NUI Galway; Dublin Rape Crisis Centre; and Dr. Maeve Eogan, Rotunda Hospital (25 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: But there is a mandatory requirement to report if a minor is involved if someone becomes aware.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: Termination for Medical Reasons Ireland (25 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: We do not want to end up in a situation where the committee's public session every week has clarifications sought and given, which then require further clarifications. Some of the commentary about the late Savita Halappanavar is very distasteful, to say the very least. I do not believe that the committee should be consistently referring to this woman who tragically died as if she was just a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: Termination for Medical Reasons Ireland (25 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: I did not make reference to the Senator. I was speaking about the committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: Termination for Medical Reasons Ireland (25 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: I thank Mr. Edwards and Ms Cullen-Delsol for their very emotional testimony. Most of the questions I would have asked have already been asked and answered in detail. I ask this question to get inside the minds of people who have alternative views. What type of abuse have the witnesses or other members of their organisation received? Is it coming from very extreme cranks or is it seeping...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: Termination for Medical Reasons Ireland (25 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: Ballybricken or Waterford?

National Planning Framework: Statements (Resumed) (26 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: I welcome the opportunity to contribute. I agree with previous speakers regarding the fact that the Government should extend the deadline for submissions, particularly as this framework will be in place well into the future. The fact that the debate is taking place just a number of weeks in advance of the deadline does not do the framework a service in allowing political parties and others...

National Planning Framework: Statements (Resumed) (26 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: I am offering an opinion.

National Planning Framework: Statements (Resumed) (26 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: When the Minister of State is called, he can reply, otherwise we will have to go into a form of Question Time. It is important to raise a few issues about the framework. If we are looking beyond the horizon of 2040, we have to look beyond traditional forms of transport and infrastructure. We also have to consider what will be required to sustain communities, both rural and urban, to...

National Planning Framework: Statements (Resumed) (26 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: The Government parties do no exactly spring into action every morning when they get up and, therefore, another few weeks will not delay the process too much if we just give everybody an opportunity to contribute. Those who wish to take that opportunity will do so and those who do not want to do so will not. However, we should be fair to everybody. In its submission, Fianna Fáil has...

Other Questions: Housing Assistance Payment (26 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: They were not that ambitious.

Other Questions: Housing Assistance Payment (26 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: The Minister will have welts on his hands from turning sods.

Topical Issue Debate: Vaccination Programme (26 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: Forewarned is forearmed and we are trying to impress on the Minister of State the importance of ensuring all the mechanisms of the State are available to deal with this potential public health policy challenge, which could have a major impact on our health services and on the health of vulnerable people. Professor Sir Malcolm Grant of the NHS recently said that they were preparing for a...

Topical Issue Debate: Vaccination Programme (26 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: The Minister of State said it, namely, that at-risk people include those aged 65 years and over, those with chronic illness requiring regular medical follow-ups, those with lower immunity due to disease or treatment, pregnant women and residents of nursing homes and other long-stay facilities. The key component in all of our health services is front-line staff. The HSE said that there has...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Oireachtas Joint Committee Recommendations (26 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the recommendations of the all-party committee will be implemented to allow all full time low-income QQI degree students receive their SUSI entitlement and to allow them access to the HEA student hardship fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45428/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (26 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 152. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be operated on to treat their scoliosis and will receive an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45391/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (26 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 158. To ask the Minister for Health if the staff and resources required to operate the genomic sequencing equipment at the Mater hospital will be provided by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45435/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Data (26 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 174. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home care packages being provided in each local health office area, in tabular form. [45497/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Data (26 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 175. To ask the Minister for Health the number of intensive home care packages being provided in each local health office area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45498/17]