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Nurses' and Midwives' Pay and Recruitment: Motion [Private Members] (25 Apr 2018)

Alan Kelly: I knew that was coming. Two of them are considering becoming nurses. A number of members of my family are in the nursing profession. I had to be honest with the two young people in question. I think being a nurse is a noble profession. There is no doubt that it is a vocation. It is something about which one must think long and hard. However, I also had to tell them the truth because I...

Nurses' and Midwives' Pay and Recruitment: Motion [Private Members] (25 Apr 2018)

Alan Kelly: What will happen to the patients there who will either have to go home or be transferred to one of the most overcrowded hospitals in Ireland, South Tipperary General Hospital?

Nurses' and Midwives' Pay and Recruitment: Motion [Private Members] (25 Apr 2018)

Alan Kelly: Tipperary is served by University Hospital Limerick on one side and South Tipperary General Hospital on the other - the two most overcrowded hospitals in Ireland. We are talking about moving patients, some of them over 100 years of age-----

Nurses' and Midwives' Pay and Recruitment: Motion [Private Members] (25 Apr 2018)

Alan Kelly: -----into that hospital.

Nurses' and Midwives' Pay and Recruitment: Motion [Private Members] (25 Apr 2018)

Alan Kelly: Staff do not know where they will be based on Saturday.

Nurses' and Midwives' Pay and Recruitment: Motion [Private Members] (25 Apr 2018)

Alan Kelly: This is an emergency. I would appreciate if the Minister addressed it.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Data (25 Apr 2018)

Alan Kelly: 88. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of tax relief for medical expenses provided to persons in respect of costs associated with accessing IVF treatment in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18235/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (25 Apr 2018)

Alan Kelly: 147. To ask the Minister for Health when plans to subsidise or assist couples with the cost of IVF will be published and introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18228/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (25 Apr 2018)

Alan Kelly: 148. To ask the Minister for Health the projected costs in 2019 of the introduction of free IVF treatment as committed to in October 2017; and the estimated number of couples who would be provided with access in 2019 and in each of the following five years [18229/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (25 Apr 2018)

Alan Kelly: 151. To ask the Minister for Health the supports that are provided to couples who require assistance in funding IVF and other fertility treatments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18232/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (25 Apr 2018)

Alan Kelly: 152. To ask the Minister for Health further to previous parliamentary replies, if he reverted to Government at the end of 2017 as committed to with proposals for a potential model of public funding for assisted human reproduction treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18233/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (25 Apr 2018)

Alan Kelly: 149. To ask the Minister for Health when the proposed finalised legislation on assisted human reproduction will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18230/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (25 Apr 2018)

Alan Kelly: 150. To ask the Minister for Health if the proposed legislation on assisted human reproduction will be passed by the end of 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18231/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Data (25 Apr 2018)

Alan Kelly: 153. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of fertility medicines needed for fertility treatment covered under the high tech scheme administered by the HSE in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018; the number of persons assisted in each year in the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18234/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Alan Kelly: I have a number of different topics to cover. The Commissioner or Deputy Commissioner are not here to hear what is being discussed. We must accept what their colleagues here are saying but I think it is, frankly, a laugh. I say this straight, call a spade a spade. It is not acceptable that this could not be communicated to the committee in advance. We are the elected representatives of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Alan Kelly: Fair enough but the Commissioner or the Deputy Commissioner are not here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Alan Kelly: The Commissioner is outside the country and the Deputy Commissioner is, and I represent Templemore, at a certificate graduation for examinations in Templemore.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Alan Kelly: In fairness, there are other issues. I have looked at all the questioning. There are so many questions Mr. Nugent has to get back to people. He will be fairly busy getting back whereas if either or both of them were here, we would be able to get through them fairly quickly. The event to be attended by the Commissioner is at 12 p.m. I understand it is usually the chief of the college who...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Alan Kelly: Mr. Nugent is not a ranking garda.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Alan Kelly: I am aware. I am just offering a personal opinion.