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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Primary Care Services: Discussion (2 Feb 2017)

Billy Kelleher: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for their presentations. I have the privilege and honour of also being a member of the Committee on the Future of Healthcare. It is an exciting time in terms of the discussions that are taking place. Everybody around the table will, I am sure, have a similar view in regard to how we deal with the changing demographics, the increase in population and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Primary Care Services: Discussion (2 Feb 2017)

Billy Kelleher: In terms of the contract negotiations, who is examining it from the clinical aspect? Leaving aside that the organisations have to negotiate on behalf of their members, who is in the room to ensure that the policies are represented as well? The Department has a view too. It wants to keep costs down.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Primary Care Services: Discussion (2 Feb 2017)

Billy Kelleher: I would not say that the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform might be acting ethically in terms of assessing from the medical point of view-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Primary Care Services: Discussion (2 Feb 2017)

Billy Kelleher: They are interlinked.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Primary Care Services: Discussion (2 Feb 2017)

Billy Kelleher: We are here to talk about capacity but if the contract is not effective we will still have a capacity problem because our GPs will still be going to Canada. The contract is crucial - it needs to be attractive for GPs so that it delivers for patients.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Primary Care Services: Discussion (2 Feb 2017)

Billy Kelleher: It is also shown in research that the further one lives from a hospital, the less likely one is to be referred to a hospital. There is research supporting that. The nearer one lives to a hospital the more likely one is to be referred to it. A person from Castletownbere in west Cork is not as likely to be referred to Cork University Hospital as a person from Bishopstown who lives close to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Primary Care Services: Discussion (2 Feb 2017)

Billy Kelleher: I am unsure whether my question goes against the general principle of general practice. Let us extrapolate manpower assessments, requirements and needs in conjunction with demographic trends for the coming years and the associated health needs. Reference has been made to obesity, but the key issue is the ageing population as well as chronic illness and disease. Let us suppose we have an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Primary Care Services: Discussion (2 Feb 2017)

Billy Kelleher: There is work for most of us.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review (2 Feb 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 266. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has reviewed the asset calculation methodology for the fair deal scheme relating to property by allowing applicants to use the local property tax bands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5164/17]

Priority Questions: Health Services Funding (1 Feb 2017)

Billy Kelleher: I am trying to be helpful to the Minister by highlighting the deficiencies in the HSE service plan and the inadequate budget provided to him by the Government for health care in our acute hospitals system. This is primarily about the acute hospitals system itself. An additional €118 million is being made available to deal with the Lansdowne Road agreement and demographics. They are...

Priority Questions: Health Services Funding (1 Feb 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 27. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the €9 million additional funding for the expansion of existing services or the provision of new services in acute hospitals is adequate to demand; and if any of this funding is now likely to be used for other purposes in view of the HSE decision not to appeal the 2015 ruling of the Employment Appeals Tribunal on consultant...

Priority Questions: Health Services Funding (1 Feb 2017)

Billy Kelleher: I wish to ask the Minister for Health for his views on whether the €9 million additional funding for the expansion of existing services or the provision of new services in acute hospitals is adequate to meet demand. Is any of this funding now likely to be used for other purposes in view of the HSE's decision not to appeal the ruling of the Employment Appeals Tribunal on two consultant...

Priority Questions: Health Services Funding (1 Feb 2017)

Billy Kelleher: It is extraordinary that in the overall budget the Minister talks about €459 million in headline figures and €180 million to address the ageing demographic profile in our acute hospital system. However, when one strips it all away we are talking about €9 million of additional funding to expand services. In other words, therefore, it is €9 million moving beyond...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Delays (1 Feb 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 42. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the 18 month target for outpatient consultations to be fully achieved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4649/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (1 Feb 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 47. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the claim by the director general of the HSE that the health services will require in the order of €9 billion in capital spend over the next ten years in order to overcome both historic and existing deficiencies. [4647/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (1 Feb 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 78. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to improve ambulance turnaround time at emergency departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4648/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Funding (1 Feb 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 83. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the €9 million additional funding for the expansion of existing services or the provision of new services in acute hospitals is adequate to meet demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4646/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultant Remuneration (1 Feb 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 119. To ask the Minister for Health to set down his Department’s estimate of the cost of compensating hospital consultants in the wake of the HSE decision not to appeal the 2015 ruling of the Employment Appeals Tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4650/17]

Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2017)

Billy Kelleher: Sinn Féin will have to give the money back.

Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2017)

Billy Kelleher: Will he send back the cheque?