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Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2015)

Billy Kelleher: So the Tánaiste was wrong for 30 years.

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2015)

Billy Kelleher: It is a big U-turn as well.

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2015)

Billy Kelleher: I remember when the Tánaiste-----

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2015)

Billy Kelleher: The Government promised not to cut it in the first place.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Drug Addiction and Recovery Models: Discussion (26 Mar 2015)

Billy Kelleher: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. We have had this debate on an ongoing basis. Professor Barry noted that we are very good at writing reports but that the implementation sometimes lacks commitment. I wonder about our treatment programmes for opiate addiction. I have often got the impression that while there is great goodwill in terms of the effort of the HSE and others at the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Drug Addiction and Recovery Models: Discussion (26 Mar 2015)

Billy Kelleher: I have a question on methadone and our obsession with it. Although individual pathways for users were mentioned, they always end up on methadone treatment programmes. One can argue that we do not have individual pathways to recovery. Is there any use of other heroin substitutes such as buprenorphine? We seem to have no individual pathways to recovery because everybody is on methadone. It...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Drug Addiction and Recovery Models: Discussion (26 Mar 2015)

Billy Kelleher: On the issue of dyslexia, I assume, without having to conduct a detailed analysis, the reason they are drug addicts is the condition was not dealt with during their time in the education system and that they experienced a poor educational outcome. For example, they sat at the back at the class and were ignored. Traditionally, that is what happened to such persons in the education system,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data (26 Mar 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 197. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme; the average waiting time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12506/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (25 Mar 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 127. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the number of general practitioner vacancies, in tabular form and by local health area. [12218/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Administration (25 Mar 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 132. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the additional expenditure incurred in the medical card section since 2011 including overtime, additional staff, administration and so on, on an annual basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12244/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (25 Mar 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will assist a lone parent (details supplied) who can no longer receive funding to complete a postgraduate course due to the removal of the one-parent family payment, the removal of that person's entitlement to the back-to-education allowance and the special rate of grant for disadvantaged students, and the removal by her...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (25 Mar 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department will carry out a fresh review of the levels of socio-economic disadvantage in primary and post-primary schools, with a view to including new schools in the delivering equality of opportunity in schools scheme; and if the criteria used will take account of the fact that parents with mortgages may, depending on their...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Mar 2015)

Billy Kelleher: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for their presentations. As the Joint Committee on Health and Children, we are charged with scrutiny of legislation such as the public health (alcohol) Bill. For maybe too long, we have been discussing the harm done to our people by alcohol abuse and excessive drinking. It is an issue that is endemic in our culture and we must address in the best way...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Remuneration of Section 38 Agency Staff: Health Service Executive (24 Mar 2015)

Billy Kelleher: I thank Mr. Tegerdine for informing us of his progress with regard to section 38 organisations. I have a number of questions. What was the level of co-operation? Was there any obstruction or were agencies upfront in terms of providing documentation? Was there a requirement for detailed investigations from the point of view of the HSE in trying to ascertain the level of compliance or was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Remuneration of Section 38 Agency Staff: Health Service Executive (24 Mar 2015)

Billy Kelleher: Is that proposal published or is it a confidential document in terms of the presentation that has been made by-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Remuneration of Section 38 Agency Staff: Health Service Executive (24 Mar 2015)

Billy Kelleher: Mr. Tegerdine might clarify whether that has been published and whether he can share it with us today. The comment is made in recommendation No. 9 that the National Maternity Hospital has indicated that three employees are in receipt of remuneration not in line with Department of Health pay scales and that there are contractual entitlements. It further states they have not provided the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Remuneration of Section 38 Agency Staff: Health Service Executive (24 Mar 2015)

Billy Kelleher: Yes. As it stands, we are unsure whether some of the remuneration package in the National Maternity Hospital is coming from public funds. We simply do not know. It could be coming from income streams, patient payments or car parking. We do not know.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Remuneration of Section 38 Agency Staff: Health Service Executive (24 Mar 2015)

Billy Kelleher: The National Maternity Hospital is critical infrastructure but penalties could be imposed if there is not full compliance and co-operation at some stage. I assume breaking the service level agreement is the ultimate sanction. What would that entail in terms of penalty? Could it impact on the delivery of health care in that hospital if funding streams were to be reduced?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Remuneration of Section 38 Agency Staff: Health Service Executive (24 Mar 2015)

Billy Kelleher: There are two parties to an employment contract. There is the employee and the employer. As the HSE is dealing with the employer in this case, there would be no discussion with the employee. Is there a potential for the employee to waive their contractual confidentiality clause?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Remuneration of Section 38 Agency Staff: Health Service Executive (24 Mar 2015)

Billy Kelleher: I wish to ask about recommendation No. 20. As regards the review of remuneration rates for section 38 agency CEOs and other members of senior management, how was the pay classification model developed by the HSE? Was it developed along the lines of pay scales within the HSE or through an assessment of international comparators? What matrix was used in determining the appropriate rates of...