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Order of Business (10 Oct 2013)

Billy Kelleher: If we are to make committees more meaningful-----

Order of Business (10 Oct 2013)

Billy Kelleher: We do not want to send him off to the Gulag somewhere.

Order of Business (10 Oct 2013)

Billy Kelleher: We want to know why Deputy Colm Keaveney is not fit to serve on the Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

Order of Business (10 Oct 2013)

Billy Kelleher: What is happening here is that we are asking Parliament to rubber-stamp a Labour Party dispute. The Dáil should be allowed to discuss this issue. Deputy Colm Keaveney was appointed by the Dáil to the committee and we are being asked, at the request of the Labour Party and without debate, to remove him from the committee. It is quite shameful. At least let us have a debate on...

Order of Business (10 Oct 2013)

Billy Kelleher: The Tánaiste has not given an explanation.

Order of Business (10 Oct 2013)

Billy Kelleher: The Tánaiste did not.

Order of Business (10 Oct 2013)

Billy Kelleher: The Tánaiste told us the mechanics of it but he has not given us the explanation for it.

Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2013)

Billy Kelleher: I thank the Tánaiste for his reply. Unfortunately, we had the very tragic case of Tania McCabe in Drogheda who died in 2007. At that time national guidelines were drawn up with regard to sepsis. Only five of the 19 maternity hospitals are currently implementing those guidelines as has been highlighted in this report. We then had the tragic case in Galway. While the Tánaiste...

Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2013)

Billy Kelleher: We cannot have the report implemented in theory but not resource maternity units throughout the country.

Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2013)

Billy Kelleher: I express my deepest sympathies to the family of Savita Halappanavar and her husband, Praveen, as the anniversary of her tragic death on 28 October 2012 approaches. The report published by the Health Information and Quality Authority, HIQA, into the circumstances of Ms Halappanavar's death makes difficult reading for her family and many others, especially women and those involved in the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Initiatives (10 Oct 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 17. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on whether the PRSI measures introduced as part of the 2011 jobs initiative have assisted in job creation; the impact he expects from the planned ending of these measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42721/13]

Discretionary Medical Cards: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (9 Oct 2013)

Billy Kelleher: I welcome the contributions from Deputies on both sides of the House. We do not claim to have a fount of wisdom on this side, but we know there is a difficulty concerning the granting of discretionary medical cards. The review process is laborious and takes a long time. The Minister of State says there has been no change to how discretionary medical cards are awarded. However, a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Sick Leave (9 Oct 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 33. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he satisfied that sufficient progress is being made in reducing the cost of sick leave within the public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42488/13]

Discretionary Medical Cards: Motion [Private Members] (8 Oct 2013)

Billy Kelleher: We never suggested there was a medical card for a specific condition.

Discretionary Medical Cards: Motion [Private Members] (8 Oct 2013)

Billy Kelleher: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: - the number of discretionary medical cards fell from 80,524 at the start of 2011 to 63,126 at the end of 2012; - in the first seven months of 2013 there was a further reduction of 8,142 such cards to 54,984, a monthly average reduction of 1,163; - the Health Service Executive (HSE) set a target for 2013 to reduce the number of...

Topical Issue Debate: Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors Working Conditions (8 Oct 2013)

Billy Kelleher: They are the figures I have been given so I hope the Minister can correct that. Even if there were no deferrals, the point is that we still have 3,000 people who have no faith in their employers in respect of bringing about their entitlement under European law. I know the Minister will give me the historical lecture on it but we are in a position where we have a complete breakdown of trust....

Topical Issue Debate: Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors Working Conditions (8 Oct 2013)

Billy Kelleher: No, the Minister can remind me but he only has four minutes.

Topical Issue Debate: Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors Working Conditions (8 Oct 2013)

Billy Kelleher: The report was commissioned in 2001 and it is now 2013. We have not had a junior doctors' strike in 25 years but we have one today. That is the difficulty. Regardless of whether it was the previous incumbent or not, we did not have industrial disputes of this nature. We now have a situation where over 3,000 NCHDs are outside our hospitals today and it is impacting on the delivery of...

Topical Issue Debate: Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors Working Conditions (8 Oct 2013)

Billy Kelleher: No one in this House or outside it likes to see people in our hospitals involved in industrial action. In making my points, I know that I will receive a historical lecture about why we are where we are. However, we are in a difficult position because commitments have been made by the HSE, Health and Safety Executive, to address the issue. The HSE's service plan 2013 highlighted that it...

Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2013)

Billy Kelleher: They are outside the door.