Results 7,441-7,460 of 11,979 for speaker:Billy Kelleher
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Mar 2013)
Billy Kelleher: Section 4 contains the words "as soon as is practicable". No matter what way one reads it, there is no defined period by which the board is required to deal with the issue of the interchangeables. I do not question board members' eminence or ability, but the issue of resources and priorities could come into play. I am also concerned about high-tech drugs and the complexities of that....
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Mar 2013)
Billy Kelleher: The point I am making is that there is no obligation on the board to inform anybody. Surely, there should be a mechanism in section 4 which obligates the board to inform the Minister or some relevant body the reasons for any delays. The phrase "as soon as practicable" means "as far as the board is concerned". There must be some obligation. I am not saying the board must have everything...
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Mar 2013)
Billy Kelleher: The Deputy can go ahead.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Mar 2013)
Billy Kelleher: I do not want to be obstructive in terms of the passage of the Bill but the only way we can make our point is by tabling an amendment and having it discussed. We put down these amendments not just based on individuals. Highly eminent professional clinicians have stated to us that they have major concerns about this legislation and the effect it may have on sufferers of epilepsy who have...
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Mar 2013)
Billy Kelleher: Representatives of the Irish Medicines Board appeared before the Joint Committee on Health and Children on previous occasions discussing many issues in the context of prescription-only medicines and the changing of medicines from prescription-only to over-the-counter. Without being critical of an organisation that is not present to defend or represent itself, urgency may not be a word given...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Property Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) with Irish Insurance Federation (19 Mar 2013)
Billy Kelleher: Does geocoding take account of elevation and altitude?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Property Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) with Irish Insurance Federation (19 Mar 2013)
Billy Kelleher: I thank the Chairman for allowing me to contribute. I represent the constituency of Cork North-Central. It covers the north side of the city and includes a large hinterland around the periphery of the city as well as the city centre. We have been devastated on several occasions and it is nothing new to the psychology of people in Cork city to have normal flooding or tidal flooding, which...
- Other Questions: European Defence Agency (14 Mar 2013)
Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Defence the way he proposes to develop capabilities in support of common security and defence policy and freedom, security and justice through enhanced cooperation between the European Defence Agency and the European Commission in the field of research and innovation in the security sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13261/13]
- Leaders' Questions (14 Mar 2013)
Billy Kelleher: There is not.
- Topical Issue Debate: Health Screening (13 Mar 2013)
Billy Kelleher: I thank the Minister of State.
- Topical Issue Debate: Health Screening (13 Mar 2013)
Billy Kelleher: I endorse everything Deputy Ferris has said. The deadline is 31 March but I ask the Minister of State to consider rowing back on that deadline and entering into further discussions about data protection. I do not think the full import of the destruction of these cards has been considered. It would be a very great loss of genetic information in the context of modern technology and advances...
- Topical Issue Debate: Health Screening (13 Mar 2013)
Billy Kelleher: I thank the Minister of State for her reply. The Red C poll showing a figure of 12% awareness is indicative. We all live by Red C polls in this House. It is clear that the information campaign is not resonating with the public. Conditions such as haemochromatosis and risks such as sudden cardiac death could be identified from the DNA information on these cards. I understand the...
- Topical Issue Debate: Health Screening (13 Mar 2013)
Billy Kelleher: I endorse everything Deputy Ferris has said. The deadline is 31 March but I ask the Minister of State to consider rowing back on that deadline and entering into further discussions about data protection. I do not think the full import of the destruction of these cards has been considered. It would be a very great loss of genetic information in the context of modern technology and advances...
- Topical Issue Debate: Health Screening (13 Mar 2013)
Billy Kelleher: I thank the Minister of State for her reply. The Red C poll showing a figure of 12% awareness is indicative. We all live by Red C polls in this House. It is clear that the information campaign is not resonating with the public. Conditions such as haemochromatosis and risks such as sudden cardiac death could be identified from the DNA information on these cards. I understand the...
- Topical Issue Debate: Health Screening (13 Mar 2013)
Billy Kelleher: I thank the Minister of State.
- Order of Business (13 Mar 2013)
Billy Kelleher: Some 200 people a day are forfeiting health insurance. Clearly, the market is in crisis and families cannot afford to pay premiums. In that context, when will the health (private patient charges) Bill be brought before the Dáil? It will further exacerbate the difficulties families have in trying to retain private health insurance as it will force insurance companies to bill patients...
- Order of Business (13 Mar 2013)
Billy Kelleher: He would not qualify. Monuments are silent.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2013)
Billy Kelleher: It is Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2013)
Billy Kelleher: The Central Bank has had oversight for the past two years.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2013)
Billy Kelleher: Fine Gael would not even tell its colleagues in the Labour Party about it.