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Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (14 Feb 2013)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health if the Coombe Hospital and children's ambulatory care unit, Dublin, will be moving to Tallaght Hospital, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7807/13]

Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2013)

Billy Kelleher: It is certainly not parliamentary. That is my point. It is also very unparliamentary to cast aspersions on individuals when they are on this side of the House and when they move to the other side-----

Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2013)

Billy Kelleher: I can assure the Minister of State that the record has been checked. I am making the point that if we are to have a serious debate about the serious issues facing the country, some consistency and a little honesty on all sides would not go astray. When the IBRC is wound up and the liquidator sells whatever he can dispose of, the rest of the assets will be run into NAMA, if my interpretation...

Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2013)

Billy Kelleher: The Minister of State knows well that NAMA is not accountable. Its representatives make contributions.

Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2013)

Billy Kelleher: They make contributions.

Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2013)

Billy Kelleher: I do not understand why anyone in the House defends NAMA because those opposite criticised it when they were on this side.

Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2013)

Billy Kelleher: I have made my point. Even the Minister of State was very critical of NAMA when he was on this side of the House.

Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2013)

Billy Kelleher: I welcome anything that lightens the burden on the people who have been through a very difficult time. We welcome any change in the promissory note arrangements. However, it is a deal in which the Government has done what it said it would not do. It has consolidated bank debt as sovereign debt, which should not be forgotten.

Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2013)

Billy Kelleher: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this motion. In addressing the House on this very important topic, it is important that we put it into the context of where we are as a people and what we are trying to achieve in terms of debt restructuring, addressing the fundamental deficit facing the country on a continual basis with regard to the provision of services and, more importantly, trying...

Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2013)

Billy Kelleher: There is another man who has come into the Chamber and has been consistent since. The question is will he support this particular proposal when they vote tomorrow evening. That will be a difficult one for him and I understand the difficulties he will face but we will watch that particular chair and vote. There is a difficulty with NAMA because there is a lack of transparency and...

Magdalen Laundries: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Feb 2013)

Billy Kelleher: At times one speaks in the House in a debate and one wishes it would develop in a non-partisan way. This debate should be about the survivors and their families, how the State can address the issues and how it can make some form of redress or provide a recognition of the wrongs that were done to the survivors of the Magdalen laundries. I regret that in some way it is perceived as...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Eligibility (13 Feb 2013)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider changing the qualifying criteria for free travel in respect of epilepsy patients who risk losing their jobs as a result of transportation difficulties as a result of their illness. [7595/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (13 Feb 2013)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that persons who can no longer afford health insurance and do not qualify for a medical card or general practitioner visit card may access the care they need when they need it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7526/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (13 Feb 2013)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health if he will supply in tabular format the number of persons awaiting for elective or planned procedures in hospitals here for less than three months, more than three and less than six months, more than six and less than nine months, more than nine and less than 12 months, more than 12 months, at the end of 2010, 2011 and 2012; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (13 Feb 2013)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the opening of the new emergency department at the Mater Hospital, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7736/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (13 Feb 2013)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health if he or his Department have intervened in the matter of the failure of the new emergency department at the Mater Hospital, Dublin, to open; and if so, if he will provide details of same;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7737/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (13 Feb 2013)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that additional resources are provided to the Mater Hospital, Dublin, to allow them to opening the new emergency department; if so, if he will detail these resources;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7738/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (13 Feb 2013)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a new date for the opening of the new emergency department at the Mater Hospital, Dublin;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7739/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (13 Feb 2013)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that there is no interruption to the provision of emergency services to the inner city when the relocation of the emergency department at the Mater Hospital, Dublin, takes place unlike the previous scheduled closure;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7740/13]

Other Questions: Common Agricultural Policy Reform (12 Feb 2013)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is still pursuing his proposals on internal convergence in relation to common agricultural policy reform; the support he has for these proposals in the Council of Ministers, the EU Commission and the EU Parliament; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6982/13]