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Other Questions: Obesity Levels (19 Dec 2012)

Billy Kelleher: Certain statistics on this issue were presented to the health committee some time ago. Mr. O'Shea, a consultant with expertise in the area of diabetes and obesity, has said we are now sitting on a time bomb. He went further and said it has exploded and the carnage already surrounds us. He said we must act promptly. We must be forceful in our decision making process. Some of it might be...

Other Questions: Obesity Levels (19 Dec 2012)

Billy Kelleher: One cannot go to the bog to cut the turf either, which would burn more calories.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Medical Card Eligibility (19 Dec 2012)

Billy Kelleher: The €75 charge is relevant because patients with a medical card are exempt from paying it. I accept that there has never been an automatic entitlement to a medical card. What is clear, however, is that the clinical review panel has raised the bar so high in terms of assessing entitlement based on medical need that applicants are increasingly failing to qualify. Of all the issues to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Medical Card Eligibility (19 Dec 2012)

Billy Kelleher: I did not claim there was. My point is that cards were, in practice, routinely granted to such patients on medical grounds.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Medical Card Eligibility (19 Dec 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health if he will help cancer patients in severe distress to acquire medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57232/12]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Medical Card Eligibility (19 Dec 2012)

Billy Kelleher: I thank the Minister of State. Last year, I raised this issue in respect of an individual who was terminally ill and who subsequently passed away. To be fair, the system responded but the reality differs from what the Minister of State claims is occurring on the ground. The clinical panel that assesses medical card applicants must be strict, given the rate of refusal for cancer sufferers...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Departmental Budgets (19 Dec 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health the way he will achieve €780 million in savings in the health budget in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57231/12]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Departmental Budgets (19 Dec 2012)

Billy Kelleher: The Minister would forgive me for raising this question in view of the fact that we had to vote through a Supplementary Estimate last week. The Minister outlined that it was a very small percentage and that overruns are the norm for the health service because it is demand led. Nevertheless, we should set out in 2013 in a way unlike the way we set out in 2012, and there should be a path to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Departmental Budgets (19 Dec 2012)

Billy Kelleher: I hope the Minister will enjoy the reading the plan over turkey sandwiches on St. Stephen's Day. What happened last year was identifiable as early as March, April, May or June. There may have been overruns in the delivery of services but the clear failings were in the implementation of savings. That is our concern, and there are related issues of political accountability, administration...

Order of Business (19 Dec 2012)

Billy Kelleher: The Deputy should not mind such promises.

Order of Business (19 Dec 2012)

Billy Kelleher: It will provide for evictions.

Order of Business (19 Dec 2012)

Billy Kelleher: Coming from Mayo, the Taoiseach will know all about evictions.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescription Charges (19 Dec 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health the reason, in view of earlier statements he made, he has tripled rather than abolished prescription charges [57056/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Review (19 Dec 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health the number under 70 years medical cards he expects to remove in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57233/12]

Care Services: Motion [Private Members] (18 Dec 2012)

Billy Kelleher: With the agreement of the House, I will share my time with Deputy Robert Troy. I welcome the opportunity to speak on this issue. Having contributed to the debate on the Social Welfare Bill, I will be repeating myself to an extent, but what I said is worth repeating. The Technical Group has put down a comprehensive motion, which is worth reflecting on. It outlines and recognises the...

Leaders' Questions (18 Dec 2012)

Billy Kelleher: Their broken backs.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Combatting Cyberbullying (18 Dec 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her policy to combat cyberbullying; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56696/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (18 Dec 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the relocation of Glanmire Garda Station, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56421/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Expenditure (18 Dec 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health if the funding is being provided for primary care schemes in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56642/12]

Order of Business (14 Dec 2012)

Billy Kelleher: We should be taking Second Stage of the Bill on Monday as well.