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Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (4 Dec 2012)

Billy Kelleher: There is no point in my saying much more. Other Members want to discuss their amendments. I cannot accept the Minister's argument although I know it is put in good faith. We need to have something in policy that supports the concept of intergenerational solidarity. My amendment would achieve that.

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (4 Dec 2012)

Billy Kelleher: I have been around the House long enough to know that, even if I had impressed on the Minister the need to accept the amendment through the force of argument, it would not have happened. The Minister has said insurance companies can offer packages to young people and the question is why are they not doing so. If they are to sustain a business model, there must be a number of young, healthy...

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (4 Dec 2012)

Billy Kelleher: I move amendment No. 1: In page 4, between lines 6 and 7, to insert the following: “(b) the necessity of ensuring, in the interests of societal and intergenerational solidarity, that the more healthy, including the young access health insurance cover so as to ensure that the health insurance market is made up of a sufficient mix of the more healthy, including the young and the less...

Funding of Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (4 Dec 2012)

Billy Kelleher: Thanks.

Funding of Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (4 Dec 2012)

Billy Kelleher: What about the people Sinn Féin has disabled?

Funding of Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (4 Dec 2012)

Billy Kelleher: What about the 3,000 deaths?

Funding of Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (4 Dec 2012)

Billy Kelleher: Sinn Féin does not want to hear a few things either.

Funding of Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (4 Dec 2012)

Billy Kelleher: We increased them, too.

Funding of Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (4 Dec 2012)

Billy Kelleher: I move: That Dáil Éireann: recognises: — the fact that there are over 600,000 people with disabilities in Ireland; — the deep concern among those with disabilities that services affecting them may be cut or reduced further; and — that it is unfair and unjust to cut services for people with disabilities; notes pledges in the Programme for Government to: —...

Funding of Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (4 Dec 2012)

Billy Kelleher: The reason we tabled this motion is because there are great difficulties in the area of intellectual and physical disability. There are major concerns among service providers and users of those services. There is no point in us pretending there have not been cuts to the area of services for people with disabilities, both physical and intellectual. There clearly have been cuts in terms of...

Funding of Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (4 Dec 2012)

Billy Kelleher: We are not even asking the Government to live up to the commitments it made before the election given the wild abandoning of such promises made prior to the election. We are asking just for what is contained in the programme for Government. That is a fair and genuine approach from this side of the House to try to encourage the Government to provide the resources that are needed. There has...

Funding of Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (4 Dec 2012)

Billy Kelleher: They cannot be guaranteed a place. The reason prior to this was that funding took account of the number of people who were going to leave and funding was provided accordingly. Regardless of whether the place was guaranteed or not, the funding was in place to ensure they would have those services. That funding has been cut and there is a diminishing budget, which is why the Government...

Estimates for Public Services 2012: Leave to Introduce (4 Dec 2012)

Billy Kelleher: Is this the motion to refer the Supplementary Estimate for the Health Service Executive to the select sub-committee?

Estimates for Public Services 2012: Leave to Introduce (4 Dec 2012)

Billy Kelleher: We object to this in the strongest possible manner. We believe this is sweeping ministerial incompetence under the committee room carpet. We oppose this motion.

Estimates for Public Services 2012: Leave to Introduce (4 Dec 2012)

Billy Kelleher: We are opposing the motion on the grounds that we feel there should be a full debate in plenary session on this very important issue with regard to a Supplementary Estimate of €360 million in the Department of Health.

Leaders' Questions (4 Dec 2012)

Billy Kelleher: What about the Minister, Deputy Quinn?

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (4 Dec 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total amount of money reduced from local government fund payments per local authority area due to their payment rates of the household charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54185/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (4 Dec 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the Student Universal Support Ireland application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53708/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (4 Dec 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the practice of hospitals bringing in staff on overtime during closure days on wards in an effort to prevent penalties being imposed by his Department for failing to clear waiting lists, the clearing of lists which have been hampered by hospitals introducing roll over closures in an attempt to reduce their deficits; his views...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Sick Pay Scheme (4 Dec 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health the rate of absenteeism for year to date by region; the cost of absenteeism by region broken down by staffing categories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53719/12]