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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance Sector: Discussion (25 Oct 2012)

Billy Kelleher: I will try not to.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance Sector: Discussion (25 Oct 2012)

Billy Kelleher: If I put everything together, the Chair might indulge me. I am concerned that those of us around this table have our heads in the sand, insurers and policymakers alike. The majority of people find it difficult to pay their health insurance. The Department of Health, the Minister and others claim that waiting times have been reduced, the special delivery unit, SDU, has achieved...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance Sector: Discussion (25 Oct 2012)

Billy Kelleher: I wish to ask Dr. Carr a question. I was always under the assumption that one would only be in hospital if one was sick, would only get a hip replacement if one required a new hip or would only get a stent if that was necessary. The issue is not a question of ten or 100 beds. One would hardly fill 100 beds with people just for the craic. They must have a reason to be there. Is Dr. Carr...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance Sector: Discussion (25 Oct 2012)

Billy Kelleher: What about the insurers' concerns? That is the investors' concern. If a hospital fails it fails. Why should the insurance companies be worried about it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance Sector: Discussion (25 Oct 2012)

Billy Kelleher: Is that a call that the VHI or any insurer should make?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance Sector: Discussion (25 Oct 2012)

Billy Kelleher: An independent needs analysis, health impact assessment, HIA, etc.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance Sector: Discussion (25 Oct 2012)

Billy Kelleher: If universal health insurance is coming in, what incentive is there for a 35 year old who is getting married and has a few children? Such a person would want to be out of his or her mind to take out private health insurance if universal health insurance is coming down the road in two or three years time, regardless of community rating.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance Sector: Discussion (25 Oct 2012)

Billy Kelleher: I apologise for having ducked out of the meeting, thereby missing some of the presentations, but I believe my questions will relate to all four insurers represented here today. I thank the witnesses for their attendance. Towards the end of his presentation, Mr. Clancy referred to incentivising people to get into the private health insurance market. While the easiest part is saying that, I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance Sector: Discussion (25 Oct 2012)

Billy Kelleher: In regard to the funding of the Health Insurance Authority, is it based on a percentage of the overall premiums paid? By extension, the more premiums, or the higher the increase in premiums, the more money the authority gets.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance Sector: Discussion (25 Oct 2012)

Billy Kelleher: Is there any incentive, other than a moral obligation or whatever, to try to encourage a slowing down in the increase in premiums given that the authority gets more money if premiums increase?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance Sector: Discussion (25 Oct 2012)

Billy Kelleher: I am not saying it has an influence but is it not an unusual incentive?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance Sector: Discussion (25 Oct 2012)

Billy Kelleher: How much is there in reserve at the moment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance Sector: Discussion (25 Oct 2012)

Billy Kelleher: I welcome Mr. Joyce and Mr. Sloyan. Some key issues have to be addressed here. There is the immediate issue of the shorter and longer term policy decisions of the Government on universal health insurance and the potential difficulties that could arise in trying to implement that. In terms of risk equalisation, intergenerational solidarity, community rating and all that is required to...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Detention Centres (25 Oct 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in the wake of the recent Inspector of Prisons Report on St. Patrick's Institution, if she will act to ensure that the May 2014 deadline for the removal of all children from that institution is brought forward; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46721/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (25 Oct 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a Cochlear implant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46965/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (25 Oct 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health the safeguards that have been put in place to prevent further errors in audiology diagnoses as arose in a recent case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46968/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (25 Oct 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon who has been assessed as urgent will be seen by a urologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47003/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (25 Oct 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health if there will be a continuation of respite in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork who has turned 18 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47005/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (25 Oct 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the waiting list for orthotics on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47006/12]

Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (24 Oct 2012)

Billy Kelleher: Has the Tánaiste been to Frankfurt yet?