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Written Answers — Nursing Education: Nursing Education (21 Feb 2012)

Billy Kelleher: Question 602: To ask the Minister for Health if skills mix is going to be introduced to complement nursing staff in the care of the elderly and in psychiatric services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9161/12]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (21 Feb 2012)

Billy Kelleher: Question 609: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork who has been on the waiting list for a hearing test from the Health Service Executive for three years will receive an appointment [9233/12]

Private Members' Business. Health Services: Motion (21 Feb 2012)

Billy Kelleher: They are about the only things the Minister did not promise. He promised everything else.

Private Members' Business. Health Services: Motion (21 Feb 2012)

Billy Kelleher: More spin.

Private Members' Business. Health Services: Motion (21 Feb 2012)

Billy Kelleher: Timeo Fine Gael et dona ferentes.

Private Members' Business. Health Services: Motion (21 Feb 2012)

Billy Kelleher: They have.

Private Members' Business. Health Services: Motion (21 Feb 2012)

Billy Kelleher: They have withdrawn co-operation.

Private Members' Business. Health Services: Motion (21 Feb 2012)

Billy Kelleher: They have withdrawn co-operation, which is a service.

Private Members' Business. Health Services: Motion (21 Feb 2012)

Billy Kelleher: The Minister increased it by 40%----

Private Members' Business. Health Services: Motion (21 Feb 2012)

Billy Kelleher: -----and this time last year Deputy Reilly was apoplectic with rage.

Private Members' Business. Health Services: Motion (21 Feb 2012)

Billy Kelleher: A kick in the teeth to people.

Private Members' Business. Health Services: Motion (21 Feb 2012)

Billy Kelleher: Is it the fact that it exposes the Minister?

Private Members' Business. Health Services: Motion (21 Feb 2012)

Billy Kelleher: Where is the Dutch model now?

Private Members' Business. Health Services: Motion (21 Feb 2012)

Billy Kelleher: What about prescription charges?

Private Members' Business. Health Services: Motion (21 Feb 2012)

Billy Kelleher: I move: That Dáil Éireann: — recognising that since 1997 life expectancy has risen by 5.3 years for men to 78.7 years, and 4.5 years for women to 83.2 years; — confirming that between 1997 and 2011 major advances in tackling cancer were achieved with survival rates being improved dramatically and that death rates from cardiovascular disease had fallen massively; — acknowledging that...

Private Members' Business. Health Services: Motion (21 Feb 2012)

Billy Kelleher: The report I got from the Department states that the process was not correct in requesting further information. That is one of many such cases. We have heard of case after case from Deputies who consistently raise the issue of medical cards not being processed in time. People who are ill and who received medical cards because of their illness have to wait for a long time before renewal and...

Private Members' Business. Health Services: Motion (21 Feb 2012)

Billy Kelleher: Yes, I have. They are highlighting this continually. They are afraid of what will happen on 1 March because they have not seen a detailed plan themselves. These are the people the Minister expects to deliver front-line services on that day. If the Minister has a plan, will he publish it? He should consult the key providers of front-line services in emergency medicine, especially in...

Private Members' Business. Health Services: Motion (21 Feb 2012)

Billy Kelleher: I refer to Roscommon County Hospital or St. Mary's Orthopaedic Hospital in Cork, for which he promised a new hospital building. It is difficult for us to accept his words when we see that his recent actions are completely to the contrary of what he said previously. I do not expect that this motion will be carried in the House, but I do expect Deputies opposite to say honestly in the Chamber...

Private Members' Business. Health Services: Motion (21 Feb 2012)

Billy Kelleher: Deputy Feighan is a brave man to sit next to the Minister. I do not want to get personal on this issue-----

Private Members' Business. Health Services: Motion (21 Feb 2012)

Billy Kelleher: -----but all I have to do is mention the fact that the Minister made a faithful promise to the people of Roscommon.