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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination Arising From Rape: Mr. Tom O'Malley, NUI Galway; Dublin Rape Crisis Centre; and Dr. Maeve Eogan, Rotunda Hospital (25 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination Arising From Rape: Mr. Tom O'Malley, NUI Galway; Dublin Rape Crisis Centre; and Dr. Maeve Eogan, Rotunda Hospital (25 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: I refer, in particular, to minors. If a minor wants a termination because she has been raped and goes to her GP, is there an obligation to mandatorily report the case of a minor?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination Arising From Rape: Mr. Tom O'Malley, NUI Galway; Dublin Rape Crisis Centre; and Dr. Maeve Eogan, Rotunda Hospital (25 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: But there is a mandatory requirement to report if a minor is involved if someone becomes aware.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: Termination for Medical Reasons Ireland (25 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: We do not want to end up in a situation where the committee's public session every week has clarifications sought and given, which then require further clarifications. Some of the commentary about the late Savita Halappanavar is very distasteful, to say the very least. I do not believe that the committee should be consistently referring to this woman who tragically died as if she was just a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: Termination for Medical Reasons Ireland (25 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: I did not make reference to the Senator. I was speaking about the committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: Termination for Medical Reasons Ireland (25 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: I thank Mr. Edwards and Ms Cullen-Delsol for their very emotional testimony. Most of the questions I would have asked have already been asked and answered in detail. I ask this question to get inside the minds of people who have alternative views. What type of abuse have the witnesses or other members of their organisation received? Is it coming from very extreme cranks or is it seeping...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: Termination for Medical Reasons Ireland (25 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: Ballybricken or Waterford?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (25 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 203. To ask the Minister for Health when a re-evaluation will be carried out on the drug Kuvan for persons suffering with PKU under the reimbursement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45137/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Research and Training (25 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 204. To ask the Minister for Health if myalgic encephalomyelitis forms part of the studies of student doctors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45138/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Funding (25 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 208. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of the additional €37 million provided for home care packages and transitional care beds in budget 2018 that will be allocated to provide intensive home care packages for persons with dementia. [45147/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Funding (25 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 209. To ask the Minister for Health the amount allocated in 2017 for intensive home care packages for persons with dementia; and the number of persons with dementia availing of these packages. [45148/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Funding (25 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 210. To ask the Minister for Health if the allocation of intensive home care packages for persons with dementia has been suspended due to a lack of funding; and if so, when additional funding for these intensive home care packages will be made available. [45149/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Funding (25 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 211. To ask the Minister for Health if a job description for carers delivering intensive home care packages for persons with dementia will be produced and made available to those availing of these packages and their families. [45150/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Paediatric Services (25 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 214. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce paediatric interventional radiology prior to the establishment of the national children's hospital; if so, the location of same; if funding will be made available for same; the measures being taken to hire the required staff; the timeframe involved in commencing this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45162/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services (25 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 248. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the action she is taking to ensure that a centre (details supplied) does not close; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45131/17]

Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: I thank the Minister for making the effort to be here this evening and for his contribution. I also thank the Minister of State, Deputy Catherine Byrne, Deputy Louise O'Reilly from Sinn Féin and my party colleague, Deputy John Brassil, for their contributions to this discussion. It is important to point out that when we bring forward legislation, we do so in the interests of the public...

Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2017: Referral to Select Committee [Private Members] (19 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: I move:That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Health pursuant to Standing Orders 84A(3)(a) and 141 of the Standing Orders relative to Public Business.

Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: I thank the Minister of State.

Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I welcome the opportunity to present this Bill to the House and hope it receives broad support in terms of what we are trying to achieve. Its purpose is to make it a legislative requirement that there be a statutory declaration by consultants, clinicians and other medical practitioners who receive gifts or donations from pharmaceutical...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (19 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 31. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in each Garda station in the Cork city division as of 30 September 2017; and the number of new recruits assigned to the division since recruitment resumed in 2014. [44209/17]