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Health Service Executive (Financial Matters) Bill 2013: Second Stage (13 Feb 2014)

Billy Kelleher: ...with regard to how we fund the health services has been lacking. I am aware there is pressure on the public finances and the Minister is always trying to remind me, as if I need to be reminded, of why we are where we are. Of course, there is an inquiry to be set up in a non-biased way to assess that, but that is for another day. In the meantime, the obligation on the Minister for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Feb 2014)

Billy Kelleher: ...by them. We are a small player in a powerful fight. We all know that if tobacco was discovered tomorrow and brought to our shores it would be an illegal substance and would not be allowed in. We are where we are and we must try to row back on the situation. I am interested to hear whether there is something else we should include to strengthen the legislation or that we could recommend...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised)
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Revised) (28 Jan 2014)

Billy Kelleher: ...to come to an arrangement with those who were involved in the fund-raising. I hope there is a speedy resolution. I took a copy of the Minister's reply and I will have time to peruse it later. We are where we are again in the context of the discussion of Estimates for 2014 for the Department and the HSE. My party is tabling a Private Members' motion in that regard this evening and...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2013)

Billy Kelleher: I thank the Minister for outlining the reasons he is before us today with regard to a Supplementary Estimate for 2013. I suppose it is no surprise that we are where we are in terms of a Supplementary Estimate. Any person who looked at the Estimate that was presented last year would have stated there and then that a Supplementary Estimate would be required. As the year drifted on that...

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2013)

Billy Kelleher: ...make decisions about whether to renew their health insurance or use that money to fill the tank with oil or purchase basic items for their families. That is where we are at. I will get the usual lecture from the Minister about why we are where we are and all the rest of it, but the Minister is where he is now, and his policies are forcing hundreds of thousands of people to give up...

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2013)

Billy Kelleher: ...not just on the Bill but on the broader fiscal decisions the Government has made in the budget that feeds into the Bill. The Department of Finance comes in for significant criticism regarding why we are where we are and the difficulties that have fed into the economy over many years. There is a political responsibility for that, but there is also an administrative responsibility and...

Topical Issue Debate: Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors Working Conditions (8 Oct 2013)

Billy Kelleher: No one in this House or outside it likes to see people in our hospitals involved in industrial action. In making my points, I know that I will receive a historical lecture about why we are where we are. However, we are in a difficult position because commitments have been made by the HSE, Health and Safety Executive, to address the issue. The HSE's service plan 2013 highlighted that it...

Job Losses. (17 Apr 2008)

Billy Kelleher: ...on people with investments in houses, mortgages and rearing families in the hope the company would be an employer for years to come. Unfortunately, the company has appointed a liquidator. We are where we are and we are trying to ensure the IDA, at this late stage, can in some way assist in saving as many jobs as possible. It will meet with the family which owns the company and is in...