Fianna Fáil Health Spokesperson Billy Kelleher has said the increase in pressure on hospitals arising from the decision to close the 24-hour Accident and Emergency unit at Roscommon County Hospital is still causing huge concerns in Roscommon, Leitrim and Sligo. Read More
Fianna Fáil Health Spokesperson Billy Kelleher has warned the Minister for Health, Dr. James Reilly, that the Government will be held responsible for a failure to provide the necessary contingency plans to protect frontline services following the retirement of thousands of health service employees. Read More
Fianna Fáil Health Spokesperson Billy Kelleher has called on the Minister for Health Dr. James Reilly to halt a dangerous policy which is continuing to drive health insurance costs upward and beyond the reach of thousands of families. Read More
Fianna Fáil Health Spokesperson Billy Kelleher has called on the Minister for Health to come clean on why medical card holders are being forced to bear high costs after their cards have lapsed or been withdrawn, pending a review of their eligibility. Read More
Fianna Fáil Health Spokesperson Billy Kelleher has said the Minister for Health is in complete denial about the crisis facing the private health insurance market and the impact price increases is going to have on the public hospital system. Read More
Health Minister James Reilly is sitting on a €143 million stealth tax bomb which will hit working families next year. That’s according to Fianna Fáil Health Spokesperson Billy Kelleher TD who said that the Minister’s decision will also incentivise hospitals to keep public patients on waiting lists for longer. Read More
Health Spokesperson Billy Kelleher TD has said that moves which increase charges on private patients in public hospitals are “a false economy.” Read More
Fianna Fáil Health Spokesperson Billy Kelleher TD has responded to the massive cuts in the health budget announced today. Read More
Fianna Fáil Health Spokesperson Billy Kelleher has called for expenses due to HSE workers to be paid immediately and has challenged the Health Minister James Reilly to back up his claims that he does not approve of the decision. Read More
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