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Billy Kelleher, Spokesperson on Health

Billy Kelleher

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Constituency

Cork North Central

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28a Ballyhooley Road, Dillon's Cross, Cork. 

Tel: 021-4502289
Fax: 021-4502356

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Personal Details

Born Cork January 1968. Educated Sacred Heart College, Carrignavar, Co. Cork. Public Representative. Farmer. First elected 1997.

Local News

Clarity needed as Reilly plan raises doubts for future of some hospitals – Kelleher

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Health Billy Kelleher has said “the absence of any specific commitments for a number of hospitals nationwide in today’s report on Hospital Group must raise questions about their future role in our health system. Read More | Share

Collapse of Free GP Care Plan Confirms Reilly’s Unsuitability – Kelleher

Fianna Fáil Health Spokesperson Billy Kelleher TD has reacted to the news that plans for free GP care for people with long term illness are to be abandoned. Read More | Share

Figures prove reality of Reilly’s failed reform agenda – Kelleher

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Health Billy Kelleher has said the latest figures from the HSE prove the reform agenda being pursued by the Minister for Health is failing to deliver for patients on the ground. Read More | Share

Taoiseach caves to public pressure and commits to retaining services at Waterford Regional Hospital

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Health Billy Kelleher has welcomed the fact that the Taoiseach has caved in to public and political pressure on the future of services at Waterford Regional Hospital and has committed in the Dáil this morning to retaining services at Waterford Regional Hospital. Read More | Share

Kathleen Lynch the latest victim of Government’s ‘PR First’ approach

Fianna Fáil Health Spokesperson, Billy Kelleher TD, has responded to the news that Junior Health Minister Kathleen Lynch announced the identity of a new Mental Health Director on national radio, before the HSE were forced to issue a statement hours later distancing itself and confirming that no appointment has in fact taken place. Read More | Share

Kelleher calls for IMO rethink on MYGP.IE costs

Fianna Fáil Health Spokesperson, Billy Kelleher TD, has called on the new President of the Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) to show leadership and allow the findings from the HSE investigation into the €2.3 million spent by the organisation on the mygp.ie website be published. Read More | Share

Latest Troika revelations confirm Minister Reilly out of his depth - Kelleher

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Health, Billy Kelleher TD, says the latest revelation that the Troika will seek monthly reports on spending in the Department of Health further illustrates that Minister Reilly is completely out of his depth. Read More | Share

Kelleher to move Bill to protect heel prick data

Fianna Fáil Health Spokesperson Billy Kelleher will move a Bill in the Dáil today (Tuesday) aimed at preventing the destruction of important heel prick data. Read More | Share

Health Insurance should not be included as a luxury in mortgage debt deals – Kelleher

Families seeking mortgage relief from the banks must not be forced into giving up their private health insurance as a prerequisite for a deal on their debt, according to Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Health, Billy Kelleher TD. Read More | Share

Time for talking over as urgent action needed on Blackpool floods - Kelleher

Fianna Fáil TD for Cork North Central, Billy Kelleher, says the time for talking is over and urgent action is needed to address the devastation that has hit Blackpool over the past couple of years. Read More | Share

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Political Record

Current Spokesperson on Health.

Re-elected in the General Election of 2011.

Former Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, with special responsibility for Trade and Commerce.

Re-elected to Dáil Éireann May 2007. Appointed Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment June 2007.

Member of Joint Committees on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Environment and Local Government: Tourism, Sport and Recreation.

Appointed to the Senate 1993.

Fianna Fáil Seanad spokesperson on Social Welfare 1993-97.

Unsuccessful candidate in November 1994 bye-election.

Contested 1992 General Election.

Member IFA and GAA.