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Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Funding (15 May 2019)

John McGuinness: 31. To ask the Minister for Health the funding being provided in 2019 for decongregation in disability services in Kilkenny city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20909/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (15 May 2019)

John McGuinness: 75. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the future of Kilcreene hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20908/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (15 May 2019)

John McGuinness: 180. To ask the Minister for Health if an operation to remove cataracts will be arranged at University Hospital Waterford for a person (details supplied); the timeline for the treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21040/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Transfers (15 May 2019)

John McGuinness: 181. To ask the Minister for Health the approval process to have a child referred from St. Luke's hospital, Kilkenny, for specialist care at a hospital (details supplied); if the case will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21041/19]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products Availability (14 May 2019)

John McGuinness: It was not worth including in the record the additional information not given on the floor of the House. The Minister of State did not address the question.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products Availability (14 May 2019)

John McGuinness: Not so be it.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products Availability (14 May 2019)

John McGuinness: What the Minister of State has outlined has nothing to do with the question that was asked. He should be ashamed of himself. He was asked a specific question about supporting Mr. Holmes in the context of a cost of €5,111 for 30 treatments of the drug. All the Minister of State did, however, was give us a history lesson. The Government is cold and callous if it can stand back and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products Availability (14 May 2019)

John McGuinness: On a point of order, a Cheann Comhairle, it is a disgrace that a Minister of State would use that script in the Chamber and fail to address a question about a man who is seriously ill. The Government can be described as cold and callous.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products Availability (14 May 2019)

John McGuinness: The Government is being seriously disrespectful to Mr. Holmes by not responding properly or adequately to the requests made of it.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products Availability (14 May 2019)

John McGuinness: Mr. Holmes met the Minister. I sent a text message to the Minister and asked him to meet. I sent him a note in Deputy Funchion's presence but he ignored it. How will people build respect and trust for politicians when this nonsense is put on the record and when the real issues of Mr. Holmes and Isaac Brennan are not addressed in the Parliament?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products Availability (14 May 2019)

John McGuinness: Nor does any of the nonsense the Minister of State has outlined.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products Availability (14 May 2019)

John McGuinness: John Holmes began to have investigations into his health in 2010 when it was established that he had cancer. From 2010 to today, he has been battling cancer. He has had chemotherapy and he has had various invasive surgeries. Professor John Crown has recommended that he undergo an aggressive form of chemotherapy. That has all happened and now it is being recommended that he be treated with...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Exemptions (14 May 2019)

John McGuinness: 114. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will exempt the drug Pembro from VAT in cases in which persons are raising public donations to purchase the drug until such time as the HSE gives approval to patients that require the drug. [20411/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (14 May 2019)

John McGuinness: 284. To ask the Minister for Health if an MRI scan will be arranged for a person (details supplied); and if the matter will be expedited. [20412/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (14 May 2019)

John McGuinness: 285. To ask the Minister for Health the date the HSE drugs group will meet to discuss the revised offer submitted by a company (details supplied); the date the HSE leadership team will meet to discuss a final decision on the matter; the reason Ireland signed up to the BeNeLuxA initiative in June 2018 along with the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and Austria; the benefits to Ireland of being...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (14 May 2019)

John McGuinness: 288. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet a person (details supplied); the progress made on the case of the person following his meeting with the person in County Kilkenny; if the approval of pembro for the person will be expedited without further delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20419/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (14 May 2019)

John McGuinness: 357. To ask the Minister for Health the progress being made to arrange an early assessment and operation at University Hospital Waterford for a person (details supplied); if an immediate assessment will be arranged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20771/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (14 May 2019)

John McGuinness: 471. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an invalidity pension will be approved for a person (details supplied). [20410/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Drugs Availability (9 May 2019)

John McGuinness: 106. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has to pay for medication prescribed by their general practitioner; if immediate assistance will be granted in view of the extenuating circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20248/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (9 May 2019)

John McGuinness: 107. To ask the Minister for Health if a replacement knee operation will be arranged as a matter of urgency for a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in providing the operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20249/19]