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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion
Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Alan Kelly: I know but the Minister knows I asked a very specific question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion
Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Alan Kelly: What does Mr. Breslin mean by his understanding? It either was advised or it was not.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Cancer Screening Programmes (5 Feb 2019)

Alan Kelly: 46. To ask the Minister for Health if a guarantee will be provided that the 24-week delay in smear testing under the CervicalCheck programme has not adversely affected the health outcomes for some women [5414/19]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Cancer Screening Programmes (5 Feb 2019)

Alan Kelly: As stated, there are comprehensive delays in screening women for cervical cancer. The delays have maximised at 24 weeks, if not longer. While I accept the Minister's bona fides in respect of why he did this, I ask him to provide a guarantee for the House that the delay will not have a significant impact on any woman's health prognosis.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Cancer Screening Programmes (5 Feb 2019)

Alan Kelly: I accept the Minister's bona fides regarding the decision-making on this issue. However, I must question the making of a decision like this without knowing whether we had the resources to meet demand. The Minister is in a unique position which those of us in opposition are not. As for the consequences, I was glad to hear in reply to a previous question that the Minister's chief medical...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Cancer Screening Programmes (5 Feb 2019)

Alan Kelly: What I am getting at is very clear and I think the Minister knows I am into the detail. I accept that some of the women concerned could have had false negatives. Some could have issues related to the laboratories about which we do not yet know because we do not know about percentages in the RCOG review. The issue is whether the Minister can guarantee that no woman's health has been...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2019)

Alan Kelly: Neither Minister is here.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2019)

Alan Kelly: Government circulars are not worth the paper they are written on.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2019)

Alan Kelly: It is not true.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2019)

Alan Kelly: Answer the question.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2019)

Alan Kelly: Who said that?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2019)

Alan Kelly: A question was asked over here.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Children's Hospital Expenditure (5 Feb 2019)

Alan Kelly: 191. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the date in October 2018 on which his attention was drawn to, either formally or informally, of the overspends in the costs of the national children’s hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5619/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Products Supply (5 Feb 2019)

Alan Kelly: 319. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the anxiety and worry the parents of children with SMA are experiencing due to the delay in making the drug Spinraza available; the timeline for making it available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4989/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Capital Expenditure Programme (5 Feb 2019)

Alan Kelly: 346. To ask the Minister for Health the capital projects, including information technology and equipment, the commencement date of which has been postponed, delayed or dropped as a result of the overruns in spending on the national children’s hospital by project, original commencement date and new commencement date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5102/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital Expenditure (5 Feb 2019)

Alan Kelly: 450. To ask the Minister for Health the date in October 2018 his Department drew the attention of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, either formally or informally, to the overspends in the costs of the national children’s hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5640/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (5 Feb 2019)

Alan Kelly: 451. To ask the Minister for Health the date and times of meetings he and-or his officials had with the national children’s hospital project and programme board since its inception; the persons that attended each meeting; if the minutes of each meeting will be published; if he will publish the correspondence between the board and his Department; if he will publish the minutes of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (5 Feb 2019)

Alan Kelly: 453. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish the communications between the national paediatric hospital development board; the date and times of all meetings he and-or his officials had with the board; the purpose of these meetings; if he will publish the minutes of each meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5643/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital Expenditure (5 Feb 2019)

Alan Kelly: 452. To ask the Minister for Health the date in November 2018 he or his officials informed the Taoiseach of the cost overruns in the national children’s hospital; the format in which this information was given; the person or body that provided same; if he will publish documentation relating to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5642/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Review (5 Feb 2019)

Alan Kelly: 604. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend the travel pass scheme in particular to children who are wheelchair bound. [4984/19]