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- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (19 Jun 2012)
Billy Kelleher: Question 700: To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider using funding from the special delivery unit to implement the Irish Society of Hearing Aid Audiologists proposals to reduce the audiology waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29877/12]
- Hospital Facilities (20 Jun 2012)
Billy Kelleher: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to raise this issue as a Topical Issue matter. It was brought to my attention by Councillor Paul McAuliffe, who represents the Finglas-Ballymun ward in north Dublin, that an X-ray machine purchased for some â¬500,000 in 2006 as part of the fit-out of the health centre at the Ballymun civic offices has never been used. I had to read the entire...
- Hospital Facilities (20 Jun 2012)
Billy Kelleher: I thank the Minister of State for her comprehensive reply. There is a positive in this in the acknowledgement that there are reasonable X-ray facilities available between the Mater hospital, the rapid access clinic at Smithfield and Beaumont Hospital. I am not asking the Minister of State to give firm commitments today but she might consider whether this expensive equipment could be...
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (20 Jun 2012)
Billy Kelleher: Question 162: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the tendering process including timelines to appoint an external body to conduct the review of the nursing homes support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29904/12]
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (20 Jun 2012)
Billy Kelleher: Question 163: To ask the Minister for Health the exact timelines involved with the review of the nursing home support scheme from submission to report date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29905/12]
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (20 Jun 2012)
Billy Kelleher: Question 164: To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to meet with Nursing Homes Ireland to consult with them regarding the review of the nursing home support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29909/12]
- Written Answers — School Completion Programme: School Completion Programme (26 Jun 2012)
Billy Kelleher: Question 197: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of his statement that the schools selected under the five year plan were prioritised on demographic needs if he will give details of the provision that has been made for schools not selected who were advancing in the process in which there was a basis of demographic need but whose facilities now pose a health and safety...
- Written Answers — Drugs Payment Scheme: Drugs Payment Scheme (26 Jun 2012)
Billy Kelleher: Question 542: To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of drugs at the time of Budget 2012; the new estimate for this year following the agreement between the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30412/12]
- Written Answers — Drugs Payment Scheme: Drugs Payment Scheme (26 Jun 2012)
Billy Kelleher: Question 543: To ask the Minister for Health when he expects to complete discussions on a final agreement with the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association on drug costs in addition to the interim agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30413/12]
- Written Answers — Drugs Payment Scheme: Drugs Payment Scheme (26 Jun 2012)
Billy Kelleher: Question 544: To ask the Minister for Health the drugs that will be made available to patients under a new agreement with the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association; the number of patients expected to benefit; the total cost; when the drugs will be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30414/12]
- Written Answers — Value for Money Reviews: Value for Money Reviews (27 Jun 2012)
Billy Kelleher: Question 18: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the value for money review of small schools has yet to be published; if he will provide a date for publishing this review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30950/12]
- Property Taxation (28 Jun 2012)
Billy Kelleher: Question 9: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the progress that has been made with the establishment of a property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31164/12]
- Written Answers — Substance Misuse: Substance Misuse (28 Jun 2012)
Billy Kelleher: Question 251: To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to the public health recommendations in the recent report of the strategic response group to build sustainable street level drug services and address related public nuisance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31302/12]
- Written Answers — Misuse of Drugs: Misuse of Drugs (28 Jun 2012)
Billy Kelleher: Question 252: To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the progress made to date in seeking to update the misuse of drugs legislation in relation to tackling the street sale of Benzodiazepines; and if he will outline the discussions, if any, he has had with the Department of Justice in relation to tackling the street sale of such drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Written Answers — Misuse of Drugs: Misuse of Drugs (28 Jun 2012)
Billy Kelleher: Question 253: To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline any discussions he has had with the Irish Medicines Board in relation to the street sale of prescribed drugs such as Benzodiazepines; the role that the Irish Medicines Board will play in relation to tackling this matter; if he will outline if any additional powers are needed by the IMB in tackling this issue; and if he will make...
- Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (3 Jul 2012)
Billy Kelleher: Question 257: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason parents were not informed in advance of entrance exams that their children would not be eligible for school transport if they attended a school outside their catchment area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32251/12]
- Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (3 Jul 2012)
Billy Kelleher: Question 258: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans he has in place for the pupils of a school (details supplied) in County Cork who cannot afford the weekly bus fare to allow them attend secondary school in Fermoy, having discovered there is no place for them at the catchment school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32252/12]
- Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (3 Jul 2012)
Billy Kelleher: Question 259: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure a reduced rate on the weekly bus fare for low income families who cannot secure a place for their children at their catchment school due to the late notice given to parents on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32253/12]
- Written Answers — Freedom of Information: Freedom of Information (3 Jul 2012)
Billy Kelleher: Question 276: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans, if any, to extend the provisions of the Freedom of Information Acts to more State agencies, as promised in the Programme for Government and recently advocated by the Ombudsman; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32160/12]
- Written Answers — Domiciliary Care Allowance: Domiciliary Care Allowance (3 Jul 2012)
Billy Kelleher: Question 371: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a domiciliary care appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32176/12]