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Written Answers — Department of Health: Universal Health Insurance Provision (16 Oct 2012)

Gerry Adams: To ask the Minister for Health when the White Paper on Financing Universal Health Insurance will be published. [44114/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (16 Oct 2012)

Gerry Adams: To ask the Minister for Health when he intends to provide free general practitioner care for claimants under the long term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44115/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (16 Oct 2012)

Gerry Adams: To ask the Minister for Health if he is in talks with the Irish Medical Organisation and the Competition Authority in relation to the issue of free general practitioner care; when such talks are likely to begin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44116/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (16 Oct 2012)

Gerry Adams: To ask the Minister for Health the amount of the €35 million announced in the budget for mental health services that has been spent on mental health services; if he will provide a breakdown of the way in which this money has been spent; the number of staff promised to be employed under this scheme that are now in place [44117/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (16 Oct 2012)

Gerry Adams: To ask the Minister for Health if the Special Delivery Unit request for a fund to provide intermediate options for older people to allow them to receive care in their own homes was put in place; the amount of this fund that was put in place; the new initiatives the SDU have brought forward on the basis of this fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44118/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (16 Oct 2012)

Gerry Adams: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of adult patients waiting for six months or longer for a procedure and the comparable figure for when he took office. [44119/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme Administration (16 Oct 2012)

Gerry Adams: To ask the Minister for Health the progress he has made in attempting to reduce the health services pay bill for medicines; the amount of the planned €124 million savings in this area will actually be realised. [44120/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (16 Oct 2012)

Gerry Adams: To ask the Minister for Health the progress he has made in his plans to charge health insurers for the cost of beds they use in public hospitals ; the amount of the planned €143 million in savings will actually be realised in 2012. [44121/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Staff Remuneration (16 Oct 2012)

Gerry Adams: To ask the Minister for Health in view of his recent claims that 70% of his Department's budget goes on pay, if he will provide a breakdown in tabular form of how much of his Departments Budget does goes on pay and if he will provide percentage figures for same. [44122/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (16 Oct 2012)

Gerry Adams: To ask the Minister for Health further to his response to Parliamentary Question No. 191 of 26 September 2012, if he will provide in tabular form the comparable figures for when he took office [44123/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Issues (16 Oct 2012)

Gerry Adams: To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant posts in the State currently vacant; the reasons these posts are vacant; the location of these posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44124/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Digital Television Service Provision (16 Oct 2012)

Gerry Adams: To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to install Saorview compatible equipment in public nursing homes; if it will be financed by his Department; if so from which funding stream; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44158/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Digital Television Service Provision (16 Oct 2012)

Gerry Adams: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the tender process and negotiations with digital receiver set-top boxes manufacturers and licensed installers, undertaken to ensure a quality of service but also to ensure that citizens received value for money in the context of plans to install Saorview compatible equipment in public nursing homes [44159/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Digital Television Service Provision (16 Oct 2012)

Gerry Adams: To ask the Minister for Health if only a single Saorview box will be allocated for use within the communal area of public nursing homes; the arrangements that will be put in place for patients who are confined to their own rooms [44160/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (16 Oct 2012)

Gerry Adams: To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Louth is currently on a waiting list for an insulin pump at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth; their position on the list; the length of time they may expect to wait to be fitted with a pump; the average waiting time for children in the County Louth area to wait to be fitted with an insulin pump and the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (16 Oct 2012)

Gerry Adams: To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in receipt of home help services in County Louth; the total number of home help hours the persons in these specified areas currently receive; the number of hours that will be lost to the persons in these specified areas as a result of the planned €130 million cut to home help services; the number of persons in these specified areas...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sporting Events (16 Oct 2012)

Gerry Adams: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had any discussions with the Irish Rugby Football Union or other organisations in relation to plans for Ireland to bid to host the Rugby World Cup in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44125/12]

Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2012)

Gerry Adams: Ba mhaith liom an cheist chéanna a chur agus cúpla moladh a dhéanamh. Déanann daoine teagmháil le mo oifig gach seachtain. Tá a fhios ag an Taoiseach go bhfuil daoine ag dul i dteagmháil le gach Teachta sa tslí sin. Tá daoine i bponc de bharr fadhbanna lena morgáistí. Níl cuid acu in ann a morgáistí a íoc....

Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2012)

Gerry Adams: I am very disappointed with the Taoiseach's answer. The social cohesion of communities and our society is under threat, not least because of the austerity policies pursued by his Government. In this Republic, there are disadvantaged people who never benefited from the Celtic tiger. We have heard reports of what is happening in St. Patrick's detention centre. There are people in rural and...

Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2012)

Gerry Adams: Why does the Taoiseach not act on my constructive suggestions?