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Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Budgets (18 Sep 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health the years from 1997 to 2011 inclusive in which his Department asked for and received a supplementary budget; the amount provided for each time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37080/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital Location (18 Sep 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health when he expects to make a decision on the National Children's Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37081/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (18 Sep 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of home care packages, home help hours, provided by county, the same figures for the same time last year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37082/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Issues (18 Sep 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide staff and all other facilities to make St Francis Hospice Blanchardstown operational, Dublin; his views on whether opening the 24 bed facility is an important unused step down facility that could reduce pressure on local hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37083/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Expenditure (18 Sep 2012)

Billy Kelleher: 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. [37084/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (18 Sep 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail in tabular form the number of patients treated by the National Treatment Purchase Fund in each year since its foundation, including 2012; the categories of patient treated in each year; the cost of the NTPF in each year; where its budget has been reallocated in the years 2011 and 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37085/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Universal Health Insurance Provision (18 Sep 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of implementing universal health insurance; the estimated charges being imposed on persons with and without medical insurance for UHI; the way medical card patients will be included in the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37086/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Universal Health Insurance Provision (18 Sep 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health when he expects to publish the While Paper on Universal Health Insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37114/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Universal Health Insurance Provision (18 Sep 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of implementing free GP care; the expected number of patients to be affected; when he expects it to be implemented; the number of times he has met representative bodies on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37087/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Universal Health Insurance Provision (18 Sep 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of implementing and extending free general practitioner care to those with long-term illnesses; the expected number of patients to be affected; when he expects it to be implemented; the number of times he has met representative bodies on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37088/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Supply (18 Sep 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health when cancer patients will expect to be able to receive ipilimumab; the reasons for the further delay in its provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37089/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Supply (18 Sep 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health when cancer patients may expect to be able to receive Gilenya; the reasons for the further delay in its provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37090/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (18 Sep 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health the total spend on taxis in the Health Service Executive and the National Treatment Purchase Fund in each of the years 2008 to 2011; the total spend to date in 2012; the projected spend in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37093/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (18 Sep 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, a breakdown by hospital of bed closures, theatre closures and ward closures this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37094/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (18 Sep 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health the total number of closed operating theatres in public hospitals around the country; if he will provide a breakdown of the hospitals affected; the number of theatres closed in each hospital; the length of time each theatre has been closed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37099/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (18 Sep 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health if he intends reopening closed beds following recent figures which show waiting lists have increased by 24% over the past year; and the number of closed beds he intends reopening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37102/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (18 Sep 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health the resource implications, in terms of staff, funding, and ancillary support, of implementing the recommendations of the Tallaght Hospital report in full nationwide; his plans to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37096/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (18 Sep 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health if he has me witht the Health Service Executive, the INMO, the IMO, the INO and other organisations regarding the implications of the Tallaght Hospital report; the nature of the discussions; if any decisions were made arising from the discussions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37097/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (18 Sep 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health the actual amount of additional revenue generated by increasing charges on private patients in public hospitals; the amount projected in budget 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37098/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (18 Sep 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health the charges set by him in respect of inpatient and outpatient hospital care and for visiting an accident and emergency department; if these charges have changed since February 2011; if these charges will change in 2012; the revenue accruing from such charges in 2011; the anticipated income in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37133/12]