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

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health the rate of hospital charges - inpatient, outpatient and accident and emergency; the categories of patient required to pay hospital charges; the changes in charges which took place in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37135/12]

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

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health the anticipated income from statutory inpatient, outpatient and accident and emergency charges in 2011 and 2012 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37136/12]

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

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline in full what he hopes to achieve from the current discussions with the consultant groups and the way this will differ to what was already agreed in the Croke Park Agreement in 2010 and also as part of the 2008 consultant contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37100/12]

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

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health if he is committed to ensuring that consultants are rostered on a seven day week as opposed to a five day week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37101/12]

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

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health if reductions in fees paid to hospital consultants have been accounted for in his budget estimates; the level by which they will be reduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37132/12]

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

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has carried out any research or intends to carry out any research into the impact of increased numbers of patients presenting themselves in public hospitals as a result of private patients giving up their private health insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37103/12]

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

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail in tabular form the number of staff in receipt of top up pay in excess of €10,000, €50,000, €100,000, and €200,000 per hospital; the average amounts of payments; the basis for the payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37104/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive Board (18 Sep 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health the composition and all changes to the interim Health Service Executive board since April 2011; the roles of those on the board within the Department of Health or HSE; the corporate governance structure currently in place; when he expects HSE governance legislation to be passed; when he expects a new board to be in place; and if he will make a...

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

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of customers who have left the private health insurance market by county; the average change in premiums over the past year and since budget 2012; the maximum increase in premiums over those time periods; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37106/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Proposed Legislation (18 Sep 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the Health Amendment Bill to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37107/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Proposed Legislation (18 Sep 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health the issues that will be rectified in the Health Amendment Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37108/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Proposed Legislation (18 Sep 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health the proposed rectifications for issues identified and to be addressed by the Health Amendment Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37109/12]

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

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form for each county or if not available each region, the average response times for ambulances in life threatening, potentially life threatening, and all other situations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37110/12]

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

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to publish the Positive Ageing Strategy this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37111/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (18 Sep 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to tackle smoking in society; the rate of smoking in 2003 for men and for women; the rates now; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37112/12]

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

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health if he has consulted with the IMO regarding the provision of universal GP care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37113/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (18 Sep 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health if he has initiated any discussions with the National Asset Management Agency regarding the use of their buildings for primary care centres or the Minister for Justice regarding the use of unused Garda stations as primary care centres; the outcomes of those discussions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37115/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Community Rating (18 Sep 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that private insurers are designing policies to be less attractive to older persons thereby evading community rating policies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37116/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (18 Sep 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary care centres by county in February 2011; the number now; the same figures for primary care teams in February 2011 and now; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37117/12]

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

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form by each hospital the number of patients who have had their operations cancelled or rescheduled since March 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37118/12]