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Written Answers — Department of Health: Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Services (21 May 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 635. To ask the Minister for Health the findings of the Health Service Executive’s evaluation of the impact of the introduction of this new model of service delivery of pre-hospital emergency care services in County Cork and County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23873/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (21 May 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 660. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for speech therapy for children under five in the greater Dublin area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24221/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (21 May 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 661. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for speech therpy for children under five; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24222/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Issues (21 May 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 662. To ask the Minister for Health if all speech therapy postions are filled across the country and in particular if maternity leave is covered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24223/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (21 May 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 663. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the drugs refund scheme does not cover medication or the special food requirments for patients with dyspahgia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24224/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Building Programme (21 May 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 666. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular format details of the Model 4 hospitals in each new hospital group, the Model 3 hospitals in same and the Model 2 hospitals in same and indicate with regard to this category, if it is a Model 2D, a Model 2S or a Model 2R; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24237/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Building Programme (21 May 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 673. To ask the Minister for Health with regard to the nine smaller hospitals which are to be Model 2 hospitals, if he will supply in tabular form, for each hospital a list of services that are currently available in those hospitals that will will no longer be available when the framework is put in place; the timeline for these changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24275/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Asthma Programme (21 May 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 699. To ask the Minister for Health if the National Asthma Programme will be included in the 2014 Health Service Executive service plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24481/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Asthma Programme (21 May 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 700. To ask the Minister for Health the number of asthma patients that have been enrolled in the National Asthma Programme. [24482/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Asthma Programme (21 May 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 702. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the most recent figure of the number of asthma patients who are included in the general medical services scheme [24484/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Asthma Programme (21 May 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 703. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the most recent figure of the number of asthma patients eligible for the drugs payment scheme [24485/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Admissions (21 May 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 701. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the most recent hospital admission and emergency Department visit figures for asthma patients. [24483/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (21 May 2013)

Billy Kelleher: I welcome the witnesses. I shall address my questions to Dr. Simon Mills first. Can Dr. Mills elaborate what he meant in the context of capacity and representation under heads 6 and 9? Is he saying, for example, that a woman who has been refused through the panel and who lodges an appeal with the review panel would be entitled to legal representation or that somebody else could represent...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (21 May 2013)

Billy Kelleher: I welcome our witnesses. Since the Government has decided to legislate, that part of the debate is over. However, the debate on whether the Oireachtas supports the legislation is not over. For this reason, we as Oireachtas Members are trying to go through the legislation. I assume that no Government could present legislation to the Houses if the Attorney General advised that it was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (21 May 2013)

Billy Kelleher: My first question is directed to Dr. Craven. He referred to the Medical Council's guidelines, the importance of professional integrity in dealing with the public and the expectation that medical professionals will act in good faith. There is an obligation on such professionals in that regard and the Medical Council's guidelines are the essence of this. The 2009 edition of the guidelines...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (21 May 2013)

Billy Kelleher: I welcome the Minister of State. We had the three days of hearings and preliminary discussions about legislation in January and there is no doubt they were beneficial in terms of Members being able to ask questions of experts. The Minister of State said he was following the debate closely and noted a high level of consensus. I can assure the Minister of State there was a high level of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (21 May 2013)

Billy Kelleher: Deputy White is the most impressive witness so far.

Other Questions: Credit Availability (22 May 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 7. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the operation of the credit supply clearing group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24432/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Illicit Trade in Tobacco (22 May 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 88. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 200 of 14 May 2013, the way payments to be made were calculated; the quantity of smuggled tobacco the payments made under the MOU represent; if the payments represent tobacco that was leaked onto the Irish market or are they calculated by smuggled tobacco seized on a European-wide basis that is by the size of the Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts Tenders (23 May 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 18. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his view on fears expressed by the Small Firms Association that plans to centralise the way in which it buys goods and services threaten to cut small businesses out of State contracts and lead to job losses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24655/13]