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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youthreach Programme (11 Jun 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of approved places allocated to County Cork Vocational Education Committee under the Youthreach further education training programme for the past three years 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; the number of students attending the programme at each of the approved centres of education during this time; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Hygiene Scheme Eligibility (11 Jun 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 805. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a provision, or if one can be made under the dairy hygiene grant to allow for emergency works for milk cooling systems to be done retrospectively for small works such as compressors and milk bulk tanks due to the nature of the process and the time constraints on farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (11 Jun 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 917. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork who has incurable lymphoma has been refused a medical card; if he will reconsider this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26637/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (11 Jun 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 920. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will get their wheelchair serviced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26676/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Legal Costs (11 Jun 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 929. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the financial systems in the Health Service Executive do not allow for detailed breakdown of those who received legal fees from 2008 to 2011 in excess of €157 million; if this information will become available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26680/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Issues (11 Jun 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 1022. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that all Health Service Executive homehelp workers are in receipt of written contracts giving them the same statutory rights and conditions as full time workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27698/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (11 Jun 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 988. To ask the Minister for Health the intentions of the Health Service Executive regarding St. Mary's Community Centre, Richmond Hill, Rathmines, Dublin 6; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that its opening time has recently been cut back from seven days a week to four days a week, that the HSE has indicated that it is refusing to recruit new staff for the centre and at present...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Diabetes Strategy (11 Jun 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 1001. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that according to the National Cancer Screening Centre website the National Diabetic Retinopathy screening programme commenced in February 2013 and that according to the Health Service Executive's 2008 framework report on diabetic retinopathy, it has been internationally recognised that screening and treatment of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (11 Jun 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 1002. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there continues to be geographical inequity of access to medication for severe allergic asthma, with asthma sufferers in the Health Service Executive Cork and Kerry region particularly disadvantaged; if he will create a national funding mechanism for this treatment, as has been done for a number of cancer treatments; and if he will make a...

Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (12 Jun 2013)

Billy Kelleher: I support the amendment. The difficulty we have is that we adjudicate retrospectively. Let us consider the service plan. It is published and often consultation takes place after the event. Although we have quarterly meetings with the Minister, the HSE and the Minister of State, they are often on the basis of reaction. The purpose of the amendment is clear. It would not force the...

Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (12 Jun 2013)

Billy Kelleher: Amendment No. 1, in the name of Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin, calls for consultation with the Joint Committee on Health and Children. I will explain why I oppose the Minister of State's position. While the Minister of the day is obliged to set policy, its implementation is clearly a different issue. As we are aware, ministerial decisions on hospital funding, for example, can...

Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (12 Jun 2013)

Billy Kelleher: I accept that the Minister for Health attends the quarterly meetings and we welcome that engagement very much. The point I am making is that the service plan is cast in stone in January every year. It is traditional for the Minister to refer it back to the HSE after scrutinising it. He will issue a press release saying it has been amended before the final plan is published. It is cast in...

Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (12 Jun 2013)

Billy Kelleher: No.

Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (12 Jun 2013)

Billy Kelleher: I have not lectured the Minister of State. It is not in my nature to lecture.

Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Jun 2013)

Billy Kelleher: I support Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin's amendment. This issue was raised on a few occasions on Second and Committee Stages. I referred to it when representatives of the HSE recently appeared before the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children. I am not casting aspersions on those who have been appointed. We wish them well in the very onerous and challenging tasks...

Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Jun 2013)

Billy Kelleher: We are dealing with this issue again. I have not heard a reason for the Minister's placing of such restriction on a panel of people who are to take on very important roles in the delivery of health care. It is narrowing it to a few people. In recent years, the Government and others have placed emphasis on looking beyond the Civil Service in the delivery of public services and seeking...

Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Jun 2013)

Billy Kelleher: This amendment is worth discussing in broader terms in respect of the health service. Figures provided by the Health Service Executive to Deputy Finian McGrath in response to a parliamentary question show that two top earners shared a pay pot of €882,694 last year. The breakdown of the earnings of the two shows that they earned €358,566 in salaries and an additional...

Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Jun 2013)

Billy Kelleher: We had this debate on the pharmacy legislation. Pharmacists cannot practice once they are deemed to be bankrupt. A commitment was given that the issue would be examined in the context of legislation in that area. I welcome the amendments. We are living in a very different world from that of a number of years ago. As I said, we can have a debate, as we often do, on how we arrived at this...

Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Jun 2013)

Billy Kelleher: We are larger in numerical strength but equal in weight of argument. To be consistent I have to oppose the passage of this Bill in view of the concerns that I have outlined previously. I believe it vests significant power in the office of the Minister and that is not a healthy situation. We can argue over the rights and wrongs of the establishment of the HSE, the amalgamation of the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Water Treatment Issues (12 Jun 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 18. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of inspections on waste water treatment systems carried out to date; the total number of inspections expected in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27994/13]