Results 5,341-5,360 of 11,979 for speaker:Billy Kelleher

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Abuse Issues (24 Oct 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 227. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in the number of cases dealt with by social work departments where sexual abuse was a component, if the Health Service Executive relied on the reports of psychologists not in the direct employment of the Health Service Executive when assessing those cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45527/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage (24 Oct 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 233. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there was an issue in the payment to pharmacies by the drugs payment scheme for Nadolol for a number of months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45346/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage (24 Oct 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 234. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a problem with the supply of the drug Nadolol here; and, if so, the measures the Health Service Executive is taking to prevent a future supply problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45347/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage (24 Oct 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 235. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a guarantee to the sufferers of Long QT syndrome who depend on Nadolol that no further issues will arise for them in securing the drug under the drugs payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45348/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (5 Nov 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 155. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons that will be affected by the removal of the one parent family tax credit in budget 2014; the number of those cases that will be pushed into the higher tax band; the amount that will be raised by the Revenue Commissioners as a result of this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45744/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (5 Nov 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a special needs assistant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45675/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Placement (5 Nov 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts being made to assist with securing a mainstream national school place for a student with a cochlear implant (details supplied) whose family have been unable to secure such a placement to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45689/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Household Benefits Scheme (5 Nov 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 519. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to retain the household benefits package in future budgets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [#WRL02700]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Development Companies Funding (5 Nov 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 642. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will restore the substantial cut in allocation to the West Cork Area Partnership for 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46110/13]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Reorganisation (5 Nov 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 831. To ask the Minister for Defence the changes proposed for the relocation of soldiers based at Collins Barracks, Cork; the timeline for these changes; the way they will affect the soldiers.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45771/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (5 Nov 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 1024. To ask the Minister for Health with regard to the clinic panel that has been set up to assess discretionary medical cards, if financial officers form part of the panel whereby they can accurately value the financial burden on persons and families where no medical card is awarded and a specific costing is placed on the patients needs that would have been covered under the medical card on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Issues (5 Nov 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 1101. To ask the Minister for Health if reports in the press are correct that the urologist post for Temple Street Hospital is being advertised for €109K; his views on whether this is proving to be an obstacle for prospective candidates; the measures that will be taken to make the post more desirable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46157/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Issues (5 Nov 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 1102. To ask the Minister for Health if it is true that the successful candidate for Urologist at Temple Street Hospital will have to divide their time 50/50 between Temple St and Crumlin; his views on whether this is best use of a badly needed specialist at Temple Street Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46158/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (5 Nov 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 1068. To ask the Minister for Health the reason families in County Wexford are waiting up to four years for an appointment to see someone from the Health Service Executive Paediatric Psychology Services and the measures he is taking to rectify the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45996/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Departments Waiting Times (5 Nov 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 1046. To ask the Minister for Health if the criteria he uses for measuring waiting times in emergency Departments are comparable internationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45762/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Surgery Waiting Times (5 Nov 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 1047. To ask the Minister for Health if the criteria used to measure waiting times for surgery is used in any other OECD country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45763/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Expenditure (5 Nov 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 1067. To ask the Minister for Health the net savings that will be made in 2013 from the reduction in the cost of drugs and other prescribed items; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45991/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (5 Nov 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 1069. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the occupational therapy needs of children are being limited to two OT reviews per year, but there is no actual entitlement to therapy sessions which is a vital necessity for special needs children particularly in the early years; if he plans to change this system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45997/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Reform (5 Nov 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 1084. To ask the Minister for Health if the money follows the patient system of funding will commence on 1 January 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46058/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund Waiting Times (5 Nov 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 1112. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the disparity in the totals for hospital inpatient and day case waiting lists for adults in August 2013 as reported by the National Treatment Purchase Fund which said there were 45,341 waiting and as reported by the Health Service Executive in its August 2013 performance report 40,801 waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter....