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Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Governance (19 Dec 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 325. To ask the Minister for Health the findings and recommendations of the review conducted by the Department in conjunction with the Health Service Executive of corporate functions and resources staff and budget of the various corporate, support and shared services as they exist in the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54770/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (19 Dec 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 326. To ask the Minister for Health if funding for the health service will be provided through the Vote from the first quarter of 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54771/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Regulation (19 Dec 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 327. To ask the Minister for Health when the Department will address the regulatory status of the VHI in line with the European Court of Justice ruling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54772/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (19 Dec 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 328. To ask the Minister for Health the way the Department has developed programme-based budgeting in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54773/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Reports (19 Dec 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 329. To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail in tabular form the recommendations contained in the 2012 reviews of financial management systems in the Irish health service; the progress made in implementing these recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54774/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Oversight (19 Dec 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 330. To ask the Minister for Health when the single assessment tool for older people services was rolled out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54775/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Oversight (19 Dec 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 331. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the findings of the review of the fair deal scheme to assess its applicability to other sectors such as the disability and mental health residential sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54776/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Palliative Care Services (19 Dec 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 332. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the prospective funding model for palliative care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54777/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Services Funding (19 Dec 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 333. To ask the Minister for Health with regard to the move towards a person-centred model of services and supports for disability services, when the initiation of demonstration projects as proof of concept commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54778/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Service Plan 2014: Minister for Health and HSE (14 Jan 2014)

Billy Kelleher: I welcome the delegation, the Minister and the director general of the HSE. I wish everyone a happy new year. I welcome the two opening statements. It does not unearth anything earth-shattering in the context of the framework laid out for 2014 but shows it will be very challenging, as outlined by the director general. It also shows a big hole in the Estimate in underpinning the service...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Service Plan 2014: Minister for Health and HSE (14 Jan 2014)

Billy Kelleher: I am just stating a fact.

Order of Business (15 Jan 2014)

Billy Kelleher: The Government is opposed to giving medical cards to sick people.

Order of Business (15 Jan 2014)

Billy Kelleher: That is factually incorrect.

Order of Business (15 Jan 2014)

Billy Kelleher: That is misleading information, as the Taoiseach well knows.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (15 Jan 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a resolution will be found between the Health Service Executive and his Department as to who is responsible for providing a person (details supplied) in County Cork with an i-Pad to help them communicate and to assist with their education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55333/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assistive Technology (15 Jan 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 758. To ask the Minister for Health when a resolution will be found between the Health Service Executive and his Department as to who is responsible for providing a person (details supplied) in County Cork with an iPad to help them communicate and to assist with their education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55332/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Data (15 Jan 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 761. To ask the Minister for Health the number of discretionary medical cards he expects there to be in 2014; the reason the 2014 Health Service Executive Service Plan did not provide such information unlike previous service plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55370/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Issues (15 Jan 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 787. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing levels that have been agreed for the new respiratory unit and Cork University Hospital; if he will provide a breakdown of personnel to be assigned to the unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55540/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (15 Jan 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 788. To ask the Minister for Health if there is any reason legal or otherwise why a specific number of beds in the new respiratory unit at Cork University Hospital cannot be ring-fenced for cystic fibrosis patients in line with understandings to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55541/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (15 Jan 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 789. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to intervene in the row between a charity (details supplied) that is funding the cost of the new respiratory unit and Cork University Hospital to ensure that the unit goes ahead; if he will give a commitment that his Department will foot the bill for the unit if a resolution cannot be found between the two parties; and if he will make a...