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Select Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (13 Dec 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: I cannot really, though. Committee Stage is the only chance we really get to go back and forth.

Select Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (13 Dec 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: I know it is not the fault of the Minister of State but this is not satisfactory on Committee Stage. The question I am asking is not obscure, it goes to the core of the legislation. I understand the Minister of State is standing in for the Minister for Health, who is dealing with critical legislation elsewhere, but this is a basic question on legislation before a committee and it should be...

Select Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (13 Dec 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: I have a second question. One of the frustrations felt by some in the industry is that, in their view, the VHI holds unusually high reserves, which means it passes the overcompensation test. That is relevant to the levy. The belief is that it meets the criterion of keeping profits below 4% by moving an unusually high level of those profits into reserves. I believe that, given the history...

Select Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (13 Dec 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: What is the Government's view, in the context of the legislation, on the VHI's reserves being so high? At 80%, they are above the Solvency II requirements. What is the Cabinet's view on that? Is it content with the high reserves the company has and the impact this could have on the insurance industry?

Select Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (13 Dec 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: My final question is about the consumer and is somewhat tangential to the Bill. We have approximately 300 health insurance policies in the market. I know the Central Bank is pushing for simplicity and my understanding is that the number has come down from about 400. I am sure we can all agree that it is pretty much impossible for anyone to find the right health insurance policy. There are...

Select Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (13 Dec 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: It is and is not a matter for the regulator. The Central Bank is involved but that involvement derives from legislation we pass in the House. The Minister, the Department of Health and the Cabinet also have a role to play.

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Data (18 Dec 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 341. To ask the Minister for Health the CEO or equivalent of each hospital and each hospital group on 1 January 2014, 1 January 2015, 1 January 2016, 1 January 2017, 1 January 2018 and 1 December 2018; the number of these that received their appointment following an open competition; the number holding the position in an acting and or temporary capacity; the appointed persons on each date who...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Provision (18 Dec 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 347. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the rate of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis here; his further views on the benefits offered by the use of IBD nurse specialists in the treatment and management of these conditions; the number of IBD nurse specialists here; his plans to broaden the number of IBD nurse specialists; when further recruitment of IBD nurse specialists is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services Funding (18 Dec 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 355. To ask the Minister for Health the projected expenditure on cancer services for 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52772/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services Funding (18 Dec 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 356. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure on the national cancer strategy in 2017; the projected expenditure on the strategy in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52773/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services Funding (18 Dec 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 357. To ask the Minister for Health the projected expenditure under the national cancer control programme for 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52774/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Agency Staff Expenditure (18 Dec 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 358. To ask the Minister for Health the agency spend on nurses for the first nine months in each of the years since 2009, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52837/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Protected Disclosures (18 Dec 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 359. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made on the protected disclosure made by a person (details supplied) regarding the standards of care offered to children with disabilities at a school as reported in the media on 25 November 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52838/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Protected Disclosures (18 Dec 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 360. To ask the Minister for Health if a formal investigation has been initiated by a State body following the protected disclosure made by a person (details supplied) into standards of care for children with disabilities in a school as reported in the media on 21 November 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52839/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Commencement of Legislation (18 Dec 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 397. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 188 of 6 December 2018, the impediments that exist to commencing Parts 2 and 3 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53041/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug and Alcohol Task Forces (18 Dec 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 399. To ask the Minister for Health if funding for drugs services in Ballymun will be restored in view of the recent rise in anti-social behaviour and crime linked to cocaine in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53050/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (18 Dec 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 411. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in procurement under the private ambulance tender framework that commenced in 2017 and has not progressed since September 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53101/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital Status (18 Dec 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 419. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the construction of the new children’s hospital; when construction will be completed; when it will be open to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53125/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Swimming Pool Programme (18 Dec 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 554. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be provided for a feasibility study for a public swimming pool in west County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52836/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (19 Dec 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 358. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the planned publication date of the new national oral health policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53732/18]