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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Accident and Emergency Departments: Department of Health and Health Service Executive (15 Jan 2015)

Billy Kelleher: It was pointed out that some hospitals, while they have no delayed discharges, still have queues. Of course they do, because there is a patient in every bed. It is merely that these are not delayed discharges. They are there for a reason but they are not considered delayed discharges. The hospitals are at capacity. They operate beyond capacity and it is no wonder these issues arise from...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Regulation of Health and Social Care Professions (20 Jan 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 462. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 445 of 16 December 2014, if he will clarify the regulation of counselling services; his views on the services provided outside CIPC provision; where Aspen fits in with the consolidation of CIPC services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2765/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (21 Jan 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 1. To ask the Minister for Health when the waiting lists and waiting times for inpatient and day case scheduled admissions will improve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2647/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (21 Jan 2015)

Billy Kelleher: When does the Minister envisage an improvement in waiting lists and waiting times for inpatient and day case scheduled admissions? The most recent figures are for October 2014, but the Minister may have more recent ones. At the time 59,463 were on inpatient day case lists, of whom 54,250 were adults and 5,205 were children. Those on the lists, who require some service from the health...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (21 Jan 2015)

Billy Kelleher: The previous Minister for Health, now Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy James Reilly, said, "For people and patients, a key barometer of the success of our reform programme must be the performance of emergency departments and waiting lists." I cannot blame the Minister for Health for the previous Minister's failings, but I cannot absolve him because of the fact that he is a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (21 Jan 2015)

Billy Kelleher: We welcome any commitment that there will be an improvement, but we would like to see an improvement in how we manage waiting lists. More importantly, we would like to see resources being put in place to streamline the assessment of patients and the lists on which they should be placed. What confounds people is the idea that we are consistently cancelling elective surgery in order to deal...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (21 Jan 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 19. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the ambulance service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2392/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (21 Jan 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 30. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce waiting times for inpatient and day cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2391/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (21 Jan 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 46. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the roll out of BreastCheck for women in the 65-69 age group will not be complete until 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2394/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Discharges (21 Jan 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 70. To ask the Minister for Health his views that the €25 million funding to address delayed discharges is insufficient; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2393/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Administration (21 Jan 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 74. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made with regard to the implementation of medical card proposals announced late in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2390/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Data (21 Jan 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 152. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form for 1 January 2014 and 1 January 2015 for each local health area the number of medical cards in circulation; the number issued on the basis of the exercise of discretion; and the number of which allocated to over 70s. [2905/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (21 Jan 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 187. To ask the Minister for Health when he and his office was first informed by the Health Service Executive that its anti-flu vaccine is for a different strain of illness than the one which is currently circulating; if this development was discussed at the most recent meeting of the ED task force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3030/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (21 Jan 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on re-opening the qualification allowance for post-primary teachers to new entrants, in view of the unfairness of two teachers being paid at different rates simply because one commenced employment later than the other and the fact that many new teachers are struggling financially as they cannot obtain full-time work. [3011/15]

Leaders' Questions (22 Jan 2015)

Billy Kelleher: Over the past few months we have seen the nursing organisations express great concern at the increase in the retention fee by the nursing board, from €100 to €150. This has been an ongoing situation for some time and has been highlighted by political parties, by advocacy groups, patient groups and the nursing organisations. A 50% increase in any fee is an extraordinary demand,...

Leaders' Questions (22 Jan 2015)

Billy Kelleher: The problem is that the Minister for Health merely monitors what is happening. This seems to be his forte. He monitors waiting lists and trolley counts, but we need activity in this situation. We do not need the Minister to monitor further. We need him to ensure that the board engages with the nursing organisations to ensure we have an affordable retention fee so that nurses can register...

Leaders' Questions (22 Jan 2015)

Billy Kelleher: Is the Tánaiste calling on the board engage directly with nurses?

Leaders' Questions (22 Jan 2015)

Billy Kelleher: Will the Tánaiste ask the board to engage directly with nurses?

Leaders' Questions (22 Jan 2015)

Billy Kelleher: Therefore, Paul Gallagher should engage with them.

Leaders' Questions (22 Jan 2015)

Billy Kelleher: She already misled the people.