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Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (5 Feb 2015)

Billy Kelleher: Which heading are we under?

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (5 Feb 2015)

Billy Kelleher: Subhead M4 relates to the recoupment of certain dental treatment services scheme costs from the Social Insurance Fund. Like Deputy Ó Caoláin, I believe this area must be examined quickly. I realise there is a campaign on the fluoridation of water and so on. However, the key issue of oral hygiene is one we are beginning to neglect dramatically. I accept that I cannot blame the...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (5 Feb 2015)

Billy Kelleher: I know. We cannot pretend it does not happen. It happens and I do not agree with the idea that we will look after them when they are 17 or 18 years of age when the damage is done dentally and orally and sometimes in terms of their social, personal and developmental skills. I am not blaming anyone but I am urging the Minister to see whether there is any way he can resurrect an efficient...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (5 Feb 2015)

Billy Kelleher: -----made bigger ones than that.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (5 Feb 2015)

Billy Kelleher: I thank the Minister, his officials and the Chairman. I have not wished Mr. Breslin the best of luck as Accounting Officer.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (5 Feb 2015)

Billy Kelleher: I am quite sure there is a room next door you will be looking forward to going to on a regular basis. I like the format. It is more proactive in terms of a broader discussion. I know it is a small thing and maybe it is just me in middle age but the print in terms of the figures in the Estimates can be a bit small. I know it is very hard for the officials to address this.

Protection of Life in Pregnancy (Amendment) (Fatal Foetal Abnormalities) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Feb 2015)

Billy Kelleher: I welcome the opportunity to contribute on this issue again. Often, it presents itself in the Dáil as a divisive one but, given the Bill's narrow focus on fatal foetal abnormalities, consensus could be found with a bit of imagination and commitment to address a humane issue that affects a small number of people tragically every year. Last year, I received a telephone call from a...

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Uimh. 2) 2014: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 2) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Feb 2015)

Billy Kelleher: In the context of the Constitutional Convention, Fianna Fáil supported holding a referendum to allow for the voting age to be reduced to 16. Today's debate and views and opinions from outside the House show that there is an interesting discussion to be had, at the very least to see what young people are thinking. Very often, we say people who are most entitled to vote are people who...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Health Insurance (10 Feb 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 231. To ask the Minister for Finance the action his Department is taking in view of the provisions of the Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 2014 which allows insurers discretion to provide a discount to young adults in the age 18 to 25 age range, but which has apparently resulted in a discrepancy; the level of tax relief at source which needs to be applied to those persons who receive the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (10 Feb 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 348. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department is carrying out a full review of the murder of a person (details supplied). [5764/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (10 Feb 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 390. To ask the Minister for Health if a decision was made by the National Immunisation Advisory Committee, NIAC, in respect of sanctioning of the meningitis B vaccine; if so, when it will be rolled out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5477/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (10 Feb 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 407. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of social activities that are expected to be covered in nursing homes under the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5642/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance (10 Feb 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 411. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons availing of private health insurance in 2014 in each of the following age groups: 17 years and under, 18 to 29 years, 30 to 39 years, 40 to 49 years, 50 to 59 years, 60 to 69 years, 70 to 79 years, and 80 years and over. [5650/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Investigations (10 Feb 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 413. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding investigations into Áras Attracta in Swinford, County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5655/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (10 Feb 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 414. To ask the Minister for Health regarding the provision of swimsuit and swimming prosthesis for breast cancer patients, if the Health Service Executive has stopped approving them in certain areas throughout the country, including Dublin; if so, if he will provide details of the locations; his plans to reinstate this service; if so, when; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (10 Feb 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 415. To ask the Minister for Health regarding the provision of mastectomy prosthesis and surgical bras, the difference in the funding provided to Health Service Executive areas throughout the country including Dublin; if he will provide, in tabular form, the funding made available for each item in these areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5661/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (10 Feb 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 416. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the waiting time for approval for mastectomy prosthesis and surgical bras in every Health Service Executive area throughout the country, including the Dublin areas, those waiting two to three weeks, six weeks, eight weeks, 12 weeks and longer since September 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5662/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (10 Feb 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 417. To ask the Minister for Health the reason applications for medical cards from persons, who are in receipt of assistance under the farm support scheme, are not being processed by the Health Service Executive unless the applicant can provide a notice of self-assessment (details supplied); the reason the Health Service Executive will not accept the fact they have little or no tax liability;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (10 Feb 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 419. To ask the Minister for Health regarding the home care package, if a care provider is unable to fill the hours allocated to a client, if the Health Service Executive is entitled to withdraw the hours allocated to that client; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5671/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (10 Feb 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 420. To ask the Minister for Health regarding the home care package, if, where the hours allocated have been divided between spouses and the care provider is not in a position to fill one of the client's hours, that client can have their hours reallocated to another care provider who would be able to fill the hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5672/15]