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Written Answers — Department of Health: Registration of Nurses (17 Dec 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 449. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the lengthy delays in nursing registration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46055/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Neuro-Rehabilitation Policy (17 Dec 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 452. To ask the Minister for Health if he is committed to the national policy and strategy for the provision of neuro-rehabilitation services; the funding he has allocated for it in 2015 and in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46089/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (17 Dec 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 477. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the approval of Orkambi for the treatment of cystic fibrosis, given its recent approval by the European Medicines Agency. [46347/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Groups (17 Dec 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 470. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the model 2, 3 and 4 hospitals in each hospital group, indicating whether each model 2 hospital is a model 2D, a model 2S or a model 2R hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46336/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Beds Data (17 Dec 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 471. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds and wards in hospitals (details supplied); the number of these that are currently closed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46337/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Data (17 Dec 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 472. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards as of 1 December 2015; the number of general practitioner cards on the same date; the number for each type of card issued on a discretionary basis on that date; and the number for each type of card assigned to over 70s on that date. [46341/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Trusts (17 Dec 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 475. To ask the Minister for Health when he received the international evidence review on independent hospital trusts undertaken by the Health Research Board at his request; when he will publish it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46345/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Care (17 Dec 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 476. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made in implementing each of the 31 recommendations in the 2011 Health Service Executive report Time to Move on from Congregated Settings; the timeframe for fully implementing its recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46346/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (17 Dec 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 478. To ask the Minister for Health the public and voluntary hospitals that carry out magnetic resonance imaging, MRI, scans and the number of persons waiting for this scan for up to three, three plus to six, six plus to nine, nine plus to 12 and 12 plus months, at each of these hospitals, as of 10 December 2015 or the nearest available date, in tabular form. [46349/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (17 Dec 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 479. To ask the Minister for Health the public and voluntary hospitals that carry out computed tomography, CT, scans and the number of persons waiting for this scan for up to three, three plus to six, six plus to nine, nine plus to 12 and 12 plus months, at each of these hospitals, as of 10 December 2015 or the nearest available date, in tabular form. [46350/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospice Services (17 Dec 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 480. To ask the Minister for Health the public and voluntary hospitals that carry out bone scans and the number of persons waiting for this scan for up to three, three plus to six, six plus to nine, nine plus to twelve and twelve plus months, at each of these hospitals, as of 10 December 2015 or the nearest available date, in tabular form. [46351/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (17 Dec 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 481. To ask the Minister for Health the public and voluntary hospitals that carry out angiograms and the number of persons waiting for this for up to three, three plus to six, six plus to nine, nine plus to 12 and 12 plus months, at each of these hospitals, as of 10 December 2015 or the nearest available date, in tabular form. [46352/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (17 Dec 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 482. To ask the Minister for Health the public and voluntary hospitals that carry out electroencephalograms, EEG, and the number of persons waiting for this for up to three, three plus to six, six plus to nine, nine plus to 12 and 12 plus months, at each of these hospitals, as of 10 December 2015 or the nearest available date, in tabular form. [46353/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (17 Dec 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 483. To ask the Minister for Health the public and voluntary hospitals that carry out endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, ERCP, and the number of persons waiting for this for up to three, three plus to six, six plus to nine, nine plus to 12 and 12 plus months, at each of these hospitals, as of 10 December 2015 or the nearest available date, in tabular form. [46354/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Island Communities (17 Dec 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 648. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the additional cost of allowing island communities to vote on the same day as those on the mainland. [46218/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Acute Hospital Services: Discussion (17 Dec 2015)

Billy Kelleher: I welcome Mr. Michael O'Flynn, Professor John Higgins, and Mr. Gerry O'Dwyer and extend my best wishes to them for the festive season. I thank them for their work on this issue. The report was detailed in its content. Was it based on the Horwath and Teamwork review of acute services in HSE South? The delivery of acute hospital services in the south and the hospital groupings do not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Acute Hospital Services: Discussion (17 Dec 2015)

Billy Kelleher: Obviously, the site would have to be in the Cork city area. It must be near the hospital for collaborative work and ease of movement of staff, patients and so forth. I am sure a site can be found. What we must do is make a decision to find a site in the first place. On a broader issue, we talk about the hospital groups, the collaborative work that universities do with industry and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Acute Hospital Services: Discussion (17 Dec 2015)

Billy Kelleher: What about sub-specialties?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Task Force on Overcrowding in Accident and Emergency Departments: Discussion (17 Dec 2015)

Billy Kelleher: I wish the witnesses a happy Christmas and a successful new year, personally and in their endeavours in the context of addressing emergency department overcrowding. While it is known as the emergency department task force, we could rename it "the department of emergencies task force" given the amount of firefighting that has been required from time to time in our health services. I note...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Task Force on Overcrowding in Accident and Emergency Departments: Discussion (17 Dec 2015)

Billy Kelleher: With regard to the people who are discharged from hospital, is an analysis done of why they had to attend in the first place? Given we are talking about a 25% admission rate, 75% are not admitted, although I am not suggesting they did not have to be there. Of that 75%, is an analysis done of why they ended up in the emergency department when they did not need to be admitted? Was it lack of...