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Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (13 Oct 2016)

Billy Kelleher: There is a household tax.

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (13 Oct 2016)

Billy Kelleher: Debates have to based on fact.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Data (13 Oct 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 156. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulances which operate out of each ambulance station in County Roscommon on a daily basis, Monday to Sunday; and if he will provide a breakdown of this on an hourly and daily rota basis to ascertain the actual level of service in County Clare. [30198/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Data (13 Oct 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 157. To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency ambulances assigned to each ambulance station in County Roscommon for each year since 2011, in tabular form; and the number of intermediate care vehicles and rapid response vehicles assigned to each. [30193/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Open Disclosure: Department of Health (13 Oct 2016)

Billy Kelleher: In terms of open disclosure, has there been full co-operation and an embracing of the open disclosure concept by the professional bodies that oversee the various medical entities in this country? The Minister, who I am sure would agree, was here a number of weeks ago. He said that how we have handled the incidents of adverse effects on patients over the years has been a shameful indictment...

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Priority Questions: Accident and Emergency Departments (18 Oct 2016)

Billy Kelleher: It is a good job the Deputy lost that one.

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Priority Questions: HSE National Service Plan (18 Oct 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 19. To ask the Minister for Health when the 2017 HSE service plan will be published; when the programme for Government commitment on a five-year service plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30971/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Priority Questions: HSE National Service Plan (18 Oct 2016)

Billy Kelleher: When will the HSE service plan for 2017 will be published? There is a commitment in the confidence and supply arrangement to publish a five-year plan. When will that commitment be honoured? It is important there is a strategic timeframe in place for HSE service plans to be planned not only on an annualised basis, but over a five-year period, which would allow it to assess the demands in...

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Priority Questions: HSE National Service Plan (18 Oct 2016)

Billy Kelleher: The Minister has acknowledged the Dáil committee is engaged in its deliberations and will publish a detailed analysis of what type of health system we hope we can deliver in the years ahead. In the meantime, he has statistics and figures available to him in terms of demographics, the requirements and needs that will exist in the years ahead not only in the ageing profile, but in the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Priority Questions: HSE National Service Plan (18 Oct 2016)

Billy Kelleher: We know of the overcrowding in our emergency departments, to which Deputy Kelly referred. We know there is capacity issues in the public health system. We also know that to do deal with it, we need to invest in community care, primary care, home care packages, home helps and supporting people in the broader community. We do not need an Oireachtas committee strategy to tell us that is the...

Other Questions: Home Care Packages Funding (18 Oct 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 24. To ask the Minister for Health the extra provision that is being put in place for home-care packages and home helps in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30643/16]

Other Questions: Home Care Packages Funding (18 Oct 2016)

Billy Kelleher: Could the Minister of State make a statement about the extra provision for home-care packages and home-help hours in 2017? In view of the supplementary budget earlier in the year and the additional €491 million allocated for health in budget 2017, we are back to where we were in terms of peak spending on health in 2007. It is important that a clear outline is given to ensure that the...

Other Questions: Home Care Packages Funding (18 Oct 2016)

Billy Kelleher: I thank the Minister of State for her reply. We talk about the winter initiative. The winter initiative should be over, above and beyond home-care packages and home-help hours. That should be systemic in terms of delivery of care. We already know that large numbers of people are presenting in the accident and emergency departments of our acute hospitals day in and day out, particularly...

Other Questions: Home Care Packages Funding (18 Oct 2016)

Billy Kelleher: I urge that a strong emphasis be put on that in the context of requesting the HSE service plan. It is stated in the budget in terms of the commitments that are to be made with regard to older people, home-care packages, home-help hours and all the ancillary supports that are required. It is important that when assessing the reply from the HSE in terms of the plan and the analysis carried...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (18 Oct 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 33. To ask the Minister for Health if resources for the nursing home support scheme will be increased in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30642/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Expenditure (18 Oct 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 70. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether a greater use of biosimilars could assist in controlling the cost of medications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30641/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Trusts (18 Oct 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 88. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed creation of hospital trusts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30645/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff (18 Oct 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 112. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the restructuring of HSE management; the number of additional managerial posts that are being put in place in each hospital group and CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30644/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Programme (18 Oct 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 148. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill will come before the Dáil; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30234/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Availability (18 Oct 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 177. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce reliefs for first-time buyers who are self-building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30223/16]