Results 9,461-9,480 of 11,979 for speaker:Billy Kelleher

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Accommodation Provision (28 Feb 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 559. To ask the Minister for Health the current date for completion of each project and the current indicative cost of completion for each project for each of the 90 public nursing homes (details supplied) to be replaced, refurbished or upgraded, in tabular form. [9769/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital Expenditure (28 Feb 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 584. To ask the Minister for Health the costs incurred and expenditure outlay in each year since 2012 for the new children's hospital at St James's Hospital [9967/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (28 Feb 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 585. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans for the provision of a dedicated centre for persons with intestinal failure catering for adults and patients moving from the paediatric unit at Crumlin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9971/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (28 Feb 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 603. To ask the Minister for Health when an assessment will be carried out on a person (details supplied). [10177/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Reports (28 Feb 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 643. To ask the Minister for Health when the October 2016 HSE Performance Report will be published; and the reason for the delay in its publication [10354/17]

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Billy Kelleher: Or disappear.

Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Mar 2017)

Billy Kelleher: I seek clarity from the Minister with regard to a parliamentary reply I was given by his office last year which states that it can be made available on prescription of a doctor. Could we get clarity on that because this is an issue that is causing grave concern to Vera and her family? Will the Minister clarify who can actually prescribe?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (1 Mar 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 242. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that money is immediately released for the provision of wheelchairs (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10522/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Products Supply (2 Mar 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 245. To ask the Minister for Health whether, in view of the compassionate extension by a company (details supplied) of Respreeza to persons for the next two months, the HSE will enter into negotiations with the company; if the HSE is setting out to complete the negotiations before the compassionate timeframe expires; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11119/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Vehicle Registration (2 Mar 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 353. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the mechanism in place for a person (details supplied) who is trying to replace a registration book for a vintage car whereby the tax office do not have the records for the car due to the documents being mislaid or lost. [11120/17]

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (2 Mar 2017)

Billy Kelleher: I have two questions on palliative care. The first has been discussed on many occasions, in this committee and elsewhere. I refer to end-of-life care in nursing homes, the complications that arise when residents die in nursing homes and the impact that can have on public opinion of the nursing home. If there is a high number of residents dying in a nursing home, it can read badly at times....

Protection of Life During Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Mar 2017)

Billy Kelleher: This issue was always going to be raised again in the context of the Bill previously debated in the Dáil which subsequently became the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013. It was raised quite a lot during the debate on that legislation. The main focus of debate at the time was on addressing the issue of protecting the life of the mother in the context of what had happened and...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Mar 2017)

Billy Kelleher: You said-----

Protection of Life During Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Mar 2017)

Billy Kelleher: Gabh mo leithscéal. As Deputy Bríd Smith said, one can get various political opinions, but one can also get various legal opinions. I am simply making an observation, as I see it. We will be discussing the findings of the Citizens' Assembly, either at the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health or in formal plenary session of the Dáil, very soon. The assembly is to report in...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Mar 2017)

Billy Kelleher: It happens-----

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: County Development Plans (7 Mar 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 282. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he has received an application from Cork County Council to secure funds for the development of Monard, County Cork, which has been identified as the location of a new town on the county development plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11998/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Prices (7 Mar 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 454. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has removed the subsidy for blood test strips; if so, the reason; the way it is expected that diabetics will be able to afford the strips without subsidisation. [11192/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (7 Mar 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 455. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for a final decision on the reimbursement of translarna in view of the fact that it was originally submitted for health technology assessment in October 2015 and is now available in most European countries; if its reimbursement will require approval from his Department or the Cabinet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11193/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (7 Mar 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 456. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the drug translarna for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, which is currently available to 80% of eligible persons across the EU, including in Northern Ireland, Scotland, England, Wales and the Isle of Man; the details of the engagement between the HSE and the manufacturer to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (7 Mar 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 457. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which a decision on the reimbursement of translarna will be communicated to families (details supplied). [11195/17]