Results 9,601-9,620 of 11,979 for speaker:Billy Kelleher

Written Answers — Department of Health: Consultancy Contracts Expenditure (6 Apr 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 268. To ask the Minister for Health the total allocated budget per annum for hiring external consultancy firms for his Department's campaign for the relocation of the European Medicines Agency; the total costs to date; the name of the firms involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17441/17]

Order of Business (11 Apr 2017)

Billy Kelleher: Deputy McGrath will bring a bit of wisdom to the debate.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems Expenditure (11 Apr 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 116. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the €1 million funding announced in budget 2017 for the provision of CCTV cameras; and when local communities can apply for this. [17635/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Expenditure (11 Apr 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 487. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding will be released to ease the waiting list of more than 200 persons who are waiting on walking aids with a charity (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17552/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (11 Apr 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 488. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be provided with additional foot orthotics to assist with alignment resulting from cerebral palsy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17553/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultant Recruitment (11 Apr 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 520. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to hire a myalgic encephalomyelitis specialist consultant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17684/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Data (11 Apr 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 521. To ask the Minister for Health the number of myalgic encephalomyelitis patients here; the source of this information; the way in which it is collated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17685/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services Provision (11 Apr 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 522. To ask the Minister for Health the supports in place to assist diagnosed myalgic encephalomyelitis patients in the community to assist them with their everyday lives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17686/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility (11 Apr 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 523. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a 90% agricultural relief to farm business assets under the financial assessment of the nursing home support scheme in order that the contribution to cost of care is calculated on agricultural value and reflects ability to pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17692/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility (11 Apr 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 524. To ask the Minister for Health if the charge on productive assets be removed to reflect ability to pay, in relation to the assessment of farmers under the nursing home support scheme; if so, when; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17693/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility (11 Apr 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 525. To ask the Minister for Health when the review of the nursing home support scheme will be completed; the changes which will be introduced to aid farm families and small businesses; when these changes will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17694/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services Provision (11 Apr 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 616. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make proton beam therapy available here. [18185/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services Provision (11 Apr 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 617. To ask the Minister for Health if clinical trials for proton beam therapy have taken place here. [18186/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services Provision (11 Apr 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 618. To ask the Minister for Health if the Chief Medical Officer is of the view that proton beam therapy is an effective treatment. [18187/17]

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (12 Apr 2017)

Billy Kelleher: I will read an extract from a letter that was circulated to general practitioners from the mental health Cork and Kerry HSE offices:In recent weeks, it has been increasingly difficult to maintain out-of-hours, on-call services at the two Cork city emergency departments along with the out-of-hours service to Éist Linn, the CAMHS in-patient unit. The difficult decision has now been taken...

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (12 Apr 2017)

Billy Kelleher: I urge the Minister of State to ensure that she keeps on top of this and liaises with the local office and with Sinead Glennon to ensure that recruitment is expedited. If we have to be imaginative in how we recruit, then so be it. We have to bring forward solutions to the problems in the emergency departments where we simply have no resources available for vulnerable children and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Data (12 Apr 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 293. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently availing of private health insurance in age groups (details supplied). [18617/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Data (12 Apr 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 294. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new nursing staff recruited for each hospital (details supplied) in the year to the end of March 2017 in tabular form; the number of nursing staff that left the hospital in the year to the end of March 2017, in tabular form; the number of nursing staff in the hospital in July 2016, in tabular form; and the net increase or decrease in nursing...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data (12 Apr 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 302. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme; the average waiting time; the number of persons currently awaiting placement under the scheme for each local health area in tabular form; and the time waiting in tabular form. [18716/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Beds Data (12 Apr 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 303. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds and wards in all public and voluntary acute hospitals that were closed on 7 April 2017 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18717/17]