Results 9,701-9,720 of 11,979 for speaker:Billy Kelleher

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme Threshold (25 May 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 207. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing the drugs payment scheme reimbursement threshold on a phased annual basis from €144 per month to €132 per month, €120 per month, €100 per month and €85 per month respectively, beginning in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25265/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Expenditure (25 May 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 208. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the programme for Government commitment to reduce the cost of medicines by reducing the annual required co-payment on the drugs payment scheme; his plans to amend reimbursement of the scheme from a monthly to annual basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25266/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (25 May 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 209. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of abolishing statutory public inpatient charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25267/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (25 May 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 210. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department and Healthy Ireland will implement the WHO international code of marketing of breast milk substitutes in full (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25268/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Training (30 May 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 385. To ask the Minister for Health if general practitioners and other medical professionals receive regular training on Lyme disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25269/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pre-Hospital Emergency Care (30 May 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 442. To ask the Minister for Health if a solution can be offered to persons (details supplied) who wish to work in the emergency services here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25493/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Drugs Scheme (30 May 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 464. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the application for reimbursement for the drug, Entresto; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25667/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Data (30 May 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 465. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications for home care packages for persons aged 65 to 74 years of age, 75 to 84 years of age, and 85 years of age, and over received in each of the years, 2011 to 2016. [25670/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Data (30 May 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 466. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications for home help hours for persons aged 65 to 74 years of age, 75 to 84 years of age, and 85 years of age and over, received in each of the years, 2011 to 2016. [25671/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Infant Mortality Data (30 May 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 504. To ask the Minister for Health the number of perinatal deaths and the perinatal mortality rate in each maternity unit in each of the years 2007 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and the number of stillbirths and the number of early neonatal deaths within that timeframe. [26003/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: State Claims Agency (30 May 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 505. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of compensation payments made by the HSE on foot of incidents in maternity units in each of the years 2007 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; the amount of each individual payment; and the maternity unit in which the incident took place. [26004/17]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (31 May 2017)

Billy Kelleher: We welcome the opportunity to speak about this important issue. I congratulate and thank the Rural Independent Group for tabling the motion which is timely, given that a review is ongoing in the Department and that there is a commitment in the programme for Government to address this anomaly which is causing hardship. The Minister of State is well aware of it, as she outlined in her...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Data (31 May 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 220. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home help hours by local health area provided in March and April 2017 in tabular form. [26148/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Data (31 May 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 223. To ask the Minister for Health if the national patient experience survey includes patients in accident and emergency departments. [26157/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Expenditure (31 May 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 232. To ask the Minister for Health when his attention was drawn to the fact that Tallaght hospital had cut its cleaning budget in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26217/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Expenditure (31 May 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 233. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take regarding the decision to cut Tallaght hospital's cleaning budget in 2015; if the persons that made the decision still hold positions of responsibility in the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26218/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Expenditure (31 May 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 234. To ask the Minister for Health if the decision to cut Tallaght hospital's cleaning budget in 2015 was sanctioned by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26219/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Expenditure (31 May 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 235. To ask the Minister for Health if the decision to cut Tallaght hospital's cleaning budget in 2015 was sanctioned by the board of the Dublin Midlands hospital group; if their attention was drawn to it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26220/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Expenditure (31 May 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 236. To ask the Minister for Health if other hospitals have imposed reductions on cleaning and hygiene similar to Tallaght hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26221/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Expenditure (31 May 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 237. To ask the Minister for Health the cleaning budget for Tallaght hospital in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017, respectively; and the amount it has increased in order to treat the adverse consequences of the previous decision to cut the budget. [26222/17]