Results 9,721-9,740 of 11,979 for speaker:Billy Kelleher

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (1 Jun 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 173. To ask the Minister for Health his views on HIQA’s recommendation that women should be screened for cervical cancer every five years instead of at three yearly intervals as at present. [26445/17]

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (14 Jun 2017)

Billy Kelleher: To reopen Stepaside Garda station.

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (14 Jun 2017)

Billy Kelleher: On a personal level I congratulate those who have been reappointed and those who have been elevated to the Cabinet. In the absence of the Taoiseach I congratulate him on the privileged position he now holds. With that privilege comes huge responsibilities and we do need to ensure that those responsibilities are discharged by all the members of the Government collectively to address some of...

Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (20 Jun 2017)

Billy Kelleher: I wish to share my time with Deputy John Brassil.

Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (20 Jun 2017)

Billy Kelleher: Fianna Fáil will support this Bill which makes minor technical amendments to the relevant Act and will facilitate the implementation of the decision to protect the title of "physical therapist". These decisions were taken following a consultation process and were welcomed by the professional bodies involved. The Bill will amend certain provisions of the Health and Social Care...

Trade and Foreign Direct Investment: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jun 2017)

Billy Kelleher: The Deputy was at the meeting.

Trade and Foreign Direct Investment: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jun 2017)

Billy Kelleher: This is a filibuster.

Trade and Foreign Direct Investment: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jun 2017)

Billy Kelleher: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the motion and I thank Deputy Collins for tabling it. When we listen to what is said in the debate that often transpires in the House with regard to foreign direct investment and where Ireland has positioned itself in the global context, and we are an open global trading economy and interdependent on the world and it on us in terms of trade, it is...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (20 Jun 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 158. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on whether it would be in the consumer interest if a company (details supplied) only allowed its own policy holders to access clinics in view of the recent approval by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission for the company to take full ownership of clinics. [26832/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (20 Jun 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 998. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is in the public interest for a company (details supplied) to restrict access to the clinics services to its own subscribers in view of the recent approval by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission for the company to take full ownership of the clinics and of the State's share in the company. [26831/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescriptions Charges (20 Jun 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 1039. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 205 and 207 of 25 May 2017, which were referred to the HSE and in view of the fact that the HSE was unable to provide an answer, if he will refer the questions to the relevant body for answer. [26664/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (20 Jun 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 1269. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to meet with an organisation (details supplied); if so, when; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27680/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (20 Jun 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 1270. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the recruitment process further to the commitment he gave in 2016 regarding the appointment of a medical oncologist with sarcoma specific experience equal to or greater than the expert that treated persons at St Vincent's University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27681/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (20 Jun 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 1250. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to instil public confidence in the national immunisation programme for HPV; his further plans to use mass media campaigns to encourage better take up of this vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27595/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (20 Jun 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 1251. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the extension of the national immunisation programme for HPV to boys in view of the fact that 39,000 men worldwide die of HPV related cancer each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27596/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (20 Jun 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 1252. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is examining the positive impact a universal vaccination programme for HPV has had on countries such as the United States of America, Australia and Canada; if a health technology assessment on universal vaccination has been completed by HIQA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27597/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (20 Jun 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 1253. To ask the Minister for Health the availability of the HPV vaccine to girls that have previously declined or missed the administration of the vaccine in school as part of the national immunisation programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27598/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (20 Jun 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 1254. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to communicate the importance and effectiveness of the HPV vaccine to parents and separately to 12 year olds in order to increase the uptake of the national immunisation programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27599/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (20 Jun 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 1255. To ask the Minister for Health if the process of vaccination will be named as a key prevention tactic in the upcoming national cancer strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27600/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (20 Jun 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 1257. To ask the Minister for Health the reason day-case private patients in public hospitals receive oncology drugs for a per diem statutory charge of €407 or €329 depending on the type of hospital in view of the fact that the day case drug cost is an average €1,500 per person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27603/17]