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

Billy Kelleher: 441. To ask the Minister for Health the actions being taken to improve juvenile arthritis treatment in Cork University Hospital; when a replacement consultant will be put in place; if consideration is being given for a satellite clinic in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39446/17]

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

Billy Kelleher: 442. To ask the Minister for Health the reason funding for the World Health Organization's baby friendly health initiative has stopped; if this decision will be reversed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39450/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Data (20 Sep 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 507. To ask the Minister for Health the operational primary care centres and the year in which they opened, by county, in tabular form. [39706/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (20 Sep 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 523. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the freestyle libre system to be made available under the long-term illness scheme for persons with diabetes; if the system will not be restricted only to persons with type 1 diabetes but will be made available to all persons on multi-daily insulin injections based on clinical need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39797/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Engagement with Ms Justice Mary Laffoy, Citizens' Assembly (20 Sep 2017)

Billy Kelleher: I welcome Ms Justice Laffoy and thank her for her work in chairing the Citizens' Assembly. I also thank our 99 fellow citizens who took part in this particular exercise. In trying to address this issue and the roadmap that has been laid out by the Citizens' Assembly, one could argue that it is a roadmap, or equally a map of many roads. It does not give us any clearly defined pathway....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Engagement with Ms Justice Mary Laffoy, Citizens' Assembly (20 Sep 2017)

Billy Kelleher: I will finish soon. The witness referred to the eighth amendment retention, repeal or amendment. As the witness knows, when we have referenda in this country, the substance of the issue is not the issue that is brought to the fore during the referendum. If we were to have a referendum, does the witness believe it is possible to distil into coherent arguments all the information that was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Engagement with Ms Justice Mary Laffoy, Citizens' Assembly (20 Sep 2017)

Billy Kelleher: What about the legal advice?

Leaders' Questions (21 Sep 2017)

Billy Kelleher: It is my duty as an opposition spokesperson to raise the issue of health services and the dire straits in which the services being provided across the country or not being provided are. We now have a situation where community, hospital, primary care and mental health care services across the country are simply not able to cope with the demand. Some 7,781 admitted patients were on trolleys...

Leaders' Questions (21 Sep 2017)

Billy Kelleher: The day-case reductions are because of the National Treatment Purchase Fund and the intervention which is part of the supply and confidence arrangement. That is one part of policy that is working. Unfortunately, it was a policy the Government did not want to pursue, but it is there. It is proof that if there are imaginative ways, issues can be addressed. When one looks at the day-case...

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Sep 2017)

Billy Kelleher: The programme for Government, the supply and confidence agreement and A Vision for Change all refer to improving 24 hour service support and liaison teams for mental health in primary and emergency care. Last year the HR director of the HSE wrote to all nursing graduates to say that permanent contracts would be put in place. However, mental health nurse graduates are not being recruited on...

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Sep 2017)

Billy Kelleher: Who is taking the credit? Is it the Minister, Deputy Shane Ross, or the Minister, Deputy Michael Ring?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Fees (21 Sep 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 168. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to survey individual nursing homes on the amount they are charging in additional fees to residents under the nursing home support scheme and the services they are delivering for these levies. [40112/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Fees (21 Sep 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 169. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to regulate the charging of additional fees to residents under the nursing home support scheme. [40113/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Data (21 Sep 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 170. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency department nationwide in July 2017; the number of such ambulances that waited more than 20, 40, 60, 90, 120 and 180 minutes respectively to hand over patients, get their trolleys back and return to responding to calls, in tabular form. [40114/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (26 Sep 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 260. To ask the Minister for Health when the FreeStyle Libre system will be made available under the long-term illness scheme for persons with diabetes; if availability will not be restricted only to people with type 1 diabetes but will be made available to all persons on multiple daily insulin injections based on clinical need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40142/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (26 Sep 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 261. To ask the Minister for Health if a social worker will be assigned to a person (details supplied); the efforts being made to secure housing for this person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40143/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage (26 Sep 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 262. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of Nivolumab on the reimbursement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40144/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data (26 Sep 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 310. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided for the nursing home support scheme in each year since its inception; and the revenue raised each year on the basis of the financial assessment of assets. [40339/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review (26 Sep 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 312. To ask the Minister for Health if the National Treatment Purchase Fund has reviewed the price being charged for long-term residential care in private nursing homes (details supplied); if the transparency of the pricing mechanism will be increasing in order that existing and potential investors can make as informed decisions as possible; and if so, if he will report on the findings. [40347/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Supply (26 Sep 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 336. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to restrict the provision of adult nappies to persons; if so, the reason this measure is being undertaken; the amount that supplies are being reduced by; the timeframe for this measure to be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40469/17]