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

Billy Kelleher: 350. To ask the Minister for Health the number of non-health care, community based organisations or enterprises, such as cafes or hotels, which have applied for authorisation by the Health Products Regulatory Authority to be a listed organisation permitted to administer emergency medicines as provided for under SI 449/2015; the number of persons authorised to administer emergency care within...

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

Billy Kelleher: 351. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the extent to which both the excessive cost and duration of training required by members of community organisations recognised as listed organisations under SI 449/2015 to become recognised as authorised persons to administer emergency medicines under the terms of this legislation is acting as a barrier to the successful...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations (27 Sep 2017)

Billy Kelleher: At the risk of being repetitive, it is nice to have lawyers give us advice for free from time to time. We will keep asking the same questions. Last week, Ms Justice Laffoy said that whatever we do, we must try to bring legal certainty to the issue. She was very clear on that. Of course, the difficulty is what legal certainty is and when would one arrive at it. The Constitution only states...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations (27 Sep 2017)

Billy Kelleher: Even if legislation was not published in tandem with the referendum.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations (27 Sep 2017)

Billy Kelleher: There has been a vacuum since 1983.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 38 - Department of Health (27 Sep 2017)

Billy Kelleher: I welcome the Minister and his officials and thank him for the presentation. While it is a historical document there are things we can glean from it that may assist us in the months and years ahead in terms of learning from the challenges we face and even the mistakes made from time to time. A few issues arise, some of which were brought to my attention in advance of this document. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 38 - Department of Health (27 Sep 2017)

Billy Kelleher: I said it was three managers a week.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Health Care Policy (28 Sep 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 1. To ask the Minister for Health the action his Department is taking to implement the Sláintecare report. [41051/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Health Care Policy (28 Sep 2017)

Billy Kelleher: What action is the Department of Health taking to implement the Sláintecare report? As the Minister knows, the report was published after a great deal of deliberation and was primarily cross-party in nature. Has the Department set up the task force to deal with the timeframe for the report's implementation?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Health Care Policy (28 Sep 2017)

Billy Kelleher: The Minister stated that the principles set out in the report provide a basis on which to get the important calls right through the implementation process. Given the broad cross-party consensus, it is something into which we can all buy. In that context, there were a number of issues which were the subject of protracted debate in the committee which prepared the report. One key...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Health Care Policy (28 Sep 2017)

Billy Kelleher: Will that be separate from the overall implementation body? It will be a completely separate entity.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Health Care Policy (28 Sep 2017)

Billy Kelleher: Will terms of reference be published and will experts be appointed?

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services Provision (28 Sep 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 47. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to further extend eligibility for free general practitioner care. [40940/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (28 Sep 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 55. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the recent assertion that Irish persons have the worst access to newly launched medicines. [40941/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Expenditure (28 Sep 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 58. To ask the Minister for Health if reports that the HSE is facing a projected €300 million financial deficit this year are accurate; and the action that will be taken to address this. [40942/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration (28 Sep 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 68. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects to bring forward proposals on changing the nursing home support scheme. [40943/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Capacity Review (28 Sep 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 71. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the bed capacity review. [40939/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Waiting Lists (28 Sep 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 212. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each CHO waiting for a podiatry appointment in primary care; and the numbers waiting 0 to 12 weeks, 12 to 26 weeks, 26 to 52 weeks and more than 52 weeks, respectively. [41185/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Waiting Lists (28 Sep 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 213. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each CHO waiting for an ophthalmology appointment in primary care; and the numbers waiting 0 to 12 weeks, 12 to 26 weeks, 26 to 52 weeks and more than 52 weeks, respectively. [41186/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Waiting Lists (28 Sep 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 214. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each CHO waiting for an audiology appointment in primary care; and the numbers waiting 0 to 12 weeks, 12 to 26 weeks, 26 to 52 weeks and more than 52 weeks, respectively. [41187/17]