Results 10,221-10,240 of 11,979 for speaker:Billy Kelleher
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Rare Diseases (7 Nov 2017)
Billy Kelleher: 677. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the work of the technical review committee for orphan drugs; the date of the committee's establishment; the membership of same; the chairperson of the committee; the date of their appointment; the number of meetings that have taken place; the recommendations that have been made by the committee; the action taken to implement...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Care Infrastructure Provision (7 Nov 2017)
Billy Kelleher: 682. To ask the Minister for Health the number of purchase orders processed by purchase officers in County Mayo since January 2017 in logistics and inventory management in respect of health business services; the number of persons that worked on theses purchase orders; the number at grade 4 and over; the combined salary of these persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45951/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (7 Nov 2017)
Billy Kelleher: 683. To ask the Minister for Health if a case review will be carried out for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45956/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (7 Nov 2017)
Billy Kelleher: 684. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take regarding the unprecedented High Court appeal brought by a company (details supplied) against the HSE decision not to reimburse for translarna for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy for two children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45957/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (7 Nov 2017)
Billy Kelleher: 685. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department or the HSE will work towards an interim arrangement to treat children with translarna; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45958/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Licensing (7 Nov 2017)
Billy Kelleher: 722. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to concerns regarding the way the European Medicines Agency 2014 recommendation that sodium valproate should not be prescribed for girls and women of childbearing age is being implemented [46307/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Licensing (7 Nov 2017)
Billy Kelleher: 723. To ask the Minister for Health when sodium valproate was first prescribed here; and if there are estimates of the number of children that have been adversely impacted by it [46308/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Licensing (7 Nov 2017)
Billy Kelleher: 725. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an organisation (details supplied) has conducted a number of surveys of women taking valproate and found that while doctor patient communication is improving since 2014, only 56% of women surveyed in December 2016 indicated that they have had discussions on this issue with their healthcare professionals and...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Licensing (7 Nov 2017)
Billy Kelleher: 726. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the use of valproate information resources should be mandatory and informed consent should be obtained when using the drug in women and girls; his further views on whether a valproate register should be established and properly resourced public awareness campaigns need to happen; and his views on whether warnings should be displayed on...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (7 Nov 2017)
Billy Kelleher: 724. To ask the Minister for Health the care pathways in place for children possibly impacted by sodium valproate; the process for getting a diagnosis; if his attention has been drawn to reports of the current waiting time being two years for a diagnosis; and if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that there is an urgent need to have the complex needs of children assessed and...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (7 Nov 2017)
Billy Kelleher: 760. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the new information technology strategy for the health system as a whole published in 2014 by eHealth Ireland; the progress made on its implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46573/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (7 Nov 2017)
Billy Kelleher: 843. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will arrange for the recipients of Respreeza to receive their infusions in the same manner as they have always received them following the withdrawal of a company (details supplied) from covering the cost of this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46971/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage (7 Nov 2017)
Billy Kelleher: 870. To ask the Minister for Health if Vimizim was discussed at the drugs committee meeting on 14 September 2017; if so, the contents of the conversation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47101/17]
- Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2017)
Billy Kelleher: The Taoiseach needs to protect the service as well.
- Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2017)
Billy Kelleher: Cardboard cutouts.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (8 Nov 2017)
Billy Kelleher: 150. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has or will be given to providing an allowance to polio survivors for physiotherapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47185/17]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (8 Nov 2017)
Billy Kelleher: I think the letter that was sent by Professor McCaffrey was factually incorrect He said that in observing the proceedings he discovered that the Oireachtas on the 18 October has already taken a crucial vote to repeal the eighth amendment. We did not take a vote to repeal the eighth amendment. We actually took a vote that we would not retain the eighth amendment in full.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (8 Nov 2017)
Billy Kelleher: At the end of the day it will not be this committee that will be repealing the eighth amendment, it will be the people.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: International Legal and Services Context: Dr. Gilda Sedgh, Guttmacher Institute and Ms Leah Hoctor, Center for Reproductive Rights (8 Nov 2017)
Billy Kelleher: I may not need five minutes as some of the questions I intended asking have already been answered. On fatal foetal impairment and time or gestational limits, the committee heard evidence from obstetricians and gynaecologists that an anomaly scan will normally be carried out at between ten and 12 weeks into a pregnancy and one must wait until between 22 and 24 weeks of a pregnancy to obtain...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: International Legal and Services Context: Dr. Gilda Sedgh, Guttmacher Institute and Ms Leah Hoctor, Center for Reproductive Rights (8 Nov 2017)
Billy Kelleher: Does that happen in practice? From this side of the table, I expect this would be very complex for many different reasons. For example, the male parent may not necessarily be the partner, which would give rise to complexities. The whole issue of domestic violence also arises. Does this happen in practice in certain countries?