Results 10,321-10,340 of 11,979 for speaker:Billy Kelleher

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (28 Nov 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 327. To ask the Minister for Health if the application by the Children's hospital group for paediatric interventional radiology service to be developed in existing hospitals prior to the move to the new children's hospital has been successful through the 2018 estimates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49910/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Funding (28 Nov 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 363. To ask the Minister for Health if the balance of the capital funding due to the Mercy University Hospital, Cork, will be released in 2018; when this money will be allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50085/17]

Social Welfare Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2017)

Billy Kelleher: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill. Often on Second Stage, Deputies can, perhaps, meander from the essential provisions of legislation when they speak. However, I presume and hope that the purpose of this type of debate will not be stymied as we become more strict in interpretations of what the Dáil can and cannot do. The Bill will give legislative effect to the changes...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Funding (29 Nov 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 292. To ask the Minister for Health if funding and resources will be made available to facilitate additional spinal fusion operations for children with scoliosis before Christmas 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50818/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Data (29 Nov 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 332. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of providing an additional one and a half million personal assistant hours for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51151/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments Waiting Times (29 Nov 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 314. To ask the Minister for Health if persons that are aged 75 years or over have experienced an emergency department wait time more than 24 hours to date in 2017; and, if so, the hospital in which that wait occurred. [50907/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Fees (29 Nov 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 315. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of amending the fees charged under the NHSS to enable nursing home residents with an assessed weekly income of €300 or less to retain a minimum of €60 weekly. [51134/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Expenditure (29 Nov 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 316. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost current and capital of providing a mobile catheterisation laboratory for Waterford University Hospital. [51135/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Expenditure (29 Nov 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 317. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year running costs of opening all medical assessment units on a seven day basis. [51136/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultant Recruitment (29 Nov 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 318. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of recruiting an extra 500 hospital consultants; and the average estimated cost for support staff required per consultant. [51137/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Recruitment (29 Nov 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 319. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of recruiting an additional 4,000 nursing staff. [51138/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescriptions Charges (29 Nov 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 320. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of abolishing prescription charges. [51139/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (29 Nov 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 321. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of increasing the general practitioner rural practice allowance to €25,000. [51140/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Strategy Implementation (29 Nov 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 322. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of implementing the national maternity strategy. [51141/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Strategy Implementation (29 Nov 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 337. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the national maternity strategy; and the additional extra funding that will be required for its implementation. [51156/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Data (29 Nov 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 323. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of providing an additional 2.2 million home help hours. [51142/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Data (29 Nov 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 324. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of providing an additional 5,000 home care packages. [51143/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Data (29 Nov 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 333. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of providing an additional 200 intensive home care packages for persons with dementia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51152/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Expenditure (29 Nov 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 325. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of completing the recruitment required for the full implementation of A Vision for Change. [51144/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme (29 Nov 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 326. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of reducing the drug payment threshold to €100. [51145/17]