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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (6 Dec 2017)

Billy Kelleher: Would the individuals be named?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (6 Dec 2017)

Billy Kelleher: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (6 Dec 2017)

Billy Kelleher: Is it appropriate for me to comment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (6 Dec 2017)

Billy Kelleher: I do not want to burden the Department with the challenges connected to this legislation or by bringing witnesses from the Department before the committee on a regular basis. I assume there is an acceptance that we need to have transparency in view of the Physician Payments Sunshine Act in the United States and the fact that countries in Europe have either drafted or passed legislation. It...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (6 Dec 2017)

Billy Kelleher: I welcome the Minister and his officials. The Minister went through the various reasons for needing a Supplementary Estimate. He referenced issues that are outside the control of the HSE, that is, costs that arise from third-party decisions, including pay awards. He also referred to decisions that were made subsequent to the national service plan, particularly central wage agreements and...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (6 Dec 2017)

Billy Kelleher: I do not need it analysed down to the last shovel.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (6 Dec 2017)

Billy Kelleher: I thought we were going to go through the subheads as well but we are obviously not doing that. That is fine. I am not questioning it but I thought that was the way it would be done. We will not inflict that suffering. I will make some general comments then rather than going through each subhead. The Minister referred to a couple of issues. I do not wish to have a full-scale debate....

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (6 Dec 2017)

Billy Kelleher: That is a major issue. The Minister said there were 312 on the scoliosis waiting list at the start of the year but that is now down to about 159. However, a backlog is already developing again on the outpatient list. They will move to the inpatient list eventually. We must acknowledge the situation. I like to think I am reasonably fair but we must accept that the outpatient system is...

Public Services Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (7 Dec 2017)

Billy Kelleher: Humbug.

Home Care Packages: Motion [Private Members] (12 Dec 2017)

Billy Kelleher: How many people will benefit from that measure?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Health and Safety (12 Dec 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if first aid training will become compulsory for all physically capable teachers and SNAs (details supplied) through Government funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52846/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans (12 Dec 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 289. To ask the Minister for Health if the four-month target for persons with scoliosis for 2017 has been discontinued and does not appear in the programme for 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52800/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans (12 Dec 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 290. To ask the Minister for Health if an immediate independent clinical review of scoliosis services will be agreed to in view of the failure to meet scoliosis targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52801/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Records (12 Dec 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 301. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not received files relating to a relative, as promised; when this information will be released; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52831/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Provision (12 Dec 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 314. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the level of dental services provided to elderly medical card holders in long-term care; the services and accommodations in place to cater for their needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52851/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Care Provision (12 Dec 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 342. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a media report (details supplied) which suggests that 168,438 adult bed days per year equivalent to 460 beds per day could be saved through the targeted use of oral nutritional supplements in the management of disease related malnutrition in the community; the measures that have been put in place to free up these beds in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Care Provision (12 Dec 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 348. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a 2016 HIQA report (details supplied); the actions that have been taken since the report’s publication to address these shortcomings in view of the fact that malnourished persons stay in acute beds for 30% to 70% longer than non malnourished persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53076/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Care Provision (12 Dec 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 343. To ask the Minister for Health the prevalence of disease related malnutrition across all health and social care settings in the past five years according to clinical treatment settings including inpatient, outpatient, nursing homes and general practitioner clinics by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53071/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Care Provision (12 Dec 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 344. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to use nutritional screening and malnutrition rates as mandatory quality indicators across all clinical treatment settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53072/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Care Provision (12 Dec 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 345. To ask the Minister for Health the initiatives his department is engaged in with regard to mitigating against the annual cost of disease related malnutrition in the community setting in which 93% of persons with malnutrition reside and which is estimated to be more than the annual cost of obesity at some €1.4 billion per annum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53073/17]