Results 10,801-10,820 of 11,979 for speaker:Billy Kelleher
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Care Provision (27 Feb 2018)
Billy Kelleher: 393. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the replacement and refurbishment of 90 community nursing units across the country in tabular form; the funding being allocated to each project in 2018; and the expected completion date for each. [9310/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Staff Recruitment (27 Feb 2018)
Billy Kelleher: 416. To ask the Minister for Health if the post of independent appeals officer for his Department, as advertised in the autumn, has been filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9493/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (27 Feb 2018)
Billy Kelleher: 581. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the date for the rollout of high speed broadband for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9676/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Reviews (28 Feb 2018)
Billy Kelleher: 153. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an internal HSE review of cancer screening at Wexford General Hospital did not refer to concerns expressed by a person employed by the HSE regarding a clinician (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10260/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Reviews (28 Feb 2018)
Billy Kelleher: 154. To ask the Minister for Health the reason open disclosure was not maintained between the HSE and families affected by probable missed cancers at Wexford General Hospital during the completion of the external review of a case (details supplied) in spite of the HSE's prior commitment to open disclosure with the families concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10261/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Investigations (28 Feb 2018)
Billy Kelleher: 155. To ask the Minister for Health the reason families affected by cases linked to a clinician at Wexford General Hospital were not contacted regarding concerns expressed by a person who reported the matter to the HSE, as noted in a case report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10262/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (28 Feb 2018)
Billy Kelleher: 162. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons availing of the long-term illness scheme and the high-tech scheme in 2017; the amount of expenditure on both schemes respectively in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10307/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Expenditure (28 Feb 2018)
Billy Kelleher: 163. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure on medicines in each of the years 2015 to 2017; the projected spend in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10308/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Expenditure (28 Feb 2018)
Billy Kelleher: 164. To ask the Minister for Health the value and volume of generic medicines and branded medicines reimbursed by the HSE in each of the years 2013 to 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10309/18]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2018)
Billy Kelleher: I welcome the delegates and thank them for their presentations. As the assessment of the general scheme of the assisted human reproduction Bill is ongoing, we want to engage with those who have a professional opinion, but there are also varying views on the issue. In that context, Dr. Wingfield who sat on the commission says she is, by and large, happy with what is proposed in the general...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2018)
Billy Kelleher: What about the clinical oversight of the surrogate? There are three people in this relationship. Is that not the case?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2018)
Billy Kelleher: Do we need another commission at this stage?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2018)
Billy Kelleher: We cannot afford to act on an issue that is 13 years old?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2018)
Billy Kelleher: It is the same with politicians.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2018)
Billy Kelleher: Given the rate at which they move, we would run out of time very quickly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2018)
Billy Kelleher: The worst effects of the rest of the world.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2018)
Billy Kelleher: These are questions about opinions. There are other views not represented in the room. For example, there is the issue of multiple births. The worst excesses involve the perception of some poor women from the slums of Calcutta or Manila receiving multiple implantations. That is the reason many people have concerns about fertility treatment and the industry behind it. In some parts of the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2018)
Billy Kelleher: Yes, they have to be resident here, but they could come here under other guises initially. Is Dr. Wingfield satisfied that the issue has been addressed?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2018)
Billy Kelleher: That is fine.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2018)
Billy Kelleher: In other words, it is too restrictive.