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Public Accounts Committee: HEA Financial Statements 2017 (18 Oct 2018)

Alan Kelly: In general, would Dr. Love know when they were put in place?

Public Accounts Committee: HEA Financial Statements 2017 (18 Oct 2018)

Alan Kelly: This is a general concern of mine that is directed to Mr. Ó Foghlú. Obviously, in some ways, this is an example of falling between the cracks. It concerns how issues relating to how protected disclosures were dealt with from a governance point of view.

Public Accounts Committee: HEA Financial Statements 2017 (18 Oct 2018)

Alan Kelly: Fine, I am just talking about it as an issue rather than as an example of a case. I presume we will find out when the report is published. Issues might be dealt with in a certain manner now but is Mr. Ó Foghlú satisfied that there were clear knowledge guidelines in place between the Department, the HEA and the institutions in recent years regarding how all of these issues were...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (23 Oct 2018)

Alan Kelly: 67. To ask the Minister for Health when the agreement with a company (details supplied) will be completed regarding the treatment of 19 alpha 1 clinical trial patients; his plans to extend the treatment to all other alpha 1 patients; the timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43846/18]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (23 Oct 2018)

Alan Kelly: As the Minister will be aware, my neighbour, Ms Marion Kelly, passed away on 1 December last year. She was one of the 21 Alpha-1 patients on the clinical trial for Respreeza. In August 2017, the HSE said that it would not provide reimbursements for this drug. There was then a stand-off for a number of months when two patients, including Marion, passed away having been off the drug for six...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (23 Oct 2018)

Alan Kelly: I appreciate the honesty with which the Minister has addressed the question. Unfortunately, we have been at this juncture for a long time, and it is frustrating. The Minister met the family in April. We had a commitment from the HSE that there was going to be an agreement on the 19 patients quickly. Meetings were supposed to take place quickly but they did not happen. A meeting took...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (23 Oct 2018)

Alan Kelly: I do not want to be here in a month asking the same question on the anniversary of Marion Kelly's passing. She died on 1 December, and she was in my office not long before she passed away. This is important for those who are fighting on behalf of the remaining 19 patients. I also acknowledge the work of Deputy Brassil on this matter. He tabled a parliamentary question to which the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (23 Oct 2018)

Alan Kelly: 151. To ask the Minister for Health when Respreeza will be sanctioned fully for persons that took part in the clinical trial; when it will be more widely available to alpha 1 antitripsan patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43274/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Oireachtas Joint Committee Reports (23 Oct 2018)

Alan Kelly: 153. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health's report on orphan drugs from February 2018; the changes he is considering on foot of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43278/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Economic Competitiveness (25 Oct 2018)

Alan Kelly: 10. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to ensure Ireland protects its competitiveness and mitigates the risk of overheating pressures in the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43972/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Union Advisory Committee (25 Oct 2018)

Alan Kelly: 20. To ask the Minister for Finance the timescale for the conclusion of the Credit Union Advisory Committee's work; when it is next to report to him; the outstanding projects to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43973/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (6 Nov 2018)

Alan Kelly: 568. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by the HSE in contracting debt collection agencies to pursue unpaid statutory charges in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44951/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (6 Nov 2018)

Alan Kelly: 569. To ask the Minister for Health the costs incurred by each public hospital in contracting external debt collection agencies to pursue unpaid statutory charges in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44952/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (6 Nov 2018)

Alan Kelly: 570. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatients or inpatient day cases with unpaid inpatient charges whose debt was referred to a debt collection or legal agency in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44953/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (6 Nov 2018)

Alan Kelly: 571. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure by the HSE and public hospitals on referral of statutory charges to external debt collection or legal agencies; and the breakdown of expenditure per charge, that is, inpatient charge, outpatient and emergency charge in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018. [44954/18]

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Alan Kelly: I am not going to repeat what my colleagues have said because I agree with them. However, I would not necessarily agree with some of the amendments because of legal issues. The real issue is that this is not women-centric and the language is hurtful. It is not what the people who have spoken to me expect. Based on the themes raised in the discourse, I hope the Minister will find a...

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Alan Kelly: Yes.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Alan Kelly: That is very clear.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Alan Kelly: We could sit from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Alan Kelly: The amendments should be grouped thematically; it makes sense.