Results 16,041-16,060 of 21,111 for speaker:Alan Kelly

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (9 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: 289. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on agency staff in 2020 to date across the health service; the breakdown for the amount spent on nursing agency staff to date in 2020; his plans to address this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22903/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescriptions Charges (9 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: 290. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the planned reduction in prescription charges from budget 2020; when it will be implemented; the additional funding that was provided to his Department for this reduction; when charges for persons over 70 will be reduced to €1 per item and to €1.50 per item for all others; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22904/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (9 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: 291. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans for a free contraception service, as recommended by the Oireachtas Committee on the Eight Amendment to the Constitution; his plans to provide it by 2021 as committed to by his predecessor in Dáil Éireann; the specifics of the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22905/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescriptions Charges (9 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: 292. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost in 2021 of reducing prescription charges for all persons to €1 per item with a cap of €10 and to €1.50 per item with a cap of €15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22906/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (9 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: 293. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost in 2021 of removing all inpatient hospital charges, all out patient hospital charges, all emergency hospital charges, all long-term stay charges and exempting all children under 18 years of age from acute hospital charges in tabular form; the total collected for each in 2019; the projected yield for 2020; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (9 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: 294. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing medical cards in 2021 to all terminally ill patients and those diagnosed with cancer, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22908/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (9 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: 295. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of increasing medical card income limits by 5%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22909/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (9 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: 296. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided for the home support service in 2020; the number of home care packages funded; the projected additional cost of providing a home care package to every identified case in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22910/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (9 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: 297. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of the 'flu vaccine programme in 2020; the additional costs arising from the recently announced measures; the number of doses expected to be provided in 2020; the number of doses ordered; the estimated cost to provide the 'flu vaccine free to all; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22911/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (9 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: 298. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing free general practitioner care to all children under 18; the status of the current roll-out programme; the additional funding that was provided to his Department to begin the extension to those aged six to eight in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22912/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (9 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: 299. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing the HPV vaccine for free to adults who have not received it but want to access it through their general practitioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22913/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Funding (9 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: 300. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the current funding imbalance for University Hospital Limerick compared to other model 4 national hospitals to bring it to the national average; the projected cost for this in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22914/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Funding (9 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: 301. To ask the Minister for Health if there is funding in the HSE capital plan in 2021 for the 96 bed ward replacement block at University Hospital Limerick; the funding to be provided in 2020, 2021 and 2022, respectively for this project if any; the projected cost of the block; the expected staffing cost for the block; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22915/20]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: Next week is a big one for the Government. The legislative programme will be announced and the plan for how we are going to live with Covid is also going to be announced and that is very much needed. It is important at this juncture to point out that the public is very much waiting for this and living on every word that is being said by the Government. We need to have a watershed next week...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: I thank the Tánaiste and sincerely hope he takes on board the points I have made. Another issue I would like him to take on board is the plan next week. From a joined up thinking point of view, it is important that the winter plan to be published by the Department of Health follows quickly and in tandem with the plan being published next week. Non-Covid health issues have been...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: 204. To ask the Minister for Health the reason exemptions have been made for certain occupations to avoid having to self-isolate when returning from a non-green list country since Covid-19 reached here by categories (details supplied) in tabular form. [23043/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme (10 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: 218. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the monthly threshold for the drug payment scheme by €10 per month as announced in budget 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23104/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (10 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: 219. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce free general practitioner care for children under eight as announced in Budget 2020 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23105/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (10 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: 224. To ask the Minister for Health the plans the HSE has submitted to him to increase ICU capacity; and the number of ICU beds he expects to be available in acute care by the end of 202. [23122/20]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: Obviously, today is a very important day. Since the Government basically gave up on the roadmap, this is the day we were all waiting for. I acknowledge all the work that has been done in regard to the reopening of schools and educational establishments. We in the Labour Party acknowledge all that work and the work in regard to the ongoing challenges in the health services. However, there...