Results 2,241-2,260 of 11,979 for speaker:Billy Kelleher

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (20 Jun 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 1270. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the recruitment process further to the commitment he gave in 2016 regarding the appointment of a medical oncologist with sarcoma specific experience equal to or greater than the expert that treated persons at St Vincent's University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27681/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (20 Jun 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 1250. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to instil public confidence in the national immunisation programme for HPV; his further plans to use mass media campaigns to encourage better take up of this vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27595/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (20 Jun 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 1251. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the extension of the national immunisation programme for HPV to boys in view of the fact that 39,000 men worldwide die of HPV related cancer each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27596/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (20 Jun 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 1252. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is examining the positive impact a universal vaccination programme for HPV has had on countries such as the United States of America, Australia and Canada; if a health technology assessment on universal vaccination has been completed by HIQA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27597/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (20 Jun 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 1253. To ask the Minister for Health the availability of the HPV vaccine to girls that have previously declined or missed the administration of the vaccine in school as part of the national immunisation programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27598/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (20 Jun 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 1254. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to communicate the importance and effectiveness of the HPV vaccine to parents and separately to 12 year olds in order to increase the uptake of the national immunisation programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27599/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (20 Jun 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 1255. To ask the Minister for Health if the process of vaccination will be named as a key prevention tactic in the upcoming national cancer strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27600/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (20 Jun 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 1257. To ask the Minister for Health the reason day-case private patients in public hospitals receive oncology drugs for a per diem statutory charge of €407 or €329 depending on the type of hospital in view of the fact that the day case drug cost is an average €1,500 per person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27603/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (20 Jun 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 1258. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the full cost of oncology drugs provided to day-case private patients in public hospitals cannot be charged to the health insurance companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27604/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (20 Jun 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 1259. To ask the Minister for Health if a public hospital oncology consultant receives the same professional fee payment as an oncology consultant in a private hospital from health insurance companies for treating day case oncology private patients in public hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27605/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (20 Jun 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 1260. To ask the Minister for Health the annual cost for all public hospitals for day case oncology drugs by public and private patients in each of the years 2012 to 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27606/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Funding (20 Jun 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 1349. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the request by a person (details supplied) for HSE funding to assist with third level studies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28076/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (20 Jun 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 1372. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28174/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Neuro-Rehabilitation Policy (20 Jun 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 1393. To ask the Minister for Health if the deadline announced in February 2017 for the publication of an implementation plan for the national neuro-rehabiltation strategy by June 2017 will not now be met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28260/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (20 Jun 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 1446. To ask the Minister for Health if the therapy requirements of persons (details supplied) will be assessed and organised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28490/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Funding (20 Jun 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 1931. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the budgetary arrangement which has been made for vulnerable one to three year olds in community early years services for 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27685/17]

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (14 Jun 2017)

Billy Kelleher: On a personal level I congratulate those who have been reappointed and those who have been elevated to the Cabinet. In the absence of the Taoiseach I congratulate him on the privileged position he now holds. With that privilege comes huge responsibilities and we do need to ensure that those responsibilities are discharged by all the members of the Government collectively to address some of...

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (14 Jun 2017)

Billy Kelleher: To reopen Stepaside Garda station.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (1 Jun 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 173. To ask the Minister for Health his views on HIQA’s recommendation that women should be screened for cervical cancer every five years instead of at three yearly intervals as at present. [26445/17]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (31 May 2017)

Billy Kelleher: We welcome the opportunity to speak about this important issue. I congratulate and thank the Rural Independent Group for tabling the motion which is timely, given that a review is ongoing in the Department and that there is a commitment in the programme for Government to address this anomaly which is causing hardship. The Minister of State is well aware of it, as she outlined in her...