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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Access (4 May 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 175. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the independent clinical review of scoliosis services in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21206/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Access (4 May 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 176. To ask the Minister for Health when the action plan on scoliosis will be released; if there has been engagement with surgeons as part of the development of this plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21207/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Prices (4 May 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 192. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address concerns raised by groups (details supplied) in respect of the delays with reporting decisions relating to a drug; if he has examined these issues; the action being taken to address these concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21256/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (4 May 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 212. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the assessment process for Respreeza (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21359/17]

Maternity Services: Motion [Private Members] (3 May 2017)

Billy Kelleher: The bus.

Maternity Services: Motion [Private Members] (3 May 2017)

Billy Kelleher: I will take seven or eight minutes or thereabouts. We welcome the opportunity to speak on the proposed move of the national maternity hospital to the St. Vincent's health care group in Elm Park, which has been generating headlines for the last couple of weeks. This has stimulated a broader debate our society must have about the ownership of our health facilities and the ethos within them....

Other Questions: Brexit Issues (3 May 2017)

Billy Kelleher: Reference has been made to the many discussions on these issues. A person can be busy but equally needs to have a strategic plan in place to address them. I urge the Minister not to be sidetracked by the big prize of the European Medicines Agency but to ensure that there is this monitoring across all areas of health to do with cross-Border activity. It could have profound impacts, even in...

Other Questions: Brexit Issues (3 May 2017)

Billy Kelleher: What is the status of the health services' preparations for Brexit? We have discussed this issue in the committee, but I seek clarity on the Minister's thinking on the issue of Ireland's preparations for the impact it could have on our health services here given that Article 50 has been triggered. I instance the treatment abroad scheme and the cross-border health care directive given the...

Other Questions: Brexit Issues (3 May 2017)

Billy Kelleher: I wish the Minister good luck in his campaign to relocate the EMA to Dublin, or to Ireland at the very least.

Other Questions: Brexit Issues (3 May 2017)

Billy Kelleher: Obviously, decentralisation would be very much appreciated in other parts of the country. We wish him well with that. However, there are potential downsides to the whole issue. We cannot accept that the relocation of the EMA will resolve all our problems.

Other Questions: Brexit Issues (3 May 2017)

Billy Kelleher: I am not saying he is. For example, I refer to vaccination programmes on an all-island basis; co-operation on rare diseases, particularly in paediatrics; and transplanting where we do not have the capacity on our own, but with the Republic, the North and Britain we would have critical mass. A considerable amount of work needs to be done on those areas. The negotiations by the UK Prime...

Other Questions: Hospital Beds Data (3 May 2017)

Billy Kelleher: The Minister should not ensnare me in his policies.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Hospitals Patronage (3 May 2017)

Billy Kelleher: Yes.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Hospitals Patronage (3 May 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 2. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review the ownership and governance of hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21080/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Hospitals Patronage (3 May 2017)

Billy Kelleher: I ask the Minister for Health if he has any plans to review the ownership and governance of hospitals and whether he will make a statement on the matter. Since I tabled the question, he said we should embark on a national conversation about ownership and divestment of health facilities to the State. Will he elaborate on where he sees that conversation going?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Hospitals Patronage (3 May 2017)

Billy Kelleher: I thank the Minister. There is a Private Members' motion to be discussed tonight in that context and we can elaborate on it then. Much focus over the past fortnight has been on the ownership of St. Vincent's Hospital but we are ignoring the fact that the National Maternity Hospital is a voluntary hospital in itself. The Coombe, which is intending to transfer to St. James's Hospital, is...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Hospitals Patronage (3 May 2017)

Billy Kelleher: The conversation has started and minds have certainly been concentrated in the past number of weeks. The Minister indicated that many of the hospitals are voluntary or have other forms of governance. In the conversation that must take place about divestment or ceding of ownership, we should be conscious of the fact that we cannot pass Bills of attainder and seize hospitals. We must do what...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (3 May 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 40. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects to see a real and substantial improvement in hospital waiting lists. [20743/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration (3 May 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 79. To ask the Minister for Health when the review of the fair deal scheme with regard to its impact on farming families will be completed. [20746/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Services Provision (3 May 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 85. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the ongoing difficulties in emergency departments in the south/south west hospital group. [20742/17]