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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Regulation (3 May 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 87. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department or the HSE will undertake a comprehensive review of the use of the drug valproate by pregnant women here. [20745/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (3 May 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 91. To ask the Minister for Health if Respreeza will be approved for persons with alpha-1 lung disorder. [20744/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (3 May 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a leeway given to persons that apply for student grant applications that have disabilities when applying for education grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20958/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Inquiry into Child Abuse (2 May 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 375. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether recent reports that an organisation (details supplied) has paid the amount it owes to victims of abuse are accurate; if so, the manner in which this has been done; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20508/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Regeneration Projects (2 May 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 443. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he has received a submission made by persons (details supplied); if he will include these properties in the regeneration scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19409/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Stroke Programme Implementation (2 May 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 1071. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the outgoing clinical lead of the HSE’s national stroke programme has warned of an imminent crisis due to the failure to invest in services to meet an expected 50% increase in stroke within the next eight years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20543/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Stroke Programme Implementation (2 May 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 1072. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that due to a lack of modest investment in services, the average length of stay of stroke patients in acute hospitals is now increasing and direct discharge to nursing homes is up by 2.3%, which alone has added €17.25 million to the cost of nursing home care to the State; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Stroke Programme Implementation (2 May 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 1073. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure ongoing clinical leadership within the national stroke programme in the face of the challenges to service delivery caused by a soaring stroke rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20545/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Stroke Programme Implementation (2 May 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 1074. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve the rate of admissions to stroke units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20546/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Stroke Programme Implementation (2 May 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 1077. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of rolling out early supported discharge programmes nationally for stroke patients in circumstances in which this would improve patient outcomes and free up acute hospital beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20549/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (2 May 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 1075. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve inadequate levels of nursing staff, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, clinical nutritionists and speech and language therapists for stroke patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20547/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (2 May 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 1076. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospitals that have access to a medical social worker and a neuropsychologist, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20548/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (2 May 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 1078. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons under 65 years of age now account for one in every four strokes, yet home care packages are not tailored to the specific needs of persons that could be living with the side effects of strokes for decades; if he will create an entitlement to home care which is appropriate for stroke survivors of all...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (2 May 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 1079. To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychologists serving stroke patients here; his views on whether this is adequate to treat the often complex emotional and psychological impacts of stroke; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20553/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Apr 2017)

Billy Kelleher: I welcome the witnesses. Some of the technical issues have been covered by other Deputies and Senators. My questions relate to the Bill and the Health Products Regulatory Authority's recommendation on the access programme. When the Department of Health was asked for its views on the Bill did the Chief Medical Officer have any input in that regard? Did that office express any...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Apr 2017)

Billy Kelleher: Will that be a statutory instrument or a ministerial order?

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (12 Apr 2017)

Billy Kelleher: I urge the Minister of State to ensure that she keeps on top of this and liaises with the local office and with Sinead Glennon to ensure that recruitment is expedited. If we have to be imaginative in how we recruit, then so be it. We have to bring forward solutions to the problems in the emergency departments where we simply have no resources available for vulnerable children and...

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (12 Apr 2017)

Billy Kelleher: I will read an extract from a letter that was circulated to general practitioners from the mental health Cork and Kerry HSE offices:In recent weeks, it has been increasingly difficult to maintain out-of-hours, on-call services at the two Cork city emergency departments along with the out-of-hours service to Éist Linn, the CAMHS in-patient unit. The difficult decision has now been taken...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Data (12 Apr 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 293. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently availing of private health insurance in age groups (details supplied). [18617/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Data (12 Apr 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 294. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new nursing staff recruited for each hospital (details supplied) in the year to the end of March 2017 in tabular form; the number of nursing staff that left the hospital in the year to the end of March 2017, in tabular form; the number of nursing staff in the hospital in July 2016, in tabular form; and the net increase or decrease in nursing...