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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Billy Kelleher: It is in the consultants' interest as well if they are being paid. All I am asking is that it would be monitored independently and evaluated to see whether or not there is-----

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Recruitment (22 Feb 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 202. To ask the Minister for Health if the Cork University Maternity Hospital has a full complement of nursing staff; if not, the efforts being made to recruit; the timeframe that he expects to have the unit fully staffed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9070/17]

Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2017)

Billy Kelleher: Would the Deputy include People Before Profit in that?

Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2017)

Billy Kelleher: Solutions are what we want. None of that sort of stuff.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Amalgamation (21 Feb 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for a school (details supplied) following amalgamation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8355/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (21 Feb 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 479. To ask the Minister for Health for the position regarding the negotiations with a company (details supplied) over the provision of Orkambi; when a decision will be made by the HSE in respect of the latest proposal from the company; the timeframe he envisages the negotiations will go on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8602/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (15 Feb 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 204. To ask the Minister for Health if the heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems in hospitals have been reviewed in the context of minimising hospital acquired infections; if any recommendations have been made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7485/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (15 Feb 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 205. To ask the Minister for Health if, with regard to the cooling coils for air conditioning systems in hospitals, he will provide information regarding the levels of bacterial and fungal biofilms that are found when the systems are cleaned and decontaminated; if there has ever been a report of the release of planktonic bacteria and fungi into the conditioned airstream that would add to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (15 Feb 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 206. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to the introduction of an enhanced ultraviolet germicidal irradiation within the heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems in hospitals to eliminate the cooling coil biofilm and entrained microbes which necessitate constant cleaning of cooling coils, drip trays, plenums, ductwork and conditioned air; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund Waiting Times (15 Feb 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 237. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 198 of 9 February 2017, if the information provided within the National Treatment Purchase Fund preplanned list data which was not collected until 2014 is not at variance with the NTPF informing him that the way it classifies its waiting lists has been the same since its inception in 2002. [7743/17]

Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)

Billy Kelleher: They are like vultures over there. They are circling around him already.

Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)

Billy Kelleher: Could what was not read into the record be circulated?

Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)

Billy Kelleher: What is the position on section 9 of the Health Act 2007?

Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)

Billy Kelleher: The Deputy will be here quite a while so.

Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)

Billy Kelleher: My question is to the Minister for Health. The HSE statement of last Saturday states: "The HSE wishes to confirm that there was an administrative error by a staff member of the HSE National Counselling Service in the referral made at the time", which was August 2013. It goes on to state that the administrative error was brought to the attention of the National Counselling Service in May...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (14 Feb 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 106. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the heads of the general scheme of the Bail Bill published in July 2015 that have not been incorporated in the Bail (Amendment) Bill 2016, in tabular form; and the reason for their exclusion. [7076/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (14 Feb 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 140. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are incentives for landowners to lease their grounds to sports clubs on a long-term basis; if not, his plans to introduce such measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6802/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (14 Feb 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 361. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 147 of 30 November 2016, the details of the HSE disbursement of the financial allocation by CHO between not-for-profit, for-profit and HSE-managed services. [6700/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Services (14 Feb 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 362. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who transferred from HSE acute hospitals to private nursing homes under the transitional care initiative during 2016 and under the winter initiative 2016-17; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6703/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Services (14 Feb 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 363. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the fact that nursing homes are providing specialised care on a 24/7 basis in dedicated health care settings that are equipped with specialist equipment and highly skilled staff; his further views on whether nursing home care and home care have very different care elements and simplistic comparisons comparing them as like for like are...