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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Catheterisation Laboratory Clinical Review: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)

Billy Kelleher: The views on patient safety, from a clinical point of view, still stand as we sit here today.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Catheterisation Laboratory Clinical Review: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)

Billy Kelleher: From what we can gather, the new international norm is or will be 150 primary PCI procedures per annum. The HSE and others very often withdraw a service by stealth by slowly squeezing it, and when an assessment is made by HIQA or others, they find there is not enough throughput and then the service is withdrawn. In the context of primary PCI, is there a danger that if Waterford does not get...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Catheterisation Laboratory Clinical Review: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)

Billy Kelleher: In view of the evidence we have heard from eminent cardiologists and the word of Professor Herity, as we cannot question the integrity or validity of that, could we recommend an independent assessment of the evidence presented by the cardiologists and the Herity report? Everything is peer reviewed regularly and if the report is to be validated, then it should stand up to scrutiny. Perhaps...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Catheterisation Laboratory Clinical Review: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)

Billy Kelleher: Deputy Halligan is a Minister of State and if things were different, we might not be here at all. I was only trying to be helpful.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Catheterisation Laboratory Clinical Review: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)

Billy Kelleher: We have a report which, as things stand, is framing policy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Catheterisation Laboratory Clinical Review: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)

Billy Kelleher: Until such time as that report is removed from policy formulation, it is there, and that is the difficulty.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (8 Feb 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 225. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that there is sufficient oral and dental hygiene programmes available in schools and the broader community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6295/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (8 Feb 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 226. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will be undertaking health promotion campaigns in relation to oral and dental hygiene aimed at children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6296/17]

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Waiting Lists (7 Feb 2017)

Billy Kelleher: The Minister must get rid of any preordained views he may have on health and the outcomes of the debate on the broader health services. He must invest in the National Treatment Purchase Fund in the short and medium term while we try to expand the capacity in the public hospital system but, more importantly, he must address an issue that is now arising in the public hospital system. Hospital...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Waiting Lists (7 Feb 2017)

Billy Kelleher: I have no monopoly on empathy with the families whose plight was highlighted on the "RTE Investigates" programme last night. Collectively, we in this House have an obligation to address the issues with meaningful policies that will impact on people's lives immediately. We need, first, clarity on the issue of the waiting lists, in terms of who knew what, why people were on different lists...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Tourism Data (7 Feb 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of tourism and hospitality skills training positions that were allocated to the Cork North Central constituency in 2015 and 2016; the amount of funding that was allocated to the Cork North Central constituency for tourism and hospitality skills training in 2015 and 2016 by his Department; the agency or Government body which has...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Reimbursement Service Payments (7 Feb 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 394. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the additional €20 million for the primary care reimbursement service in 2017; the existing services that are being expanded; the new services being provided with this allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5553/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Brexit Issues (7 Feb 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 420. To ask the Minister for Health the discussions that have taken place between his Department and counterparts in the Departments of Health in Belfast and London regarding the continuation of the cross-border health initiative and the treatment abroad scheme after the United Kingdom leaves the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5669/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Brexit Issues (7 Feb 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 422. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has sought a specific meeting of the All Island Dialogue on Brexit focused on the issue of health provision and the implications of Brexit on cross border health schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5671/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Brexit Issues (7 Feb 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 423. To ask the Minister for Health the contingency plans that have been put in place with other EU member states by his Department in the potential situation whereby no bilateral agreement can be reached with the United Kingdom for the provision of cross border health initiatives in the event of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5672/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Brexit Issues (7 Feb 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 421. To ask the Minister for Health the number of meetings that have taken place by his Department’s Brexit committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5670/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Regulation (7 Feb 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 437. To ask the Minister for Health the position with regard to the certification of cannabidiol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5724/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (7 Feb 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 452. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to incorporate the Irish community air ambulance service into the national strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5897/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy Generation (7 Feb 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 570. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he will be publishing the solar photovoltaic systems tariffs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5656/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Policy (7 Feb 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 640. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding allocated to the Cork North-Central constituency for tourism and hospitality skills training in 2015 and 2016 by his Department; the agency or government body which has oversight and responsibility for hospitality and tourism skills development policy here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5685/17]