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Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2017)

Billy Kelleher: Sending back the cheque is the first step.

Symphysiotomy: Statements (26 Jan 2017)

Billy Kelleher: I might be even briefer if I can be.

Symphysiotomy: Statements (26 Jan 2017)

Billy Kelleher: I welcome the fact that the House and the Government established an ex gratiapayment scheme. We said at the outset that an adversarial court procedure in the context of individuals having to go to court to vindicate their rights was something that we had grave concerns about. As alluded to by the Minister, the fact that every individual case would be taken on its merits and individually...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Emergency Department Overcrowding: Discussion (25 Jan 2017)

Billy Kelleher: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for their presentations. The Committee on the Future of Healthcare is working in parallel with this committee and the witnesses have made presentations to that committee in that context. The big challenge will be whether the State will have the ability to deal with the capacity issue in the health services. That is something we will have to assess...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Emergency Department Overcrowding: Discussion (25 Jan 2017)

Billy Kelleher: Who calls into the nursing homes?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Emergency Department Overcrowding: Discussion (25 Jan 2017)

Billy Kelleher: There would still be emergency medicine staff in the annexe. One would not put them into an annexe, close the door and say: "We'll come back in a couple of hours." In recent times, we have had cases of patients dying on trolleys in corridors because of an inability to provide proper care in the corridor setting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Emergency Department Overcrowding: Discussion (25 Jan 2017)

Billy Kelleher: Surely a room with nurses and emergency medicine consultants is better than corridors, is it not?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Emergency Department Overcrowding: Discussion (25 Jan 2017)

Billy Kelleher: That is the point I am making.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Emergency Department Overcrowding: Discussion (25 Jan 2017)

Billy Kelleher: I apologise because I had to leave between the contribution of the previous witness and Mr. Woods' presentation. I have read his presentation, however. I wish to raise just a few issues. We are primarily inviting witnesses here to discuss the issue of overcrowding in our emergency departments. This is basically what Mr. Woods referred to in his presentation. He mentioned the winter...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Dr. Brian Turner (25 Jan 2017)

Billy Kelleher: I welcome Dr. Turner. I declared to the committee last week that we commissioned Dr. Turner to independently evaluate universal health insurance as proposed by the previous Government and other funding models. That was independent, as opposed to Fianna Fáil policy. I wish to be very clear on that. There are a few issues that have been consistently raised. There are also the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Records (25 Jan 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 203. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange for an independent review of the case files of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3309/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Standards in Public Office Commission (24 Jan 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 364. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if workers in the health service are obliged to make declarations under the Standards in Public Office Acts; and if so, the criteria for same. [2744/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Expenditure (24 Jan 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 397. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure incurred by the Health Service Executive, HSE, in hiring consultants in each of the years 2011 to 2016, in tabular form; the specific projects for which consultants were hired; the expenditure incurred on each project; and the payment per project to consultants. [2571/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (24 Jan 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 401. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a date to meet with a group (details supplied) to discuss Lyme disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2586/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (24 Jan 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 474. To ask the Minister for Health if approval will be given for the freestyle libre (details supplied) to be made available on the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2896/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Data (24 Jan 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 434. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occasions on which an ambulance has been called to the acute mental health unit on the grounds of Cork University Hospital to transfer a patient to the emergency department in CUH from the date of opening of the unit to the present day, by date, in tabular form; the response time in each case in addition to the base from which the ambulance...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (24 Jan 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 435. To ask the Minister for Health the actions his Department and the HSE have taken to ensure the continued supply of Respreeza for those persons who were part of the original clinical trial which is due to end on 31 January 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2678/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Data (24 Jan 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 451. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff posts in each public and voluntary hospital that are funded by pharmaceutical companies or other medical supplies companies, in tabular form; the details of the posts; and the value of the funding [2807/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Licensing (24 Jan 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 455. To ask the Minister for Health if, in view of the publicity in recent days surrounding the possible exemption on the usage of cannabis-based medicines, he will provide clarification on this and the way in which a person would proceed with an application for an exemption; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2818/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Maternity Strategy: Discussion (19 Jan 2017)

Billy Kelleher: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for their presentations. I must be repetitive because all our questions are of equal importance. I will re-emphasis and maybe get more detail, particularly from Professor Kenny, on the issue of the 20th week scan not available to everybody. Is it purely a clinical decision as to who gets the scan? At what stage is the clinical decision primarily...