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

Billy Kelleher: If every woman was given a 20-week to 22-week scan, then these would all be definitely picked up.

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

Billy Kelleher: In respect of women's health-----

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

Billy Kelleher: Yes.

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

Billy Kelleher: In respect of women's health, the witnesses talk about scans not being available to everybody in terms of different cohorts, socioeconomic backgrounds and educational programmes. Are we risking a lot by not having proper integrated health and well-being programmes for women in advance of, during and after pregnancy?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (19 Jan 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 195. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the drug Nusinersen for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy, including timeframes; if there is any possibility of the drug being allowed on compassionate grounds (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2241/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (19 Jan 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 198. To ask the Minister for Health if he will sanction an independent clinical review of scoliosis services here; when this can take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2254/17]

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Private Hospitals Association (18 Jan 2017)

Billy Kelleher: I welcome the witnesses. Some of the detail has already been raised but the witnesses spoke about closer integration between the systems, including the primary care system, the public health system in an acute hospital setting and private hospitals. Reference has been made to an ideological debate and we had such a debate some years ago in the context of co-location. That was quite...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Private Hospitals Association (18 Jan 2017)

Billy Kelleher: Is this working party comprised of officials from the Department of Health and the Private Hospitals Association?

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Private Hospitals Association (18 Jan 2017)

Billy Kelleher: Will there be a report or is it just-----

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Private Hospitals Association (18 Jan 2017)

Billy Kelleher: They would expect to have private income outside of that contract.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospice Services Provision (18 Jan 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 208. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the full human resource requirements for the new dialysis unit at University Hospital Limerick will be provided by the HSE; and if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are concerns over the lack of extra nurses in view of the fact that the new unit is three times the size of the old unit. [2187/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Beds Data (18 Jan 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 211. To ask the Minister for Health the number of State-owned nursing homes in each county and the bed capacity in each at the end 2010 and at the end of 2016, in tabular form. [2217/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Exchange Scheme (17 Jan 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will implement an amendment of the rules with his Department's circular 0017/2015 in order that if two boards of management are in agreement a teacher exchange can be facilitated on a permanent basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41033/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (17 Jan 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 1116. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the funding of the centre of excellence for narcolepsy and sleep disorders at St James's Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41894/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (17 Jan 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 820. To ask the Minister for Health further to his statement on 8 December 2016 that the HSE had advised that between August 2016 and December 2016 there had been a reduction of over 8,000 patients on the inpatient and day case waiting list under the waiting list action plan either through treatment provision, clinical validation or being given a date for their procedure to take place, the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (17 Jan 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 821. To ask the Minister for Health the detail of the engagement between the HSE and the NTPF on the remaining €10 million of the €15 million allocation for 2017; when decisions will be taken on the allocation of this; the reason the decisions remain unmade as of December 2016 in view of the fact that it has been known since May 2016 that the NTPF was due to receive this funding...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Expenditure (17 Jan 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 1030. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of public expenditure on medicines for each of the years 2013 to 2016, in tabular form; the expenditure incurred for each year on branded and patented products produced by IPHA members and non IPHA members respectively; and the expenditure incurred on generic medicines [41680/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (17 Jan 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 1078. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has plans to expand a training centre (details supplied), if so, the proposed plans; if it will remain on site; the amount it will cost; the timeline involved; and the increased services that are expected to be delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41803/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Treatment Abroad Scheme (17 Jan 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 1309. To ask the Minister for Health if treatment for a person (details supplied) under the treatment abroad scheme is still available and sanctioned for Belfast; if, following the initial three months treatment, the person can continue infusions at another location in Northern Ireland, in view of capacity issues in Belfast; if he will provide a full list of locations in Northern Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (17 Jan 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 1350. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of the €9 million funding outlined in the 2017 HSE service plan to expand existing or develop new services in acute hospitals that will go to each hospital group, in tabular form; and the details of the expanded or new service being provided in each group in 2017. [1981/17]