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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (16 Dec 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 413. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public or voluntary hospitals that carry out angiograms; and the number of persons waiting as of 1 December 2016 or the nearest available date for such a procedure at each of the hospitals in the waiting periods of less than three months, three to six months, six to nine months, nine to 12 months and more than 12 months in tabular form. [40969/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (16 Dec 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 414. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public or voluntary hospitals that carry out electroencephalograms, EEG; and the number of persons waiting as of 1 December 2016 or the nearest available date for such a procedure at each of the hospitals in the waiting periods of less than three months, three to six months, six to nine months, nine to 12 months and more than 12 months in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (16 Dec 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 415. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public or voluntary hospitals that carry out endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, ERCP; and the number of persons waiting as of 1 December 2016 or the nearest available date for such a procedure at each of the hospitals in the waiting periods of less than three months, three to six months, six to nine months, nine to twelve months...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Data (16 Dec 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 416. To ask the Minister for Health the number of over 70s medical cards in circulation at the end of November for each of the years 2012 to 2016 to date, for each local health area, in tabular form. [40972/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Funding (16 Dec 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 417. To ask the Minister for Health the budget allocation for 2016 for each public and voluntary hospital within each hospital group in tabular form. [40973/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Data (16 Dec 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 418. To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency ambulances that have been decommissioned by the HSE national ambulance service to date in 2016; the number of new emergency ambulances that have been acquired to date in 2016; the number of intermediate care ambulances that have been decommissioned by the HSE national ambulance service to date in 2016; the number of new intermediate...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Data (16 Dec 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 419. To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency ambulances currently in service; the total number according to the year they entered service (details supplied); the number of intermediate care ambulances currently in service; the total number according to the year they entered service between pods and vehicles in terms of the date they entered service and the HSE region in which...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (15 Dec 2016)

Billy Kelleher: The Minister, Deputy Varadkar, will be very exposed so.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (15 Dec 2016)

Billy Kelleher: And the Deputy has not stopped talking since.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (15 Dec 2016)

Billy Kelleher: First, I would like to wish everybody in the House a happy Christmas. It might be my only opportunity to do so.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (15 Dec 2016)

Billy Kelleher: I extend good wishes to Members on all sides, to the Ceann Comhairle and to all the staff. Will the Tánaiste confirm whether the House will sit tomorrow?

Questions on Proposed Legislation (15 Dec 2016)

Billy Kelleher: This is from the teddy bear party.

Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2016)

Billy Kelleher: We have.

Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2016)

Billy Kelleher: This week, the Health Service Executive service plan for 2017 was published. The introduction reads well as it references expanding services and improving the quality and safety of services but when one drills down through the figures, it does not read well at all. In fact, it is another work of fiction. We have highlighted consistently in recent years that the HSE service plans are not...

Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2016)

Billy Kelleher: I admire the Tánaiste's defence of this work of fiction but the reality is that the only thing this HSE service plan will deliver is longer waiting lists. The Tánaiste referred to additional funding of €61 million across the entire health care system over and above the headline figure, but she cannot stand up in this House and say with credibility that she will deliver on...

Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2016)

Billy Kelleher: It is simply not possible to sustain the activity that we are currently providing. The Tánaiste pointed out that there will be a 4.1% increase in activity across the acute hospital system, but an additional €9 million is being provided to fund that extra activity. That is simply not plausible. If the Tánaiste would accept, even at this late stage, that the funding in this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health Information and Patient Safety Bill: Discussion (14 Dec 2016)

Billy Kelleher: I thank the Mr. O'Connor for his presentation. I would raise two issues, those of clinical governance and accountability. The general scheme of the Bill states that "The Commission on Patient Safety and Quality Assurance creates a framework for better patient safety and quality in Irish health service". It also states, "However, the Commission recognises that fear of litigation and damage...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health Information and Patient Safety Bill: Discussion (14 Dec 2016)

Billy Kelleher: Yes, but Muiris, or Mr. O'Connor - I was addressing Mr. O'Connor by his first name, like the Taoiseach and Deputy Adams did yesterday - the clinicians have professional bodies that hold them to account. If an administrator who is obliged to do all that is required on HIQA's recommendations does not do that, what accounting procedure for that purpose is provided for in the Bill? Is there any...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health Information and Patient Safety Bill: Discussion (14 Dec 2016)

Billy Kelleher: An audit is being done as we speak on what the public system will have to do to comply with the legislation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health Information and Patient Safety Bill: Discussion (14 Dec 2016)

Billy Kelleher: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for their presentations. I am getting a little more confused. Am I talking about two different Bills, the Bill as we discussed an hour and a half ago as opposed to the Bill now? At the outset I wish to raise the role of HIQA as set out in this Bill. I asked questions on the licensing of hospitals and there was discussion around the issue of public...