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Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE National Service Plan (1 Dec 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 27. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE service plan for 2017 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38012/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Beds Data (1 Dec 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 51. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the review of bed capacity in the acute hospital sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38010/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund Waiting Times (1 Dec 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 83. To ask the Minister for Health his Department’s estimated impact on waiting times of the additional €15 million in 2017 for the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38014/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (1 Dec 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 92. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he is taking to address the fall in the take up of the human papilloma virus, HPV, vaccine; the estimated number of deaths annually from cervical cancer that would result from a halving of the uptake of the vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38013/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (1 Dec 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 223. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage breakdown in terms of public and private treatment in each hospital in each hospital group to date in 2016 in tabular form. [38119/16]

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: HSE (30 Nov 2016)

Billy Kelleher: I welcome the interesting contributions. Deputy Kate O'Connell raised the issue of lease maintenance contracts for high-value and diagnostic equipment across the HSE. The new children's hospital will be in the frame of lease maintenance contracts. I do not know why it has not percolated beyond in terms of capital spend and capital investment in plant. I would like to tease out hospital...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Funding (30 Nov 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 147. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of additional funding (details supplied) that has been allocated to section 38, 39 and private not-for-profit disability services; the amount of this funding that has been allocated to HSE managed and run disability services and private for profit disability agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37911/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility (29 Nov 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 612. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that prescribed low-protein foods are required to prevent neurological damage and to supplement the diet of adults and children with phenylketonuria (PKU) and homocystenuria (HCU); if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that no new low-protein products have been added to the long-term illness card...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (29 Nov 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 526. To ask the Minister for Health to set down in tabular form the number of hospitals which have acute medical assessment units; the number of days per week and hours per day they are open; and the estimated cost of opening all on a 24-7 basis. [37030/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Reports (29 Nov 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 609. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 506 of 18 October 2016 and the outcome of the HSE report that has yet to be received, if he will consent to an independent inquiry once all parties have examined the findings of the report as is the desire of the family; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37620/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Expenditure (29 Nov 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 631. To ask the Minister for Health further to the OECD publication Health at a Glance 2016 published on 23 November 2016 and in view of the methodological notes and the discussion on comparability on page 120, if Ireland’s public expenditure per capita on pharmaceuticals is validly and definitively characterised as the second highest in the OECD; if not, the reason therefor; and if he...

Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (24 Nov 2016)

Billy Kelleher: I move amendment No. 1:In page 8, between lines 1 and 2, to insert the following:“(c) by the insertion of the following paragraph:“3. In the case of any emergency hormonal contraception included on the Reimbursement List that is normally available without prescription, there shall be no requirement that a prescription be presented in order for patients to be reimbursed under the...

Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (24 Nov 2016)

Billy Kelleher: I withdraw the amendment, but Deputy Clare Daly retains the right to reintroduce it on Report Stage for further consideration.

Select Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (24 Nov 2016)

Billy Kelleher: I move amendment No. 1:In page 5, between lines 14 and 15, to insert the following:"(d) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (4), inserted by section 3 of the Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 2016:"(5) The Minister, shall by 1 February 2017, direct the Health Insurance Authority to carry out a review of the impact of changing the specified rate set out in section 125A...

Select Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (24 Nov 2016)

Billy Kelleher: I thank the Minister for his detailed reply. In view of his explanation as to why he cannot accept it, I withdraw the amendment.

Select Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (24 Nov 2016)

Billy Kelleher: This is a fundamental shift in the principle underpinning health insurance in terms of risk equalisation and intergenerational solidarity. The Schedule outlines the amounts applicable after 1 April 2017. There is an issue if we consistently reward insurers to ensure they do not cherry-pick. Has there been any policy discussion about the issue of rewarding insurers that take on high risk...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Legalisation of Medicinal Cannabis: Discussion (24 Nov 2016)

Billy Kelleher: I welcome Ms Twomey and the other witnesses. In the broader context, there is an ongoing debate within the regulatory authority, in society and among clinicians and physicians about the benefits that may arise from the use of cannabinoids to treat epilepsy and other ailments. A Bill relating to this issue will be debated in the Dáil next week. Perhaps that will open up a wider debate...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data (24 Nov 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 182. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme; the average waiting time; the number of persons currently awaiting placement under the scheme for each local health area in tabular form; and the length of time waiting. [36625/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (24 Nov 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 215. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the roll-out of BreastCheck for women aged 65 to 69 years of age; the number of women in that age cohort who availed of the service in 2015; the number who have availed to date in 2016; the number of women aged 69 years of age who availed of the service in 2015 and to date in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36828/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Information and Communications Technology (24 Nov 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 210. To ask the Minister for Health the total proposed capital investment in health service information technology in each year from 2016 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36798/16]