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Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Priority Questions: Accident and Emergency Departments (18 Oct 2016)

Billy Kelleher: It is a good job the Deputy lost that one.

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Priority Questions: HSE National Service Plan (18 Oct 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 19. To ask the Minister for Health when the 2017 HSE service plan will be published; when the programme for Government commitment on a five-year service plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30971/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Priority Questions: HSE National Service Plan (18 Oct 2016)

Billy Kelleher: When will the HSE service plan for 2017 will be published? There is a commitment in the confidence and supply arrangement to publish a five-year plan. When will that commitment be honoured? It is important there is a strategic timeframe in place for HSE service plans to be planned not only on an annualised basis, but over a five-year period, which would allow it to assess the demands in...

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Priority Questions: HSE National Service Plan (18 Oct 2016)

Billy Kelleher: The Minister has acknowledged the Dáil committee is engaged in its deliberations and will publish a detailed analysis of what type of health system we hope we can deliver in the years ahead. In the meantime, he has statistics and figures available to him in terms of demographics, the requirements and needs that will exist in the years ahead not only in the ageing profile, but in the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Priority Questions: HSE National Service Plan (18 Oct 2016)

Billy Kelleher: We know of the overcrowding in our emergency departments, to which Deputy Kelly referred. We know there is capacity issues in the public health system. We also know that to do deal with it, we need to invest in community care, primary care, home care packages, home helps and supporting people in the broader community. We do not need an Oireachtas committee strategy to tell us that is the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (18 Oct 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 33. To ask the Minister for Health if resources for the nursing home support scheme will be increased in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30642/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Expenditure (18 Oct 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 70. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether a greater use of biosimilars could assist in controlling the cost of medications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30641/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Trusts (18 Oct 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 88. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed creation of hospital trusts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30645/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff (18 Oct 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 112. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the restructuring of HSE management; the number of additional managerial posts that are being put in place in each hospital group and CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30644/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Programme (18 Oct 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 148. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill will come before the Dáil; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30234/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Availability (18 Oct 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 177. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce reliefs for first-time buyers who are self-building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30223/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (18 Oct 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will extend third level grants to low-income students who attend QQI degree courses in recognised private colleges, as well as access to the HEA hardship fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30239/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Research (18 Oct 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 385. To ask the Minister for Health if he will increase the level of investment for cancer trials in the coming year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30201/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (18 Oct 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 387. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for assessment for a possible surgical treatment. [30208/16]

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (13 Oct 2016)

Billy Kelleher: Sinn Féin supports it in Northern Ireland. There is a household tax of over £1,000 in the North.

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (13 Oct 2016)

Billy Kelleher: There is a household tax.

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (13 Oct 2016)

Billy Kelleher: Debates have to based on fact.

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (13 Oct 2016)

Billy Kelleher: I welcome the opportunity to speak in the budget debate in the context of where we are as a society, an economy and a people but also politically in terms of the make-up of the Parliament subsequent to the general election. It is a new dispensation for many Members and it is important to accept that we are finding our way to see how we can work to ensure stability in government, as well as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Open Disclosure: Department of Health (13 Oct 2016)

Billy Kelleher: In terms of open disclosure, has there been full co-operation and an embracing of the open disclosure concept by the professional bodies that oversee the various medical entities in this country? The Minister, who I am sure would agree, was here a number of weeks ago. He said that how we have handled the incidents of adverse effects on patients over the years has been a shameful indictment...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Data (13 Oct 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 156. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulances which operate out of each ambulance station in County Roscommon on a daily basis, Monday to Sunday; and if he will provide a breakdown of this on an hourly and daily rota basis to ascertain the actual level of service in County Clare. [30198/16]