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

Billy Kelleher: 157. To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency ambulances assigned to each ambulance station in County Roscommon for each year since 2011, in tabular form; and the number of intermediate care vehicles and rapid response vehicles assigned to each. [30193/16]

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: International Health Care Systems: Dr. Josep Figueras (12 Oct 2016)

Billy Kelleher: I welcome Dr. Figueras to the meeting. We have a ten-year strategy for health that is primarily focused on how we will deliver a universal health care model. Universal health access is something we would all very much strive to achieve. However, we could have a universal health care system but bad health care if that system is under-funded and under-resourced. In the context of universal...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: International Health Care Systems: Dr. Josep Figueras (12 Oct 2016)

Billy Kelleher: Dr. Figueras spoke about Holland - where I worked many years ago for a year - and the attitude of GPs there to prescribing. He said that it is almost impossible to get antibiotics in Holland.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: International Health Care Systems: Dr. Josep Figueras (12 Oct 2016)

Billy Kelleher: And so am I.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: International Health Care Systems: Dr. Josep Figueras (12 Oct 2016)

Billy Kelleher: We have had many pinch of salt comments here today-----

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: International Health Care Systems: Dr. Josep Figueras (12 Oct 2016)

Billy Kelleher: -----and we will have a handful soon. In terms of prescribing, I am aware there is an ethos within the medical profession and within the training programmes of the various countries, but are antibiotics free in Holland? Are they cheaper in Spain? If I go to my GP and pay €60 to him see him, I like to go home with a prescription. It is almost a yearning people have to feel they have...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: International Health Care Systems: Dr. Josep Figueras (12 Oct 2016)

Billy Kelleher: -----for the money they have paid. I would be interested to hear Dr. Figueras's view on the issue of prescribing. We have a major issue of over-prescribing which we need to address. We have a dependence on drugs such as benzodiazepines and there are other areas where there is a propensity to prescribe more than is needed. An area where all member states could have problems, particularly...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: International Health Care Systems: Dr. Josep Figueras (12 Oct 2016)

Billy Kelleher: -----but potentially they would save many times that money in the years ahead. Has Dr. Figueras come across those challenges in other European countries?

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: International Health Care Systems: Dr. Josep Figueras (12 Oct 2016)

Billy Kelleher: Is the European Commission willing to examine the issue of investing now and thereby securing savings in the future?

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: International Health Care Systems: Dr. Josep Figueras (12 Oct 2016)

Billy Kelleher: It is for age profiles.

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 1: Tobacco Products Tax (11 Oct 2016)

Billy Kelleher: We will support the financial resolution as it is a public health measure. All sides of the House are in agreement that we need to continually pursue the aims and objectives of a tobacco-free society by 2025. This will be a huge challenge because we are dealing with an addictive substance, namely, nicotine and that leads to a broader debate on how we encourage people to give up and not to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Probate Applications (11 Oct 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 22. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the action which can be taken with regard to backlogs in the probate system; her attention to the fact that current applications are taking on average five months, which is too long for many families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29272/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultant Recruitment (11 Oct 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 361. To ask the Minister for Health when a third ENT consultant will be recruited to the department of paediatric otolaryngology at Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29263/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Expenditure (11 Oct 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 363. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will cover the cost of pembrolizumab for a person (details supplied) who needs this drug; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29268/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (11 Oct 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 372. To ask the Minister for Health when a full-time rheumatologist will be posted to University Hospital Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29324/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (11 Oct 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 404. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the HSE's consideration of the NCPE report on Translarna; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29451/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: EU Directives (11 Oct 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 466. To ask the Minister for Health the outstanding EU directives that his Department or agencies under its remit are responsible for implementing, in tabular form; if the implementation of any of them require specific legislative change; and, if so, the details of same. [29771/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (11 Oct 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 482. To ask the Minister for Health if a person, who is a registered nurse with NMBI and provides care for persons in his or her home in a private capacity, is required to register as a care provider for regulatory purposes; if so, the locations to register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29812/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Waste Disposal Charges (11 Oct 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 540. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the exemptions in place for households with medical grounds following the introduction of pay-by-weight refuse collection on 1 September 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29785/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (6 Oct 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 201. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29054/16]