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Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Provision (27 Sep 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 690. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional dentists the HSE would need to employ in order to provide school screenings at three different classes annually, in view of the 20% increase in the number of children under 16 over the past decade and the 20% reduction in the number of general dental surgeons employed by the HSE in the same period; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Proposed Legislation (27 Sep 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 691. To ask the Minister for Health the likely publication date of the dental Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27052/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Appointments (27 Sep 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 692. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to appoint a chief dental officer on a full time and ongoing basis in accordance with standard public service appointments following the recent expiry of the tenure of this post on a part-time basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27053/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Sep 2016)

Billy Kelleher: I welcome Mr. Farrelly and wish him well in his appointment. As he said in his statement, it is about ensuring that the public trust the charitable sector and that moneys go to where they are meant to go. In that context, there have been some high profile cases that have done a lot of damage to the charity sector. It undermines the confidence of the public in the street donations to...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: General Practice in Disadvantaged Areas (21 Sep 2016)

Billy Kelleher: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for their presentations. We speak of primary care as the bulwark of delivery of health care in the future. To date, it has been under-resourced, understaffed and under-utilised in many cases. During the Celtic tiger era we placed much emphasis on the physical structures of primary care, namely, the buildings. Let us be under no illusion, not every GP...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: General Practice in Disadvantaged Areas (21 Sep 2016)

Billy Kelleher: The doctor knows what would happen. It would be snaffled by accident and emergency and what comes in through the other side of the hospital.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: General Practice in Disadvantaged Areas (21 Sep 2016)

Billy Kelleher: In the NHS one can only visit a GP for ten minutes. Its primary care system does not seem to be working well in terms of the amount of time patients can spend with their GPs. Waiting times to see a GP seem to be extending. All that glistens is not gold in this context.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: General Practice in Disadvantaged Areas (21 Sep 2016)

Billy Kelleher: If one has universal access but does not expand capacity, those who need it most will suffer the most.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: General Practice in Disadvantaged Areas (21 Sep 2016)

Billy Kelleher: As an aside, I have a question about an issue that is arising frequently. I mentioned demographics and the fact that we were all getting older. There is a further requirement for us to address the issues of nursing home support, geriatric teams in the community and retaining people in the home care setting. We conducted some research and I have now seen a great deal of evidence when it was...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: General Practice in Disadvantaged Areas (21 Sep 2016)

Billy Kelleher: Yes, they have the skills. The problem is that there are not enough resources available or such GPs.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: General Practice in Disadvantaged Areas (21 Sep 2016)

Billy Kelleher: That contract is being negotiated.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: General Practice in Disadvantaged Areas (21 Sep 2016)

Billy Kelleher: What is the deadline for its completion?

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: General Practice in Disadvantaged Areas (21 Sep 2016)

Billy Kelleher: The delegates are not allowed.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: General Practice in Disadvantaged Areas (21 Sep 2016)

Billy Kelleher: I have noticed, from following sport, that there are fewer GPs nowadays stitching or suturing than in previous times. Take ingrown toenails, for example. Traditionally, a problem with an ingrown toenail would have been dealt with by a GP in his or her practice. There seems to be-----

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: General Practice in Disadvantaged Areas (21 Sep 2016)

Billy Kelleher: I am talking about the GP's ability. It does not really pay-----

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: General Practice in Disadvantaged Areas (21 Sep 2016)

Billy Kelleher: The time limits are important for us because the GP contract will be the foundation of primary care for the next number of years and we could be reporting after the contract is agreed, which is-----

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: General Practice in Disadvantaged Areas (21 Sep 2016)

Billy Kelleher: The contract could be agreed in advance of us reporting. I know they both may be slower than we think but, at the same time, it is not a risk we can afford to take.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Relationship between Primary Care and Secondary Care (21 Sep 2016)

Billy Kelleher: When I had the pleasure of visiting St. Luke's Hospital some time ago, I got first-hand experience of what is being achieved there as opposed to what is trying to be achieved. Many issues have been raised today and questions on them have been answered. Given that the model being developed and expanded by Dr. Fawsitt and Professor Courtney and their colleagues is successful - I refer to...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Relationship between Primary Care and Secondary Care (21 Sep 2016)

Billy Kelleher: I apologise to Dr. Fawsitt but may I ask a short question?

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Relationship between Primary Care and Secondary Care (21 Sep 2016)

Billy Kelleher: We are talking about primary care being the main driver of health care delivery in the years ahead and that probably is a goal with which everyone present can concur. It will be part of the primary care strategy, as outlined previously, and all the rest of it. In that context, the GP contract will be of critical importance.