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Written Answers — Department of Health: Antimicrobial Resistance (8 Jun 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 422. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the recommendations contained in the recent UK Government report authored by Lord O’Neill on antimicrobial resistance, AMR; his plans to introduce the key recommendations contained in the report; if he is satisfied that Ireland’s AMR policy is robust enough to meet the huge challenge of AMR and with the situation that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Antimicrobial Resistance (8 Jun 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 423. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons or incidents, if any, where antimicrobial resistance has occurred within the health care services over the past ten years; the hospitals which treated these patients and the measures being undertaken to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14417/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Regulation (8 Jun 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 424. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects legislation on health insurance, specifically to provide insurers with legal clarity to facilitate insurers when withdrawing products from the market and protection to consumers where benefits are continuously changed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14418/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Cover (8 Jun 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 425. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to publish the Health Insurance Authority report on reform of minimum benefits provided for as part of health insurance cover; if not, why not; if he will outline the timeline for the introduction of this legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14419/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance (8 Jun 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 426. To ask the Minister for Health if he is committed to the introduction of a system of diagnostic-related group data as a measure of health status for health insurance; if so, the measures he has undertaken to progress this initiative; if he has engaged with insurers on this issue; when was the last time this issue was discussed between his Department and insurers; the reasons for the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (8 Jun 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 427. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the Health Service Executive spent on agency staff each month in 2016 to date and the equivalent figures for each month in 2015; the proportion of the HSE’s anticipated agency staff expenditure for 2016 that has been incurred to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14421/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Remuneration (8 Jun 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 430. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to award equal pay to clinical nurse manager 2 grades, to close the gap between those who were regularised and did not get incremental credit, and those appointed recently who are on a higher rate, that existed under old contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14535/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (8 Jun 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 431. To ask the Minister for Health if he will raise the qualifying age for a personal assistant beyond the current maximum age of 65 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14541/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (8 Jun 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 436. To ask the Minister for Health to intervene in the case of a person (details supplied) to ensure they are seen by specialist as soon as possible given the apparent oversight in relation to their case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14594/16]

Other Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (2 Jun 2016)

Billy Kelleher: It is a sad indictment of the situation that over the past number of years we have seen an escalation in the number of people waiting for inpatient day case treatments, with 74,000 plus now awaiting treatment. The waiting list for outpatient appointments has risen to 407,000 people. Over the past number of years there has been a due diligence process in place for assessing waiting numbers,...

Other Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (2 Jun 2016)

Billy Kelleher: As an aside, access to diagnostics is an important issue, particularly the issue of direct referrals by GPs into diagnostics. The reason we have such a build up of people on waiting lists currently is due to the inability to access diagnostics. We do not seem to be sweating the assets of public diagnostic services, which work on a five day week. We should be imaginative and creative to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Care of the Elderly Provision (2 Jun 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 1. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new nursing home places, home care packages and home help hours he will introduce under the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14118/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Care of the Elderly Provision (2 Jun 2016)

Billy Kelleher: I wish the Minister of State well and congratulate her on her appointment. We are embarking on a new era in terms of the challenge facing the Parliament, in that we must now reach a cross-party consensus when what we often did was take a partisan approach to issues. In the new dispensation in Irish politics following the general election, it is incumbent on us all not only to raise...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Care of the Elderly Provision (2 Jun 2016)

Billy Kelleher: Is that it?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Care of the Elderly Provision (2 Jun 2016)

Billy Kelleher: I prepared long and hard for this question.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Care of the Elderly Provision (2 Jun 2016)

Billy Kelleher: I will diverge slightly. Those opposite held a meeting on the winter readiness of the country's emergency departments, but I assume that one of the key aims is to ensure that people, in particular the elderly, do not end up in emergency departments in the first instance. Home care packages, home help hours and bolstering primary and community care services form a critical component in that...

Health Care Committee Establishment: Motion (1 Jun 2016)

Billy Kelleher: I look forward to embracing the spirit of this motion but we should focus on a few areas in the short term in order to encourage the Government to change its policy direction on access to health care, as well as develop a vision for the delivery of health care in the years ahead.

Health Care Committee Establishment: Motion (1 Jun 2016)

Billy Kelleher: I congratulate the Minister and the Minister of State, Deputy Finian McGrath, and wish them success with their portfolios. Fianna Fáil supports this motion because we believe we need a discussion at both parliamentary and societal level about how we should fund health care in the years ahead. We talk about universality and access to health care as a right and entitlement but we must...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (1 Jun 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will sanction a twelfth classroom to facilitate a school's (details supplied) enrolment figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13929/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (1 Jun 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 177. To ask the Minister for Health if he will increase the funding to the National Rehabilitation Hospital to facilitate an increase in the therapies provided which have been curtailed due to lack of funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13943/16]