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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Discharges (1 Jun 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 178. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons up to 65 years of age who have an acquired brain injury including stroke who are residing in publicly funded hospitals; and the number of these persons who are regarded as delayed discharges, by public hospital, in tabular form. [13944/16]

Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) (Amendment) Bill 2016: First Stage (31 May 2016)

Billy Kelleher: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013 to allow interchangeability between biologic and biosimilar medical goods.

Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) (Amendment) Bill 2016: First Stage (31 May 2016)

Billy Kelleher: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) (Amendment) Bill 2016: First Stage (31 May 2016)

Billy Kelleher: This short Bill would amend the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013 in two ways. First, it would allow prescribers, consultants and doctors to choose biosimilar drugs or biologics instead of the existing medicines. The second part of the Bill would allow prescribers to prescribe new diagnosed patients with generic more affordable medicines instead of the branded products.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Data (31 May 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to his reply to Question No. 134 of 28 April 2016, if he will, for the years 2008 to 2015, repeat and expand on the information in the table to his reply (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13368/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Administration (31 May 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 360. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he will release Leader funding to the Avondhu and Blackwater local action groups in County Cork. [12504/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Motorised Transport Grant Closure (31 May 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 706. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reintroduce the motorised transportation grant and if so when; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13202/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Data (31 May 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 679. To ask the Minister for Health the net increase in whole-time equivalent terms in the number of nurses employed in all acute hospitals to date in 2016 in tabular form; the number of nursing vacancies in each hospital at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12798/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Transport Expenditure (31 May 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 687. To ask the Minister for Health the sums paid by the Health Service Executive by hospital under its control regarding the acquisition costs of transporting patients in taxi services, bus services, private ambulance services and HSE owned ambulance services for the past five years by category in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12899/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Regulation (31 May 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 708. To ask the Minister for Health when he intends to update and amend the Misuse of Drugs Act to deal with prescription drugs. [13208/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (26 May 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 264 of 17 May 2016, if he is considering the issuing of a roll number to a school (details supplied). [12250/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Acquired Infections (26 May 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 192. To ask the Minister for Health the cost-analysis figures for the socio-economic burden of hospital acquired infection; the comparative figures for other European Union countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12324/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Expenditure (26 May 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 193. To ask the Minister for Health the average sums the Health Service Executive paid for a typical course of fidaxomicin, vancomycin and other drugs used for persons infected with Clostridium difficile and methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus, MRSA, in hospitals under its control, by patient, in each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Expenditure (26 May 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 194. To ask the Minister for Health the sums the Health Service Executive paid for fidaxomicin, vancomycin and other drugs in treating patients for infection with Clostridium difficile and methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus, MRSA, in hospitals under its control in each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12326/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Administration (25 May 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 244. To ask the Minister for Health to set out in tabular form the names and contact details of all officials who give approval for home care companies in each local health office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11910/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Funding (25 May 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 257. To ask the Minister for Health to provide funding for the website, family.ie, for the provision of services in Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12002/16]

Domestic Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (24 May 2016)

Billy Kelleher: Sinn Féin did not accept the sovereign will of the people for years.

Domestic Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (24 May 2016)

Billy Kelleher: Neither do Sinn Féin Deputies.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (24 May 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to sanction the ancillary funding a school (details supplied) has requested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11334/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (24 May 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to allocate a special needs assistant to a person (details supplied). [11669/16]