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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Expenditure (13 Jan 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 604. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the anticipated €110 million in savings measures referred to on page 115 of the 2016 Health Service Executive service plan. [46821/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (13 Jan 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 605. To ask the Minister for Health his views on tobacco starter packs which contain tobacco, cigarette papers and filters, which are particularly attractive to young persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46826/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Funding (13 Jan 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 609. To ask the Minister for Health the funding and the number of hours the Health Service Executive provided for the personal assistant service in its disability services budget in 2015 and the funding and the number of hours to be provided in 2016. [46832/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Funding (13 Jan 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 610. To ask the Minister for Health the funding and the number of hours the Health Service Executive provided for the home support service disability services budget in 2015; and the funding and the number of hours to be provided in 2016. [46833/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (13 Jan 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 612. To ask the Minister for Health why the 2016 Health Service Executive budget for older persons is €9.9 million less than the projected spend in 2015. [46841/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (13 Jan 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 614. To ask the Minister for Health why Sativex is still not available for multiple sclerosis patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46866/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services (13 Jan 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 617. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional respite beds that will be available following the allocation of an additional €1 million for this in the 2016 Health Service Executive service plan. [46879/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (13 Jan 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 634. To ask the Minister for Health his response to the master of the Rotunda Hospital setting down conditions for its relocation to Connolly Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1073/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (13 Jan 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 635. To ask the Minister for Health if it is expected that the name and brand of the Rotunda Hospital will be preserved in its proposed relocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1074/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (13 Jan 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 636. To ask the Minister for Health if the Rotunda Hospital will retain its own board following its proposed relocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1075/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (13 Jan 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 637. To ask the Minister for Health if the relocation of the Rotunda Hospital is conditional on the upgrading of services at Connolly Hospital akin to what is currently available at the Mater Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1076/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (13 Jan 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 675. To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown of the €703.3 million available funding for older persons as outlined in the Health Service Executive's service plan, by the amount allocated for home care packages, by the number of these packages, by the number of persons who will benefit from these packages, by the amount allocated for home help, by the number of home help hours...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug and Alcohol Task Forces (13 Jan 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 679. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided to each local and regional drugs task force in each of the years 2011 to 2015, the projection for 2016 and the combined total from his Department and the Health Service Executive in 2014 to date in tabular form. [1361/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (13 Jan 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 769. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the impact of the changes to the primary school transport scheme on Newcestown Central School (details supplied) in County Cork is fair; if she will intervene to resolve the difficulties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46799/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Public Procurement Contracts (13 Jan 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 855. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government why a two-year exclusion exists for businesses who miss tendering deadlines for local government contracts, if there are exemptions to this rule, if he will abolish this penalty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46800/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Invasive Plant Species (13 Jan 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 948. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she is taking to eradicate or control Japanese knotweed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1343/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Acute Hospital Services: Discussion (17 Dec 2015)

Billy Kelleher: I welcome Mr. Michael O'Flynn, Professor John Higgins, and Mr. Gerry O'Dwyer and extend my best wishes to them for the festive season. I thank them for their work on this issue. The report was detailed in its content. Was it based on the Horwath and Teamwork review of acute services in HSE South? The delivery of acute hospital services in the south and the hospital groupings do not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Acute Hospital Services: Discussion (17 Dec 2015)

Billy Kelleher: Obviously, the site would have to be in the Cork city area. It must be near the hospital for collaborative work and ease of movement of staff, patients and so forth. I am sure a site can be found. What we must do is make a decision to find a site in the first place. On a broader issue, we talk about the hospital groups, the collaborative work that universities do with industry and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Acute Hospital Services: Discussion (17 Dec 2015)

Billy Kelleher: What about sub-specialties?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Task Force on Overcrowding in Accident and Emergency Departments: Discussion (17 Dec 2015)

Billy Kelleher: I wish the witnesses a happy Christmas and a successful new year, personally and in their endeavours in the context of addressing emergency department overcrowding. While it is known as the emergency department task force, we could rename it "the department of emergencies task force" given the amount of firefighting that has been required from time to time in our health services. I note...