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Written Answers — Department of Health: Neuro-Rehabilitation Policy (8 Dec 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 379. To ask the Minister for Health why the strategy on neuro-rehabilitation services 2011 to 2015 ends in December 2015 with nothing delivered, not even an implementation plan, for the more than 25,000 people with neurological conditions such as acquired brain injury, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease and stroke who need rehabilitation services; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (8 Dec 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 380. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide funding to transport a special needs adult (details supplied) by taxi to and from the Cope Foundation on the Duntahane Road in Fermoy, in County Cork. [43808/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services Provision (8 Dec 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 397. To ask the Minister for Health the full-year cost of providing a fully operational primary care team for every 1,500 children and if he supports this recommendation of the Barnardos Rise Up for Children Report [43888/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: European Health Insurance Card (8 Dec 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 398. To ask the Minister for Health how many different people, including their country of origin, and how many dialysis sessions are provided by the Health Service Executive to people presenting the European health insurance card each year. [43891/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: European Health Insurance Card (8 Dec 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 399. To ask the Minister for Health for how many different people who have presented the Irish European health insurance card and for how many dialysis sessions in Europe does the Health Service Executive pay in a year and in which countries did they receive their dialysis treatment. [43892/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Contracts (8 Dec 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 440. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners in receipt of the rural practice allowance, and the amount allocated by county in each year since 2010, in tabular form. [44155/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Subsidies (8 Dec 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 632. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the subvention paid to Córas Iompair Éireann for 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43823/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Gardasil Human Papillomavirus Vaccine: Discussion (3 Dec 2015)

Billy Kelleher: I welcome the witnesses and attendees today and thank them for their testimonies. I can only speak for myself. I have no medical, scientific or clinical expertise but I think it is important that we provide a forum where the witnesses can present their case and outline their concerns about the Gardasil vaccine. Equally, we have an obligation as a committee to question and hold to account...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: General Practitioner Contracts (3 Dec 2015)

Billy Kelleher: I am raising the issue because there is a crisis in rural GP services. Given the age profile of rural GPs and the regional imbalances in it, there is genuine concern that rural GP practices are not feasible or viable and that, as doctors retire, there will be no applications. Given the age profile, there will be a steady increase in the number of rural GPs retiring. If we do not have...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: General Practitioner Contracts (3 Dec 2015)

Billy Kelleher: While I highlighted the age profile of the GPs, the age profile and demographics of the remote and isolated areas where there is rural decline also show that there is a higher proportion of older people there. Given the principle of primary care, treating a person suffering from chronic illness or minor procedures in the least complex environment, the need is obviously to retain GPs in rural...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: General Practitioner Contracts (3 Dec 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 1. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the measures that will be taken to put general practice on a sustainable basis, especially in rural areas; the progress that is being made on a new contract for general practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43125/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: General Practitioner Contracts (3 Dec 2015)

Billy Kelleher: What measures will be taken to put medical general practice on a sustainable basis, especially in rural areas? What progress has been made on the new contract for general practitioners? Will the Minister of State make a statement on the matter?

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Regional Service Plans (3 Dec 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 28. To ask the Minister for Health if the 2016 Health Service Executive service plan will provide for a 24/7 cardiac unit in Waterford University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42987/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Contracts (3 Dec 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 34. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that will be taken to put general practice on a sustainable basis, especially in rural areas; the progress that is being made on a new contract for general practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42983/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (3 Dec 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 40. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being put in place to boost services in arthritis and rheumatology for both adults and children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42986/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Dementia Strategy (3 Dec 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 55. To ask the Minister for Health the process of consent that is sought from persons living with dementia who are moved into long-term residential care, with particular regard to when they have expressed a choice to remain living at home in the community; the obligation there is to provide care in the community in these circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42985/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Universal Health Insurance (3 Dec 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 60. To ask the Minister for Health his plans on funding models in the wake of the abandonment of the universal health insurance model proposed in the 2011 programme for Government and the 2014 White Paper; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42984/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (3 Dec 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 171. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 439 of 24 November 2015 (details supplied), the full-year cost to the health services of providing an additional 1,000 qualified and working general practitioners, as distinct from the training costs in providing them. [43230/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Service Provision (3 Dec 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 178. To ask the Minister for Health when orthodontic treatment will commence for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43288/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Services (3 Dec 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 188. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive will find a permanent placement for a person (details supplied) who no longer can be catered for at his current nursing home, as a matter of urgency; if he will intervene in this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43317/15]