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Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (1 Oct 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 166. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application from the Brothers of Charity Services in Ennis, County Clare, on behalf of their clients (details supplied) under the residential support budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33696/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Registration of Nurses (1 Oct 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 171. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the crisis in the registration of nurses who have been identified as candidates to fill nursing posts, given that as of 4 September 2015, 2,313 applications were outstanding, according to the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland, and given that in a statement issued on 16 September 2015, the Department stated that 70% of outstanding...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Registration of Nurses (1 Oct 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 172. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the requirement for nurse candidates seeking registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland, to submit €350 with their application, to signal their serious intent to fulfil nursing posts in the Irish health service; his views that it is extremely disappointing that applications are subject to huge delays, and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Registration of Nurses (1 Oct 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 173. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken by his Department to ensure the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland addresses the crisis in processing applications for nurse registrations; when he expects measures to take effect so that prospective candidates receive an appropriate level of service. [33713/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (1 Oct 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 189. To ask the Minister for Health the assistance that can be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33806/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (1 Oct 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 194. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the additional number of vehicles which the national ambulance service has taken on in 2015, indicating the different types of vehicle, such as patient-carrying ambulances, rapid response vehicles, etc; the expenditure on each type of vehicle and the number of each; and the number of such vehicles that the service has...

Topical Issue Debate: Home Help Service Provision (30 Sep 2015)

Billy Kelleher: I thank the Minister of State for her response.

Topical Issue Debate: Home Help Service Provision (30 Sep 2015)

Billy Kelleher: I am aware that there were long, protracted discussions and negotiations in the Labour Court and the Labour Relations Commission in the context of trying to find an agreed basis for contracts for HSE-employed home helps. A home help who had X number of hours calculated on a base year - and I understand the number was roughly 80% of that - would have a set minimum contract but they would...

Topical Issue Debate: Home Help Service Provision (30 Sep 2015)

Billy Kelleher: What have the HSE and the Government against HSE-employed home helps? There is no doubt that there has been an assault on the hours available to home helps across the country over the past number of years. A total of 1.4 million fewer hours are available now compared to 2010. From a policy point of view, it does not make sense to curtail the number of home help hours available to families...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (30 Sep 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 124. To ask the Minister for Health if the recruitment process has commenced to replace the two podiatrists that have left the Grattan Street Health Centre in Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33464/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (30 Sep 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 127. To ask the Minister for Health if there are a sufficient number of speech and language therapists to carry out diagnostic assessments; his views on the assessment process and its success rate in diagnosis; his plans to ease the workload on speech and language therapists, by hiring additional staff, and thereby lessening the waiting time for assessment; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (30 Sep 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 128. To ask the Minister for Health if medication will be made available to assist a person's (details supplied) medical condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33480/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Data (30 Sep 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 137. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons availing of private health insurance from age 0 to 17; 18 to 29; 30 to 39; 40 to 49; 50 to 59; 60 to 69; 70 to 79; and 80 years and over. [33562/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (29 Sep 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 456. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received any reports into a matter (details supplied) regarding the safety of ambulances; if the national ambulance service has undertaken any investigations into this matter. [33233/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: National Maternity Services and Infrastructure: Discussion (24 Sep 2015)

Billy Kelleher: I thank the two masters for their presentations. Reference has been made to the fact that in recent years there has been some high-profile and tragic incidents in our maternity services. There is always the concern, in reacting to such adverse events, that we have a very short-term response and no strategy that flows from it. We have a knee-jerk reaction rather than putting in place a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (24 Sep 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 204. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, by local authority area, in tabular form, the number of persons with disabilities currently living in social housing, who have been waiting for housing adaptations for less than six months; for more than six months but less than 12 months; and for more than 12 months. [32643/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (24 Sep 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 205. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, by local authority area, in tabular form, the number of persons with disabilities who have been waiting for housing adaptations for less than six months; for more than six months but less than 12 months; and for more than 12 months. [32644/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (24 Sep 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 206. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, by local authority area, in tabular form, the number of social housing units that were allocated to persons with disabilities in 2014. [32645/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (24 Sep 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 207. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, by local authority area, in tabular form, the number of persons with disabilities who are currently on the housing waiting list. [32646/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure (24 Sep 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 208. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of local authorities that pay for private occupational therapy assessments, in order to speed up the application process for housing and accommodation applications or modifications. [32647/15]