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Order of Business (28 May 2015)

Billy Kelleher: Shameful.

Other Questions: Patient Safety Agency Establishment (28 May 2015)

Billy Kelleher: It is welcome that the Minister will establish an independent advocacy agency. The best way we can address the issue of advocacy for patients and those who use the heath service is to try to ensure we have accountability. The best form of accountability is to have information available to the public, including on the performance of hospitals and individuals within hospitals in terms of...

Other Questions: Patient Safety Agency Establishment (28 May 2015)

Billy Kelleher: "Lies, damned lies and statistics" comes to mind.

Other Questions: Patient Safety Agency Establishment (28 May 2015)

Billy Kelleher: The damned lies would not be done over here either. Some days ago I referred to the perinatal pathology services in the context of the debate on Portlaoise hospital. It is critically important that people have confidence in the statistics and that the statistics cannot be massaged and manipulated for various, sometimes nefarious, reasons such as when it is tried to suggest there is a...

Other Questions: Patient Safety Agency Establishment (28 May 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 10. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the programme for Government commitment to establish a Patient Safety Authority has not been honoured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20782/15]

Other Questions: Patient Safety Agency Establishment (28 May 2015)

Billy Kelleher: I wish to ask the Minister for Health the reason the programme for Government commitment to establish a patient safety authority has not been honoured and if he will make a statement on the matter. In view of the HIQA report into the infant deaths in Portlaoise hospital and its recommendations and the testimony given to us at the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children in recent...

Other Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (28 May 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 8. To ask the Minister for Health when the upward trend in hospital waiting lists is expected to be halted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20781/15]

Other Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (28 May 2015)

Billy Kelleher: We have discussed this issue on many occasions. It has been raised with the Minister at the health committee at which it has been suggested it be dealt with by the National Treatment Purchase Fund, some other assistance from elsewhere or the provision of additional resources to the public system. Something has to be done. The pretence we are getting on top of waiting lists needs to stop....

Other Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (28 May 2015)

Billy Kelleher: I want to bring the Minister’s attention to the statistics for several regions. In Waterford, for example, 27,156 people are waiting for an outpatient appointment, of which 11,127 have been waiting 12 months or longer. That is up almost 2,000 people since January 2015 and up 8,935 in a year. That is the way the trend is going. While there may be dips from time to time, the overall...

Other Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (28 May 2015)

Billy Kelleher: We have been talking about these particular issues for a long period and the overall challenges facing services. The Minister spoke about referrals. At the same time, GPs, general practitioners, are unnecessarily referring more people to the acute hospital system and to consultants due to lack of resourcing in primary care. GPs are effectively looking at the number of people outside their...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: General Practitioner Contracts (28 May 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 1. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the implementation of free general practitioner, GP, care for the under sixes; the number of GPs who have signed up to the new contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21016/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: General Practitioner Contracts (28 May 2015)

Billy Kelleher: Will the Minister of State elaborate on this matter? My question arises on the back of the extension of the deadline, which I assume arises because there has not been a large uptake. There are genuine concerns that a large number of GPs do not find this contract as attractive as it might be.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: General Practitioner Contracts (28 May 2015)

Billy Kelleher: I thank the Minister of State for outlining what has happened. We tabled our question because this is a key platform in the delivery of health care and the roll-out of universal access to GPs. It is also a stated policy of Government that feeds into the move towards primary care. The contract is important. The negotiation of the broader General Medical Services, GMS, contract is,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: General Practitioner Contracts (28 May 2015)

Billy Kelleher: What would the Minister of State consider a successful rate? The register will be published on 6 June and families will be able to see which GPs are partaking in the scheme. Geographical access will be important. The rate of uptake is one matter, but if large geographical areas see no uptake by GPs, has the Government a plan B?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: General Practitioner Contracts (28 May 2015)

Billy Kelleher: The Minister of State does not contemplate defeat.

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Carers Strategy Implementation (28 May 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 33. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the recently published "Family Carers Scorecard" of the national carers strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20779/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (28 May 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 39. To ask the Minister for Health if the target for the provision of home helps in 2015 is being met specifically in CHO4; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20783/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Expenditure (28 May 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 57. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the Health Service Executive’s financial situation; the extent of the supplementary budget that is likely to be required for 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20780/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HIQA Remit (28 May 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 116. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Information and Quality Authority has authority to carry out inspections of the premises used by general practitioners to provide services to either patients covered by the medical card scheme or private patients; if such inspections have been carried out to date; if the reports of any such inspections are available; if it is planned to carry...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (28 May 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 117. To ask the Minister for Health if Medtronic's i-port advance injection device will be added on the long-term illness card; the advancement of the assessment process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21070/15]