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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: HIQA Investigation into Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise (Resumed): Health Service Executive (19 May 2015)

Billy Kelleher: I wish to refer briefly to the question I raised earlier. On page 47 of the HIQA report it says-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: HIQA Investigation into Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise (Resumed): Health Service Executive (19 May 2015)

Billy Kelleher: No, it is a question I raised earlier. I would like an answer to it. I was watching on the monitor and I do not think it was referred to. The report states, in summary, that at the time of the investigation Portlaoise was not resourced as a model 3 hospital, that it was excluded from the smaller hospital framework, and that it was awaiting its role within the hospital group set out by the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tobacco Control Measures (19 May 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 102. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that the international tobacco industry will not be allowed to evade the taxation of cigarettes with new tobacco products such as heated tobacco cigarettes which it is actively developing and introducing to a number of new markets in Europe and elsewhere; his plans to ensure a co-ordinated Government response to the taxation of heated...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data (19 May 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 282. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, (details supplied) for each local health area, the number of persons who have applied for but have not yet received a placement; who are currently approved for, but yet to receive, a placement; the average waiting time, from application to placement, for those approved; and the average waiting time, from approval to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme (19 May 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 295. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the drug Mepa Herz is not included in the list of medications approved under the Drug Payment Scheme or the Long-Term Illness Scheme. [19234/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (19 May 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 348. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Waterford will be provided with an appointment for surgery at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19567/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (19 May 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 349. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of persons waiting for bypass operations, nationally and by county; the average waiting time, nationally and by county; the percentage of patients, nationally and by county, for the past four years, who have died while on the waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19571/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (19 May 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 365. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that the international tobacco industry is developing new tobacco based products, known as heated tobacco cigarettes, that carry the same cancer, and other health risks, as cigarettes, and that these products are being introduced into a number of European Member States; if he has received any representations from tobacco companies on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (19 May 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 366. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that the international tobacco industry will not be allowed to evade the regulation of cigarettes with new tobacco products, such as heated tobacco cigarettes; his plans to liaise with the Department of Finance to ensure a co-ordinated Government response to the regulation of heated tobacco cigarettes; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staffing (19 May 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 367. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, for the end of 2011, the end of 2012, the end of 2013 and the end of 2014 the latest figures available for the number of midwives in each public and voluntary hospital that provides maternity services. [19672/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (19 May 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 369. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Dublin will be admitted to Saint James's Hospital in Dublin 8 for a hernia repair; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19682/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Rehabilitation Clinics (19 May 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 370. To ask the Minister for Health if the methadone clinic at Mountview Health Centre in Dublin 15 is the same as, or separate, from the one proposed at 37 Coolmine Industrial Estate in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19694/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staffing (19 May 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 372. To ask the Minister for Health if dedicated Parkinson's disease nurse specialists will be appointed for County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19714/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (19 May 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 373. To ask the Minister for Health if Parkinson's disease patients will be automatically entitled to medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19715/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Training (19 May 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 374. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any regular training programmes to upskill nurses and staff in the care of Parkinson's disease patients in day care centres, community hospitals, nursing homes and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19716/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (19 May 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 376. To ask the Minister for Health with regard to the provision of Suboxone, if he will provide where it will be made available, that is through the Health Service Executive, general practitioners, etc; if legislative changes are necessary; if so, if he will provide the up-to-date position on its introduction; the amount of money that is going to be set aside for its provision; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Services (19 May 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 379. To ask the Minister for Health if he has acknowledged Nursing Homes Ireland's recent public pronouncements (details supplied) that the consistent failure to publish the costs of public nursing home care amounts to a cover-up; if he further acknowledges, in the interest of openness and transparency, that it is incumbent upon the Health Service Executive to publish, with immediacy, public...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Exemptions (19 May 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider an exemption for persons with epilepsy and narcolepsy who have frequent seizures when sitting State examinations. [19306/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Exemptions (19 May 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 500. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if householders, whose water is undrinkable due to lead pipes running from the water mains to their taps, are exempt from paying a water supply charge to Irish Water, and only have to pay for wastewater; if this should amount to a 50% reduction in their bill; if they are required to provide Irish Water with...

Implementation of National Dementia Strategy: Statements (Resumed) (14 May 2015)

Billy Kelleher: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the national dementia strategy and thank the Government for providing the opportunity to do so. We called for a debate on the issue some time ago, so I thank it for this response. There is significant interest on the part of all parties in this issue and in the need for the strategy to be implemented. We understand the challenge facing the Government...