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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (21 Apr 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 518. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to concerns (details supplied) regarding the resignation of a surgeon from the kidney and pancreas transplantation team in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; if his and-or the Health Service Executive's attention was drawn to the surgeon's concerns prior to the surgeon's resignation; and the action he is taking to ensure that a full team...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (21 Apr 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 532. To ask the Minister for Health if exceptions will be made on a case basis, to allow home helps to care for members of their family, in cases where persons are unwilling to allow strangers into their home [15789/15]

Other Questions: HSE Waiting Lists (16 Apr 2015)

Billy Kelleher: The Minister said that a row over statistics misses the point, but every statistic represents a person. There are 405,000 people waiting for outpatient appointments. That is a statistic, but it is an alarming statistic because there are 405,000 people involved. Clearly, the measures that the Minister is now outlining to achieve targets represents an admission that the targets set by the...

Other Questions: HSE Waiting Lists (16 Apr 2015)

Billy Kelleher: The Minister promised to get rid of the HSE.

Other Questions: HSE Waiting Lists (16 Apr 2015)

Billy Kelleher: This gets more disturbing as the Minister tries to explain it. Basically, the Minister is saying that the 405,000 figure is not a realistic figure in the first place and there may be double counting in it. However, there was double counting in the previous figure of 330,000. At the time we were told it would never climb any higher, that the issue could be addressed easily and that we were...

Other Questions: HSE Waiting Lists (16 Apr 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 8. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time targets for scheduled inpatient and day case treatment and outpatient consultant appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14650/15]

Other Questions: HSE Waiting Lists (16 Apr 2015)

Billy Kelleher: Will the Minister make a statement on current waiting time targets for scheduled inpatient day case treatments and outpatient consultant appointments? Will he also clarify, once and for all, the issue of HSE health statistics and whether there is a certain massaging of figures? Are they all being published, as indicated in December 2014, when concerns were expressed that some people waiting...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: General Practitioner Services (16 Apr 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 1. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to implement his proposals for free general practitioner care for all children under six years of age; the projected annual cost of this plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14852/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: General Practitioner Services (16 Apr 2015)

Billy Kelleher: Will the Minister of State outline how she intends to implement the proposals for free general practitioner, GP, care for all children under the age of six and the projected annual cost of this plan?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: General Practitioner Services (16 Apr 2015)

Billy Kelleher: In the context of the announcement having taken place eventually and given that there is concrete evidence of some effort to roll out the commitments made in the programme for Government, will a Supplementary Estimate be required for this measure? If not, it could be interpreted that there has been a withdrawal of funding from other areas or that the funding will come from savings that have...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: General Practitioner Services (16 Apr 2015)

Billy Kelleher: We need further elaboration on this issue. As the Minister of State said, only €37 million was identified as the figure that would be required to fund free access to GPs for children under six years of age. We now discover that the anticipated cost for the year will be approximately €67 million. Is the Minister of State hoping or envisaging that only some GPs will take up the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists (16 Apr 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 24. To ask the Minister for Health the proposals in place to address the long waiting times for orthodontic treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14654/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Recruitment (16 Apr 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 28. To ask the Minister for Health the way his Department can assist the private and voluntary nursing home sector, which is experiencing difficulties in the recruitment and retention of nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14653/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Expenditure (16 Apr 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 36. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the financial position of the Health Service Executive; his plans to introduce a supplementary estimate on foot of recent announcements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14652/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (16 Apr 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 42. To ask the Minister for Health if he expects the fall in the number of day cases in our hospitals in 2014 to continue in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14651/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Expenditure (16 Apr 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 143. To ask the Minister for Health in view of his Department’s statement last week that in a full year, the additional cost of the universal under-six service, including the preventative wellness checks and arrangements for management of asthma in general practice, would be approximately €67 million, the additional funding that will be provided in 2015, in view of the fact that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (16 Apr 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 144. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the revised costs for free general practitioner care for under sixes, his Department's current estimate of the full year cost of providing free general practitioner care to the population as a whole. [15053/15]

Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2015: Second Stage (15 Apr 2015)

Billy Kelleher: I welcome the opportunity to speak to the Bill and about broader issues pertaining to the health service in general. We will not oppose the Bill. We believe in the concept of universal access to primary care. It is an aspiration of all parties and all empirical evidence shows it is the right way to prevent people from attending acute hospital settings by ensuring they are treated in a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Investigations (15 Apr 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 454. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the investigation into the case of a person (details supplied) who was a patient at Redwood in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13888/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (15 Apr 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 549. To ask the Minister for Health the date that the community-based paediatric palliative care nurse will begin in Letterkenny General Hospital in County Donegal. [14350/15]