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Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Programmes (17 Dec 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 181. To ask the Minister for Health when the Department programme management office was established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48727/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Safety Agency Establishment (17 Dec 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 182. To ask the Minister for Health when the new patient safety agency will be established on an administrative basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48728/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Indemnity Cover (17 Dec 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 183. To ask the Minister for Health when the work of the Department with the Health Service Executive and the State Claims Agency to develop a risk-based approach to provision of indemnity to services and professionals was completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48729/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (17 Dec 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 184. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the date in 2015 when the age range extension of BreastCheck for women from 65 to 69 years of age will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48730/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Governance (17 Dec 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 185. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the findings and recommendations of the review conducted by his Department in conjunction with the Health Service Executive of the corporate functions and resources, staff and budget of the various corporate, support and shared services as they currently exist within the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48731/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Budgets (17 Dec 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 186. To ask the Minister for Health to explain the way his Department has developed programme- based budgeting in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48732/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Expenditure (17 Dec 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 187. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the recommendations contained in the 2012 reviews of financial management systems in the Irish health service; the progress made in implementing these recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48733/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly Provision (17 Dec 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 188. To ask the Minister for Health when the single assessment tool for older persons services was rolled out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48734/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review (17 Dec 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 189. To ask the Minister for Health when the findings of the review of the fair deal scheme to assess its applicability to other sectors such as the disability and mental health residential sectors will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48735/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Palliative Care Services (17 Dec 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 190. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the prospective funding model for palliative care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48736/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (17 Dec 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 191. To ask the Minister for Health with regard to the move towards a person centred model of services and supports for disability services, when the initiation of demonstration projects as proof of concept commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48737/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data (17 Dec 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 192. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme; the average waiting time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48738/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (17 Dec 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 193. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of operations or procedures that have been cancelled or postponed in each public hospital to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48740/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (17 Dec 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 194. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of operations or procedures that have been cancelled or postponed in each voluntary hospital to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48741/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (17 Dec 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 195. To ask the Minister for Health the number of procedures the SDU or health service has procured from private-independent hospitals to date in 2014; the amount spent by the health service or SDU on these procedures in private-independent hospitals to date this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48742/14]

Topical Issue Debate: Accident and Emergency Services Provision (16 Dec 2014)

Billy Kelleher: The Minister's difficulty is that it is a national emergency, because 45 people were waiting on trolleys in Beaumont Hospital a few days ago. Despite all the excuses and the pretence, this did not sneak up on the Minister. The problem has been evident for some time. It has also been evident in the context of nursing homes. As everybody knows, the demographic trends clearly show that our...

Topical Issue Debate: Accident and Emergency Services Provision (16 Dec 2014)

Billy Kelleher: The Minister was an Action Man in opposition.

Topical Issue Debate: Accident and Emergency Services Provision (16 Dec 2014)

Billy Kelleher: I welcome the opportunity to raise the issue of the number of people waiting on trolleys in Beaumont hospital. This issue does not pertain solely to Beaumont, however, because we now have a major crisis on our hands in emergency departments throughout the country. Mr. Duffy, the CEO of Beaumont, rightly expressed concern about the more than 100 people on late discharges who are tying up bed...

Topical Issue Debate: Accident and Emergency Services Provision (16 Dec 2014)

Billy Kelleher: More than 45 people were waiting on trolleys in the emergency department in Beaumont recently. There is a lack of urgency in dealing with this issue. At any one time, 100 people are in Beaumont hospital when they should be in nursing homes, in receipt of home care packages or in other step down facilities. The funding provided as recently as the budget shows that the Minister is not taking...

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An Ceart chun Féinriarachta Pearsanta agus Sláine Colainne) 2014: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to Personal Autonomy and Bodily Integrity) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Dec 2014)

Billy Kelleher: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this issue, which has been debated quite a lot in recent years. More recently, the issue was debated in the context of the Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill which was debated last year and enacted. The Minister has referred to some issues and fall-out from that debate, such as the Ms Y case which may come before the courts. We are also waiting...