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Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2014)

Billy Kelleher: When did he determine this?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (7 Oct 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 314. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the motorised transport grant and the mobility allowance; his plans on reintroducing these schemes or replacing them with alternatives; if so, when will they be introduced; if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37704/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Transport Scheme (7 Oct 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 310. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive operates a travel scheme for patients who require to travel to Dublin hospitals from County Cork on a regular basis to attend appointments; and if he will provide details of such scheme [37674/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HIQA Inspections (7 Oct 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 313. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend powers to the Health Information and Quality Authority to undertake inspections of sheltered homes for the elderly; if so, when; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37697/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration (7 Oct 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 319. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria for setting prices on nursing home beds through the national treatment purchase scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37779/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration (7 Oct 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 320. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is such a wide discrepancy in the nursing home support scheme prices with private and voluntary nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37780/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (7 Oct 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 344. To ask the Minister for Health his views regarding the safety and effectiveness of hip joints supplied by a company (details supplied); if he will provide details on same; the number of patients affected; the measures taken in respect of recipients; the cost to the State; if he will be seeking compensation from the company involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37864/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Universal Health Insurance Provision (7 Oct 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 359. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the ESRI study which he has commissioned into the costs of universal health insurance; if he has asked the institute to examine options for a health insurance model that is not based on competing health insurers as envisaged in the White Paper published in April 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38031/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff Remuneration (7 Oct 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 457. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the salary increase for teachers entering since 2011, if she will also be reversing the pay reductions imposed on special needs assistants at that time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37773/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Minor Works Scheme Expenditure (7 Oct 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the minor capital works grant has been withdrawn for this school year; if this is a temporary measure; if there is emergency funding available for schools who haven't the means to compensate for the loss of this grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38114/14]

Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2014)

Billy Kelleher: They also said that budgets were regressive for three years.

Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2014)

Billy Kelleher: Or else she misled the Dáil in the reply to the parliamentary question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Concussion in Sport: Discussion (2 Oct 2014)

Billy Kelleher: Thank you, Chairman. I welcome the witnesses and note that the session was very informative. At the outset, there are two real issues. One is what happens on a local pitch, basketball court, American football pitch or ice-hockey pitch. Then there is the broader issue of how we collate all our data and statistics to have a long-term strategy on this issue. The biggest problem is to take...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration (1 Oct 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 96. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting time for processing fair deal applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37233/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration (1 Oct 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 97. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe to release the money awarded under the fair deal scheme once it has been approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37234/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration (1 Oct 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 98. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of a shortfall there is to cover the fair deal scheme to the end of the year; the reason this shortfall occurred; if he will be allocating further money in 2014 to allow the scheme to operate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37235/14]

Topical Issue Debate: Maternity Services (30 Sep 2014)

Billy Kelleher: The Minister referred to the maternity strategy being brought forward. I am aware that there were concerns expressed about a strategy published, or partially published, for the north west, which has now been included in the overall national strategy. Whatever comes about, the key issue is that while we must have certainty in so far as we can, women about to give birth or who will give birth...

Topical Issue Debate: Maternity Services (30 Sep 2014)

Billy Kelleher: I extend my deepest sympathies to Mr. Michael Kivlehan and his family on their tragic loss. Mr. Kivlehan's perseverance in having the hearing held in the Republic did the State a great service in the sense that it has brought to light some of the issues regarding the death of his wife, Dhara. It was unacceptable in first instance that efforts were made not to have an inquest. It was said...

Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2014)

Billy Kelleher: You got caught before.

Other Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (30 Sep 2014)

Billy Kelleher: I do not expect the Minister to announce the budget in the House, although he may announce it or his efforts to secure adequate funding elsewhere from time to time. What we need in terms of policy is a stated commitment to ensure we will examine the issue in the acute hospital setting and the fact that we have up to 700 patients in beds on any one night who should be elsewhere. That is not...