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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Bed Data (19 Jun 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 165. To ask the Minister for Health the number of community hospital beds in Cork city and county that are currently closed; the reason for the closures; when he anticipates the re-opening of these beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26380/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Care Provision (19 Jun 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 166. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the community nursing facility at Cedar Lodge, Farralea Road, County Cork, and other beds are unopened; if his attention has been drawn to the potential of these closed beds to improve access to acute hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26381/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (19 Jun 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 167. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the suspension of the haemochromatosis genetic testing service at the biochemistry laboratory at Cork University Hospital for the summer months until mid-September; the cost of outsourcing this work to an external laboratory for this period; the overall need for the service in the future in view of the current summer arrangements; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Legal Costs (19 Jun 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 174. To ask the Minister for Health the number of barristers the Health Service Executive has retained in anticipation of legal action from tobacco companies over the introduction of plain packaging for cigarettes; the length of time for which such barristers have been retained; the amount of money that has been spent on retainer fees; if he would lay out before Dáil Éireann the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Administration (18 Jun 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 196 of 8 April 2014 if the Secretary General of his Department was aware when he personally told the Comittee of Public Accounts on 15 May 2014, "we are confident in the robustness of the systems we have in place but we have been seeking to enhance them and we are open to further enhancements", that his...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Administration (18 Jun 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 196 of 8 April 2014, if he will set out in tabular form for County Cork the number and percentage of contracts and the total values of contracts awarded to school transport sub-contractors in compliance with the public procurement directive; if he will do the same for the contracts that were non-compliant...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Administration (18 Jun 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 61. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 196 of 8 April 2014, if he will confirm that Bus Éireann in respect of the school transport scheme has used the negotiated procedure in inappropriate circumstances which are not in compliance with either of the Directives 2004/18 or 2004/17 in regard to 100% of the contracts awarded to sub-contractors...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Care Professionals (18 Jun 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 182. To ask the Minister for Health the actions his Department are taking to ensure that residential care staff are not having their EU and Irish working time legislative rights breached; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26253/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 Jun 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 188. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card patient is making an application for eye tests are they now required to provide a GP letter with each application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26296/14]

Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2014)

Billy Kelleher: The Taoiseach is not entitled to his own facts.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Revised Implementation Measures under Haddington Road Agreement: INMO (17 Jun 2014)

Billy Kelleher: I apologise for being late. Like some nurses, we are a bit overworked in my party and short of resources and so on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Revised Implementation Measures under Haddington Road Agreement: INMO (17 Jun 2014)

Billy Kelleher: We need a good union.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Revised Implementation Measures under Haddington Road Agreement: INMO (17 Jun 2014)

Billy Kelleher: I welcome Mr. Doran's comments on the Haddington Road agreement. The agreement provides that all staff must work two additional hours per week. What is the best way to implement this change, not only in the context of the impact on INMO members but also with regard to the impact on patients, outcomes and productivity? If two additional hours were done every week in, say, 20-minute slots,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Services Provision (17 Jun 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 419. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when broadband will be available throughout the Ashmount Estates at Silversprings, Tivoli, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25582/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (17 Jun 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 627. To ask the Minister for Health if he is willing to change his position and allow famprya to be covered under the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25339/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Provision (17 Jun 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 670. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide post-primary students with free dental care treatments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25585/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Provision (17 Jun 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 720. To ask the Minister for Health the different dental services provided by the State to each age cohort of the population including young children, school children, young adults and adults generally; the dental services provided to medical card holders; if orthodontic treatment is automatically provided for those with cleft palates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25936/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (17 Jun 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 724. To ask the Minister for Health if the chairperson of the west/north west hospital group advised him, his Department, the Health Service Executive or any other relevant authority under the aegis of his Department of his interest in the company commissioned by the west/north west hospital group to undertake a review of maternity services in the region; if so the date on which such...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (17 Jun 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 725. To ask the Minister for Health if the chair of the west/north west hospital group advised the chief executive of the west/north west hospital group of his interest in the company commissioned by the west/north west hospital group to undertake a review of maternity services in the region; if this information was advised prior to the commissioning of the report; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (17 Jun 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 726. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to the commissioning of the review of maternity services on behalf of west/north west hospitals group the date on which the director general of the Health Service Executive requested the HSE internal audit unit to undertake a review of the procurement practices relating to the group’s commissioning of the review of maternity services; the...