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Written Answers — Department of Health: Special Educational Needs Staffing (4 Jun 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 169. To ask the Minister for Health the circumstances in which a child may get a special needs assistant for preschool. [23732/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Special Educational Needs Staffing (4 Jun 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 170. To ask the Minister for Health the circumstances under which a child get an special needs assistants for preschool. [23756/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (4 Jun 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 176. To ask the Minister for Health if he will add Crohn's disease to the list of illnesses covered under the long-term illness scheme. [23660/14]

Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2014: Second Stage (28 May 2014)

Billy Kelleher: Another source of concern is that many general practitioners are leaving the country. We must examine and address the reasons they are leaving. Is it purely for remunerative reasons or is it because there are no clear career paths or defined advancement opportunities in their profession? We must address these issues quickly because we are haemorrhaging GPs at an alarming rate. This is a...

Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2014: Second Stage (28 May 2014)

Billy Kelleher: That is welcome. I have pages of information highlighting many cases which have been highlighted for me in the past two years and more to do with discretionary medical cards. The details of these cases have been forwarded to the Taoiseach and the Minister of State's office. The policy on discretionary medical cards must be addressed and I hope it will be. There is a window of opportunity...

Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2014: Second Stage (28 May 2014)

Billy Kelleher: It can be changed, as can the criteria of how we address discretion. Discretion is used by many other arms of the State every day of the week. We provide professionals with the powers to make decisions on a discretionary basis. We do not have legislation to decide how many home help hours someone gets because we trust the public health nurse and her valued judgment to award so many hours...

Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2014: Second Stage (28 May 2014)

Billy Kelleher: When one reads the Bill, there is little with which one would have major concerns regarding the aspiration to make free GP care available to children under six and the broadening out of that over a period of time to ensure that there is universal access to primary care over the next number of years. That is the stated purpose of the Government. As most people acknowledge, all the various...

Leaders' Questions (28 May 2014)

Billy Kelleher: So the Taoiseach can kick it down the road, as he kicked the Commissioner.

Other Questions: Tax Reliefs Application (27 May 2014)

Billy Kelleher: The Minister has forgotten that the people who pay private health insurance are subsidising the public health system. It is very much a merry-go-round because many families are making extraordinary efforts to maintain private health insurance and removing the responsibility from the State to provide health care for them. In effect, they are subsidising the public health system by taking out...

Other Questions: Tax Reliefs Application (27 May 2014)

Billy Kelleher: The difficulty we have is that the Minister got it spectacularly wrong when he announced that his intention was to introduce a cap on private health insurance that would only affect gold-plated policies. With all due respect to the Departments of Health and Finance, the definition of "gold-plated" leaves a great deal to be desired. The vast majority of ordinary families who struggle daily...

Other Questions: Tax Reliefs Application (27 May 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 6. To ask the Minister for Finance the consultations he and his Department have undertaken with the Department of Health with regard to the cap for tax relief on private health insurance introduced in the last budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22577/14]

Other Questions: Tax Reliefs Application (27 May 2014)

Billy Kelleher: Last year in his Budget Statement the Minister announced a cap on the tax relief for private health insurance. At that time he said that only gold-plated private health insurance policyholders would suffer as a result of the €1,000 tax relief cap. Of course, that has not transpired. The vast majority of families who are struggling to pay for private health insurance find themselves...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Application (27 May 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 33. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to amend or review the cap he put on tax relief for private health insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22578/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (27 May 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 98. To ask the Minister for Finance if the property of a person (details supplied) in County Cork is exempt from the local property tax. [22313/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (27 May 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the facilities that will be made available to a school (details supplied) in County Cork for a deaf child who has put in an application for needs at the school as it has never had a deaf child before. [22316/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Qualifications Recognition (27 May 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the qualifications of a dental hygienist are regarded as the same as those of a dental nurse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22485/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pension Provisions (27 May 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 741. To ask the Minister for Health if the waiting period for access to the spouses and children's pension scheme for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be eliminated as the error in this case was not on their part and they cannot afford to buy into the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22328/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (27 May 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 746. To ask the Minister for Health the lifelong monitoring programme that is in place for thyroid cancer survivors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22343/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (27 May 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 768. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the situation of medical cards being withdrawn from persons when their application is still in process (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22505/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (27 May 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 769. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a situation (details supplied) where some babies are not receiving their doctor developmental check due to cutbacks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22506/14]