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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Illness Benefit Eligibility (1 Apr 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 265. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if cyclical vomiting syndrome is or will be considered as a qualifying illness for social welfare payments for both sufferers and carers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14817/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Process (1 Apr 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 398. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill; the timeframe for completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14762/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund Issues (1 Apr 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 518. To ask the Minister for Health if he has directed the National Treatment Purchase Fund to force nursing homes to charge for social programmes and then pass the discount onto the NTPF, or if it is acting alone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14813/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund Issues (1 Apr 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 519. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money it has been estimated that the National Treatment Purchase Fund is saving the State with the discount it is requesting by forcing nursing homes to charge for social programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14814/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund Issues (1 Apr 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 520. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nursing homes in the past 12 months that have been told by the auditors sent in by the National Treatment Purchase Fund to increase their nursing home fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14815/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund Issues (1 Apr 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 521. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is a fair and honourable policy by his Department, the Health Service Executive and the National Treatment Purchase Fund to force vulnerable elderly persons in nursing homes to have to spend their legal 20% retention of their pensions on basic social provisions that should be providing for the elderly; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Data (1 Apr 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 589. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive projection of 1,875,707 medical cards for 2014 still stands. [15321/14]

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

Billy Kelleher: 192. To ask the Minister for Health if accommodation will be made for a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow to take a incentivised career break from the Health Service Executive for family reasons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14461/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Assessments (26 Mar 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 49. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners are entitled to garnish the income of a person or persons to pay the household charge and local property tax who is either appealing a Revenue debt or legally challenging the HC-LPT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14287/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Funding (26 Mar 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 223. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline in detail the current financial position of St. Vincent's Hospital, Richmond Road, Fairview, Dublin; if his attention has been drawn to concerns that the hospital is in serious financial trouble and is struggling to maintain services in the context of budget cuts and uncertainty regarding its funding from the Health Service Executive; and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Funding (26 Mar 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 224. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided to St. Vincent's Hospital, Richmond Road, Fairview, Dublin, by the Health Service Executive in 2011 to 2013, inclusive, and to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14453/14]

Restorative Justice (Reparation of Victims) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 Mar 2014)

Billy Kelleher: Deputy Niall Collins sends his apologies for not being able to be here. He would have welcomed the opportunity to speak on this issue. Debates on crime may not always be based on rational thinking; sometimes they are emotive and try to stoke up fear. I welcome this debate for a number of reasons. For many years we have sometimes used crime as a political weapon to strike fear into people...

Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service Provision (25 Mar 2014)

Billy Kelleher: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this issue. When one looks at the leaked report that broke over St. Patrick's weekend regarding the HSE's plans to take control of Dublin's ambulance service from the fire brigade, it prompts two questions: the key question of why, and whether it is the right direction to take. According to the report, the HSE is seeking to remove the emergency...

Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service Provision (25 Mar 2014)

Billy Kelleher: I did.

Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service Provision (25 Mar 2014)

Billy Kelleher: I note that.

Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service Provision (25 Mar 2014)

Billy Kelleher: I concur with Deputy Lyons. I accept the veracity of the Minister's statement that the review is not a criticism of the service provided by Dublin Fire Brigade. I also note that it is the Dublin city manager, in conjunction with the HSE, who is carrying out this report. It is not that I would question anybody's integrity in this issue, but there should at least be an independent...

Order of Business (25 Mar 2014)

Billy Kelleher: That is why the Minister for Justice and Equality vilified them. Their characters were assassinated.

Order of Business (25 Mar 2014)

Billy Kelleher: That is the problem.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Reports (25 Mar 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 155. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form the reports-reviews-studies commissioned by him or his Department or agencies under the aegis of his Department since 9 March 2011; the date on which they were commissioned; the date on which they were completed; the date on which they were published; the cost of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12806/14]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Programme for Government Implementation (25 Mar 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 160. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update in tabular form of the commitments in the programme for Government that relate to his Department; and the progress that has been made in the implementation of each commitment. [14121/14]