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Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Agency Staff Expenditure (19 Feb 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 192. To ask the Minister for Health the differential between employing clerical staff at a basic grade compared with the cost of the present agency staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8392/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (19 Feb 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 194. To ask the Minister for Health if he will indicate and expand on the way he proposes to raise the €5m in revenue from tobacco retailers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8394/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (19 Feb 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 199. To ask the Minister for Health his views on providing a general practitioner card to spina bifida patients regardless of household income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8409/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility (19 Feb 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 200. To ask the Minister for Health his views on issuing a long-term Illness book to persons with spina bifida, which would cover access to all medical equipment and medication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8410/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (19 Feb 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 201. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that vital services such as respite care, personal assistance and so on are available to spina bifida patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8411/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (19 Feb 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 202. To ask the Minister for Health if he will introduce legislative changes that allow for persons who suffer from chronic illnesses to automatically receive medical cards regardless of income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8412/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccine Damage Compensation Scheme (19 Feb 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 219. To ask the Minister for Health when the recommendations for compensation in the vaccine damage steering group 2009 will be implemented; if he will provide details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8475/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (19 Feb 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 220. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be assessed as they are due to start school next September; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8489/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Data (19 Feb 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 223. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards on a discretionary basis as of 1 February 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8521/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Data (19 Feb 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 224. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards issued on a discretionary basis for the first time during January 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8522/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Data (19 Feb 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 225. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards previously issued on a discretionary basis that were issued under standard criteria during January 2014 as the holders now qualified for medical cards under financial grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8523/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Data (19 Feb 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 226. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards issued on a discretionary basis that were discontinued during January 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8524/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (19 Feb 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 233. To ask the Minister for Health his views on assertions the draft contract for the provision of GP care to children aged under six is a completely one-sided document which places enormous responsibilities on the general practitioner with no balanced responsibilities included for the Health Service Executive or the Department, that it is not patient centred and is heavily focussed on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (19 Feb 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 234. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the draft contract for the provision of general practitioner care to children aged under six makes no reference to the Medical Practitioners Act 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8569/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (19 Feb 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 235. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the draft contract for the provision of general practitioner care to children aged under six contains a stipulation the service provider shall not do anything to prejudice the name or reputation of the Health Service Executive; the other contracts in the health service that contain such a clause; if the contract with hospital consultants contains...

Order of Business (18 Feb 2014)

Billy Kelleher: I refer to the health information Bill, which is to provide a framework for better governance of health information initiatives, including data matching and health information resources for use in the health services. Two key issues have arisen recently: the publication of mortality rates in the various hospitals throughout the country and the consultants' report into maternity services in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Closure of Mount Carmel Hospital: Discussion (18 Feb 2014)

Billy Kelleher: Has the Department done an analysis of what is required for step-down and transitional facilities in the greater Dublin area? There are still difficulties in some hospitals with regard to discharges, meaning people are in hospital for too long. Mount Carmel had surgery and post-surgery facilities. One would assume it could cater for step-down and transitional care with little conversion or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Closure of Mount Carmel Hospital: Discussion (18 Feb 2014)

Billy Kelleher: I thank the Minister for his response on this issue. A point that sticks out in his statement is that the hospital was seemingly assessed solely on the basis of its being viewed as a maternity hospital. There seems to be no further expansion of thinking in terms of capacity. We understand that best international practice in terms of maternity services points to tri-located or co-located...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Closure of Mount Carmel Hospital: Discussion (18 Feb 2014)

Billy Kelleher: People close to the Minister, therefore. There was a view that a new hospital was required for the north east given the downgrading of Navan hospital and Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, which complemented Beaumont and others to the north of Dublin.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Closure of Mount Carmel Hospital: Discussion (18 Feb 2014)

Billy Kelleher: Monaghan also.