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Order of Business (15 Jan 2014)

Billy Kelleher: That is misleading information, as the Taoiseach well knows.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (15 Jan 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a resolution will be found between the Health Service Executive and his Department as to who is responsible for providing a person (details supplied) in County Cork with an i-Pad to help them communicate and to assist with their education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55333/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assistive Technology (15 Jan 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 758. To ask the Minister for Health when a resolution will be found between the Health Service Executive and his Department as to who is responsible for providing a person (details supplied) in County Cork with an iPad to help them communicate and to assist with their education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55332/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Data (15 Jan 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 761. To ask the Minister for Health the number of discretionary medical cards he expects there to be in 2014; the reason the 2014 Health Service Executive Service Plan did not provide such information unlike previous service plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55370/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Issues (15 Jan 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 787. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing levels that have been agreed for the new respiratory unit and Cork University Hospital; if he will provide a breakdown of personnel to be assigned to the unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55540/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (15 Jan 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 788. To ask the Minister for Health if there is any reason legal or otherwise why a specific number of beds in the new respiratory unit at Cork University Hospital cannot be ring-fenced for cystic fibrosis patients in line with understandings to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55541/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (15 Jan 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 789. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to intervene in the row between a charity (details supplied) that is funding the cost of the new respiratory unit and Cork University Hospital to ensure that the unit goes ahead; if he will give a commitment that his Department will foot the bill for the unit if a resolution cannot be found between the two parties; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Expenditure (15 Jan 2014)

Billy Kelleher: 863. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons for the disparity in the budget allocation for primary care as outlined in the 2013 and 2014 Health Service Executive Service Plans; the way the 2013 €400 million primary care allocation as set out in the 2013 service plan became €514 million as detailed in the 2014 service plan and was further revised to €727.3 million; if...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Service Plan 2014: Minister for Health and HSE (14 Jan 2014)

Billy Kelleher: I am just stating a fact.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Service Plan 2014: Minister for Health and HSE (14 Jan 2014)

Billy Kelleher: I welcome the delegation, the Minister and the director general of the HSE. I wish everyone a happy new year. I welcome the two opening statements. It does not unearth anything earth-shattering in the context of the framework laid out for 2014 but shows it will be very challenging, as outlined by the director general. It also shows a big hole in the Estimate in underpinning the service...

Leaders' Questions (19 Dec 2013)

Billy Kelleher: The Minister is not listening.

Leaders' Questions (19 Dec 2013)

Billy Kelleher: I wish the Ceann Comhairle and those in his office and every Member of the House a happy and peaceful Christmas. I also thank the staff of all political parties, as well as the staff of the Houses for keeping this institution going and working on behalf of the people. The Ceann Comhairle spoke about vandalism. The HSE service plan was published this week and it certainly was an act of...

Leaders' Questions (19 Dec 2013)

Billy Kelleher: The problem I have with the Minister's reply is I do not think he believes it. Nobody in government believes the Minister for Health, Deputy James Reilly, no more than I on this side of the House. The reason I do not believe him is that the Taoiseach and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform have insisted on assisting him in compiling the Estimates. His credibility is already...

Leaders' Questions (19 Dec 2013)

Billy Kelleher: I ask one more time if the Minister agrees that the HSE service plan will not be able to deliver a sustainable service next year having regard to the cuts already identified, or that we will back again next January, February or March highlighting issues with medical cards, waiting times, hospital procedure cancellations and the like. Did the Minister for Health mislead the House with regard...

Leaders' Questions (19 Dec 2013)

Billy Kelleher: Somebody misled the House.

Leaders' Questions (19 Dec 2013)

Billy Kelleher: We were misled, full stop.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (19 Dec 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 319. To ask the Minister for Health the chronic disease management programmes that were introduced in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54763/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (19 Dec 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 320. To ask the Minister for Health the numbers of health care professionals working in primary care as of 1 January 2013; the most up to date numbers for them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54764/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Reform (19 Dec 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 321. To ask the Minister for Health when the Department’s programme management office was established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54766/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Safety Agency Establishment (19 Dec 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 322. To ask the Minister for Health when the new patient safety agency will be established on an administrative basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54767/13]