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Written Answers — Department of Health: Sexually Transmitted Infections (1 Oct 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 571. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women tested for chlamydia in 2010, 2011 and 2012; the steps being taken to increase the uptake of chlamydia screening among men and women including ethnic minorities and men having sex with men; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40425/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Sexually Transmitted Infections (1 Oct 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 572. To ask the Minister for Health if young adults have adequate access to information on sexual health testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40426/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services Issues (1 Oct 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 608. To ask the Minister for Health when moulded seating for a new wheelchair will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork who is severely disabled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40945/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services Issues (1 Oct 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 609. To ask the Minister for Health when physiotherapy will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Cork who is severely disabled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40946/13]

Other Questions: Health Insurance Prices (26 Sep 2013)

Billy Kelleher: Some 3% is the straw that broke the camel's back.

Other Questions: Health Insurance Prices (26 Sep 2013)

Billy Kelleher: It is taking the Minister a long time, too.

Other Questions: Medical Card Numbers (26 Sep 2013)

Billy Kelleher: There is no point in beating around the bush here. There has been a change in the policy for awarding discretionary medical cards. Every Deputy in this House is inundated with people who historically had been awarded a medical card based on health needs on a discretionary basis. I accept that there is no change to the guidelines, because there are no guidelines on discretion. However,...

Other Questions: Medical Card Numbers (26 Sep 2013)

Billy Kelleher: We can debate this forevermore, but there are now fewer discretionary medical cards out there than was previously the case. At one stage, 80,000 medical cards were given out on a discretionary basis, but that is now down to 59,000. Clearly, there has been a tightening of the discretionary award. I believe this is purely a budgetary exercise, because the fact is that these were given to the...

Other Questions: Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors Working Conditions (26 Sep 2013)

Billy Kelleher: The Minister used to criticise it every day for not giving enough.

Other Questions: Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors Working Conditions (26 Sep 2013)

Billy Kelleher: I thank the Minister for his detailed reply. We have had discussions about this issue in the Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children. We have heard from the Minister and representatives from the IMO and others. There is a clear wish for everybody to address this. I hope Professor MacCraith will come up with a strategy and plan and that resourcing will be put in place. While we...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Home Care Packages (26 Sep 2013)

Billy Kelleher: I welcome the Minister of State's reply. The difficulty is there is often a disconnect between what is said here and what actually happens on the ground. The current position is that medical cards are being withdrawn from some of the sickest children in this country. Deputies on all sides of the House are raising this on a continual basis. The Minister of State has said there is a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Home Care Packages (26 Sep 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 4. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the possibility of introducing paediatric care packages for children with life-limiting conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40237/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Home Care Packages (26 Sep 2013)

Billy Kelleher: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. Approximately 1,400 children have life-limiting illnesses in this country and approximately 340 die each year. Not enough is being done. If one was to be harsh and look at it from an accounting point of view, one would see it is a cost saving exercise. Providing palliative care and supports for children with life-limiting illnesses at home is a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: General Practitioner Services (26 Sep 2013)

Billy Kelleher: I am referring to the implementation of the policy.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: General Practitioner Services (26 Sep 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 1. To ask the Minister for Health the consultation his Department has undertaken with general practitioners in relation to the proposed introduction of free general practitioner care for under fives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40236/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: General Practitioner Services (26 Sep 2013)

Billy Kelleher: We have received no further information as to what is happening with regard to the roll-out of universal GP care. We were given a commitment that an announcement would be made at some stage after the summer regarding what would replace the original commitments in respect of long-term illness in the roll-out of GP care. What I find amazing is that it is two years into the Government's term...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: General Practitioner Services (26 Sep 2013)

Billy Kelleher: Governments make decisions but the problem is that this Government has not made a decision. The only decision it has made is one of prevarication. It is now two and a half years down the road in respect of a major plank in this Government's commitment to universality of primary care by the end of the Government's term of office.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: General Practitioner Services (26 Sep 2013)

Billy Kelleher: We would certainly like to see the proposals at some stage. In the broader context, it is incredible that the Minister has not sat down and discussed how the roll-out would work. Even if the policy decision relates to long-term illness or if the cohort involved is based on age, the reality is that the people who will be responsible for implementing the actual policy will be GPs. What will...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Grants (24 Sep 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 59. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications on hand for planting grants and premiums to plant forestry; the number of these on hand for more than three months, six months, nine months, twelve months and fifteen months; the reason for the delay in making decisions in these cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39530/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licences Applications (24 Sep 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 60. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will be made on an application by Bord Iascaigh Mhara for a licence for a fish farm in Galway Bay; the progress made to date in evaluating this application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39517/13]