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Other Questions: Vaccination Programme (14 May 2013)

Billy Kelleher: I refer to the issue of global information. There may be some evidence coming from abroad, including areas outside Europe, relating to people who have been affected with narcolepsy because of Pandemrix vaccination. If there is such information or if treatment becomes available that assists or benefits these people, will the Government examine the peer-reviewed material and other...

Other Questions: Vaccination Programme (14 May 2013)

Billy Kelleher: The national narcolepsy steering committee reported more than a year ago. Commitments were made and while I acknowledge that there have been meetings with the HSE and other agencies of the State, what the representatives of children afflicted with narcolepsy on foot of the Pandemrix vaccine want is a clear pathway outlined on access to health and education services and some form of redress....

Other Questions: Cancer Screening Programme (14 May 2013)

Billy Kelleher: Any extension to the service is welcome. Planning is critical in this regard. There were regional disparities when the original national breast screening programme was rolled out and these gave rise to a great deal of anxiety in particular geographical areas. Would be it possible to obtain a commitment to the effect that instead of being based on geographical areas, the roll-out will take...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Health Insurance Cost (14 May 2013)

Billy Kelleher: We can take the history lessons for as long as the Minister likes but I am only trying to get information on why the cost of private health insurance is escalating. Two and a half years ago he was apoplectic with rage in this House. He nearly fell over the benches at insurance increases of 3% to 5%. We are now speaking about increases of up to 30% on premiums for normal families.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Health Insurance Cost (14 May 2013)

Billy Kelleher: It is happening as we speak. The projection is that as young people continue to opt out of private health insurance, the burden will fall on fewer numbers of customers and it will cost them more. One does not have to be an actuary or expert in logarithmic expressions to realise that private health insurance is becoming unaffordable. The full-cost of private beds in public hospitals is one...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Health Insurance Cost (14 May 2013)

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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Health Insurance Cost (14 May 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 79. To ask the Minister for Health the way he proposes to reduce the cost of private health insurance for consumers; the measures he will take to ensure a better age balance in the market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22955/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Health Insurance Cost (14 May 2013)

Billy Kelleher: At the outset the Minister stated that he has consistently raised the issue of health insurance, but I would say he has consistently raised the price of health insurance through his policies. What I cannot understand is the fact that this has been facing the Minister for the past two years. The Health Insurance Authority of Ireland made recommendations to him which he summarily dismissed....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (14 May 2013)

Billy Kelleher: The Minister spoke about the question being disingenuous but the reply is even more disingenuous. He campaigned on promises but is governing on broken promises. There is regional disparity, and the fact this data has been compiled shows large groups of people in the mid-west have been waiting four years or more for their first outpatient appointment. The key question I am asking is what...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (14 May 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 76. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he will take to tackle the regional disparity in outpatient waiting times particularly in relation to those waiting more than four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22954/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (14 May 2013)

Billy Kelleher: The figures are quite alarming. The Minister made great play of the fact that an outpatient waiting list is now being compiled for the first time in the history of the State. However, some 384,000 people are waiting for a first-time appointment as an outpatient at a consultants' clinic. Approximately 100,000 have been on the waiting list for more than a year, with 23,000 waiting for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Expenditure (14 May 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 107. To ask the Minister for Health if it is the case that the cost of procedures in Irish public hospitals is the highest of all countries surveyed in the OECD; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22583/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tobacco Control Measures (14 May 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 200. To ask the Minister for Finance the payments that have been made by tobacco manufacturers in each of the past five years for breaches of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Revenue Commissioners and tobacco companies here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22405/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (14 May 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline special needs assistants or other assistance available to children of school going and preschool age who are profoundly deaf; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22740/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (14 May 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the grants or special assistance available to main stream schools who have to accommodate profoundly deaf children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22741/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (14 May 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 666. To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail the grants available for children and persons who are profoundly deaf; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22736/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (14 May 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 667. To ask the Minister for Health if deafness is considered to be a disability under legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22737/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (14 May 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 668. To ask the Minister for Health if there is an official register for persons/children who are profoundly deaf; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22738/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Products (14 May 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 669. To ask the Minister for Health if replacement parts associated with Cochlear implants will be covered under the medical card scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22739/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Products (14 May 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 676. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6 will receive their limb having being confined to a wheelchair for the past five weeks while waiting for news of the return of their leg following repairs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22800/13]