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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Issues (23 Apr 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 580. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the National Plan for Rare Diseases will be in place before the end of 2013 in view of the fact that it is required under the 2009 Council of the European Union recommendation on action in the field of rare diseases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18253/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (23 Apr 2013)

Billy Kelleher: 581. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on when a clinical director for rare diseases will be appointed; the proposed location of the National Office for Rare Disease; when the report from the consultation on rare diseases will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18254/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Organ Donation: Discussion (18 Apr 2013)

Billy Kelleher: I welcome everybody here. I found the presentations informative and inspiring. To be truthful, when I have read about a living donor I wondered how I would respond if my brother looked me in the eye and said "Bill, it's life or death for me". I admire the people who have donated. Many of us would probably find it hard to make such a judgment call. With regard to the broader issue, I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Organ Donation: Discussion (18 Apr 2013)

Billy Kelleher: When my wife was having our children in the labour ward I was down the corridor. I opted out of my family responsibilities at that time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Organ Donation: Discussion (18 Apr 2013)

Billy Kelleher: It is incredible that people generously donate their organs and I am not just saying that because the donors are present. I read a newspaper article published in the Irish Examiner about a family in Kilcully, White's Cross, County Cork. I do know what I would do if asked to donate. I thank everybody for coming here. People hold varying views on organ donation but they must not damage the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Guidance Counsellors (17 Apr 2013)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has any plans to review the cuts in guidance counsellors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17537/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (17 Apr 2013)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to change school enrolment practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17538/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (17 Apr 2013)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to recommend that the Health Service Executive provide funding for Pirfenidone, a drug approved by the European Medicines Agency in February 2011 and also approved on 21 March 2013 by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, the health technology appraisal body in England and Wales, for the treatment of mild to moderate Idiopathic...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Symphysiotomy Report (17 Apr 2013)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health when he is going to make the Walsh Report on Symphysiotomy available to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17991/13]

Statute of Limitations (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Apr 2013)

Billy Kelleher: It is just over a year since an all-party motion was passed in this House on the issue of symphysiotomy. Like other speakers, prior to that I was not aware of the procedure. I have attended maternity hospitals in recent years and while I found the experience daunting, it was patient-focused and centred, with the patient at the heart of all decision-making processes. To be informed by the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Legislative Programme (16 Apr 2013)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she considers that children’s rights to safety and protection would be compromised if childminders, who provide the majority of childcare places, are not named as required to report concerns under the forthcoming Children First Act, particularly as childminder advisor posts throughout the country have been withdrawn by the Health...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges (16 Apr 2013)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if an allowance of water units will be given to clients as part of the up coming water charges particularly in areas that experience frequent breakages in water supply and require lengthy run off time to clear the water once reconnected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16032/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Human Rights Issues (16 Apr 2013)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health if he expressed reservations with regard to new international legal instruments dedicated to the human rights of older persons, to the UN Economic and Social Council, Economic Commission for Europe Working Group on Ageing in Geneva last November; the reason for such reservations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16139/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Narcolepsy Disorder (16 Apr 2013)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the lack of follow through on his commitment to SOUND that a report would be put to Government proposing a range of supports for sufferers of narcolepsy as a result of vaccination with pandemrix prior to Summer recess 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16024/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Narcolepsy Disorder (16 Apr 2013)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that he still intends to progress the report to Government proposing a range of supports for sufferers of narcolepsy as a result of vaccination with pandemrix, if he will provide a definite time frame for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16025/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Narcolepsy Disorder (16 Apr 2013)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health the reason that he has yet to meet with SOUND sufferers of unique narcolepsy disorder in view of (details supplied) [16026/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Narcolepsy Disorder (16 Apr 2013)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a comprehensive response to the HSPC Report Investigation of an increase in the incidence of narcolepsy in children and adolescents in 2009 and 2010; if he will list the full package of life long supports that the victims may expect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16027/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Narcolepsy Disorder (16 Apr 2013)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health if he understands the suffering the victims of pandemrix and their families have been through for the past three years and that the families need an urgent detailed update as to where the Report to Government detailing supports to be put in place is; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16028/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Narcolepsy Disorder (16 Apr 2013)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health in the event that the progress of the Report proposing supports to sufferers of narcolepsy as a result of vaccination with pandemrix has stalled, if he will disclose the roadblocks he has encountered; the way he intends to deal with them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16029/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Numbers (16 Apr 2013)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the Health Service Executive Regional Service Plan 2013; if it is practical from a service point of view to have one Director of Nursing over eight units in West Cork stretching from Kinsale to Castletownbere; if he will explain the way this proposal can deliver a better service to older people in this region; and if he will make a...