Results 8,601-8,620 of 11,979 for speaker:Billy Kelleher

Written Answers — Department of Health: Universal Health Insurance Provision (18 Sep 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health when he expects to publish the While Paper on Universal Health Insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37114/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Universal Health Insurance Provision (18 Sep 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of implementing free GP care; the expected number of patients to be affected; when he expects it to be implemented; the number of times he has met representative bodies on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37087/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Universal Health Insurance Provision (18 Sep 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of implementing and extending free general practitioner care to those with long-term illnesses; the expected number of patients to be affected; when he expects it to be implemented; the number of times he has met representative bodies on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37088/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Supply (18 Sep 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health when cancer patients will expect to be able to receive ipilimumab; the reasons for the further delay in its provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37089/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Supply (18 Sep 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health when cancer patients may expect to be able to receive Gilenya; the reasons for the further delay in its provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37090/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (18 Sep 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health the total spend on taxis in the Health Service Executive and the National Treatment Purchase Fund in each of the years 2008 to 2011; the total spend to date in 2012; the projected spend in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37093/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (18 Sep 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, a breakdown by hospital of bed closures, theatre closures and ward closures this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37094/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (18 Sep 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health the total number of closed operating theatres in public hospitals around the country; if he will provide a breakdown of the hospitals affected; the number of theatres closed in each hospital; the length of time each theatre has been closed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37099/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (18 Sep 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health if he intends reopening closed beds following recent figures which show waiting lists have increased by 24% over the past year; and the number of closed beds he intends reopening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37102/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (18 Sep 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health the resource implications, in terms of staff, funding, and ancillary support, of implementing the recommendations of the Tallaght Hospital report in full nationwide; his plans to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37096/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (18 Sep 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health if he has me witht the Health Service Executive, the INMO, the IMO, the INO and other organisations regarding the implications of the Tallaght Hospital report; the nature of the discussions; if any decisions were made arising from the discussions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37097/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (18 Sep 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health the actual amount of additional revenue generated by increasing charges on private patients in public hospitals; the amount projected in budget 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37098/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (18 Sep 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health the charges set by him in respect of inpatient and outpatient hospital care and for visiting an accident and emergency department; if these charges have changed since February 2011; if these charges will change in 2012; the revenue accruing from such charges in 2011; the anticipated income in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37133/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (18 Sep 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health the rate of hospital charges - inpatient, outpatient and accident and emergency; the categories of patient required to pay hospital charges; the changes in charges which took place in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37135/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (18 Sep 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health the anticipated income from statutory inpatient, outpatient and accident and emergency charges in 2011 and 2012 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37136/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (18 Sep 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline in full what he hopes to achieve from the current discussions with the consultant groups and the way this will differ to what was already agreed in the Croke Park Agreement in 2010 and also as part of the 2008 consultant contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37100/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (18 Sep 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health if he is committed to ensuring that consultants are rostered on a seven day week as opposed to a five day week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37101/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (18 Sep 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health if reductions in fees paid to hospital consultants have been accounted for in his budget estimates; the level by which they will be reduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37132/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Cost (18 Sep 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has carried out any research or intends to carry out any research into the impact of increased numbers of patients presenting themselves in public hospitals as a result of private patients giving up their private health insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37103/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (18 Sep 2012)

Billy Kelleher: To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail in tabular form the number of staff in receipt of top up pay in excess of €10,000, €50,000, €100,000, and €200,000 per hospital; the average amounts of payments; the basis for the payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37104/12]