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- Universal Health Insurance (19 Jun 2012)
Billy Kelleher: Question 105: To ask the Minister for Health the estimated total cost of implementing the universal health insurance; the cost of implementing free general practitioner care; the estimated charges being imposed on persons with and without medical insurance for universal health insurance; the way medical card patients will be included in the scheme: if Troika approval will be required for...
- Universal Health Insurance (19 Jun 2012)
Billy Kelleher: I thank the Minister for his reply. He has outlined the steps he is taking for the introduction of universal health insurance. It will be some years before we see the type of model on which the system will be based and the cost implications for the State. The perception is that universal health insurance and universal GP care will be free, but they will have to be paid for by someone...
- Universal Health Insurance (19 Jun 2012)
Billy Kelleher: Does the Minister agree that a difficulty arises in the meantime in that the private health insurance system is in crisis? Many families are opting out of private health cover altogether. We now have a situation where people are downgrading the insurance package they normally take out. There is increasing evidence that health insurance providers do not provide adequate cover in the sense...
- Universal Health Insurance (19 Jun 2012)
Billy Kelleher: Everyone is in favour of universal primary care, but we do not know its exact cost or who will bear that cost. If the cost is taken from the Minister's current health budget, services elsewhere will be cut. A couple of weeks ago, we were counting the number of incontinence pads available to people in Kilkenny. This is how serious the situation is. The Minister is the major stakeholder in...
- Early Retirement Scheme (19 Jun 2012)
Billy Kelleher: Question 108: To ask the Minister for Health the number and cost of rehiring retired staff in his Department, in the Health Service Executive, the National Treatment Purchase Fund and all agencies under his remit since February 2012; if he will provide a breakdown of grades and specialties; the number of clinical posts that remain vacant; the impact this is having on the safe delivery of...
- Early Retirement Scheme (19 Jun 2012)
Billy Kelleher: I hope the HSE will live up to that commitment that it should not, where possible, rehire those who retired under the incentivised scheme for early retirement. The real difficulty is when we pare back the figures and look at the number of agency staff being employed by the HSE. We are talking about a potential â¬204 million this year, which does not take into account the full impact of...
- Early Retirement Scheme (19 Jun 2012)
Billy Kelleher: I accept the commitment of the HSE and the Minister not to rehire staff. I was first to accept in the context of the incentivised early retirement scheme that it was a necessity to do so in cases where people with the required skillset were not available immediately to replace those retiring. I have no difficulty with rehiring staff on short-term contracts to address deficiencies in...
- Early Retirement Scheme (19 Jun 2012)
Billy Kelleher: One was disincentivised if one did not.
- EU Directives (14 Jun 2012)
Billy Kelleher: Question 6: To ask the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine if he has had ongoing discussions with farming groups in relation to the practical impact of the changes to wetland drainage in 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28530/12]
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (14 Jun 2012)
Billy Kelleher: Question 162: To ask the Minister for Health when he expects hospital trusts to be established nationwide; if he expects services to be rationalised or cut as part of this move; the appointees to the hospital groups established; the salaries of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28772/12]
- Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (14 Jun 2012)
Billy Kelleher: Question 163: To ask the Minister for Health if representatives from Nursing Homes Ireland will be appointed to the Fair Deal Review Body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28773/12]
- Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (14 Jun 2012)
Billy Kelleher: Question 164: To ask the Minister for Health the terms of reference of the oversight group to supervise implementation of the Health Information and Quality Authority report on Tallaght Hospital, Dublin; the membership of this group; the fees to be paid to each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28774/12]
- Written Answers — National Children's Hospital: National Children's Hospital (14 Jun 2012)
Billy Kelleher: Question 165: To ask the Minister for Health when he expects to make a decision on the location of the new children's hospital; if he will publish the Dolphin Review Group report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28775/12]
- Written Answers — Health Service Executive Funding: Health Service Executive Funding (14 Jun 2012)
Billy Kelleher: Question 166: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the deficits of each hospital to date in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28776/12]
- Written Answers — Health Service Executive Funding: Health Service Executive Funding (14 Jun 2012)
Billy Kelleher: Question 167: To ask the Minister for Health the services he has instructed the Health Service Executive to cut in order to get its books in order; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28777/12]
- Written Answers — Medicinal Products: Medicinal Products (14 Jun 2012)
Billy Kelleher: Question 168: To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Health Service Executive has not yet approved reimbursement of the drug Gilenya; his views on whether the drug provides life-changing benefits for MS patients; the reason there has been a lack of adherence to the criteria and timescales surrounding the reimbursement process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28778/12]
- Written Answers — General Medical Services Scheme: General Medical Services Scheme (14 Jun 2012)
Billy Kelleher: Question 173: To ask the Minister for Health if he addresses as a matter of urgency the medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28827/12]
- Written Answers — Prescription Statistics: Prescription Statistics (14 Jun 2012)
Billy Kelleher: Question 174: To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline in tabular form the number of prescriptions issued under the GMS and community drug schemes in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28829/12]
- Written Answers — Prescription Statistics: Prescription Statistics (14 Jun 2012)
Billy Kelleher: Question 175: To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline in tabular form the number of items dispensed under the GMS and community drug schemes in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28830/12]
- Written Answers — Controlled Drug Sales: Controlled Drug Sales (14 Jun 2012)
Billy Kelleher: Question 176: To ask the Minister for Health the projected cost of drugs prescribed under the GMS and community drug schemes in 2012; the way this compares to the cost in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28831/12]