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- Written Answers — General Practitioner Services: General Practitioner Services (24 Apr 2012)
Billy Kelleher: Question 706: To ask the Minister for Health if a plan is in place to ensure that general practitioners are adequately trained to deal with chronic illness patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19951/12]
- Written Answers — General Practitioner Services: General Practitioner Services (24 Apr 2012)
Billy Kelleher: Question 707: To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding will be made available to fund the treatment of chronic illness patients in primary care settings; the source of this funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19952/12]
- Written Answers — General Practitioner Services: General Practitioner Services (24 Apr 2012)
Billy Kelleher: Question 708: To ask the Minister for Health the length of the trial period of the demonstrator models for treating chronically ill patients in primary care centres; the names and locations of these centres; when he expects the structure to be rolled out nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19953/12]
- Written Answers — General Practitioner Services: General Practitioner Services (24 Apr 2012)
Billy Kelleher: Question 709: To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether primary care teams have had sufficient investment to ensure that they are ready to deal with chronic illnesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19954/12]
- Written Answers — General Practitioner Services: General Practitioner Services (24 Apr 2012)
Billy Kelleher: Question 710: To ask the Minister for Health when a new programme for diabetes care will be finalised; the new resources that will be made available for this programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19955/12]
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (24 Apr 2012)
Billy Kelleher: Question 711: To ask the Minister for Health when a new programme for respiratory conditions will be implemented; the new resources that will be made available for this programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19956/12]
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (24 Apr 2012)
Billy Kelleher: Question 712: To ask the Minister for Health when a new programme for cardiac conditions will be implemented; the new resources that will be made available for this programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19957/12]
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (24 Apr 2012)
Billy Kelleher: Question 713: To ask the Minister for Health when a new programme for neurological conditions will be implemented; the new resources that will be made available for this programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19958/12]
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (24 Apr 2012)
Billy Kelleher: Question 729: To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on the treatment abroad application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20186/12]
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (24 Apr 2012)
Billy Kelleher: Question 768: To ask the Minister for Health the assistance that can be given to a person (details supplied) who requires surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20591/12]
- Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (24 Apr 2012)
Billy Kelleher: Question 739: To ask the Minister for Health his views regarding the future of accommodation for 200 persons with disabilities in Cregg House, Sligo [20251/12]
- Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (24 Apr 2012)
Billy Kelleher: Question 743: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a sugar tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20325/12]
- Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (24 Apr 2012)
Billy Kelleher: Question 744: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a fat tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20326/12]
- Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (24 Apr 2012)
Billy Kelleher: Question 745: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a tax targeting products high in fat, salt or saturated fat; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20327/12]
- Written Answers — Obesity Levels: Obesity Levels (24 Apr 2012)
Billy Kelleher: Question 746: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to tackle the obesity epidemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20328/12]
- Written Answers — Obesity Levels: Obesity Levels (24 Apr 2012)
Billy Kelleher: Question 747: To ask the Minister for Health the number of obese persons here; the annual rate of increase; the projected number in 10 years' time; the projected number in 25 years' time; the projected number in 50 years' time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20329/12]
- Written Answers — Childhood Obesity: Childhood Obesity (24 Apr 2012)
Billy Kelleher: Question 748: To ask the Minister for Health the number of obese children here; the annual rate of increase; the projected number in 10 years' time; the projected number in 25 years' time; the projected number in 50 years' time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20330/12]
- Private Members' Business. Motorist Emergency Relief Bill 2012: Second Stage (24 Apr 2012)
Billy Kelleher: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this issue. I congratulate Deputy Dooley on the imaginative legislation he has introduced to try to deal with escalating fuel prices. I do not expect queues to run from the forecourts down the streets of this country tomorrow evening as people wait to see whether this Bill will be accepted by Deputies when the bells toll in the Dáil. The Minister for...
- Private Members' Business. Motorist Emergency Relief Bill 2012: Second Stage (24 Apr 2012)
Billy Kelleher: I genuinely believed every word he said. He spoke about the need to help hard-pressed workers, trawlermen, hauliers and others who were finding it very difficult to survive in the straitened economic times of June 2008. Nothing has improved since then, by any stretch of the imagination. Fuel prices have continued to escalate to the extent that a litre of diesel now costs â¬1.70. Ordinary...
- Nursing Home Repayment Scheme (24 Apr 2012)
Billy Kelleher: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this issue. The difficulty last year was that funding for the fair deal nursing home scheme ran out. It was suspended last June or July creating uncertainties. Admittedly, a further â¬50 million was put into the scheme by the Exchequer to ensure it would not run out of funding. A review is currently under way but reviews by extension lead to...