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Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (29 Sep 2011)

Billy Kelleher: Question 183: To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons within the Health Service Executive who have company cars; the cost of providing such cars per year since 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26693/11]

Order of Business (29 Sep 2011)

Billy Kelleher: Phil Hogan will be very pleased with the Tánaiste today.

Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2011)

Billy Kelleher: To sell off State assets.

Hospital Waiting Lists (28 Sep 2011)

Billy Kelleher: Question 7: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the emerging difficulties with the special delivery unit in Northern Ireland and rising waiting times there; in view of same, is he confident in the special delivery unit's capacity to reduce waiting times here [26254/11]

Hospital Waiting Lists (28 Sep 2011)

Billy Kelleher: I wish Dr. Connor, head of the special delivery unit, well in trying to address the difficulties in the system. However, while the special delivery unit, in the context of Northern Ireland, did initially create a positive momentum that has, in recent times, slowed dramatically for a number of reasons. In putting the emphasis on increasing capacity in the public health system, the use of...

Hospital Waiting Lists (28 Sep 2011)

Billy Kelleher: Will the Minister accept that in trying to increase capacity, 1,900 beds are actually closed in the public health system, as the previous question from Deputy Ó Caoláin showed? People who need treatment will need beds but the capacity is not available. With a reduction of €29 million in the NTPF, how will additional capacity be achieved to deal with the immediate issue of people waiting...

Health Insurance (28 Sep 2011)

Billy Kelleher: One could also say that the Government is trying to kick the can so far down the road because it knows that it will not be able to implement the political promises it made as quickly as it claimed.

Health Insurance (28 Sep 2011)

Billy Kelleher: The Dutch model was very much espoused before the general election. What is the position thereon in the context of the instructions to be given to the implementation body? Will there be clear guidelines given to the body about the type of universal health insurance the Minister requires? Will it come back with proposals as to the type of health insurance it recommends the Minister should...

Hospital Staff (28 Sep 2011)

Billy Kelleher: In the context of concerns I raised about doctors on the supervised medical register when we discussed the medical practitioners legislation, we must ensure the doctors are not regarded as yellow-pack doctors or doctors with lesser qualifications. This is critical. If campaigns are required to prove they have the same competencies as others, so be it. If they are not regarded as the same,...

Hospital Inspections (28 Sep 2011)

Billy Kelleher: Question 1: To ask the Minister for Health his views on the lack of inspections of hygiene standards in hospitals undertaken by the Health Information and Quality Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26437/11]

Hospital Inspections (28 Sep 2011)

Billy Kelleher: I thank the Minister for the reply. Niall Hunter, the editor of irishhealth.com, stated: A HIQA spokesman confirmed to irishhealth.com that the safety body was no longer proactively going into hospitals and checking on their hygiene standards at this time. "We have to prioritise our work as best we can," he said. It is clear that HIQA, which is statutorily set up to give information and...

Hospital Inspections (28 Sep 2011)

Billy Kelleher: Nobody is asking for interference. At the outset the Minister clearly stated that the HSE is a discredited organisation. That was one of his policy platforms in the recent election. When he took office he sacked the board and stated he would be assuming control of the HSE because he felt it was inadequate in trying to provide the basic functions and services. He is now saying he trusts...

Industrial Action (28 Sep 2011)

Billy Kelleher: Question 4: To ask the Minister for Health his views on the strike at the Mid Western Regional Hospital, Limerick undertaken by the International Nurses and Midwives Organisation and the concerns about cutbacks and staff shortages expressed by their members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26438/11]

Industrial Action (28 Sep 2011)

Billy Kelleher: Does the Minister agree the overriding concern of those involved in the industrial dispute in the mid-west is patient safety? This morning there were six people on trolleys in the accident and emergency unit but there were 41 in an overflow ward. There is a massaging of figures for people on trolleys awaiting proper treatment. The nurses involved in the industrial dispute are clear that...

Industrial Action (28 Sep 2011)

Billy Kelleher: Is the Minister clearly stating the action by the INMO in the mid-west puts patient safety at risk and increases the dangers the INMO has highlighted in the accident and emergency ward and is further exacerbating the problem, threatening the lives of patients attending?

Order of Business (28 Sep 2011)

Billy Kelleher: Some time ago, the Taoiseach said that one of the main reasons there is overbudgeting in hospitals and a lack of throughput was incompetent hospital management. In view of that statement, is any legislation foreseen to address the matter and restructure hospital management?

Leaders' Questions (28 Sep 2011)

Billy Kelleher: From Roscommon.

Leaders' Questions (28 Sep 2011)

Billy Kelleher: They are waiting for trolleys.

Leaders' Questions (28 Sep 2011)

Billy Kelleher: A haystack, as against a turf bank for the Taoiseach.

Written Answers — Departmental Strategy Statements: Departmental Strategy Statements (27 Sep 2011)

Billy Kelleher: Question 492: To ask the Minister for Health when he expects to publish his statement of strategy 2011-2014 following submissions from interested parties; his plans to retain the task force structure as well as making the necessary resources available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25665/11]