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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Administration (8 Feb 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 193. To ask the Minister for Health the measures in place to ensure that persons that are medical card holders are having their medical needs met without charge (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6512/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (7 Feb 2018)

Billy Kelleher: I welcome the Minister, the Secretary General, Mr. O'Brien and everyone else. We are here again at the start of a new year talking about potential difficulties in budgetary management and the stress under which the budget will find itself in the time ahead. In that context, there is no doubt that issues have been raised by the HSE, the Opposition and many commentators on the budgetary...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (7 Feb 2018)

Billy Kelleher: That is worth sharing with us and those across the health service who are trying to deal with the problem. The bed capacity review and the Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, reports indicate that there will be extreme demands on health services in the years ahead and that if we do not enhance the capacity of the health service, as Mr. O'Brien predicted some time ago, we will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (7 Feb 2018)

Billy Kelleher: Is that February of this year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (7 Feb 2018)

Billy Kelleher: I heard something similar last year.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (7 Feb 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) is being considered for a new school on a greenfield site in view of its increasing pupil numbers and the fact that its lease is out in 2022; if so, the timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6132/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Expenditure (7 Feb 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 225. To ask the Minister for Health the amount that has been allocated for gay men's health services in 2018; the way in which this budget will be spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6393/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Funding (7 Feb 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 226. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application by an organisation (details supplied) to the HSE seeking further funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6451/18]

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (6 Feb 2018)

Billy Kelleher: We broadly support this Bill. The publication of the legislation, debate in the Seanad and, previous to that, the discussions we had at the health committee and various other health fora over many years, indicate that this Bill is long overdue in addressing a fundamental issue facing society, namely, our unhealthy relationship with alcohol. The Minister has outlined statistics on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Grant Eligibility (6 Feb 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 327. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to reinstate the respite care grant of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5375/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (6 Feb 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 334. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the approval of the model of care for rheumatic and musculoskeletal disorders; the timeframe for its approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5395/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Paediatric Services (6 Feb 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 335. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the development of future adult and paediatric rheumatology services in view of the difficulties accessing both services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5396/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Reports (6 Feb 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 356. To ask the Minister for Health when the cross-divisional lymphoedema working group will finalise its report; if it will be made available to an organisation (details supplied) to review; when it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5499/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Reports (6 Feb 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 357. To ask the Minister for Health his plans once the cross-divisional lymphoedema working group publishes its findings; his further plans for the implementation of its recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5500/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme Administration (6 Feb 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 382. To ask the Minister for Health if the necessity for a change of pessary will be included in the GMS to compensate general practitioners for carrying out this procedure in an effort to reduce the lengthening waiting list; if the pessary will be provided on the GMS in view of the fact that it is provided free at hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5606/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Section 39 Organisations: Discussion (31 Jan 2018)

Billy Kelleher: I apologise for not being here earlier. I had something else on and was unable to get out of in time. As my party's spokesperson on health, if I ever visit a constituency or I am invited by another Deputy, I invariably end up in a section 39 organisation in some part of the country to see at first hand the wonderful work being done, the service being provided, the interaction between...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Section 39 Organisations: Discussion (31 Jan 2018)

Billy Kelleher: I welcome the witnesses. I would also like to put on record my disappointment that the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform does not feel it necessary to attend these meetings. Was a reason offered?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Section 39 Organisations: Discussion (31 Jan 2018)

Billy Kelleher: It is extraordinary that a Department would simply ignore the request of a committee to address an issue which is critically important in view of the fact that notices of industrial action are being served. People are being balloted. We have officials before us who are sincerely trying to resolve the issue and who realise its seriousness. The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Section 39 Organisations: Discussion (31 Jan 2018)

Billy Kelleher: I will also be raising it myself in my own way. At the outset, all of us around this table accept that the section 39 organisations do invaluable work in providing services for people with physical and intellectual disabilities and in other areas of health in communities across the country. I am a little confused. I am asking these questions more to seek clarity than anything else....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Section 39 Organisations: Discussion (31 Jan 2018)

Billy Kelleher: Why would that need to be stated? Is it just stated to fill up a paragraph or what? If any other group made a pay claim and its members were not members of the public service, would it state that the pension levy should be part and parcel of the assessment of their pay? I doubt it very much. I am surprised that it is in there. The letter continues:It is accepted that a number of such...