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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans (12 Dec 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 290. To ask the Minister for Health if an immediate independent clinical review of scoliosis services will be agreed to in view of the failure to meet scoliosis targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52801/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Records (12 Dec 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 301. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not received files relating to a relative, as promised; when this information will be released; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52831/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Provision (12 Dec 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 314. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the level of dental services provided to elderly medical card holders in long-term care; the services and accommodations in place to cater for their needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52851/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Care Provision (12 Dec 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 342. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a media report (details supplied) which suggests that 168,438 adult bed days per year equivalent to 460 beds per day could be saved through the targeted use of oral nutritional supplements in the management of disease related malnutrition in the community; the measures that have been put in place to free up these beds in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Care Provision (12 Dec 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 348. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a 2016 HIQA report (details supplied); the actions that have been taken since the report’s publication to address these shortcomings in view of the fact that malnourished persons stay in acute beds for 30% to 70% longer than non malnourished persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53076/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Care Provision (12 Dec 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 343. To ask the Minister for Health the prevalence of disease related malnutrition across all health and social care settings in the past five years according to clinical treatment settings including inpatient, outpatient, nursing homes and general practitioner clinics by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53071/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Care Provision (12 Dec 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 344. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to use nutritional screening and malnutrition rates as mandatory quality indicators across all clinical treatment settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53072/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Care Provision (12 Dec 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 345. To ask the Minister for Health the initiatives his department is engaged in with regard to mitigating against the annual cost of disease related malnutrition in the community setting in which 93% of persons with malnutrition reside and which is estimated to be more than the annual cost of obesity at some €1.4 billion per annum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53073/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Care Provision (12 Dec 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 346. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the example of best practice displayed by the Netherlands in tackling the issue of disease related malnutrition through the establishment of the Dutch malnutrition steering group (details supplied) which successfully reduced the prevalence of malnutrition across all healthcare settings over a 12-year period; his plans to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Care Provision (12 Dec 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 347. To ask the Minister for Health his plans regarding dietitians within CHOs and community settings; the sourcing allocation that is being made available to community dietitians to meet current and future demand levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53075/17]

Public Services Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (7 Dec 2017)

Billy Kelleher: Humbug.

Neurological Services: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2017)

Billy Kelleher: The Irish Heart Foundation is a member of the Neurological Alliance and the foundation has been advocating on the need to develop stroke services across the country. Access to stroke unit care is estimated to reduce mortality and severe disability from strokes by approximately 25%. The Irish Heart Foundation, in conjunction with the HSE national stroke audit 2015, found that just 29% of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements by Committee Members on Recommendations oif Citizens' Assembly (6 Dec 2017)

Billy Kelleher: I apologise for missing some of the presentations by members but I was speaking in the Dáil on a Private Members' motion. I will also put some matters on the record as well. As a member of this committee representing a party with a vote of conscience on the matter, I speak in a personal capacity. We have full confidence in the workings of the committee and the adjudication by the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements by Committee Members on Recommendations oif Citizens' Assembly (6 Dec 2017)

Billy Kelleher: Thank you.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements by Committee Members on Recommendations oif Citizens' Assembly (6 Dec 2017)

Billy Kelleher: However, is it a definite limit?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements by Committee Members on Recommendations oif Citizens' Assembly (6 Dec 2017)

Billy Kelleher: I appreciate the flexibility.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements by Committee Members on Recommendations oif Citizens' Assembly (6 Dec 2017)

Billy Kelleher: Members may have varying views, but assuming that we go for repeal of the eight amendment, those views will come into play in considering the complexities associated with a real and substantial risk to the health of the mother and, as provided for in the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act, to the life of the mother, including both her physical and mental health. There is also the...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (6 Dec 2017)

Billy Kelleher: I welcome the Minister and his officials. The Minister went through the various reasons for needing a Supplementary Estimate. He referenced issues that are outside the control of the HSE, that is, costs that arise from third-party decisions, including pay awards. He also referred to decisions that were made subsequent to the national service plan, particularly central wage agreements and...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (6 Dec 2017)

Billy Kelleher: I do not need it analysed down to the last shovel.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (6 Dec 2017)

Billy Kelleher: I thought we were going to go through the subheads as well but we are obviously not doing that. That is fine. I am not questioning it but I thought that was the way it would be done. We will not inflict that suffering. I will make some general comments then rather than going through each subhead. The Minister referred to a couple of issues. I do not wish to have a full-scale debate....