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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: Mr. Peter Thompson, Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital (29 Nov 2017)

Billy Kelleher: Clause C was amended by the UK Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990. Mr. Thompson said it is important to note that only clauses C and D are gestation dependent. Is it correct that clause E is not gestation dependent?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: Mr. Peter Thompson, Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital (29 Nov 2017)

Billy Kelleher: Is it correct that when Mr. Thompson, as an obstetrician, is diagnosing a foetal abnormality, the 20-week anomaly scan will identify most of these abnormalities?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: Mr. Peter Thompson, Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital (29 Nov 2017)

Billy Kelleher: What is the latest point of gestation at which all potential foetal abnormalities can be diagnosed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: Mr. Peter Thompson, Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital (29 Nov 2017)

Billy Kelleher: Am I right in saying that the NHS gives free anomaly scans to all women?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: Mr. Peter Thompson, Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital (29 Nov 2017)

Billy Kelleher: At what stage of gestation does that anomaly scan take place? Is it at 12 weeks or 20 weeks?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: Mr. Peter Thompson, Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital (29 Nov 2017)

Billy Kelleher: Is Mr. Thompson saying that, in his clinical experience, it would be pointless to have a cut-off period of 12 weeks' gestation for foetal abnormalities in view of the fact they cannot be diagnosed definitively until at least up until 22 or 24 weeks?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Primary Care Expansion: Discussion (29 Nov 2017)

Billy Kelleher: I welcome the delegates, with whom we have had discussions on a previous occasion regarding the Sláintecare report. We were very conscious in examining proposals for a ten-year strategy for the health service that primary care must be at the heart of it. All the experts who came before the committee spoke about the need for an increased and enhanced capacity in primary care. An...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Primary Care Expansion: Discussion (29 Nov 2017)

Billy Kelleher: The contracts were not referred to in the terms which were raised. I also refer to oversight

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Primary Care Expansion: Discussion (29 Nov 2017)

Billy Kelleher: I welcome the witnesses and apologise for missing their opening statements. We should establish a committee to investigate the development of bi-locatory powers. It might help many members. A number of problems arise in that we do not have enough capacity, a shortage of GPs and an ageing profile of GPs. We can see from the fact that GPs are leaving that it is not remuneratively...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Funding (29 Nov 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 292. To ask the Minister for Health if funding and resources will be made available to facilitate additional spinal fusion operations for children with scoliosis before Christmas 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50818/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Data (29 Nov 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 332. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of providing an additional one and a half million personal assistant hours for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51151/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments Waiting Times (29 Nov 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 314. To ask the Minister for Health if persons that are aged 75 years or over have experienced an emergency department wait time more than 24 hours to date in 2017; and, if so, the hospital in which that wait occurred. [50907/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Fees (29 Nov 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 315. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of amending the fees charged under the NHSS to enable nursing home residents with an assessed weekly income of €300 or less to retain a minimum of €60 weekly. [51134/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Expenditure (29 Nov 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 316. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost current and capital of providing a mobile catheterisation laboratory for Waterford University Hospital. [51135/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Expenditure (29 Nov 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 317. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year running costs of opening all medical assessment units on a seven day basis. [51136/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultant Recruitment (29 Nov 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 318. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of recruiting an extra 500 hospital consultants; and the average estimated cost for support staff required per consultant. [51137/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Recruitment (29 Nov 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 319. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of recruiting an additional 4,000 nursing staff. [51138/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescriptions Charges (29 Nov 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 320. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of abolishing prescription charges. [51139/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (29 Nov 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 321. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of increasing the general practitioner rural practice allowance to €25,000. [51140/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Strategy Implementation (29 Nov 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 322. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of implementing the national maternity strategy. [51141/17]