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Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services Provision (28 Sep 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 47. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to further extend eligibility for free general practitioner care. [40940/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (28 Sep 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 55. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the recent assertion that Irish persons have the worst access to newly launched medicines. [40941/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Expenditure (28 Sep 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 58. To ask the Minister for Health if reports that the HSE is facing a projected €300 million financial deficit this year are accurate; and the action that will be taken to address this. [40942/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration (28 Sep 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 68. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects to bring forward proposals on changing the nursing home support scheme. [40943/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Capacity Review (28 Sep 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 71. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the bed capacity review. [40939/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Waiting Lists (28 Sep 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 212. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each CHO waiting for a podiatry appointment in primary care; and the numbers waiting 0 to 12 weeks, 12 to 26 weeks, 26 to 52 weeks and more than 52 weeks, respectively. [41185/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Waiting Lists (28 Sep 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 213. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each CHO waiting for an ophthalmology appointment in primary care; and the numbers waiting 0 to 12 weeks, 12 to 26 weeks, 26 to 52 weeks and more than 52 weeks, respectively. [41186/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Waiting Lists (28 Sep 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 214. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each CHO waiting for an audiology appointment in primary care; and the numbers waiting 0 to 12 weeks, 12 to 26 weeks, 26 to 52 weeks and more than 52 weeks, respectively. [41187/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Waiting Lists (28 Sep 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 215. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each CHO waiting for a psychology appointment in primary care; and the numbers waiting 0 to 12 weeks, 12 to 26 weeks, 26 to 52 weeks and more than 52 weeks, respectively. [41188/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Waiting Lists (28 Sep 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 216. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each CHO waiting for a dietetics appointment in primary care; and the numbers waiting 0 to 12 weeks, 12 to 26 weeks, 26 to 52 weeks and more than 52 weeks, respectively. [41189/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Waiting Lists (28 Sep 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 217. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each CHO waiting for an oral health appointment in primary care; and the numbers waiting 0 to 12 weeks, 12 to 26 weeks, 26 to 52 weeks and more than 52 weeks, respectively. [41190/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Data (28 Sep 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 218. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home help hours provided in each local health office area in June, July and August 2017; and the way in which this compares against the target in tabular form. [41205/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations (27 Sep 2017)

Billy Kelleher: At the risk of being repetitive, it is nice to have lawyers give us advice for free from time to time. We will keep asking the same questions. Last week, Ms Justice Laffoy said that whatever we do, we must try to bring legal certainty to the issue. She was very clear on that. Of course, the difficulty is what legal certainty is and when would one arrive at it. The Constitution only states...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations (27 Sep 2017)

Billy Kelleher: Even if legislation was not published in tandem with the referendum.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations (27 Sep 2017)

Billy Kelleher: There has been a vacuum since 1983.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 38 - Department of Health (27 Sep 2017)

Billy Kelleher: I welcome the Minister and his officials and thank him for the presentation. While it is a historical document there are things we can glean from it that may assist us in the months and years ahead in terms of learning from the challenges we face and even the mistakes made from time to time. A few issues arise, some of which were brought to my attention in advance of this document. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 38 - Department of Health (27 Sep 2017)

Billy Kelleher: I said it was three managers a week.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (26 Sep 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 260. To ask the Minister for Health when the FreeStyle Libre system will be made available under the long-term illness scheme for persons with diabetes; if availability will not be restricted only to people with type 1 diabetes but will be made available to all persons on multiple daily insulin injections based on clinical need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40142/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (26 Sep 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 261. To ask the Minister for Health if a social worker will be assigned to a person (details supplied); the efforts being made to secure housing for this person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40143/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage (26 Sep 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 262. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of Nivolumab on the reimbursement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40144/17]