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Tue, 3 Feb 2015
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Cancer Screening Programmes
Billy Kelleher
424. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to introduce free cancer screening programmes for men; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4482/15]
Tue, 3 Feb 2015
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Hospital Staff Data
Billy Kelleher
425. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time and part-time MRI radiographers who are employed at the Cork University Hospital; the hours worked by these radiographers; his plans to employ additional radiographers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4485/15]
Tue, 3 Feb 2015
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Hospital Consultant Contracts
Billy Kelleher
430. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the official policy in relation to the circumstances in which category C consultant posts should be approved both for new entrants and for doctors wishing to change over from another form of contract. [4531/15]
Tue, 3 Feb 2015
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Hospital Consultant Contracts
Billy Kelleher
431. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of doctors appointed for the first time in the public hospital system voluntary hospitals as well as Health Service Executive-run hospitals under category C consultant contracts since 1 January 2014. [4532/15]
Tue, 3 Feb 2015
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Hospital Consultant Contracts
Billy Kelleher
432. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of senior doctors currently employed on a contract other than a category C contract who have applied to the Health Service Executive to change to a category C contract since 1 January 2014; and the number of such changes which have been approved by the HSE over the same time period. [4533/15]
Tue, 3 Feb 2015
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Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
Billy Kelleher
436. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the way he proposes to reduce waiting times for breast prostheses for women who have had mastectomies; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in the Dublin north local health area, women have been waiting since September for breast prostheses and surgical bras, and that this compares very unfavourably to other parts of the country; the reason there is no nationwide uniformity of provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4587/15]
Tue, 3 Feb 2015
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National Positive Ageing Strategy Implementation
Billy Kelleher
444. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the role his Department plays in the implementation of the objectives of the national positive ageing strategy; and if he will provide in tabular form the progress made in regard to each individual area for action that is the responsibility of his Department or agency under the remit of his Department. [4637/15]
Tue, 3 Feb 2015
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HSE Staff
Billy Kelleher
460. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will indicate who has been the Accounting Officer for the Health Service Executive as of 1 January 2015. [4786/15]
Tue, 3 Feb 2015
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Proposed Legislation
Billy Kelleher
463. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to bring forward new legislation with regard to hospital groups; if there is a statutory basis for their establishment or any requirement for such; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4792/15]
Tue, 3 Feb 2015
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Medicinal Products Expenditure
Billy Kelleher
464. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if negotiations involving his Department, the Health Service Executive and the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association for a successor drug pricing agreement to the three-year deal agreed in October 2012 have commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4795/15]
Tue, 3 Feb 2015
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Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
Billy Kelleher
465. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons currently awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme; the average waiting time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4798/15]
Tue, 3 Feb 2015
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Proposed Legislation
Billy Kelleher
476. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health regarding the health information Bill the consultation process that has taken place; if he will provide a list of those who have been directly involved in the consultation, as well as those who have made submissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4867/15]
Thu, 29 Jan 2015
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Hospital Consultant Recruitment
Billy Kelleher
146. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the action being taken to address the shortage of kidney transplant surgeons; when it is anticipated that the situation will be remedied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4214/15]
Thu, 29 Jan 2015
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Medical Card Data
Billy Kelleher
147. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of medical cards as of 1 January 2014; the number of general practitioner cards on the same date; and the number for each type of card issued on a discretionary basis on that date. [4215/15]
Tue, 27 Jan 2015
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Medicinal Products Supply
Billy Kelleher
363. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health further to recent media reports, when the investigation into the severe shortage in supplies of commonly used medicines, including Eltroxin, will commence; the expected timeframe for completion of the investigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3550/15]
Tue, 27 Jan 2015
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Medicinal Products Supply
Billy Kelleher
364. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the terms of reference for the Health Products Regulatory Authority investigation into the severe shortage in supplies of commonly used medicines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3551/15]
Tue, 27 Jan 2015
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Medicinal Products Supply
Billy Kelleher
365. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views on the practice of Health Products Regulatory Authority approved licence holders exporting medicines to the UK and other export markets; the reasons such exporting is taking place; his plans to ensure this practice does not continue to adversely affect the supply of medicines domestically; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3552/15]
Tue, 27 Jan 2015
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Medicinal Products Supply
Billy Kelleher
366. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure that the supply of Eltroxin is adequately maintained prior to the completion of the Health Products Regulatory Authority investigation into severe shortage in supplies of commonly used medicines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3553/15]
Tue, 27 Jan 2015
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Hospitals Policy
Billy Kelleher
393. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans for St. Patrick's Hospital, County Waterford. [3746/15]
Thu, 22 Jan 2015
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Medicinal Products Prices
Billy Kelleher
138. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive has held a meeting with a company (details supplied) over the past three months to discuss the pricing issue of its product Eculizumab; the outcome of these discussions; if not, the efforts that the HSE is making to secure a price structure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3097/15]