Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Registration of Births

Billy Kelleher

209. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the information that is recorded on a person's birth certificate; and if it includes the mother's date of birth. [8129/15]

Garda Deployment

Billy Kelleher

324. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide the number of gardaí assigned to each divisional drug unit for 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and to date in 2015. [7868/15]

Charities Regulation

Billy Kelleher

343. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Charities Regulatory Authority is inviting applications from schools and other education bodies; if guidance on the registration process for these charities has been developed; and if they will have to pay registration and annual filing fees. [8133/15]

Adoption Records Provision

Billy Kelleher

364. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the mother's date of birth would ordinarily have been recorded on her file when she was placing her child for adoption; and if, for this or other reasons, the Adoption Authority of Ireland or adoption agencies are likely to have a record of the date of birth of each woman who placed a baby for adoption here since the enactment of the Adoption Act 1952. [8130/15]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Billy Kelleher

401. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of public and voluntary hospitals that have single or common waiting lists, a combination of public and private patients combined; if such waiting lists in any of the hospitals are confined to certain specialties; if so, if he will provide details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7675/15]

National Drugs Strategy Implementation

Billy Kelleher

423. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when he last chaired a meeting of the Oversight Forum on Drugs; the number of times it has met in 2015; the number of times it met in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7844/15]

National Drugs Strategy Implementation

Billy Kelleher

426. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, an update on the implementation of each of the 63 actions in the 2009 to 2016 National Drugs Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7858/15]

National Drugs Strategy Implementation

Billy Kelleher

427. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the funding provided each year, since 2010, by the Health Service Executive, to support implementation of the National Drugs Strategy. [7861/15]

Local Drugs Task Forces Funding

Billy Kelleher

428. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the funding provided each year since 2010 to each of the local and regional drugs task forces. [7862/15]

Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists

Billy Kelleher

442. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, based on local health offices-areas and indicating those of 16 years of age and under, and those above 16 years of age, the numbers waiting for orthodontic treatment, at the end of December 2014. [7922/15]

HSE Agency Staff Expenditure

Billy Kelleher

452. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the amount the Health Service Executive spent on agency staff in January 2015; the proportion of the agency's anticipated expenditure on agency staff in 2015 that was incurred in January 2015; how the January 2015 expenditure on agency staff compares with that for January 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7964/15]

HSE Staff Remuneration

Billy Kelleher

453. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive has funding in its 2015 budget to cover increments for staff in 2015; the level of funding that will be required to pay such increments in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7965/15]

Hospital Consultant Remuneration

Billy Kelleher

454. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive has funding in its 2015 budget to pay increased salaries to hospital consultants, who were employed on lower pay rates after October 2012. [7966/15]

Health Services Provision

Billy Kelleher

470. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will review the decision to decline the Resorcylidene Aminoguanidine, RAG, application in respect of a child ( details supplied) in County Cork. [8112/15]

Pupil-Teacher Ratio

Billy Kelleher

519. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of pupils in a class in a primary school that is legally considered to be big; if there is such a provision in law; and when an extra teacher is required to be provided to a primary school by her Department. [7724/15]

School Staff

Billy Kelleher

520. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of pupils in a class in a primary school that entitles the class to a classroom assistant. [7725/15]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Billy Kelleher

528. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will respond to concerns (details supplied) by parents of a child with Down's syndrome; if children with Down's syndrome will be provided with an individualised right to resource teaching hours, outside the general allocation system, similar to those whose needs her Department classifies as low incidence. [7892/15]

Disability Support Services Provision

Billy Kelleher

548. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the decision to decline the application for assistive technology in respect of a child ( details supplied) in County Cork. [8078/15]

Medical Card Data

Billy Kelleher

158. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health as of 1 February 2015, the number of medical cards issued; the number of general practitioner cards issued; and the number for each type of card issued on a discretionary basis. [7614/15]

National Treatment Purchase Fund Waiting Times

Billy Kelleher

159. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reason his predecessor's instruction that the National Treatment Purchase Fund publish its monthly waiting list report, at the same time as the Health Service Executive publishes its monthly performance report, is no longer in force. [7615/15]

National Treatment Purchase Fund Waiting Times

Billy Kelleher

160. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the National Treatment Purchase Fund published a waiting list report for December 2014. [7616/15]

Maternity Services Provision

Billy Kelleher

161. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form all public-voluntary hospitals that conduct pre-natal tests; if he will provide for each month in 2014 the number of such tests in each of those hospitals; and if he will provide for each hospital in each month in 2014 the number of tests where the hospital was required to seek the test results abroad. [7617/15]

Health Insurance

Billy Kelleher

168. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 228 of 5 February 2015, if he will provide details of the clarifications his Department provided to the Central Bank of Ireland to assist it in its understanding of the interaction between the private health insurance market and the health system [7304/15]

Medical Card Data

Billy Kelleher

170. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, for 1 February 2014; and 1 February 2015, for each local health area, the number of medical cards in circulation; the number of general practitioner cards in circulation; the number of which were issued on the basis of the exercise of discretion; and the number of which allocated to people over 70 years of age. [7311/15]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications

Billy Kelleher

174. 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. [7317/15]

Rare Diseases

Billy Kelleher

175. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide the details of the membership of the oversight implementation group for the national rare disease plan; the number of times the group met in 2014; the number of meetings so far in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7319/15]

Health Services

Billy Kelleher

336. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when an application from a person (details supplied) in County Cork, for their need of assessment, made in July 2014 will be arranged; the reason they have been waiting so long for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6927/15]

Maternity Services Provision

Billy Kelleher

381. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he satisfied with the inquiry currently underway at Portiuncula Hospital in County Galway; the independence of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6933/15]

Health Insurance Data

Billy Kelleher

399. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons availing of private health insurance at the end of 2014 in the age groups, 17 years and under, 18 to 29 years, 30 to 39 years, 40 to 49 years, 50 to 59 years, 60 to 69 years, 60 to 79 years, 80 years and over. [7081/15]

Adoption Legislation

Billy Kelleher

160. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Children and Family Relationships Bill will change the current arrangements for step-parent adoption, for example, where at present the only way a woman's second spouse can adopt her child is by her relinquishing her parental rights and the couple then adopting the child together; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6577/15]

Adoption Legislation

Billy Kelleher

161. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Children and Family Relationships Bill will provide effect to the recommendation by the Special Rapporteur on Child Protection for a simpler procedure for step-parent adoptions, whereby a step-parent could adopt the child without terminating the rights of existing parents, as permitted in France and Austria; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6578/15]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Expenditure

Billy Kelleher

179. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a specific timeframe and commitment in respect of when updated cost of care figures for public nursing units will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6373/15]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Expenditure

Billy Kelleher

180. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reason there is lack of transparency in respect of the cost of care under the nursing home support scheme, in respect of public nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6374/15]

Nursing Home Inspections

Billy Kelleher

181. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views on recent comments (details supplied) by the Minister of State with responsibility for older persons regarding the severe financial pressures upon public nursing homes to meet Health Information and Quality Authority physical environment standards, and the July 2015 deadline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6375/15]

Nursing Home Inspections

Billy Kelleher

182. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views on recent comments by the Minister of State with responsibility for older persons and the director general of the Health Service Executive regarding major works required to bring the executive's long-stay residential care facilities into compliance with the physical environment standards set by the Health Information and Quality Authority, and the July 2015 deadline; and if he will provide reassurance that units of the executive requiring major works are fit for purpose, and his Department has not sought to influence the authority, due to pressures for required residential care beds. [6376/15]

Health Services Funding

Billy Kelleher

195. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if an application for funding from Daughters of Charity Disability Support Services to open a children’s residential house at a location (details supplied) in Dublin 7 has been received; if the application was successful; if not, the reasons provided by the Health Service Executive for not accepting the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6465/15]

Primary Care Services Provision

Billy Kelleher

120. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if his Department, or the Health Service Executive, has carried out, or have plans to carry out, a feasibility study into the possibility of setting up additional test-scan centres at a primary care level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6175/15]

Health Insurance

Billy Kelleher

231. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Finance the action his Department is taking in view of the provisions of the Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 2014 which allows insurers discretion to provide a discount to young adults in the age 18 to 25 age range, but which has apparently resulted in a discrepancy; the level of tax relief at source which needs to be applied to those persons who receive the discount; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that if a person is a student, dependent on the policy holder, under 23 years of age and in receipt of a student discount, that person's tax relief is capped at the child rate of a maximum of €100, but that student rates will disappear with the introduction of young persons' discounts, but tax legislation has not been amended to reflect this; if his attention has been further drawn to a technical issue (details supplied) relating to an apparent discrepancy in health insurance payment plans; the guidance his Department or the Revenue Commissioners have provided to insurers in this regard; if his attention has been drawn to the issue that is now causing concern as systems need to be changed to accommodate this change and with renewals-new business being able to be bought six weeks in advance, this means there is just over a month to resolve the problem; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that it also leaves the insurers open to regulatory problems with the Central Bank of Ireland, as insurers may not be providing the correct net premium to customers and that notifications will need to be made to the Health Insurance Authority on what premiums are correct 30 days in advance of 1 May 2015 and it is again not clear what net premium is correct or whether the intention is that two 20 year olds are to be treated differently, based on whether they are students or not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5952/15]

Garda Investigations

Billy Kelleher

348. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department is carrying out a full review of the murder of a person (details supplied). [5764/15]

Vaccination Programme

Billy Kelleher

390. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if a decision was made by the National Immunisation Advisory Committee, NIAC, in respect of sanctioning of the meningitis B vaccine; if so, when it will be rolled out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5477/15]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme

Billy Kelleher

407. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of social activities that are expected to be covered in nursing homes under the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5642/15]

Health Insurance

Billy Kelleher

411. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of persons availing of private health insurance in 2014 in each of the following age groups: 17 years and under, 18 to 29 years, 30 to 39 years, 40 to 49 years, 50 to 59 years, 60 to 69 years, 70 to 79 years, and 80 years and over. [5650/15]

HSE Investigations

Billy Kelleher

413. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the position regarding investigations into Áras Attracta in Swinford, County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5655/15]

Medical Aids and Appliances Provision

Billy Kelleher

414. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health regarding the provision of swimsuit and swimming prosthesis for breast cancer patients, if the Health Service Executive has stopped approving them in certain areas throughout the country, including Dublin; if so, if he will provide details of the locations; his plans to reinstate this service; if so, when; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5660/15]

Medical Aids and Appliances Provision

Billy Kelleher

415. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health regarding the provision of mastectomy prosthesis and surgical bras, the difference in the funding provided to Health Service Executive areas throughout the country including Dublin; if he will provide, in tabular form, the funding made available for each item in these areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5661/15]

Medical Aids and Appliances Provision

Billy Kelleher

416. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the waiting time for approval for mastectomy prosthesis and surgical bras in every Health Service Executive area throughout the country, including the Dublin areas, those waiting two to three weeks, six weeks, eight weeks, 12 weeks and longer since September 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5662/15]

Medical Card Eligibility

Billy Kelleher

417. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reason applications for medical cards from persons, who are in receipt of assistance under the farm support scheme, are not being processed by the Health Service Executive unless the applicant can provide a notice of self-assessment (details supplied); the reason the Health Service Executive will not accept the fact they have little or no tax liability; the reason the Health Service Executive is determined to make these persons undergo this process and oblige them to employ a tax advisor or an accountant at a cost of €500 to prove that they owe no tax; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that, in view of this, many of these persons are not taking their necessary prescribed medication, such as for blood pressure, cholesterol, arthritis and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5665/15]

Home Care Packages

Billy Kelleher

419. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health regarding the home care package, if a care provider is unable to fill the hours allocated to a client, if the Health Service Executive is entitled to withdraw the hours allocated to that client; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5671/15]

Home Care Packages

Billy Kelleher

420. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health regarding the home care package, if, where the hours allocated have been divided between spouses and the care provider is not in a position to fill one of the client's hours, that client can have their hours reallocated to another care provider who would be able to fill the hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5672/15]

Child Abuse

Billy Kelleher

534. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills the State's legal reasoning (details supplied) behind the decision to only allow those who were abused after the date a complaint was made regarding a teacher to be entitled to compensation, leaving those abuse victims, who for whatever reason did not come forward or did so too late, without any acknowledgement by the State of what was done to them, and thereby leaving them without any entitlement to compensation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5951/15]

Child Abuse

Billy Kelleher

535. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills , in view of the Government's decision before Christmas 2014 to offer a settlement to those who were abused in school (details supplied), if she will provide information on the exact number of the 135 claims that were formally discontinued, as she referred to them, through the State Claims Agency; the number of the 135 cases, following examination by the State Claims Agency, that will be eligible for settlement; if the information is not available, the length of time it will take; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5953/15]

Departmental Records

Billy Kelleher

537. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on concerns (details supplied) regarding information being sought by her Department. [5973/15]

Bituminous Fuel Ban

Billy Kelleher

575. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on extending the Cork smokeless-coal-zone to include Midleton; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5613/15]

Medicinal Products Prices

Billy Kelleher

226. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if recent newspaper reports that he is to use the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013 to reduce the price of patented drugs are accurate; if so, the section of the legislation he will use to achieve the reductions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5300/15]

Medicinal Products Expenditure

Billy Kelleher

227. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if full year savings of €330 million and 2013 savings of €160 million from reductions in the cost of drugs and other prescribed items as projected in the 2013 expenditure report have been realised; if not, the savings realised in 2013 and the full year savings realised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5301/15]

Health Insurance

Billy Kelleher

228. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when the Voluntary Health Insurance Board must acquire the necessary capital reserves to make an application for authorisation by the Central Bank of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5302/15]

Medicinal Products Availability

Billy Kelleher

136. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm that Sativex has been sanctioned for use on the Irish market; the date it will become available on the medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5178/15]

Hospital Procedures

Billy Kelleher

137. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Waterford will receive treatment for Dupuytren's contracture, having waited four and a half year for assessment; the format this treatment will entail, that is, injection or surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5181/15]

Health Services Provision

Billy Kelleher

411. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans in making funding available for the construction of a much-needed day centre in Youghal, County Cork, which currently has full valid planning permission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4412/15]

HSE Funding

Billy Kelleher

417. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he or his Department is currently examining alternatives models of health care funding to that proposed in the White Paper on Universal Health Insurance published in April 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4428/15]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Hospitals Policy

Billy Kelleher

393. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans for St. Patrick's Hospital, County Waterford. [3746/15]

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]

Treatment Abroad Scheme

Billy Kelleher

141. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive will reconsider the life saving treatment abroad application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois to prevent further damage to their organs owing to the delay in sanctioning the use of Eculizumab to treat their rare condition of paroxysnal nocturnal haemoglobinuria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3109/15]

Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage

Billy Kelleher

142. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of patients currently waiting for the sanctioning of Eculizumab for their treatment; the length of time each patient has been waiting for a decision; when the Health Service Executive will be making a decision on these cases for this life saving treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3111/15]

Tobacco Control Measures

Billy Kelleher

144. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form, the maternity units that have and do not have a dedicated smoking cessation service for pregnant women; the number of women who have availed of that service in the years 2009 to 2014, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3116/15]

Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage

Billy Kelleher

147. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health in view of the cost benefit analysis being carried out by the Health Service Executive regarding the provision of Eculizumab on the community drugs scheme, the supports that are currently being offered to patients with this life threatening illness who are not in receipt of the treatment; if one of these patients goes into organ or multi-organ failure while waiting for this treatment, his plans to respond to this emergency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3122/15]

Medical Card Data

Billy Kelleher

149. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of children currently covered by a medical card; the number of those children who have a medical card on a discretionary basis; and the expenditure on same in 2014. [3129/15]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Billy Kelleher

1. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when the waiting lists and waiting times for inpatient and day case scheduled admissions will improve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2647/15]

Ambulance Service Provision

Billy Kelleher

19. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans for the ambulance service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2392/15]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Billy Kelleher

30. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to reduce waiting times for inpatient and day cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2391/15]

Health Services Provision

Billy Kelleher

46. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reason the roll out of BreastCheck for women in the 65-69 age group will not be complete until 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2394/15]

Hospital Accommodation Provision

Billy Kelleher

70. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views that the €25 million funding to address delayed discharges is insufficient; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2393/15]

Medical Card Administration

Billy Kelleher

74. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the progress made with regard to the implementation of medical card proposals announced late in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2390/15]

Medical Card Data

Billy Kelleher

152. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form for 1 January 2014 and 1 January 2015 for each local health area the number of medical cards in circulation; the number issued on the basis of the exercise of discretion; and the number of which allocated to over 70s. [2905/15]

Vaccination Programme

Billy Kelleher

187. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when he and his office was first informed by the Health Service Executive that its anti-flu vaccine is for a different strain of illness than the one which is currently circulating; if this development was discussed at the most recent meeting of the ED task force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3030/15]

Teachers' Remuneration

Billy Kelleher

208. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on re-opening the qualification allowance for post-primary teachers to new entrants, in view of the unfairness of two teachers being paid at different rates simply because one commenced employment later than the other and the fact that many new teachers are struggling financially as they cannot obtain full-time work. [3011/15]

Billy Kelleher

462. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 445 of 16 December 2014, if he will clarify the regulation of counselling services; his views on the services provided outside CIPC provision; where Aspen fits in with the consolidation of CIPC services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2765/15]

Medical Card Administration

Billy Kelleher

165. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reason behind the decision to make the income level for a couple applying for the over 70s' medical card €900 and not €1000; and if he will review this matter in the future. [1886/15]

Medical Aids and Appliances Provision

Billy Kelleher

536. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive will supply size seven Lieber pull-ups to a person (details supplied) in County Cork as they are available at the HSE in Wilton, County Cork where they currently get their supplies. [49539/14]

Medicinal Products Availability

Billy Kelleher

582. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will sanction the use of Erivedge in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork who cannot afford to pay the cost of this drug and cannot afford to wait until it becomes available through the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49701/14]

Health Services Staff Recruitment

Billy Kelleher

585. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a bone marrow transplant consultant will be appointed to Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin 12. [49717/14]

Home Help Service

Billy Kelleher

586. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health in view of the recent investigation into abuse in care facilities, if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of the number of complaints that have been received by the Health Service Executive since 2011 to date in the various regions around the country regarding home care support, regardless of the type: home help, home support, home care package, personal assistants and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49720/14]