Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

General Practitioner Co-operatives

Billy Kelleher

608. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time for a North Doc home visit in 2014; the shortest and longest waiting times in 2014; the service target waiting time in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1097/15]

National Dementia Strategy

Billy Kelleher

679. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health in view of the recently published national dementia strategy indicating that up to 29% of all patients in a typical general hospital may have dementia while the Irish national audit of dementia found that 94% of hospitals have no dementia pathway in place, the actions that have been put in place to ensure that dementia patients are provided appropriate care and that hospital beds are therefore available for those patients currently in accident and emergency on trolleys; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1575/15]

National Dementia Strategy

Billy Kelleher

680. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health in view of the acknowledgement in the national dementia strategy that the average cost to the State per person with dementia here is €40,500 per annum as the bulk of the care for persons with dementia is provided free of charge by their family care-giver and that the informal cost of dementia to family caregivers is estimated to be €807 million per annum, if he will provide a breakdown of the €27.5 million allocated to fund the strategy; and the financial support that will be provided to family care-givers who are burdened with the most significant proportion of the cost of dementia. [1576/15]

National Dementia Strategy

Billy Kelleher

681. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the national dementia strategy monitoring group has been established to monitor progress towards implementation of the strategy; the details of membership if already established; and details of the members' remit in terms of ensuring that all actions are successfully implemented. [1577/15]

National Dementia Strategy

Billy Kelleher

682. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health regarding the assignation of the overall responsibility for the implementation of the national dementia strategy within the Health Service Executive to the office of services for older people and the 4,000 persons currently affected by early onset dementia, if he will indicate the specific programme of care for these persons under the management of that office; if his attention has been drawn to the specific challenges for persons with early onset dementia are compounded by the lack of a specific care programme in terms of attaining funding for carers, nursing homes and the additional financial struggles affecting these particular groups of persons [1578/15]

Hospital Equipment

Billy Kelleher

684. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health regarding a Topical issue raised by this Deputy on 20 June 2012, the current location of the unused X-ray machine which was located in the Ballymun Health Centre and which was announced would be moved to Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1581/15]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Billy Kelleher

762. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a child (details supplied) in County Cork will be assessed as they need an up to date educational report to apply for reasonable accommodations for them to be able to sit their leaving certificate in June 2015. [49550/14]

Local Authority Staff

Billy Kelleher

884. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will sanction the provision of a school warden in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Cork as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49509/14]

Water Charges Exemptions

Billy Kelleher

889. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government regarding Irish Water charges, if there are any allowances to be made for small farmers who are nearly solely dependent on farm assist for their weekly income in relation to the rates that will be imposed on them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49632/14]

Property Tax Data

Billy Kelleher

890. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government regarding the non-principal private residency penalties that were increased a number of months ago and the public assurances of leniency the waivers-reductions that have been awarded to homeowners since; the reduction rate; if this varied by county; the number of cases that are still pending a decision on their appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49636/14]

Departmental Schemes

Billy Kelleher

894. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the current status of the SSNO review that he instigated in July; if all of the charities that were affected by the cut in funding have been contacted as part of this review; the names of those that have yet to be contacted; when the review will be published; if there is a mechanism to continue funding next year in the event of the review not being completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49686/14]

Road Projects Status

Billy Kelleher

994. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for the provision of a motorway between counties Cork and Limerick; the current status of these plans; when will commencement of works take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49718/14]

Youth Cafés Expenditure

Billy Kelleher

326. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide, in tabular form by county, the funding his Department has provided for youth cafés every year since 2011. [49094/14]

Child Care Services Expenditure

Billy Kelleher

327. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide, in tabular form divided by county, the funding his Department has provided for community child care services, parent and toddler groups and childminders every year since 2011. [49095/14]

Preschool Services

Billy Kelleher

328. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide, in tabular form by county, the number of children availing of the preschool year every year since its introduction. [49096/14]

Child Care Services Funding

Billy Kelleher

329. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide, in tabular form by county, the funding his Department has provided for city or county child care committees every year since 2011. [49097/14]

Hospital Staff Data

Billy Kelleher

346. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of senior house officer positions in each of the public and voluntary hospitals on 1 December 2014; the number of such positions vacant on the same date; the number of these positions being filled by locums on the same date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48787/14]

Hospital Staff Data

Billy Kelleher

347. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of registrar positions in each of the public and voluntary hospitals on 1 December 2014; the number of such positions vacant on the same date; the number of these positions being filled by locums on the same date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48788/14]

Health Services Data

Billy Kelleher

365. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of requests that the Health Service Executive made in 2013 and to date in 2014, under section 8 of the Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Act 2013, to the Department of Social Protection, to provide it with personal data where it is required for assessing or reviewing the eligibility of persons for services provided under the Health Acts 1970 to 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48890/14]

Health Services Data

Billy Kelleher

366. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of requests that the Health Service Executive made in 2013 and to date in 2014, under section 8 of the Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Act 2013, to the Revenue Commissioners to provide it with personal data where it is required for assessing or reviewing the eligibility of persons for services provided under the Health Acts 1970 to 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48891/14]

Health Services Data

Billy Kelleher

367. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of requests that the Health Service Executive received in 2013 and to date in 2014, under section 8 of the Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Act 2013, from the Minister for Social Protection to provide personal data where the data is required to calculate the means of a person in order to assess or review entitlements to benefits and services provided under the Social Welfare Acts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48892/14]

Health Services Data

Billy Kelleher

368. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of requests that the Health Service Executive received in 2013 and to date in 2014, under section 8 of the Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Act 2013, from the Revenue Commissioners to provide them with personal data when the Revenue Commissioners require the personal data for the purpose of assessing or collecting any tax, duty or other charge payable to the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48893/14]

Nursing Education

Billy Kelleher

369. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of applications received for the graduate nurse-midwifery programme; the number of places offered; the number of places accepted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48894/14]

Hospital Trusts

Billy Kelleher

370. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when he will publish the international evidence review on independent hospital trusts undertaken by the Health Research Board at his Department's request; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48895/14]

Primary Care Centre Provision

Billy Kelleher

371. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form, the primary care centre projects announced on 17 July 2012; the current status of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48896/14]

Hospital Bed Data

Billy Kelleher

372. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of beds and wards in hospitals (details supplied); the number of those beds and wards that are currently closed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48897/14]

Alcohol Pricing

Billy Kelleher

373. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the discussions that he has undertaken with the relevant members of Northern Ireland Executive regarding a joint approach to the introduction of minimum prices for alcohol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48898/14]

Asthma Incidence

Billy Kelleher

374. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the national asthma programme will be included in the 2015 Health Service Executive Service Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48899/14]

National Children's Hospital Status

Billy Kelleher

375. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the progress made on the development of the national children's hospital since the selection of the site at St James's Hospital, Dublin 8, in autumn 2012; the timeframe for the next steps in the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48900/14]

Medical Card Data

Billy Kelleher

405. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of medical cards as of 1 December 2014; the number of general practitioner cards on the same date; the number for each type of card issued on a discretionary basis on that date; and the number for each type of card assigned to over 70s on that date. [49098/14]

Home Help Service Provision

Billy Kelleher

418. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, by county or local health area the number of home help hours provided to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49210/14]

Ambulance Service Response Times

Billy Kelleher

419. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, for each ambulance station in each month in 2014 to September 2014 the percentage of clinical status 1 ECHO incidents responded to by first responder in seven minutes and 59 seconds or less; the percentage of clinical status 1 DELTA incidents responded to by a patient-carrying vehicle in seven minutes and 59 seconds or less. [49211/14]

Ambulance Service Provision

Billy Kelleher

420. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular format the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency department nationwide in September 2014; the number of such ambulances that waited longer than 20 minutes to hand over patients, get their trolleys back and return to responding to calls; the number that waited longer than 40 minutes for same; the number that waited longer than 60 minutes for same; the number that waited longer than 90 minutes for same; the number that waited more than 120 minutes for same; and the number that waited more than 180 minutes for same. [49212/14]

Medical Card Data

Billy Kelleher

421. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form for December 2013 and December 2014 for each local health area the number of medical cards in circulation; the number of which issued on the basis of the exercise of discretion; and the number of which were allocated to over 70s. [49216/14]

Ambulance Service Provision

Billy Kelleher

422. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form, indicating the HSE region and subdivided by every 80,000 km, the distances that have been travelled by emergency ambulances currently in service; the distances that have been travelled by intermediate care ambulances currently in service; the distances that have been travelled by rapid response vehicles currently in service in such a capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49217/14]

Speech and Language Therapy

Billy Kelleher

426. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, for each local health office the number of children currently awaiting an initial assessment for speech and language therapy for the following waiting times, 0 to four months, four to eight months, eight to 12 months, 12 to 18 months, 18 to 24 months and more than 24 months; and if he will provide the same details for the open waiting list. [49234/14]

Hospital Staff Data

Billy Kelleher

427. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular format the most up-to-date figures for the number of vacant positions in each public-voluntary hospital for consultants, non-consultant hospital doctors, nursing positions, other health and social care professionals, management-administration and general support staff. [49235/14]

Departmental Programmes

Billy Kelleher

181. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when the Department programme management office was established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48727/14]

Patient Safety Agency Establishment

Billy Kelleher

182. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when the new patient safety agency will be established on an administrative basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48728/14]

Medical Indemnity Cover

Billy Kelleher

183. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when the work of the Department with the Health Service Executive and the State Claims Agency to develop a risk-based approach to provision of indemnity to services and professionals was completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48729/14]

Cancer Screening Programmes

Billy Kelleher

184. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to set out the date in 2015 when the age range extension of BreastCheck for women from 65 to 69 years of age will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48730/14]

HSE Governance

Billy Kelleher

185. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to outline the findings and recommendations of the review conducted by his Department in conjunction with the Health Service Executive of the corporate functions and resources, staff and budget of the various corporate, support and shared services as they currently exist within the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48731/14]

Departmental Budgets

Billy Kelleher

186. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health to explain the way his Department has developed programme-based budgeting in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48732/14]

HSE Expenditure

Billy Kelleher

187. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the recommendations contained in the 2012 reviews of financial management systems in the Irish health service; the progress made in implementing these recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48733/14]

Care of the Elderly Provision

Billy Kelleher

188. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when the single assessment tool for older persons services was rolled out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48734/14]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review

Billy Kelleher

189. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when the findings of the review of the fair deal scheme to assess its applicability to other sectors such as the disability and mental health residential sectors will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48735/14]

Palliative Care Services

Billy Kelleher

190. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the prospective funding model for palliative care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48736/14]

Disability Services Provision

Billy Kelleher

191. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health with regard to the move towards a person-centred model of services and supports for disability services, when the initiation of demonstration projects as proof of concept commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48737/14]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data

Billy Kelleher

192. 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. [48738/14]

Hospital Services

Billy Kelleher

193. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of operations or procedures that have been cancelled or postponed in each public hospital to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48740/14]

Hospital Services

Billy Kelleher

194. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of operations or procedures that have been cancelled or postponed in each voluntary hospital to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48741/14]

Hospital Procedures

Billy Kelleher

195. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of procedures the SDU or health service has procured from private-independent hospitals to date in 2014; the amount spent by the health service or SDU on these procedures in private-independent hospitals to date this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48742/14]

Health Insurance Community Rating

Billy Kelleher

287. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his Department was consulted by the Department of Health regarding the regulations implementing lifetime community rating in the health insurance market. [48265/14]

Ambulance Service Staff

Billy Kelleher

430. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his views on concerns expressed by senior managers in the National Ambulance Service to Health Information and Quality Authority inspectors (details supplied). [47781/14]

Long-Term Illness Scheme Administration

Billy Kelleher

442. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a progress report on the refunds of prescription charges to persons on the long-term illness scheme who had to use their general medical services cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47934/14]

Mental Health Services Funding

Billy Kelleher

445. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health in view of the fact that the model of financing and provision of mental health service as provided by Aspen in Lucan, County Dublin, has been endorsed by the Minister for Justice and Equality, his plans to extend this model of provision to other types of care provided by the health service or to other parts of the country with regard to mental health service provision. [47942/14]

Home Care Packages Provision

Billy Kelleher

529. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will arrange for the Health Service Executive to intervene in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork who is heavily dependent on home care and has been having difficulties with the supply of care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48462/14]

Single Payment Scheme Payments

Billy Kelleher

92. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork had their single farm payment penalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47499/14]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Billy Kelleher

148. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will have their eye operation carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47526/14]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Billy Kelleher

150. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a cancelled eye operation in respect of a person (details supplied) will be rescheduled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47528/14]

Health Services Expenditure

Billy Kelleher

301. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in detail the measures that will be introduced to achieve projected savings of €95 million from the annual drugs budget as outlined in the Health Service Executive national service plan for 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46823/14]

Health Services Expenditure

Billy Kelleher

302. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when talks to renegotiate existing pricing agreements with the representatives of the Irish pharmaceutical industry will commence in 2015; if his Department has set a date for the conclusion of these negotiations; the top line priority outcomes of his Department from these negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46824/14]

Health Services Expenditure

Billy Kelleher

303. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the €95 million in projected savings outlined in the Health Service Executive national service plan published on 27 November 2014 include savings to be realised as part of revised agreements on drug pricing to be agreed during 2015 with representatives of the Irish pharmaceutical industry; if so, the amount of savings envisaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46825/14]

Health Services Expenditure

Billy Kelleher

304. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the measures his Department plans to introduce to improve the procurement of medicines in order to realise savings in the drugs budget as outlined in the Health Service Executive national service plan for 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46826/14]

Health Insurance Regulation

Billy Kelleher

305. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if a health insurer (details supplied) will receive authorisation from the Central Bank of Ireland by 31 December 2014; if not, the extension that will be provided to the health insurer to continue to seek authorisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46827/14]

General Practitioner Services Provision

Billy Kelleher

316. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of medical cards as of 1 November 2014; the number of general practitioner cards on the same date; the number for each type of card issued on a discretionary basis on that date; and the number for each type of card assigned to over 70s on that date. [46909/14]

Garda Recruitment

Billy Kelleher

328. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if Garda reserves will be invited to apply for the next round of recruitment for An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46041/14]

Hospital Staff

Billy Kelleher

373. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health regarding the staffing levels at Naas General Hospital, the resources that have been assigned to cover both the old and new wings of the hospital; his views that this is sufficient; his plans to assign further resources in the context of recent warnings from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation on understaffing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45786/14]

Hospital Services

Billy Kelleher

374. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of areas nationwide where brain natriuretic peptide is available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45788/14]

Treatment Abroad Scheme

Billy Kelleher

377. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if families of transplant patients who have to travel overseas are entitled to financial assistance; and if he will investigate the case of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow who claims that subsistence is still outstanding to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45804/14]

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland

Billy Kelleher

380. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland has increased the retention fee from €100 to €150 for 2015; if his Department was consulted or offered a view on the increase now being demanded; his views that a 50% increase is unjustified in view of inflation running at 2.2%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45819/14]

Vaccination Programme

Billy Kelleher

398. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a continuing shortage of BCG vaccines; the action the Health Service Executive is taking to deal with same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46066/14]

Hospital Charges

Billy Kelleher

406. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the reason the Health Service Executive will be introducing charges for the provision of inpatient respite care services - which it has not done up to now - in January 2015; the estimated revenue that will be raised from this charge in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46120/14]

General Practitioner Services

Billy Kelleher

407. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health in view of the fact that the National Association of General Practitioners has secured a negotiating licence, if it will be included in any negotiations or consultations he, his Department or the Health Service Executive will undertake with regard to GP services and contracts, and with specific regard to those under six years of age and those over 70; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46121/14]

General Practitioner Services

Billy Kelleher

408. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health in view of the challenges facing rural general practitioners practices and in more deprived urban areas, if the National Association of General Practitioners will be involved in any negotiations or consultations he, his Department or the Health Service Executive will undertake; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46122/14]

Hospital Admissions

Billy Kelleher

143. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health with regard to public-voluntary hospitals, if he will provide in tabular form for each month in 2014 and for each of those hospitals the number of elective admissions that are private patients and the number that are public patients. [45649/14]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Billy Kelleher

153. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form for each public-voluntary hospital, the numbers waiting in September 2014 for coronary bypass operations, indicating the numbers waiting zero to three months, three to six months, six to nine months, nine months to 12 months and more than 12 months. [45713/14]

School Staffing

Billy Kelleher

163. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to lift the moratorium on filling posts of responsibility in primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45574/14]

Pupil Data Collection

Billy Kelleher

164. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills if grant aid will be made available to assist primary schools with the ever-increasing requirements of her Department in compiling the pupil online database; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45575/14]

Departmental Contracts

Billy Kelleher

140. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Taoiseach if his Department, or any agency of his Department, has awarded any contracts to a company (details supplied) since 9 March 2011. [45353/14]

Departmental Contracts

Billy Kelleher

187. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if her Department, or any agency of her Department, has awarded any contracts to a company (details supplied) since 9 March 2011. [45352/14]

Departmental Contracts

Billy Kelleher

205. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Finance if his Department, or any agency of his Department, have awarded any contracts to a company (details supplied) since 9 March 2011. [45346/14]

Departmental Contracts

Billy Kelleher

210. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department, or any agency of his Department, have awarded any contracts to a company (details supplied) since 9 March 2011. [45351/14]

Enterprise Support Schemes

Billy Kelleher

215. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation regarding the accelerate programme offered by the local enterprise offices and previously the county enterprise boards the number of times and the locations that the accelerate programme was run in 2013; the number of participants who took part in each programme and in total; the average cost of delivering each programme; the evaluation of the programme and its impact in 2013 that has been undertaken and published; the number of times the programme has been run to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45249/14]

Job Creation

Billy Kelleher

216. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of the 150 jobs announced by a company (details supplied) for County Mayo in November 2013 now in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45271/14]

Departmental Contracts

Billy Kelleher

217. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his Department, or any agency of his Department, have awarded any contracts to a company (details supplied) since 9 March 2011. [45349/14]

Departmental Contracts

Billy Kelleher

251. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department, or any agency of his Department, has awarded any contracts to a company (details supplied) since 9 March 2011. [45339/14]

Departmental Contracts

Billy Kelleher

257. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Defence if his Department, or any agency of his Department, has awarded any contracts to a company (details supplied) since 9 March 2011. [45343/14]

Departmental Contracts

Billy Kelleher

295. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department, or any agency of her Department, has awarded any contracts to a company (details supplied) since 9 March 2011. [45350/14]

Departmental Contracts

Billy Kelleher

309. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his Department, or any agency of his Department, has awarded any contracts to a company (details supplied) since 9 March 2011. [45341/14]

Cancer Incidence

Billy Kelleher

319. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will enquire and investigate the high level of cancers diagnosed over the years in areas (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44869/14]

Vaccination Programme

Billy Kelleher

323. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when or if National Immunisation Advisory Committee will make a recommendation with regard to the Meningitis B vaccine in the primary childhood immunisation programme here [44901/14]

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland

Billy Kelleher

328. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland published annual reports for 2012 and 2013; and if same are available on-line [44940/14]

Universal Health Insurance Expenditure

Billy Kelleher

334. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the costs incurred to date by his Department with regard to the programme for Government commitment to introduce universal health insurance [44997/14]

Hospital Equipment

Billy Kelleher

357. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a contract (details supplied) to install critical quality and safety patient software in State hospitals in the west and northwest was awarded [45192/14]

Hospital Equipment

Billy Kelleher

358. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the value of a contract (details supplied) to install critical quality and safety patient software in State hospitals in hospitals in the west and northwest [45136/14]

Departmental Contracts

Billy Kelleher

359. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of contracts currently in place between the Health Service Executive or agency thereof and Northgate Public Services; the date any such contracts were contract and the value of each [45137/14]

Departmental Contracts

Billy Kelleher

379. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if his Department, or any agency of his Department, have awarded any contracts to a company (details supplied) since 9 March 2011. [45348/14]

Prescriptions Charges

Billy Kelleher

384. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health with regard to the rebate of prescription charges to persons with medical cards under the long-term illness scheme, the maximum rebate available per person; the total number of applications for rebates that have been made; the number of rebates that have been paid; the number of approved rebates that have yet to be repaid; the number of applications that have not yet been decided on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45398/14]

Departmental Contracts

Billy Kelleher

418. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department, or any agency of his Department, has awarded any contracts to a company (details supplied) since 9 March 2011. [45347/14]