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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination, and Public Display) Bill 2018: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: I assure Mr. Watt that nobody is working harder than my party to ensure that happens.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination, and Public Display) Bill 2018: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: I am aware of that. That is good.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination, and Public Display) Bill 2018: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: The young boy I spoke of, Dáithí Mac Gabhann and his family have done a huge amount of work. When we met them yesterday, along with the Minister for Health, they were very careful not to attribute any of that to themselves personally. As a neutral observer, however, I acknowledge the work that has been done by the family in particular. They have been indefatigable in their...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination, and Public Display) Bill 2018: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: That is helpful to know. Before I leave, I think we should note the families who, in tragic circumstances, give an absolutely irreplaceable gift. We owe them a debt of gratitude as we do to people such as Nicola McKenna and Enda Fanning who are living donors. Everything we are doing here is to enhance and add to the work that they have done.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Irish Health Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Oct 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: I welcome our guests and thank them for their submission. Having sat where they are on more than one occasion, I know that they are not health economists and I do not expect them to be, but they have given the committee a very interesting and important perspective from the front line, to which we would do well to listen. One of my questions relates to the production of reports. I am...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Irish Health Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Oct 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: That is very true and worth noting. We often hear people say if there was another report by a consultancy firm, it might crack it, but I cannot see it. The IMO's colleagues from the Irish Hospital Consultants Association were before the committee last week. I have also spoken to colleagues who are members of both unions and neither and they have referred to the revolving door created by...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Irish Health Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Oct 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: It is a revolving door.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Irish Health Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Oct 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: We do not actually see those figures, but they also indicate a wait, which is very worrying. On non-consultant hospital doctors, NCHDs, it is 12 years since I was appointed to the working group on the European working time directive. I believe the Minister for Health at the time was former Deputy Mary Harney and Fianna Fáil was in government. Is Ireland any closer to compliance...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Irish Health Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Oct 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: I have nothing but sympathy for Mr. Owens in that regard.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Irish Health Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Oct 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: Does Mr. Owens know why there is a difference between the HSE figures and those of the Medical Council?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Irish Health Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Oct 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: Indeed, I recall that from my days on the working time directive compliance committee. If every NCHD worked his or her rostered hours, we would not have been sitting in the room. The issue is the additional hours that are worked on top of the rostered hours. Hopefully, that will be reflected in the Medical Council's survey because it is important. I am not seeking to undermine or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Irish Health Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Oct 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: It is not a question of "probably" costing more but rather a question of almost definitely costing more and the figures certainly support that contention. I have one final question relating to general practice. There has been a suggestion, with which Sinn Féin agrees, that if the facility to order diagnostic tests is extended to GPs, this will have a positive impact on waiting lists....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Irish Health Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Oct 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: There is a lot to be said for another report.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Irish Health Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Oct 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: Absolutely, and it should be.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Irish Health Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Oct 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: I will. Regarding the NTPF, we never agree on it over on this side of the House. We are not, however, necessarily talking about 21,000 procedures but 21,000 appointments. Not all of those appointments result in subsequent procedures and, indeed, I believe many do not. I have two questions. One concerns doctors and consultants working abroad. We know that the 30% pay cut, and the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Irish Health Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Oct 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: The immediate impact would be people not be leaving.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Irish Health Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Oct 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: That is fine.

Living Wage: Motion [Private Members] (15 Oct 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: I very much welcome the opportunity to speak to the motion. I am interested to hear from the Government what could possibly be its arguments against a living wage. A living wage prevents in-work poverty. Will the Minister say that she is pro in-work poverty or that she is a cheerleader for it? Is it that she does not know people who work all the hours God sends and still go to bed every...

Health and Childcare Support (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Oct 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: I move amendment No. 2:In page 6, to delete lines 15 to 17 and substitute the following:“(b) the form and manner in which the Executive shall issue an eligible person, or a person acting on his or her behalf, a European Health Insurance Card;”.

Health and Childcare Support (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Oct 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: I move amendment No. 3:In page 6, to delete lines 27 and 28 and substitute the following:“(a) the proper and efficient administration of the issuance of a European Health Insurance Card to eligible persons under section 4;”.