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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Overspend on the Health Budget 2018: Discussion (24 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Mr. Mulvany can talk to Mr. Liam Woods. He was here. We spoke about it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Overspend on the Health Budget 2018: Discussion (24 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: And reducing the agency and overtime bill.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Overspend on the Health Budget 2018: Discussion (24 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: There was a report in a newspaper within the last fortnight regarding discussions that may or may not have been held about the overspend. The newspaper uses language such as "out of control" and other hysteria, but it has to be paid for. There was talk of some sort of curtailment plan for staffing within the health service. We have been there before with the recruitment moratorium. It had...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Overspend on the Health Budget 2018: Discussion (24 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Are they published?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Overspend on the Health Budget 2018: Discussion (24 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Is that for next year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Overspend on the Health Budget 2018: Discussion (24 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Mr. Mulvany has that to the end of 2018. Can we see that? Is it published?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Overspend on the Health Budget 2018: Discussion (24 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Mr. Mulvany might circulate as much as can be made available to the committee.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (23 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Did I hear the Minister correctly? Did he say all pupils who are not at school at the moment will be accommodated after the Hallowe'en break? Perhaps the Minister can provide more detail on that in correspondence.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (23 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Yes, specifically Ardgillan. The Minister said in his response that during the course of the works in Ardgillan, additional issues of a structural nature were identified. Can the Minister indicate when those issues were identified? Parents are worried there was information that was known but not communicated to them. Perhaps the Minister can provide myself and other Deputies from Fingal...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (23 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I wish the Minister all the best in his new position. It is a bit of a baptism of fire. It is interesting that Fianna Fáil Deputies come in here and criticise the suitability of this contractor to carry out a government contract when Fianna Fáil awarded the contract. I do not think-----

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (23 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: -----it is going to be lost on people that it was in government when the contract was awarded. I have some questions for the Minister which come from parents of children attending Ardgillan community college who have raised them with me directly. When will fourth years know where they are going to be accommodated? Will they be accommodated during the works on a permanent basis? Is the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (23 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 66. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the suspended list for scoliosis surgery; the number who have been treated abroad in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43878/18]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (23 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: The parents of children waiting for scoliosis surgery have described the manner in which the lists are treated as an exercise in manipulation, with people being moved from one list to another, and letters being sent to the parents of sick children expecting unrealistically quick replies. "Manipulation" is their word but I do not disagree with them. Can the Minister provide us with...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (23 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I understand that 347 surgeries have been performed to date. The Minister gave the target for this year. To hit that, 100 further surgeries must be performed between now and the end of the year, including the Christmas period. Is the Minister confident that these will take place? To be straight with him, I would not I refer to the number of surgeries abroad that are offered and not...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (23 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: This is complex but complications can also arise for these children as a result of having to wait. Their condition can deteriorate to the point where surgery may not be viable. This morning, I spoke to a parent who asked what will happen to children who are left with permanent impairment as a result of delays. Whether we accept the extent to which they are being dealt with effectively, we...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Nursing Staff Recruitment (23 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 64. To ask the Minister for Health the reason in spite of his commitment to address the recruitment and retention crisis affecting the nursing and midwifery professions, the HSE has stated that there is only one nursing application for every four nursing vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43842/18]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Nursing Staff Recruitment (23 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: My question, like all my questions, is relatively simple. It relates to the recruitment and retention crisis, in light of the fact that nurses and midwives in the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, INMO, have rejected the results of the Public Service Pay Commission, PSPC. It strikes me that nothing concrete is being done to address this that works. I am sure the Minister will list...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Nursing Staff Recruitment (23 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I have some small knowledge of industrial relations between nurses and the State. If the Minister does not acknowledge and address the issue of pay, he will leave nurses and midwives with no choice. The Minister has said, and we all know, the last thing nurses wish to do is contemplate industrial action, but that involves them being given another option. He described the recent pay...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Nursing Staff Recruitment (23 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: The Minister missed an important point in the PSSA which was also in other agreements, including the one on which Fianna Fáil reneged. The point is that the parties reserve the right to go back to the table and renegotiate if the circumstances change. When I was "back in my twos", as my dad would say, when circumstances changed we were quickly dragged back to the table in order that...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (23 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: The Taoiseach mentioned that legal proceedings are under way in four out of 40 of the cases. Are there plans to initiate legal proceedings in respect of the remainder? With regard to the contingency arrangements, reference was made earlier to the question of spin versus substance. There will have to be a roll-out of information for the parents concerned. There is probably no need to hire...