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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Paediatric Services (28 Jun 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 2. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on scoliosis waiting lists; the length of time they have been on the waiting lists; when the 2018 action plan for scoliosis will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27992/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Paediatric Services (28 Jun 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: The question is self-explanatory. It is not long since we all watched, with a combination of sadness and horror, children who were in extreme pain and their parents who had been battling with the system. Unfortunately, I believe they are still battling with the system and there are still long waiters. Those children are still in pain and their parents are still worried about them.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Paediatric Services (28 Jun 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: That is a lovely list of the things the Minister might be doing in the future, but he failed to mention the 88 children whose targets have been missed. He gave a commitment on the four-month target but it has been missed in 88 cases. Some of those children have been waiting in pain for more than three years. They are not able to live a full life. They are in agony. What is the status of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans (28 Jun 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 58. To ask the Minister for Health the detail of the ongoing wait list validation process which is being undertaken in the Children's Hospital Group; the steps that occur; the way in which a decision is made that a child should be removed from the outpatient waiting list; if it is a clinical or administrative decision; the way in which children are safeguarded during this process; if the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultant Recruitment (28 Jun 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 79. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant posts vacant across the State; the vacant consultant posts by specialisation; the consultant posts filled by locum and or agency staff by specialisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27854/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (28 Jun 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 82. To ask the Minister for Health the future plans for Crumlin children’s hospital once the new national children’s hospital is operational; if consideration has been given to making it an elective only hospital or for other health or medical purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27852/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Direct Provision System (28 Jun 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 88. To ask the Minister for Health the physical and mental health supports which have been put in place for those in direct provision (details suppled); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27850/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New Standard Operating Procedure for Assessment of Need under the Disability Act 2005: Discussion (27 Jun 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the witnesses. I apologise for not being here for the first few minutes of the meeting. I have a couple of questions, one of which relates to consultation. We are in receipt of correspondence from speech and language therapists' representatives. We are informed that 8 September 2017 was reported as the date of the consultation, but their members have responded that notice of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New Standard Operating Procedure for Assessment of Need under the Disability Act 2005: Discussion (27 Jun 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Dr. Morgan referred to consultation and we have heard from others who refer to a complete lack of consultation. We had three groups before us earlier but we also had correspondence from a group representing speech and language therapists. It advised that the group was made aware that there would be some class of consultation process but it was at such short notice, its participation was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New Standard Operating Procedure for Assessment of Need under the Disability Act 2005: Discussion (27 Jun 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: A month is provided to complete the service statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New Standard Operating Procedure for Assessment of Need under the Disability Act 2005: Discussion (27 Jun 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Who is involved in that process and why would it take a month?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New Standard Operating Procedure for Assessment of Need under the Disability Act 2005: Discussion (27 Jun 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I might be missing something but in terms of the time spent writing it, that would probably involve-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New Standard Operating Procedure for Assessment of Need under the Disability Act 2005: Discussion (27 Jun 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: It would be a very lucky child if he or she had access to all of that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New Standard Operating Procedure for Assessment of Need under the Disability Act 2005: Discussion (27 Jun 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: A bit of toing and froing rather than-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New Standard Operating Procedure for Assessment of Need under the Disability Act 2005: Discussion (27 Jun 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank Ms O'Neill.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New Standard Operating Procedure for Assessment of Need under the Disability Act 2005: Discussion (27 Jun 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: That appears to parents and others to be just another hurdle in their way. I apologise that I must leave the meeting. I ask the Chairman to address my question on whether this measure is in use in some areas, and if it is under negotiation. This query is not specifically about the role of Fórsa; it relates to reports from parents who have received phone calls where the assessment is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New Standard Operating Procedure for Assessment of Need under the Disability Act 2005: Discussion (27 Jun 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: The committee has been advised that this is happening.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New Standard Operating Procedure for Assessment of Need under the Disability Act 2005: Discussion (27 Jun 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: This is new, though, and it is a change in practice.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (27 Jun 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 183. To ask the Minister for Health the did not attend rates for hospital procedures by hospital in 2017 and to date in 2018. [28141/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (26 Jun 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 312. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to plans to make the drug Raxone available on the general medical services scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27456/18]