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Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (20 Feb 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 412. To ask the Minister for Health the location from which equipment for the National Ambulance Service incident response team which is currently being established is being supplied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8765/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Staff (20 Feb 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 413. To ask the Minister for Health if personnel from outside Ireland attended training alongside staff from here for the National Ambulance Service incident response team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8766/18]

Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I begin by thanking Aoife Hegarty and team from "RTÉ Investigates" for their essential piece of public service broadcasting last night. I commend the bravery of Alison McCormack who took part in the programme and shared her story. People should feel safe in our hospitals and they should be sure that they are getting the right care and the best possible care. They should be able to...

Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Duty of candour is not underpinned statutorily. I fully appreciate that the protections are there. When the Taoiseach was the Minister for Health he described the failure to adhere to a duty of candour and to disclose the relevant information as being "the equivalent of a hit and run." I agree with the Taoiseach in this regard, which is rare enough. This is exactly what happened to this...

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Feb 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Public anger at the prospect of the sale of thousands of mortgages to a vulture fund continues to grow. The chance to regulate these funds was voted down by the Labour Party and Fine Gael in 2015. Sinn Féin legislation to regulate this issue remains on the Order Paper and we are prepared to work with those on all sides to advance it. However, the immediate concern is for the thousands...

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Feb 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: The Taoiseach cannot tell them that. That is not the question I asked.

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Feb 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Can an effort be made to answer the questions that are asked?They are asked in good faith and Deputies deserve an answer.

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Feb 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I referred to legislation.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Reports (21 Feb 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 126. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether Sláintecare is a comprehensive reform action plan or implementation plan for the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8846/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Reports (21 Feb 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 127. To ask the Minister for Health the advice received by his Department in relation to the costings in Sláintecare; if his Department or others are costing the proposals separately; when this is expected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8847/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Reports (21 Feb 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 128. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the Sláintecare report; the timeframe for same; if he will meet with the members of the Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare in advance of publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8848/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Care (21 Feb 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 153. To ask the Minister for Health the reason HSE performance reports since July 2016 suggest that no community intervention team service is available for the CHO1 area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8946/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Care (21 Feb 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 154. To ask the Minister for Health the community intervention team staffing levels by CHO area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8947/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Care (21 Feb 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 155. To ask the Minister for Health the community intervention teams which are outsourced; the CHO areas they are in; the way in which outsourced staffing levels compare to directly employed HSE CIT staff by CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8948/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Reports (21 Feb 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 157. To ask the Minister for Health when a report (details supplied) will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8953/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of National Maternity Strategy 2016-2026: Discussion (21 Feb 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I apologise for missing the first few minutes of the meeting but I did get a chance to read the submissions. Recruitment and retention is mentioned by both groups. There is a deficiency in medical staff numbers. Dr. Boylan referred to consultant jobs being so unattractive that no applications are received. Ms Leahy referred to the recruitment and retention crisis. Before we move on to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of National Maternity Strategy 2016-2026: Discussion (21 Feb 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I feel strange calling Phil Ms Ní Sheaghdha. With regard to recruiting nurses from overseas, at what stage are they counted as part of the whole-time equivalent, WTE, figures? Ms Ní Sheaghdha mentioned the language barrier. Nobody is suggesting for a moment that these men and women are not very welcome and very necessary. We know that. From my own experience and from talking to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of National Maternity Strategy 2016-2026: Discussion (21 Feb 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Is it not part of the problem that you are not committing to a timeframe? I keep asking at what stage in the future we will be able to say to a pregnant woman that she will definitely have access to this. The answer is always "perhaps in a while" or "maybe in a bit" and "we are definitely committed to possibly doing something". I appreciate that Mr. McGrane has a tough job but if he does...

Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Feb 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: On the same issue, this is utterly ridiculous. The matter has got absolutely nothing to do with the referendum on the eighth amendment-----

Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Feb 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: This is an insult to every member of that committee who sits in this Chamber and I will not have it.