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Nurses' and Midwives' Pay and Recruitment: Motion [Private Members] (25 Apr 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I will respond to some of the points made by the Minister of State, specifically his comments on the level of assaults on nursing staff. Every Deputy who contributed in the past two hours noted how valuable nursing and midwives are in the health system. It is a little insulting to these professionals to attribute an increase in the number of assaults on improvements in the recording system....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee
Foetal Anti-Convulsant Syndrome: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the witnesses for attending and for their evidence. I have a few questions. Most of them are for the HSE. There seems to be some discrepancy in the figures we are hearing. Mr McGrane talked about 29 cases as having been diagnosed. We also heard there were 43 diagnosed and potentially 400. This gets to the heart of my point, which is that there really does not seem to be much by...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee
Foetal Anti-Convulsant Syndrome: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: On amendment of the licence, has that been done?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee
Foetal Anti-Convulsant Syndrome: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Would Dr. Spooner like to comment on the issue regarding the woman in Cork yesterday? It would appear that the regulations are not having the desired impact. Practically speaking, how will this translate into action? I am sure that like me, other Deputies have been contacted by women of childbearing age who have been prescribed this medication but have not been alerted to this issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee
Foetal Anti-Convulsant Syndrome: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Ms O'Donnell gave evidence suggesting that approximately 400 children may be affected by foetal anticonvulsant syndrome in Ireland but that only 43 have diagnoses. Does Dr. Murphy agree with that figure?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee
Foetal Anti-Convulsant Syndrome: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: There is an extraordinary disparity in the figures given the difference between 43 and 400. Let us suppose we are trying to access the potential scale of the issues we are dealing with. One figure is 43 and another is 400. Which figure is closer to what would be the average number per head of population in another comparable country?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee
Foetal Anti-Convulsant Syndrome: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Dr. Murphy might be able to talk to us a little about whether that would be possible in terms of the register. I appreciate that it would be significantly easier to start from here, but that is not going to change. We heard about the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Would that be possible? Is that something the HSE is considering?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee
Foetal Anti-Convulsant Syndrome: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: We need to examine the difference between the 400 and the 43. Perhaps Mr. McGrane can outline for us exactly how the HSE will do that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee
Foetal Anti-Convulsant Syndrome: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I had asked a question on what penalties there were, if any. It is clear that there are none and that these are just recommendations. There is no possibility of enforcement and we are relying on people who are very busy to implement this. It is clear that it is not being implemented in all cases and that is worrying. The epilepsy in pregnancy register was raised. Can Mr. McGrane,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee
Foetal Anti-Convulsant Syndrome: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: As Mr. McGrane indicated that the Minister has advised that matters are to be put in train, I suggest that the committee reconvene in a number of months to get a progress report and an update. It would be helpful if anything of relevance were communicated to us in writing in the intervening time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Council Directive 2013/59/EURATOM: Chiropractic Association of Ireland (25 Apr 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the witnesses for their evidence. I have two questions, with one relating to a submission we have not yet heard. It relates to the training. We will hear from radiologists that "when compared with the trained and regulated health care professionals previously described, we have found no substantive evidence of appropriate training, referral criteria, audit or accountability". Will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Council Directive 2013/59/EURATOM: Chiropractic Association of Ireland (25 Apr 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I think Deputy O'Connell was asking how long would it take for the Chiropractic Association of Ireland to be able to satisfy the Health and Social Care Professionals Act or other criteria. Mr. Accardi is essentially saying that there would not be a time lag. He is saying that if we were to speak to the Minister and advise him to give chiropractors a certain amount of time to get themselves...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Council Directive 2013/59/EURATOM: Chiropractic Association of Ireland (25 Apr 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Very well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Council Directive 2013/59/EURATOM: Chiropractic Association of Ireland (25 Apr 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: That was actually the crux of my question. I know there is a difference in practice. Chiropractors are entitled to make the referrals in Newry but they may not be so entitled in Dundalk, although they may have the same qualifications and practice at the same level. Mr. Cosgrave made the point that if he went to the North he would be completely covered to practise, whereas he may not be in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Council Directive 2013/59/EURATOM: Faculty of Radiologists (25 Apr 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank our witnesses for the evidence they have given. I might not be able to wait for answers after I have asked my questions because I am supposed to be somewhere else. I apologise in advance if I have to leave. I will be able to catch up on the answers that are given. My first question is a fairly basic one. We heard from representatives of the Chiropractic Association of Ireland...

Public Private Partnership on Capital Infrastructure: Statements (26 Apr 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I had not intended to speak on this, but when considering the issue of PPPs I was reminded of a man I represented when I worked as a full-time union organiser. The school he was a caretaker of was moving to a new premises which was being built under a PPP. The staff providing non-classroom based services - I would call them the support staff, but the company that was taking over called them...

Order of Business (1 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: While it might be welcome that the Minister is to be given more time, what we are seeking is information, not lists, explanations and definitions.

Order of Business (1 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Ten minutes might be sufficient if he sticks exactly to the topic. If the intention is to provide a lot of context, that will not be very helpful.

National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: At the outset, I commend the bravery of Ms Vicky Phelan. Without her determination and fight, this scandal probably would never have come to light and those affected and their families may never have known the truth. Truth, compassion, and honesty should be evident at all levels of our health service, and even more so at the higher institutional levels of our screening programmes, our...

National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: On page 2 of the memo published it is stated the "National Screening Service and Jerome Coffey, Head of the National Cancer Control Programme, have advised the Department in writing that they do not consider this to be a patient safety incident". Will the Minister share with the House when that advice was given and when exactly the Department knew? I do not think it is credible that the it...