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National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Could I get the date, please?

National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: The memo states, "advised the Department in writing". I presume, therefore, that a date was put on-----

National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: And what the Department knew on 6 April.

National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I restate that there was a heavy emphasis on spin, no matter what way one looks at it, in terms of the answer being given to the Minister if anyone were to ask a hard question. It is not credible that the Department knew of this but the Minister did not. This is a very serious case which involves a young woman with two small children who is gravely ill. It was known that it was going to...

National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: That underlines that it was considered to be important. I appreciate that the Minister is busy, but the note was not read until the following day. I still find it odd that officials in the Department knew for ten days but did not feel obliged to bring the matter to the Minister's attention. It makes me wonder about how many other cases there are of this nature that the State Claims Agency...

National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: We have raised the issue of outsourcing. When a cytologist who gave evidence to the HIQA inquiry into the case of Ms Rebecca O'Malley raised queries about the inferiority of the US screening, the chair of the inquiry advised him that the terms of reference of the inquiry did not allow it to consider this aspect of the matter. He said that the question of outsourcing was outside the scope of...

National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: We absolutely should if we do not have confidence in them.

National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: The Minister does not have a monopoly on that.

National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I asked about audits.

National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I asked the Minister a specific question about the number of times it has been audited.

National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: The Minister could have said that instead of trying to put a load of figures into the-----

National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I am aware of the figures.

National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: We have to move on before we get any answers.

National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: The Minister can put it on the website.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (1 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding that has been allocated to schools in north County Dublin by catchment area for the provision of ASD units; the amount of this funding that has been drawn down by school; the amount each school will spend in the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18616/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (1 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the funding allocated to a school (details supplied) for the provision of an ASD unit has not been spent; the reason these funds have not been utilised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18617/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Beds Data (1 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 268. To ask the Minister for Health the bed capacity at each community hospital in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018; the number of bed closures which have occurred at each of these facilities during this period; the reason for each such closure; the average percentage occupancy rate experienced at each of these facilities during this period in tabular form; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Consultancy Contracts Data (1 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 275. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by the HSE and his Department for reports by external companies in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by report; the cost of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18868/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Beds Data (1 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 276. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 402 of 24 April 2018, the number of the 200 additional beds opened in winter 2017-18 that will remain open indefinitely; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18869/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Data (1 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 278. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses in each acute hospital in each of the years 2007 to 2017, by hospital in tabular form. [18872/18]