Results 2,921-2,940 of 12,424 for speaker:Louise O'Reilly

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Was a flag not raised when 120 letters went out and there was no adverse reaction, as recorded in the minutes? Much of what we are discussing here has to do with us looking at information that should have had a red flag. The HSE team seemed completely unconcerned. Now, that HSE team seems concerned with apologising and telling us that with hindsight it would, of course, have been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: That just really underlines the need for mandatory disclosure and legislation for that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Maybe Dr. Holohan can share it with the committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Yes, I am shocked. Can the witnesses explain the difference between urgent and non-urgent cases? I am looking through the minutes and I see that some referrals are urgent and some are non-urgent. The reason I ask is that I have been contacted by several people who tell me that they experienced symptoms following a smear test that did not show up anything. I will not get into a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: No. It is related to the urgent and non-urgent categories, as they apply to women who have had symptoms of cervical cancer in the immediate aftermath of several negative smear tests.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: They are not being seen urgently. Could Dr. McKenna comment on that? They are being referred to as non-urgent.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: It is helpful that Dr. McKenna has communicated that to me, but it might be more helpful if he communicated that to his clinicians.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services Provision (17 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 188. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce or alter maternity services in the Inishowen peninsula, County Donegal; and the short and long-term plans in this regard. [21848/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Psychological Services (17 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 194. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding provision of psychologists at a centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21870/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (22 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 128. To ask the Minister for Finance if revenue from the sugar tax will be hypothecated for strategies to tackle obesity, including treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22028/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (22 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 323. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of bariatric care in the west of Ireland, specifically Letterkenny University Hospital, University Hospital Galway and Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22025/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (22 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 324. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding provided for hospital based bariatric services in County Galway in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22026/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (22 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 325. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding provided for hospital based bariatric services in County Dublin in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22027/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (22 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 326. To ask the Minister for Health if bariatric surgeries will be carried out under the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22029/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Strategy (22 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 327. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to appoint additional senior dietitians and psychology staff at University Hospital Galway to deal with issues of obesity and eating disorders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22030/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Autism Support Services (23 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 141. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the review of autism services which took place in late 2017; when the review will be published; if an implementation plan of actions will be published alongside it; the way in which recommendations and future actions will take account of geographical disparities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22789/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Screening Programmes: Discussion (23 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the witnesses for attending. I received their presentations yesterday evening and have had a chance to read over them. I have a memory of this happening at the time. Mr. Casey and I are colleagues and we made comment on outsourcing at the time. I will focus on what drove the decision to outsource. My memory is that it was a highly politicised decision. The comment that was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Screening Programmes: Discussion (23 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I will be brief. I apologise that I must ask my question and then leave because I have an appointment. My interest is in the decision that was taken in 2008 on outsourcing the screening service. It is pretty clear that it was a political decision. The witnesses might be able to fill the committee in on the clinical involvement at the time. What is the witnesses' understanding on where...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Screening Programmes: Discussion (23 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: So the clinicians were not involved in the selection of that particular lab.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Screening Programmes: Discussion (23 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: That is very interesting.