Results 2,941-2,960 of 12,424 for speaker:Louise O'Reilly

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

Louise O'Reilly: To be crystal clear, we are having this hearing on screening programmes because of a scandalous withholding of information from women, albeit by another programme. What the Dáil and this and other committees have discussed is the apparent paternalistic attitude of people within the health service towards the women who are users of that service. With respect, that is why Professor Hill...

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

Louise O'Reilly: We all watched the "Prime Time" episode in February on Ms Alison McCormack, and the issue there was the withholding of information. I respect that the witnesses offer women the choice to look back and Professor Hill has said it is most probably done. Is it not written down somewhere that it should be done?

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

Louise O'Reilly: There was a 300-page document on open disclosure in 2013. In what way was it transposed into everyday practice? Have there been seminars or discussions on it? Have any protocols been introduced? We were told by very senior people within the Health Service Executive and the Department, as well as some politicians in here, that we did not need mandatory open disclosure or legal underpinning...

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

Louise O'Reilly: No, at no stage did I use the word "remiss". Will Mr. McCallion explain from a policy and administrative perspective what exactly happened to the 2013 open disclosure document. In no way have I tried to disparage the programme. As I have said repeatedly, I am a supporter of the programme. It is important to me that the women I represent have confidence in that programme. Perhaps the...

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

Louise O'Reilly: I must interrupt the witnesses as my time has run out. I have a very quick question. In 2013 did the service take the view that the open disclosure policy did not apply to the screening programmes or were people advised that it should not apply? Does it apply to the programmes but there is an elongated process to put it in place?

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

Louise O'Reilly: The open disclosure policy was put in place five years ago. Mr. McCallion has not answered my question. Is there a list which shows where it does and does not apply? I know that my time is up, but sometimes delegates do not help their own cause when they attend committees.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (24 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 47. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 66 to 70, inclusive, of 16 May 2018, the details of the amendment to the legislation that will be brought forward in the Finance Bill 2018 to impose a calcium threshold on products within the exempt categories; the proposed threshold; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23011/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Health Services Data (29 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 38. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the decrease in the number of community nurses in community health organisation, CHO, areas nationally; his views on the impact this is having on the delivery of health services in the community; the steps being taken to increase these numbers; the number of nurses working in the community setting in each of the years 2007 to 2017,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Health Services Data (29 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I listened to the Minister and the Deputy having a wee chat about the reform of the model of care, which I assume means a shift to the community, making my question very timely. I am sure the first thing the Minister will do is thank me for it but I will dispense with the need for that.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Health Services Data (29 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Perhaps he could get to the figures on, and explain where, all the nurses will come from to provide all this marvellous service in the community that we all want to see. Unfortunately, however, the decrease in staff numbers does not bode well for any great shift to the community.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Health Services Data (29 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Let us be honest that more of the same will not work because it is not working. The Minister is offering nurses a permanent contract in a health service that has become an unattractive place to work. I am sure the INMO members told him that at their conference - in fact, I am certain they told him that. I acknowledge the damage caused by the recruitment moratorium introduced by Fianna...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Health Services Data (29 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: When I said more of the same, the Minister read out statistics. I asked for them so I am not criticising him for that. They showed a rate of increase, and I am not brilliant at hard sums, such that by my reckoning it will probably take a decade or more to get back up to the level we were at before the crisis. That is before taking account of the fact that we are moving away from a...

Residential Tenancies (Student Rents, Rights and Protection) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (29 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I commend my colleagues, Teachtaí Ó Broin and Funchion, on bringing forward this important legislation. Shortly before I was elected I was involved in a dispute with University College Dublin, UCD. It related to a car park and the introduction of car parking charges. At the time we were considering the demands placed on the car park by the students and the staff. It became...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (29 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 61. To ask the Minister for Health the number of calls that have been made to the CervicalCheck helpline; the number that have been returned; the number that are awaiting a return call; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23451/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (29 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 72. To ask the Minister for Health if the central sterilising supply department at the Mater Hospital will be retained within the public health system; if plans are in place to outsource the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23449/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Charges (29 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 99. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to update the living kidney donor reimbursement scheme to provide for the reimbursement of stay-at-home parents that donate a kidney; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23452/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Data (29 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 121. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite care hours provided for the first quarter of 2018 in each CHO area; the way in which this compares with applications for respite care; the respite care provided in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date 2018, by CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23450/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (29 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 128. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for a new neuro interventional angiography suite at Beaumont Hospital; if there is a contingency plan should the suite cease to operate suddenly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23453/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (29 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 320. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for the National Rehabilitation Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23128/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Beds Data (29 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 321. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds in the National Rehabilitation Hospital; the number occupied, empty and closed, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23129/18]