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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Funding (29 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 322. To ask the Minister for Health if funding issues are causing beds at the National Rehabilitation Hospital to remain empty and not staffed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23130/18]

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

Louise O'Reilly: 436. To ask the Minister for Health the spend on agency and locum staff in hospitals in each of the years 2010 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by nurses, doctors and so on and by hospital and CHO in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23672/18]

Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (30 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I sincerely hope the Minister of State, Deputy Mitchell O'Connor, has come in here with some good news for me because the people in St. Michael's special school in Skerries truly deserve it. They recently had an inspection and the inspector found that the teaching and the learning in this establishment is exemplary. I have met some of the parents, I have met the children and I have met the...

Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (30 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: That is not all negative-----

Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (30 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: -----but it is not a date. I understand it is positive, but it is not a date. The Minister of State will appreciate that as we head towards the summer break when the kids will be heading off, it would be very helpful if we were heading into the summer knowing there was a definitive date. Reference was made to a potential permanent site option. My understanding is a permanent site option...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Stroke Programme Implementation (30 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 150. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 358 of 27 March 2018, the funding required to support the appointment of a national stroke audit manager; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23867/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Stroke Care (30 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 151. To ask the Minister for Health the availability of round the clock CT angiography for stroke patients in South Tipperary General Hospital; the impact of deficiencies in the service on the treatment of stroke patients including assessment for thrombectomy and thrombolysis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23868/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Stroke Care (30 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 152. To ask the Minister for Health the infrastructural and equipment deficits across the stroke programme; the details of capital requests for same made in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; the status of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23869/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Stroke Programme Implementation (30 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 166. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times officials from the national stroke programme have met with the national steering group or the working group for the implementation plan for the national strategy and policy for neurorehabilitation services; the informal discussions that have taken place regarding the area in which stroke fits into the neurorehabilitation strategy; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: School Milk Scheme (30 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 189. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 240 of 10 May 2018, if further details of the new model of implementation for the school milk scheme for the 2018-2019 period will be provided; the new features contained in the new model; the key differences in the way in which the new model will differ from current and previous practices; and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (30 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 197. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 263 of 10 May 2018, the preparatory work being undertaken in advance of the publication of the revised text of the audiovisual media services directive; the considerations being given to the issue of co-regulation of audiovisual content on video sharing platform services; the work...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (30 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 217. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 281, 282 and 283 of 10 May 2018, the results of the on-site inspection programmes implanted since 2012 to ensure that the school food scheme rules are being adhered to, including an assessment of the type of food provided; if annual reports or figures are produced on the assessment of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Regulation of Home Care Provision: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I welcome the witnesses and apologise for missing the first portion of the meeting but I was unavoidably elsewhere. The waiting list of 1,400 in CHO 9, which is my area, was mentioned. I would be interested in the witness's view as to whether the unacceptably long waiting list in CHO 9 has any relationship to the drop in the number of nurses in the community because since 2007, we have seen...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Regulation of Home Care Provision: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: As a carer might be providing only a 15 minute service, he or she would be earning only a tiny fraction of that €13.80 per hour.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Regulation of Home Care Provision: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: That means that €11 is the average payment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Regulation of Home Care Provision: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: However, there are waiting lists.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Regulation of Home Care Provision: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I am sorry, but I do not think that it is the case. People want to be cared for in their home. I have not yet met a person who expressed an opinion on whether or not the care is private or voluntary. Half of the people do not know if it is a voluntary sector, private or HSE service. The witnesses know my view on this, which is that the HSE cut back on the services and allowed the private...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Regulation of Home Care Provision: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: That is to make up a deficit. I imagine that the vast majority of people want to be cared for by the HSE, or else they have no preferences.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Regulation of Home Care Provision: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: What about 15 minute calls?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Regulation of Home Care Provision: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Fifteen minute calls are no longer used.