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Written Answers — Department of Health: Information and Communications Technology (12 Jun 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 914. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing the HSE information technology budget to bring it to the EU and OECD averages, respectively; the estimated cost of increasing the HSE information technology budget by an average of 2%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25525/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (12 Jun 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 916. To ask the Minister for Health if the estimate of the cost of introducing free general practitioner care for all persons was between €330 million and €365 million, excluding those younger than six and older than 70 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25527/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (12 Jun 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 917. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated costs of introducing free general practitioner care to all persons based on the current scope, fee structure and payments to general practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25528/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Data (12 Jun 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 918. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of awarding medical cards for all adults with disabilities. [25529/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescriptions Charges (12 Jun 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 919. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of abolishing prescription charges; the estimated cost of the phased abolition of charges by 50 cent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25530/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments Waiting Times (12 Jun 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 920. To ask the Minister for Health the emergency department waiting times greater than 24 hours for persons over 75 years of age in 2018; if the targets were met; if not, the number of persons over 75 years of age who have had a wait of more than 24 hours in an emergency department in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25531/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments Waiting Times (12 Jun 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 921. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons aged 75 years of age or over who experienced an emergency department waiting time of more than 24 hours in 2017 and to date in 2018; the hospital in which this occurred by month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25532/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments Waiting Times (12 Jun 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 922. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE target of eliminating emergency department waiting times of greater than 24 hours for persons over 75 years of age was met for 2018; the number of persons over 75 years of age who have had to wait for more than 24 hours in an emergency department in 2018; the hospital in which the wait occurred in each case; and if he will make a statement on the...

Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Water Supply Leakages (13 Jun 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: In the past 18 months, there have been 20 separate incidents of water shortages and outages in Skerries. I know this because my home has been affected. It gets worse the further up the hill one goes. There are young families, particularly in Barnageeragh and Hamilton Hill, who are having serious issues. For people with small children, it is not good enough to get 12 hours' notice of a...

Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Water Supply Leakages (13 Jun 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the Minister of State for taking this matter. It is regrettable that the Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, is not here to take it, particularly as it is very serious. There is not much in the form of commitment to a timeline for people, although we welcome the commitment that this will be financed. It should be borne in mind that more houses are being built as we speak. As a result,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Patient Safety (Licensing) Bill: Discussion (13 Jun 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I apologise for not being present earlier but I had to do a radio interview. There is no point in me saying I was doing something else because it was public. I have some questions which may have been asked. If they have, I will check the Official Report so the witnesses should not feel they need to answer them again. I will go through them in the order in which each issue appears in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Patient Safety (Licensing) Bill: Discussion (13 Jun 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Yes. They are mandatory.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Patient Safety (Licensing) Bill: Discussion (13 Jun 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Some items would be on the "that would be nice if we had absolutely nothing else to do" list. They would be the icing on the cake. However, I am worried about the subjective standards in the middle, which someone might look at and say, "It would be nice if we could do that, but we do not have the resources at the time or the scope." If as much as possible can be made mandatory, albeit not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Patient Safety (Licensing) Bill: Discussion (13 Jun 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Is that based on there being a quick turnaround time though? I can see the issues with this because dealing with all these hospitals will be a logistical issue, but if this process were to go on for a long time, for whatever reason - it would not necessarily be anyone's fault - we could have a mythical licensing system with the bulk of the hospitals operating outside it. Was any thought...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Patient Safety (Licensing) Bill: Discussion (13 Jun 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I have two quick questions. One is on the enforcement powers and the Health Information and Quality Authority, HIQA. It is a direct question to which I would appreciate a direct answer. There are people in the media and others who have commented that the powers of HIQA are weak and limited. The question is simple. If the legislators were minded to give HIQA stronger powers of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Patient Safety (Licensing) Bill: Discussion (13 Jun 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Mr. Quinn says we are behind but even if we pass in the morning would we not still be behind?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Patient Safety (Licensing) Bill: Discussion (13 Jun 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Maybe we would not be as far behind.

Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Jun 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: On the same matter, central to the crisis, which is just one on the list of crises to which we continually refer which are presided over by the Minister's Government, is the issue of recruitment and retention. It is only weeks since a Sinn Féin Private Members' motion was passed which instructed the Government to prioritise pay as part of the recruitment and retention process. This has...

Civil Liability (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: First Stage (14 Jun 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for mandatory open disclosure of a patient safety incident, to introduce a mandatory requirement that the patient be provided with any additional information which later becomes available and for that purpose to amend the Civil Liability (Amendment) Act 2017 and to provide for related matters. I thank the Ceann...

Civil Liability (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: First Stage (14 Jun 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."