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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (23 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I wish the Minister all the best in his new position. It is a bit of a baptism of fire. It is interesting that Fianna Fáil Deputies come in here and criticise the suitability of this contractor to carry out a government contract when Fianna Fáil awarded the contract. I do not think-----

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (23 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: -----it is going to be lost on people that it was in government when the contract was awarded. I have some questions for the Minister which come from parents of children attending Ardgillan community college who have raised them with me directly. When will fourth years know where they are going to be accommodated? Will they be accommodated during the works on a permanent basis? Is the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (23 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Did I hear the Minister correctly? Did he say all pupils who are not at school at the moment will be accommodated after the Hallowe'en break? Perhaps the Minister can provide more detail on that in correspondence.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (23 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Yes, specifically Ardgillan. The Minister said in his response that during the course of the works in Ardgillan, additional issues of a structural nature were identified. Can the Minister indicate when those issues were identified? Parents are worried there was information that was known but not communicated to them. Perhaps the Minister can provide myself and other Deputies from Fingal...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Hospital (23 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 76. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the commitment given by Dáil Éireann to ensure the national maternity hospital remains within public ownership and has legally guaranteed independence from all non-medical influence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43443/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Care (23 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 77. To ask the Minister for Health if he will discuss the HSE CHO networks and operating model proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43444/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultant Recruitment (23 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 104. To ask the Minister for Health when provision will be made for additional consultant rheumatologists to bring the complement of same in Crumlin Children’s Hospital in line with international best practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43440/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (23 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 379. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 221 women that were diagnosed with cervical cancer that have had a change to the categorisation of their smear tests upon a subsequent review that was initiated by CervicalCheck after the women were diagnosed; and the number of these women from County Louth. [43283/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (23 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 380. To ask the Minister for Health if he has requested that the HSE provide a breakdown of the locations in which the cytology slides of the 221 women affected by the CervicalCheck cancer scandal were examined; and if not, his plans to do so. [43284/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (23 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 381. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 221 women affected by the CervicalCheck cancer scandal that consented to participate in the review by an organisation (details supplied) instigated by him; the number of the women that consented from County Louth; and the number of women that were contacted regarding the review process. [43285/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Organ Donation (23 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 111. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the scheme to provide compensation for living donors that are not working outside the home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43441/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (23 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 149. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to tackle the rising incidence of body dysmorphia and eating disorders among men and young men in particular; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43442/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (23 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 207. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 82 and 83 of 10 May 2018, his plans to reduce the rate of VAT on defibrillators in 2022 when the new amended VAT directive is expected to take effect; if preparatory work will be undertaken before then to ensure this can take effect immediately; if so, the details of the work; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (23 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 208. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 82 and 83 of 10 May 2018, if there is facility for a similar measure to be applied here in terms of VAT reduction on defibrillators in the interim as has happened in Belgium (details supplied) in view of the fact that the new amended VAT directive is expected to take effect in 2022; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (23 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 378. To ask the Minister for Health the contract situation between the HSE, his Department and a laboratory (details supplied); if a new laboratory will be chosen to test smear test slides instead of the laboratory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43282/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Transfers (23 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 382. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be transferred to the National Rehabilitation Hospital, Dún Laoghaire, in view of the fact that the planned transfer has been delayed on numerous occasions. [43286/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (Section 95(3)) (Variation of Title: Physical Therapist) Regulations 2018: Motion (24 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I will be brief. I thank Ms Walsh for the presentation and for giving time to this. Obviously, it was a contentious issue. I am happy that the time was given, the parties engaged and then a solution was found. I believe that solution will benefit the public and will ensure that the titles are protected. That is what everyone wanted out of it and I wish to put on record my thanks for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Overspend on the Health Budget 2018: Discussion (24 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: There is a section in the presentation on efficiencies, for which the estimate is €346 million. From where did that figure come? How was it calculated? How much of it has been achieved? Specifically, what components make up that figure? Did it arise from discussions with the people who presumably should deliver the efficiencies? In budget 2019 we note that current health...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Overspend on the Health Budget 2018: Discussion (24 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I used the word "volatile" about tax receipts but I am not the only one who has used it. I am asking for a comment as to whether it is prudent to include once-off payments that will not be available next year. I do not think it is a prudent way to fund the health service and I ask for a comment on that. I understand how it works. I am interested in Mr. Desmond's view as to its prudence.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Overspend on the Health Budget 2018: Discussion (24 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: That figure is €60 million?