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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: HSE Planning (5 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I assume the staff are meeting at the national joint council. That is an industrial relations forum. The Minister said that staff have volunteered for change of roster and work practices and have added their names to lists. Could he please advise who is co-ordinating those lists? Is it being done centrally or on a site by site basis? Who advised the Minister of all these volunteers, the...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: To avoid any doubt, I must state we will not support amendment No. 46, based on its content. We do not want any association with it. It states, "Where it is intended to carry out a termination of pregnancy on a foetus who is twenty weeks' gestation or more, the medical practitioner intending to carry out the termination of pregnancy or another medical practitioner assisting him or her...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: On a point of information, I assure the Deputy that any offence that was expressed by me was very genuine.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I did not say that.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I did not say that, though.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Last night, in Limerick, a group of doctors who want to provide the service - perhaps they are conscientious providers rather than conscientious objectors - and want to provide healthcare for women were hounded out of the original venue for their training. The good news is that they found a place. That emphasised the need for us to include exclusion zones, if not as part of this legislation...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I move amendment No. 60:In page 16, to delete lines 17 to 34. We have concerns about the manner in which special benefit or advantages are defined because it would appear that it will prevent organisations such as the IFPA from paying counselling staff or others. I believe the Minister may be in a position to address that.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: In that case, I will withdraw the amendment.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (5 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 64. To ask the Minister for Health if resources will be forthcoming for the breast multidisciplinary team and for the diabetes and endocrine diseases clinic at Cork University Hospital to increase staff, tackle delays, allow for referral pathways and other associated issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50778/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (5 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 97. To ask the Minister for Health when the position taken by Dáil Éireann following the passing of a Private Members Bill on 3 May 2017, which called for the national maternity hospital to remain within public ownership and have legally guaranteed independence from all non-medical influence, will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50776/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services (5 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 99. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to claims made by interviewees in a report (details supplied) that the HSE compelled organisations to sign service arrangements on the basis of known but formally unrecorded deficits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50777/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff (5 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 132. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the health service has not published a funded workforce plan for nursing and midwifery for 2018; if a plan will be forthcoming in 2018; if there has been progress on a 2019 plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50780/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Remuneration (5 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 133. To ask the Minister for Health if he will engage with organisations (details supplied) to try to avert industrial action caused by the continuing recruitment and retention crisis, understaffing and safety in the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50779/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (5 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 195. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 463 to 465, inclusive, of 27 November 2018, the work being undertaken by the OPIOG in the area of health and environmental planning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51001/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (5 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 196. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 463 to 465, inclusive, of 27 November 2018, if the feedback from the Healthy Ireland stakeholder forum on the built environment will form part of the discussions necessary to develop guidelines and support materials for those working in developing the built environment; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (5 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 197. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 463 to 465, inclusive, of 27 November 2018, the timeline for the consideration of the collated outcomes in detail by the relevant Departments, the national physical activity plan implementation group and the OPIOG for the purposes of advancing work in the area of health and environmental planning; if there is a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (5 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 212. To ask the Minister for Health the health spend per GNI star; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51044/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (5 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 222. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 663 of 7 September 2018, if full tender documents are finalised; when this proposed facility will go to tender; if there is a commencement date for construction in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51081/18]

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Yes. I am sorry I was not here for the start. I could say I was caught in traffic but I was getting coffee so I might as well be honest. Honesty is the best policy. The Minister of State is welcome. I thank him for appearing before the committee. We have previously commented on the fact the Minister is not available but in the circumstances, and given the lateness of the time we...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I am specifically asking how that figure was arrived at. The HSE did not reach it but it must have been based on something.