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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (28 May 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 304. To ask the Minister for Health if the review of the drugs approval and procurement process will include specific recommendations. [22833/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Energy Conservation (28 May 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 305. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to reduce unnecessary energy consumption in buildings and the carbon dioxide emissions that accompany same in view of the range of buildings across the health service and the number of employees in the health service. [22834/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Policy (28 May 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 306. To ask the Minister for Health if officials in his Department or the HSE are working with vendors and suppliers to ensure that all products which hospitals purchase are as environmentally friendly as possible from medical supplies to printer paper. [22835/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 May 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: I am sure the Taoiseach will not thank us for raising the issue of insurance costs although I am not raising it in the context of what everyone else is discussing in that regard. I am prompted by a constituent who contacted me to advise that Fingal Adventure Centre will not open at North Beach, Rush. It is saying it is because of the astronomical quotations it has received. We have no...

Development of Primary Care: Statements (29 May 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: The health service is our most important public service. It is there for us when we are born, throughout our lives and at the end. The health of our nation is Sinn Féin’s number one priority. Sinn Féin has a very simple vision and commitment that healthcare should be free at the point of delivery and available to those who need it based on their clinical and medical needs...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Audiology Services Data (29 May 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 100. To ask the Minister for Health if the audiologist working with the HSE to screen and monitor persons with hearing impairments in counties Westmeath, Roscommon, Laois and Offaly is no longer employed by the HSE; the length of time the position of audiologist been vacant; his plans to rectify the situation; the number of patients seeking screening and monitoring that had their appointments...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Audiology Services Provision (29 May 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 101. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address concerns of parents with children with hearing impairments in counties Westmeath, Roscommon, Laois and Offaly that have had their screening and monitoring appointments cancelled due to the fact the audiologist employed by the HSE to provide this service in the counties is no longer employed by the HSE; and the measures being put in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Planning (29 May 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 102. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 43 of 15 May 2019, the recommended medical, infrastructural and accessibility designation criteria for a major trauma centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22937/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (29 May 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 103. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE plans to provide pembrolizumab to public cancer patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22940/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (29 May 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 104. To ask the Minister for Health if pembrolizumab has received marketing authorisation here and in the EU, respectively, for the treatment of cervical and colorectal cancer. [22941/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Developments in Mental Health Services: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank all our witnesses for coming in this morning. I join with my colleague in saying it is a refreshing and welcome change to have an all-female panel. People will be jumping onto Twitter now to give out about me saying that. They had better preface that by showing examples of them giving out on occasions there has been an all-male panel. People do not give out about that. I welcome...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Developments in Mental Health Services: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: The difficulty I have is not that there may not be a place for it in a functioning mental health system but that we have a dysfunctional mental health system and the supports do not exist at the moment. This is something I have recently taken an interest in. My worry is that this is a cheap way of offering support. It is, obviously, always going to be less labour-intensive and all of that....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Developments in Mental Health Services: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: Would it make sense that these services should be put to one side for the moment in favour of developing the more traditional services? Telemedicine is quite new. I have to put my cards on the table and state that I do not like it, although that is my personal opinion. I would prefer to see a doctor or mental health professional. In the absence of services being developed, I would caution...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Developments in Mental Health Services: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: Absolutely. I have one very brief question that relates to attendance at accident and emergency units. I know because there are people in my constituency who have come to my office because they have had to bring a loved one to an accident and emergency department. The person does not have a physical ailment but he or she literally has nowhere else to go so the only door that is open to him...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Developments in Mental Health Services: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: It is. In a scenario where one can schedule appointments and only hit that crisis between 9 a.m and 5 p.m., even at that, someone is still not guaranteed that he or she will get the service he or she needs. This is unscheduled care no matter which way one looks at it and having a nine-to-five service is no use to someone at midnight. It is very regrettable not just for the patient but also...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: The issue of rising insurance costs is a massive problem impacting many individuals and small businesses throughout the State. Businesses are having to curtail their activities. Many have had to close their doors. Jobs are being lost and communities are suffering because of the painstakingly slow pace of insurance reform. We heard here last month from Linda Murray from Navan who broke...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: I asked fairly specific questions, one of which relates to the Judicial Council Bill 2017 and the amendments to it. We have heard repeated requests for co-operation from Opposition parties but it is difficult for us to co-operate if the amendments have not even been published. I also requested that the Government give consideration to the establishment of a Garda insurance fraud unit....

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 May 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: The rare disease plan recommends that we expand the number of conditions for which newborn babies are screened. Yesterday, in the audiovisual room, at a briefing organised by Deputy Brady, we heard from the fathers of two children whose conditions could have been diagnosed at birth. These children, Cathal and Ciarán, known locally as Cogs and Kiwi, and a baby named Juniper have become...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jun 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: Sinn Féin supports the call for a special debate on the allocation of home help hours because the response given by the Taoiseach to Deputy McDonald indicates that there is not a full understanding on the Government side of the implications or the difference between the money allocated and hours delivered. Many Deputies have discussed this issue with me and I presume they have also...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2019: First Stage (11 Jun 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Health Act 1970 and to provide for related matters. I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to introduce the Bill, the purpose of which is simple. It seeks to ensure that there are regular three-year reviews into the effectiveness of the long-term illness scheme in order that changes, upgrades and additions can...