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Order of Business (27 Sep 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: The campaign did not work.

Pharmacy Fees: Motion [Private Members] (27 Sep 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: I move amendment No. 1:To delete all words after "unmet demand; and" and substitute the following:recognises that the switching of medications from a prescription to a non-prescription basis could reduce the expenditure on dispensing fees; and call on the Minister for Health to:- outline what action the HSE is taking to investigate this issue; - ensure the HSE will conclude its...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (27 Sep 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 88. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the action being taken by her Department to ensure that recommendations of the 2015 report on improvements to the direct provision system are implemented; the reason the progress report at part 5.100 lists the recommendation as being implemented by the HSE despite the absence of new protocols and enhanced services; the engagement her Department...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Direct Provision System (27 Sep 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 541. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the action being taken by his Department to ensure that recommendations of the 2015 report on improvements to the direct provision system are implemented in respect of those falling under the remit of the HSE; the reason the progress report at part 5.100 lists the recommendation as being implemented by the HSE despite the absence of new protocols...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy Provision (27 Sep 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 543. To ask the Minister for Health the support provided to families who receive supports from therapists to assist their children develop speech and language skills, or who receive equipment from the HSE to assist their children, to ensure that they are fully equipped to use equipment or provide home therapies; the action being taken to ensure that persons acquire the skills required to deal...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Lourdes Hospital Redress Scheme Eligibility (27 Sep 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 548. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet a group (details supplied) over the failure to be included in a redress scheme; if his attention has been drawn to the case of these persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26471/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health and Social Care Professionals Regulation (27 Sep 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 641. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to implement the decision of his predecessor in January 2016 to protect both titles of physiotherapist and physical therapist in one State register; his further plans on the inclusion of other groups which are seeking to be placed on the same register as physiotherapists who have qualified with level 8 and 9 degrees; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ministerial Meetings (27 Sep 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 709. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with his counterpart in the North, the Minister, Michelle O'Neill, in advance of the NSMC meeting scheduled for November 2016 to discuss issues of common importance, including the scoping exercise which both Departments agreed to at the last meeting, the impacts of Brexit, and cross-Border health projects; and if he will make a statement on...

Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (28 Sep 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: Deputy Cowen should cross the floor and thank Teachta Ó Broin for giving him the opportunity to clarify Fianna Fáil's position because it has had more positions than the Kama Sutra on this issue. We are in dire need of clarification, and happily, Sinn Féin is in a position this evening to provide Fianna Fáil with an opportunity to send a very clear message to people who...

Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (28 Sep 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: Not yet.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Advertising (28 Sep 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 220. To ask the Minister for Health the current members of the Alcohol Marketing Communications Monitoring Body; when this group last met; if and when he has met or corresponded with this group; when the group last published a report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27716/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Advertising (28 Sep 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 222. To ask the Minister for Health the detail of the consultative panel who advise the Alcohol Marketing Communications Monitoring Body; the persons on the group; the frequency with which they meet with the AMCMB; the stakeholders represented on this panel; if his Department have any oversight on the composition of this panel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27724/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Advertising (28 Sep 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 223. To ask the Minister for Health if any independent research has been commissioned by the Alcohol Marketing Communications Monitoring Body since its establishment; the research that has been commissioned in respect to adherence to and effectiveness of the provisions of the codes; the research and expenditure by his Department on this research for each of the years since the establishment...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Sales Legislation (28 Sep 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 221. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish the Irish response to the objections raised by other EU member states on the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill; the current position with respect to the Irish reply to these objections; the next stage; if he will publish this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27717/16]

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Universal Health Care and the NHS: Discussion (28 Sep 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank Professor Pollock for her presentation. I am keen to ask a question with regard to the difference between Scotland and England. Obviously, there is a shift in England towards privatisation. It does not seem to be the same in Scotland. Will Professor Pollock explain this by way of a difference in legislation or in terms of legal obligations? Is it simply the difference of choices...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Management of Chronic Care Illness: Discussion (28 Sep 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the witnesses for their presentations and for attending this morning. We heard from both GPs and consultants in the Carlow-Kilkenny area who told us that 5% of chronic disease management should be in the hospital and the balance of it should be in the community. Would Dr. O'Shea agree, but I can see by his nodding that he does.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Management of Chronic Care Illness: Discussion (28 Sep 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: My question referred not just to GPs but also to the make-up of a primary care team. I am not asking Dr. O'Shea to necessarily put a figure on it but just to point us in the direction where we might get some idea of ratios. When the issue of primary care teams and staff is discussed, the answer we often get is that while everybody wants a fully staffed primary care team, what does that look...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Management of Chronic Care Illness: Discussion (28 Sep 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: Should that be better staffed? Should the staffing ratios be higher in socio-economically disadvantaged areas?

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Management of Chronic Care Illness: Discussion (28 Sep 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: As such, basing it on population alone is not really going to-----

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Management of Chronic Care Illness: Discussion (28 Sep 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: GP trainees are trained in the system they are going to be working in. Unfortunately, for the past number of years, there have been nothing but decimating cuts to the services being provided and the resourcing of general practice. When one is training as a GP, one is working for a GP trainer who is a principal GP in a practice. One spends one's time rotating through two practices, often a...