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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospitals Winter Plan (10 Oct 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 2. To ask the Minister for Health when the winter plan 2019-20 will be published. [40975/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospitals Winter Plan (10 Oct 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: I will endeavour to be helpful. In fact, the policies of both Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have brought us to this point. Perhaps the Minister and Deputy Donnelly can take some time afterwards to divvy up the exact portion of blame between themselves. I think the Minister will agree that he should have published the winter plan at this stage. Anyone looking in here who spent last night...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospitals Winter Plan (10 Oct 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: This winter is coming. Nurses in Limerick have been already through the worst overcrowding they have ever seen in their long careers. They are at the end of their rope. The Minister is telling them they will get beds at some point in the future, but they know they will have to deal with the coming winter in the meantime. When will he publish the winter plan? Will it contain all the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospitals Winter Plan (10 Oct 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: In response to a question from me, the Minister said that last year 75 public beds were opened. Perhaps we could get an indication as to whether they were left open or will be reopened. People want to know that. When I say, for example, "The likes of which have never been seen before", they are not my words. Rather, they are the words of a nurse working in Limerick. Does the Minister...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Oct 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: I did but it is fine.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Oct 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: Today is World Mental Health Day, and the Minister of State earlier referenced the HSE's mental health helpline. That phone number is not a replacement for the face-to-face care people need, and should never be advertised as such by anyone, though I am not suggesting that is what the Minister of State was doing. My fear is that that helpline will refer people to waiting lists. It is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Newborn Screening Cards (10 Oct 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 38. To ask the Minister for Health when the chair of the National Screening Committee will be appointed; and if he and the new chair will ensure that newborn screening services are expanded to test for a greater range of conditions; and if an expanded programme will be operational in 2020. [40980/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Strategy Expenditure (10 Oct 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 46. To ask the Minister for Health if new funding will be released for the national maternity strategy for 2020; and if targeted funding will be allocated to help hire more consultant gynaecologists in order to reduce gynaecological waiting lists which are at nearly 30,000. [40978/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Debt Collection (10 Oct 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 48. To ask the Minister for Health if he will liaise with hospitals to ensure they do not use debt collection agencies to recover emergency department and hospital charges. [40976/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (10 Oct 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 87. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the necessary staff have not been recruited to ensure that the paediatric outpatient department and urgent care centre at Connolly Hospital can be operational from 8 a.m. until midnight, seven days a week, as was previously committed; and when the full staff complement will be in place. [40977/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (10 Oct 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 96. To ask the Minister for Health if the establishment of a day hospital in Swords, County Dublin will be considered. [40979/19]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: It is acknowledged on page 38 of the programme for Government that this country's "national infrastructure compares poorly with the most advanced European countries". The programme contains a commitment to "increase capital investment in transport". The northern commuter line is operating at capacity. In the absence of a legal entitlement to family-friendly or variable working hours, it is...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: That is not much use to people in Balbriggan.

Health and Childcare Support (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second Stage (15 Oct 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: Nothing would give me more pleasure than to spend all evening debating what Fianna Fáil failed to get from its budget negotiations, but that is not what we are here to discuss. I want to be as constructive as I can in the few words I have to say on this matter. As the Minister will be aware, I am proud to speak as a member of an all-island, 32-county party. We have supported the...

Health and Childcare Support (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Oct 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: I move amendment No. 1:In page 5, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following:"Issuance of European Health Insurance Card to eligible persons 4.(1) An eligible person shall be entitled to a European Health Insurance Card to be issued by the Executive. (2) An application for a European Health Insurance Card by an eligible person under subsection (1)shall be made in the prescribed form...

Health and Childcare Support (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Oct 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: We can get it dealt with now.

Health and Childcare Support (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Oct 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: On the basis of the information the Minister has given, due to the reasons he has outlined, and on the proviso that we will be kept updated on the operation of this scheme, I will withdraw the amendment. The intention of my amendment is clear, but I do not want to create a scenario where we have no provision at all, which is my understanding of what would happen. That cannot happen. While...

Health and Childcare Support (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Oct 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: I move amendment No. 2:In page 6, to delete lines 15 to 17 and substitute the following:“(b) the form and manner in which the Executive shall issue an eligible person, or a person acting on his or her behalf, a European Health Insurance Card;”.

Health and Childcare Support (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Oct 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: I move amendment No. 3:In page 6, to delete lines 27 and 28 and substitute the following:“(a) the proper and efficient administration of the issuance of a European Health Insurance Card to eligible persons under section 4;”.

Health and Childcare Support (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Oct 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: I move amendment No. 4:In page 6, to delete lines 29 and 30.