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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: It does not need to be explained to me. It was me who explained to the then director general of the HSE that the leaflet it issued was somewhat misleading in that it said no screening programme is ever 100%. What does that sound like to the Taoiseach? The leaflet said there may be a small occasion for error. I say the following as a woman who uses the service. When a woman goes to have a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: It is on the front page of the newspaper today.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: Eight years.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Nov 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: I see that Daz and Surf are at it again, a Cheann Comhairle. My question is in respect of the programme for Government commitment to alleviate pressures affecting household budgets in the area of childcare. I note the launch of the new national childcare scheme this week and the concerns that many vulnerable babies and children will miss out due to gaps in funding. My constituency of...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Nov 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: It requires a radical overhaul. Will the Taoiseach agree that wholesale change is long overdue in this area? We must put children's interests front and centre by prioritising quality and improving working conditions-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Nov 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: -----while at the same time cutting childcare costs for parents. Will the Taoiseach also address the concerns of One Family, a support organisation for lone parents, which runs an early years service for very vulnerable babies and children and states that it is years away from receiving the amount of funding necessary?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Quality and Qualifications Ireland (19 Nov 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that QQI is advertising for an administrative position while a valid panel from a recent recruitment exercise is in place. [47265/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Quality and Qualifications Ireland (19 Nov 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied that QQI has advertised a post for an administrative position while there is a valid panel in place for a position at the same level. [47266/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (19 Nov 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of provision of ASD unit capacity for Skerries; the number of additional places that will be available for the September 2020 intake; the location of the places; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47771/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (19 Nov 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of provision of ASD unit capacity for Swords; the number of additional places that will be available for the September 2020 intake; the location of the places; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47772/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (19 Nov 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of provision of ASD unit capacity for Rush and Lusk; the number of additional places that will be available for the September 2020 intake; the location of the places; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47773/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (19 Nov 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of provision of ASD unit capacity for Balbriggan; the number of additional places that will be available for the September 2020 intake; the location of the places; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47774/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Health Services Provision (19 Nov 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 397. To ask the Minister for Health if correspondence from his Department issued to general practitioners in Northern Ireland on entitlements of patients following a change in interpretation of an EU directive (details supplied); the reason he decided to change its interpretation of the directive for retired cross-Border workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47433/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Expenditure (19 Nov 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 456. To ask the Minister for Health the costing model used by his Department to cost the roll out of a State-sponsored contraception scheme in the report of the working group on access to contraception. [47729/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Station Closures (19 Nov 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 676. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason Castlerea fire station, County Roscommon remains closed for almost three years; if his attention has been drawn to the concerns from an association (details supplied) for the safety of staff at Castlerea Prison as a result of the absence of such a fire service in the town and the refusal of a person to meet with...

Hospital Overcrowding: Motion [Private Members] (20 Nov 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: I could play the game as to which one of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael is worse all day and it is great craic but it does not really resolve anything, let us be fair. The issue of overcrowding has been a constant for well over a decade now. It did not start eight years ago and people are well aware of this. Only last January, we in Sinn Féin passed a Private Members' motion on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Mental Healthcare Sector: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank our guests for their contributions. Is Mr. Farrelly confirming that no consultant who is not eligible to be registered on the specialist register will act in a tribunal? Is he confident he can exclude those people legally who are practising as consultants but not entitled to be entered on to the specialist register?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Mental Healthcare Sector: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: That is excellent. It was mentioned that the spend is still below the 8.24% of the target in A Vision for Change. What level is it at? Would the 8.24% target be considered a gold standard or the average? What would be considered as an international best practice target?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Mental Healthcare Sector: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: However, it was stated that it is below 8.24%. Obviously, Mr. Farrelly knows what it is.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Mental Healthcare Sector: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: Accordingly, an international best practice target would be in excess of 8.24%. What would that figure be?