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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: Will that include time for obtaining planning permissions and all that goes along with that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: I was not asking for a list just an indication.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: I know that we are under time pressure, but I am very uncomfortable with the statement made about the clinical directors. In her submission Ms O'Shea uses the words "responsible for the deaths of many children". I appreciate that she shows a lot of passion in her campaign which I fully respect, but I am extremely uncomfortable with the statement made and will tell her why. I have no...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: Good morning, or good afternoon now, and I thank the witnesses for their presentations. A number of questions arise which are not specifically based on the presentations we have just heard, but are related to it. Obviously everyone supports tri-location. We all accept and believe that it is a good idea - but concerns were relayed to this committee. There was a degree of scepticism...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: Before Dr. Sheehan begins, will the witnesses specifically address the issue of timing? My understanding is - and I ask the witnesses to correct me if I am wrong about this - that planning permission has not yet been received for the maternity hospital. I ask the witnesses to factor in an assumption of planning permission. We are all speaking about tri-location, but what is being proposed...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Provision (2 Nov 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 276. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions for emergency respite care in Dublin south west; if there are services that will be supplied to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32532/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (2 Nov 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 289. To ask the Minister for Health if the X-ray equipment at Merlin Park University Hospital that provided orthodontic diagnostics will be replaced; when it is planned to replace it; if his attention has been drawn to the cancellation of orthodontic procedures due to the lack of orthodontic X-rays; the reason orthodontic X-rays carried out by private dentists cannot be accepted; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Administration (3 Nov 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on giving the HEA extra powers of investigation in respect of concerns raised regarding the spend in Irish universities funded by the taxpayer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33202/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Institutions (3 Nov 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied with the corporate governance arrangements of Irish universities funded by public funds; if he is aware of a situation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33203/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff (3 Nov 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to ongoing situations in Irish universities where some staff get permanency whereas others only have recourse to one, two and three year fixed term contracts; if he has correspondence on this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33204/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Procurement Contracts Data (3 Nov 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 137. To ask the Minister for Health the length of contract awarded to the UK company whose rostering software system is currently being used at Letterkenny university hospital; the cost of attaining this for the HSE; the objectives of this software and the benefits accrued to date: if this contract applies only to Letterkenny university hospital or every hospital across the state; and if he...

Public Sector Pay: Motion [Private Members] (8 Nov 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: Deputy Calleary is way off topic.

Public Sector Pay: Motion [Private Members] (8 Nov 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: Shame on Deputy Mattie McGrath.

Public Sector Pay: Motion [Private Members] (8 Nov 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: I sincerely hope that those Deputies who will not support our motion will put their hand in their pockets and use their €100 a week to buy a bit of brasso for their brass necks. This is exactly what people will think when watching us this evening. They will see people who earn €87,000 a year and who lecture pensioners and tell them to be grateful for a fiver accept a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (8 Nov 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 405. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the general waiting list for orthodontic diagnostics at Merlin Park, University Hospital Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33789/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (8 Nov 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 406. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the general waiting list for orthodontic diagnostics at University Hospital Galway due to the lack of a suitable dental X-ray machine in the radiography department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33790/16]

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Uisce faoi Úinéireacht Phoiblí) (Uimh. 2) 2016: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Nov 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: It is welcome that everybody supports the Bill and I thank Deputy Joan Collins for using her Private Members' time to bring it forward. I will, first, address the fact that there is a fundamental lack of trust in the Government on this issue. Legislation aside, people believe access to water is a fundamental and basic human right and they are reluctant to take at its word a Government...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Integration of Health and Social Care: St. Patrick's Mental Health Services (9 Nov 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: When I referred to the issue of skill mix, I was specifically referring to the introduction of the health care assistant grade and the way in which that grade can be integrated. We are looking at the issue of skill mix and the way in which we can best utilise the skills that exist. Professor Lucey has referred to training and its importance. This is relevant specifically in respect of the...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Integration of Health and Social Care: St. Patrick's Mental Health Services (9 Nov 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: Could St. Patrick's share that information with us?

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Integration of Health and Social Care: St. Patrick's Mental Health Services (9 Nov 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: That funding model is incredibly difficult to achieve. That is the point I was making: it is easy to commission a bed because of the per diemrate that applies but commissioning the services and the way in which that is done is where the real challenge lies. If St. Patrick's has that information, we would be grateful to receive it.