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Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second Stage (6 Dec 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: I note that my colleague, Deputy Ó Caoláin, spoke on this legislation in January of this year and that it has taken us almost a year to come back to Second Stage. I welcome the opportunity to discuss this legislation and other issues relating to the medical profession and safety in our health system. We have been told that this legislation is designed to protect the public and to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund Data (6 Dec 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 345. To ask the Minister for Health the private hospitals and health providers that are under contract with the National Treatment Purchase Fund, his Department and the HSE with respect to the provision of services and surgeries that are not being met publicly or where there are extensive waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38601/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund Data (6 Dec 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 348. To ask the Minister for Health the type of contracts that exist between his Department, the HSE, the National Treatment Purchase Fund and private hospitals in relation to treatments commissioned by the private sector; if contracts are awarded en bloc either in terms of funding allocated, speciality and so on or on a case by case basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund Data (6 Dec 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 346. To ask the Minister for Health the number of treatments commissioned from the private sector by the National Treatment Purchase Fund in each year since its inception in tabular form; the number of treatments commissioned from the private sector by his Department or the HSE in each of the past ten years if applicable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38603/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Prices (6 Dec 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 347. To ask the Minister for Health the number of drugs where, following the NCPE, National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics, assessment of the manufacturer's economic dossier on the cost effectiveness of a drug (details supplied), the NCPE found a drug not to be cost effective; if this information will be provided for each of the past five years with a breakdown of whether additional price...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Rare Diseases Strategy (6 Dec 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 349. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the 48 recommendations of the national steering group on rare diseases; the specific actions being taken on access to medication and technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38606/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (6 Dec 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 350. To ask the Minister for Health further to the budget 2017 announcement of additional funding being made to the NTPF, the evaluation mechanisms that are in place to ensure value for money in terms of the spend; the evaluation mechanisms in place to ensure satisfactory outcomes and number of treatments in accordance with the funding allocation; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Beds Data (6 Dec 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 351. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the number of available inpatient beds has reduced from 12,051 in 2006 to 10,473 in 2015 and 10,629 in 2016 to date; the number of psychiatry and long term care beds that have been excluded since 2006 to show only acute beds in the 2015 and 2016 figures; the factors that determine the reason an inpatient bed in 2006 is no longer available in 2015...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund Data (6 Dec 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 352. To ask the Minister for Health if data is being collected in relation to the type of treatment, the cost of treatment and the patient outcome for services commissioned from the private sector by the NTPF; the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38610/16]

Questions on Proposed Legislation (7 Dec 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: On the same subject, the Minister for Health confirmed that the legislation would be published this session but we need to hear from the Taoiseach about whether the Government will be able to make good on that commitment and whether it will come straight to the floor of the Dáil or need to undergo pre-legislative scrutiny. When will the first child receive their medical card because...

Personal Explanation by Member (7 Dec 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: Hear, hear.

Pension Equality and Fairness: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (7 Dec 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: I have spent the vast majority of my working life defending workers and their rights and I came in here to continue that work. That is why I believe this motion is so important. The impact of the gender pay gap is felt by women at every single level in society and most acutely by the cohort of women that will face retirement in the very near future. I appreciate that there are people in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Treatment Programmes (7 Dec 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 203. To ask the Minister for Health the details of all HSE funded alcohol addiction services by county in tabular form; the number of alcohol addiction counsellors by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38988/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Treatment Programmes (7 Dec 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 204. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the waiting lists for all HSE funded alcohol addiction services by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38989/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund Data (7 Dec 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 234. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 41 and 65 of 1 December 2016, the meaning of competitive dialogue in respect of the future outsourcing of public patients; if there is an open and transparent tendering process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39132/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (8 Dec 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 176. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 93 of 1 December 2016, the status of the development of the terms of reference, required membership and reporting relationship for the working group to bring forward appropriate decision criteria for the reimbursement of orphan medicines and technologies; the timeline for these actions or when they can be expected; and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (8 Dec 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 177. To ask the Minister for Health further to parliamentary question number 93 of 1 December 2016, and in relation to the working group to bring forward appropriate decision criteria for the reimbursement of orphan medicines and technologies, the orphan medicines and technologies that will be considered; if there are any medicines earmarked that need to be evaluated under any new criteria...

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

Louise O'Reilly: 184. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Letterkenny University Hospital has a waiting time for adult diabetes patients of 20 months for a repeat appointment with an endocrinologist, the highest in the State; the resourcing he intends to allocate to the hospital to address this crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39254/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Civil Liability (Amendment) Bill 2015: Discussion (8 Dec 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: That is okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Civil Liability (Amendment) Bill 2015: Discussion (8 Dec 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: I will be as brief as I can. Reference was made to the full capacity protocol and the figures for this year, which we have obtained. I will offer one example. In Limerick the protocol was in operation 283 times between 1 January and 14 November, that is, 88% of the time. I am happy to share the figures with the committee. We obtained them as part of the freedom of information process. I...