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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Primary Care Services: Discussion (2 Feb 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: In what way?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Primary Care Services: Discussion (2 Feb 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: I do not accept that. Changing the name on the payslip for the woman or the man who is a member of the practice staff would not, I imagine, in any way dilute their loyalty, commitment or ability to care for patients. However, it would alleviate a lot of what the witnesses tell us are the burdens of running a small business and all of that. I have spoken to GPs and one of the things they...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Primary Care Services: Discussion (2 Feb 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: That is the patients' perception.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Primary Care Services: Discussion (2 Feb 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: Would Dr. Byrne accept that sending patients to hospitals for blood tests is a backward step?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Primary Care Services: Discussion (2 Feb 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: I have seen notices in GP surgeries to the effect that patients who cannot afford to pay for blood tests should seek to have them done at a hospital. Many of these people are patients who need blood tests and cannot face having to go to a hospital to have them done. How does one square that circle? My understanding is that the HSE is of the view that this is a service, regardless of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Primary Care Services: Discussion (2 Feb 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: I accept that challenge; they are turning themselves away.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Primary Care Services: Discussion (2 Feb 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: GPs are putting that notice up and making the position very clear. If a person does not have the money to pay for it, they can go to the hospital and if they cannot face the hospital they go home and worry.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Primary Care Services: Discussion (2 Feb 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: Is that the key to the contract negotiations? The contract is not fit for purpose because it does not recognise current demand and that the delegates are interested in the negotiation of a contract that could be reviewed and would be responsive to patient needs. I am a trade unionist, as the delegates know, and I absolutely respect their right to be represented collectively, but sometimes I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Primary Care Services: Discussion (2 Feb 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: We finally have the figure. With regard to-----

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (7 Feb 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 400. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will consider including a new blood-glucose-monitoring system using skin sensors; when the HSE is due to meet the manufacturers of FreeStyle Libre; if he will provide an update on this meeting; if the manufacturer has made a completed application to the HSE for reimbursement of the device under the community drugs scheme; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (7 Feb 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 401. To ask the Minister for Health the reason 41 persons with disabilities moved into institutions in 2015, as revealed in the recently published 2015 annual report from the implementation group for Time to Move On From Congregated Settings: A Strategy for Community Inclusion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5585/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Feb 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: The programme for Government contains a commitment to implement the national maternity strategy. One of the key elements of that strategy is to make the 20 week anomaly scan available in all maternity facilities. Currently it is only available in six. Alongside this, national guidelines are also due to be published. It is important that these scans are made available so that no parent is...

Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Feb 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: The equipment is there. No procurement is necessary.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Psychological Assessments (8 Feb 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children awaiting psychological assessment in the Fingal area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6268/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Autism Incidence (8 Feb 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder in Fingal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6269/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Autism Incidence (8 Feb 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children availing of autism spectrum specific services in Fingal, by type of service, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6271/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme Provision (8 Feb 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in receipt of home tuition in Fingal; the total number of hours provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6270/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff (8 Feb 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the rate of progress in the seven universities of the implementation of the Cush report; the reason there are delays in the operation of the report in the universities; if parity of esteem for other workers employed in universities with two years service will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6312/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (8 Feb 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 220. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6264/17]

Hospital Waiting Lists: Statements (9 Feb 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: I would like to refresh the Minister's memory by going back to August 2016 and another Fine Gael five-point plan, a five-point plan to tackle waiting lists. One might have thought the Minister would have learned his lesson as regards five-point plans but apparently not. One of the points in the plan was to make sure waiting lists were accurate and that there would be a clinical validation...