Results 1,421-1,440 of 12,424 for speaker:Louise O'Reilly

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Sector Staff Sick Leave (21 Jun 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 187. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the reason the social welfare certificate submitted for social welfare benefits during a period of extended sick leave is deemed unacceptable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29142/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Sector Staff Sick Leave (21 Jun 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 188. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the reason in circumstances in which a weekly medical certificate is requested by local management for a HSE employee in the ambulance service this cannot be obtained by visiting the HSE occupational health doctor on a weekly basis instead of paying weekly for doctors appointments in circumstances in which the employee has...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (21 Jun 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 189. To ask the Minister for Health the expected rates of increase in heart failure in the next decade; the cost of heart failure here each year; the hospital related costs; the direct cost of heart failure management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29145/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (21 Jun 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 190. To ask the Minister for Health if data suggests a 2% prevalence of symptomatic heart failure in the population rising to 10% in those persons over 75 years of age with a further 2% having asymptomatic left ventricular systolic dysfunction at risk of progressing to symptomatic failure and over 10,000 new cases are diagnosed annually; the updated figures on prevalence and projections since...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Strategy (21 Jun 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 191. To ask the Minister for Health further to parliamentary Question No. 189 of 25 May 2013, if he will provide the details of the membership of the national reformulation technical working group to agree targets for reducing fat, sugar and salt which is being established; if his Department will be consulting and engaging with the health organisations when targets are agreed similar to the...

Committee on the Future of Healthcare Report: Motion (22 Jun 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: I will be sharing time with my colleague, Teachta Nolan. I thank the chair of the committee, Deputy Shortall, for driving the report. It cannot have been easy to achieve cross-party consensus on an issue as contentious as health. I would also like to acknowledge the work done by the secretariat - Ronan Murphy, Celeste O'Callaghan, Stephanie Bollard, Ronan McCabe, Denis McKenna, Claudia...

Committee on the Future of Healthcare Report: Motion (22 Jun 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: The air we breathe is political. I had thrown my eyes up to heaven because my father was talking about politics again and he said "Louise, everything is political". We cannot depoliticise health. We can say we want to but we cannot. The Minister described the position very well, and I do not want to put words into his mouth, but he said something along the lines that "if you want to go...

Select Committee on Health: Mental Health (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: I move amendment No. 2:In page 5, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following:“Amendment of section 82 of Principal Act 7. Section 82 of the Principal Act is amended in the definition of "advanced healthcare directive" in paragraph (a) by inserting after "capacity," the following:"including persons being treated upon involuntary admission under the Mental Health Act 2001,"."....

Select Committee on Health: Mental Health (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: I apologise again. The reference should be to the "Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act", rather than the "Mental Health Act", as we submitted. I am happy to correct that. I propose to move and withdraw these amendments to allow for further discussion.

Select Committee on Health: Mental Health (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: I move amendment No. 3:In page 5, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following:"Amendment of section 85 of Principal Act 7. Section 85 of the Principal Act is amended by deleting subsection (7).".

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (27 Jun 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 280. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department or An Garda Síochána are examining a new premises in Rush, County Dublin, in order to reopen Rush Garda station in view of the fact that the old station is now being used for commercial purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29767/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Delays (27 Jun 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 384. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting 22 months to see a neurologist and has been told even though the case is urgent it will be a three year minimum wait before they see a specialist neurologist. [29758/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (27 Jun 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 385. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the business case submitted to the Health Service Executive for the national intestinal failure centre to be based at St. James's Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29765/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Strategy (27 Jun 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 386. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the 2005 obesity strategy, specifically elements that focus on obesity treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29766/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: I add my congratulations to those who were reappointed and those who are newly appointed. I say well done to them all. I will try to keep my questions brief. I will take a deep breath and lash through them. The first one relates to Brexit. We had the Department's Brexit committee before us. Its members were woefully unprepared for the delights coming in our direction with regard to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: I am sorry, but that is not what I asked the Minister. What I asked was whether the Minister is confident that an agreement will be reached. The Minister said that was his hope. Does he have confidence that the talks will be finished by the end of the year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: There is a dearth of governance in the intervening time. I do not suggest it is a flashing blue light emergency but it is an issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: I asked a specific question. In the intervening time have guidelines been issued to staff?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: We all hope that compassion is exercised, but clearly it was not. Is it the case that we now have to tell people to be compassionate and that perhaps guidelines might be appropriate sooner rather than later?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: Does Mr. O'Brien have any idea how long the delays are with those 28%?