Results 3,561-3,580 of 12,377 for speaker:Louise O'Reilly

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (17 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 669. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated revenue that would be raised annually if an annual €50 electronic cigarette retailer license fee per retail outlet was introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24265/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (17 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 667. To ask the Minister for Health the level of funding provided for tobacco cessation services from 2011 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24262/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (17 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 668. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of smoking to the State; if his Department will be conducting an updated 2022 report assessing the economic cost of smoking following on from a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24263/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (17 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 724. To ask the Minister for Health if, physiotherapy staff working in the HSE will continue to be permitted to carry out other work in the private and voluntary health sector given the easing of Covid restrictions; if so, the reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24737/22]

National Maternity Hospital: Statements (12 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: There are a lot of men and a lot of suits talking about this, and the Minister well knows it. They are saying to people who have concerns that their concerns have been comprehensively addressed, but they have not been. I am asking if the Minister accepts that those concerns are legitimate and genuinely held by me and others.

National Maternity Hospital: Statements (12 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I remarked to a pal of mine as I was coming over here that, as a middle-aged Irish woman, I rather think I would have learned to enjoy being gaslit by men in suits, but somehow I just cannot manage it. I must inform the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, that a Nightingale ward has 24 to 34 beds in it, not 14. There is one 14-bed ward in the National Maternity Hospital.

National Maternity Hospital: Statements (12 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I know there is, because I was in it after I gave birth to my child. It is not a Nightingale ward. The Minister of State is in the Department of Health. At the very least, she should please get the absolute basics right. When issues and questions arise, it is thrown out that, for example, the religious have left the scene, or there are loads of Nightingale wards, but there are none. The...

Consumer Rights Bill 2022: Second Stage (11 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: There is an imbalance in consumer rights legislation between goods and services, and I genuinely hope the Consumer Rights Bill 2022 will see that rebalanced. The Bill increases the statutory rights of consumers in relation to contracts for the sale of goods and the supply of digital content, and it gives more power to the regulator, the CCPC. I hope that with these increased powers for the...

Living Wage Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: I apologise to the Deputies who have brought this Bill forward as I cannot stay for the debate. We are debating the TRIPS waiver at the Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment and I do not want to miss that. My inability to bilocate is hampering me once again. I thank the Deputies for bringing this legislation forward. It is very clear we will not tackle poverty unless we...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (11 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 58. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that workers in a company (details supplied) are not receiving the correct rate of pay as set down by the Employment Regulation Order for the contract cleaning Industry. [23577/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (11 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 203. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason there was a reduction in entry points for the early childhood care and education scheme; the way that the decision was made; the person or body that was consulted in relation to same; the observations that were made arising from such a consultation; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (11 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 219. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are plans to establish an appeals process within the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission. [23568/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (11 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 220. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are plans to establish an external complaints procedure for reviews made by the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission. [23569/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (11 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 238. To ask the Minister for Health if there are hospitals with a heart failure unit that do not have an advanced nurse practitioner; the cost of providing an advanced nurse practitioner in each hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23531/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (11 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 239. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cardiac physiologists; the number of heart failure units that have access to a dedicated cardiac physiologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23532/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (11 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 240. To ask the Minister for Health the number of heart failure units that do not have access to BNP testing and other appropriate diagnostic testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23533/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (11 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 241. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of rolling out heart failure virtual clinics nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23534/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (11 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 242. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that is being spent on stroke survivors in the community for physiotherapy, speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and psychology, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23536/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Levels (11 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 243. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that is being made to reach the WHO global target to halt the rise in obesity by 2025, particularly given that the WHO European Regional Obesity Report 2022 notes that no Member State is on track to reach the target; the way that Ireland is performing in relation to achieving the targets set out in chapter 4 of A Healthy Weight for Ireland:...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (11 May 2022)

Louise O'Reilly: 244. To ask the Minister for Health if a breastfeeding position paper has been developed by the Obesity Policy Implementation Oversight Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23538/22]