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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (8 Sep 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 74. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason debt was prioritised through loans over grants to the level of a four to one debt to grant ratio in the July stimulus package instead of prioritising grants for at the recent European Union summit on a post-pandemic recovery package; and his views on whether this is contradictory. [19803/20]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU Funding (8 Sep 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 85. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if regions with the status of assisted regions under the EU regional aid guidelines will continue to qualify post-2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21729/20]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (8 Sep 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 86. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will ensure greater flexibility for the Border region under the EU regional aid guidelines in view of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21730/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Intervention Teams (8 Sep 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 1206. To ask the Minister for Health the CHO areas in which heart failure community integration teams are operating; the gaps that exist; the work carried out by the teams in each area; his plans to standardise same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21588/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (8 Sep 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 1207. To ask the Minister for Health the access general practitioners have to carry out BNP testing in each CHO area; the reason there is no national general practitioner access to the tests; his plans to develop the service; the estimated amount national general practitioner access to BNP testing would cost (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21589/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (8 Sep 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 1208. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the number of heart failure nurses is sufficient to fully meet standards in relation to the treatment and management of heart failure in hospitals and in the community; if there is a deficit, the number of additional heart failure nurses required; the other staffing deficits that exist within heart failure services; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (8 Sep 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 1210. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure the successful resumption and maintenance of heart failure services with particular emphasis on developing such services in the community and providing greater integration between these and hospital services; if there will be no redeployment of staff working in acute cardiac and stroke services in view of the fact such patients are...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Sep 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 1209. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to standardise referral pathways nationwide using existing IT infrastructure such as Healthlink to aid improved communication between the community and hospital services for heart failure; his views on whether heart failure virtual consultations between general practitioners and cardiologists are particularly useful in rural areas or areas...

Back to School, Further and Higher Education and Special Education: Statements (3 Sep 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: I am here.

Back to School, Further and Higher Education and Special Education: Statements (3 Sep 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: I am here at the front. That is why the Ceann Comhairle cannot see me. Much has been said about how children are managing in getting back to school and the way that it is being prioritised. We can all agree that every child wants to go back to school. In some ways, some are probably a little more reluctant than others. Their parents want them back at school and every effort is being...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (2 Sep 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank all of the witnesses for coming in and giving of their time. Mention was made of school principals. I have seen this with my sister who has put her heart and soul into getting her school up and running and reopened safely. It is not just principals, although they are of course in a leadership position, but the whole school community. It is everybody, from parents, volunteers,...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (2 Sep 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: A direction has not yet been issued on the protection of bus escorts but Mr. Pike expects one to come from the Department of Education and Skills. Is that correct?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (2 Sep 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: In his submission, Mr. Pike describes the isolation rooms for students exhibiting symptoms as problematic. This will be an issue in all the schools because our classrooms are the most overcrowded, ironically enough as a direct result of Government policy, and we have Government Deputies coming in to give out about their own policy. I have a question on isolating for all our contributors....

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (2 Sep 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: I can be. I am only three minutes into my time.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (2 Sep 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: I ask the witnesses to outline the numbers or the percentages of where those isolation facilities will be available.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: I welcome our guests. I join with others in commending the work that the men and women from every grade, group and category in the HSE and the broader health service have been doing over the past number of months and continue to do now. My questions are, as ever, fairly simple. I ask Mr. Reid to outline how the HSE and the contact tracing personnel communicate with the Border Management...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: I ask Ms O'Beirne to be brief as time is tight.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: Beyond that, there would not be any dialogue between the HSE and the Border Management Unit? In other words, the unit does not keep the HSE informed of numbers or let it know how many people have been followed up, if any.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: Would the HSE not think of asking for that information? Is it not important?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (26 Aug 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: With regard to contact tracing, how many people are full-time employed in that regard? I am seeking not just any number but the whole-time equivalent, WTE, as of today. How many people are working on it today?