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Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Use of Private Hospitals (Resumed) (2 Jun 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: That is how it seems to me.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Use of Private Hospitals (Resumed) (2 Jun 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: When it became apparent that a lot of money would be paid for capacity that would not be required, which is a testament to the work done by the general public and the fantastic work done by healthcare workers, and that that capacity, and cognisant, as I am sure Mr. Breslin is every day of the week, of the hundreds of thousands of people who are on waiting lists, was any plan B put in place?...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Use of Private Hospitals (Resumed) (2 Jun 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: With respect, that is not a plan. That is-----

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Use of Private Hospitals (Resumed) (2 Jun 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: -----a statement about how to use the capacity. A plan would detail what it was to be used for, and I did not see that in the heads.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Use of Private Hospitals (Resumed) (2 Jun 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: I am conscious of the time.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Use of Private Hospitals (Resumed) (2 Jun 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: I respect and I am aware of that. However, that advice did not remain in place for the duration of this and it is not in place now. What preparatory work was done to ensure that the best use could be made of that capacity for which the taxpayer is paying very dearly? I will say again, and this is my opinion, that the plan was only to get the capacity but not to make the maximum use of it....

Estimates for Public Services 2020 - Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised Estimate) (28 May 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: I want to be clear that the reason these measures had to be put in place was the systemic underfunding and understaffing in our health service. People had to stop moving to give our health service a chance to recover from the impact of the systematic and systemic underfunding and under-resourcing. We have the lowest number of consultants per head of population. We also have very low levels...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (27 May 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: Mr. Reid described the meeting on 19 February as "informal". He stated that Covid was not discussed. It is on the record of the House.

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (27 May 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: Can I request that the Minister find that out definitively?

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (27 May 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: The sooner it starts the better. We are going to pay for it. I wish to quote a text message I received from a cousin of mine, shortly after her father passed away in a nursing home: Is it the case that nursing homes were hit so hard because patients, some already showing signs of Covid-19 were transferred out of hospital to free up beds? They were not only moved once – in some...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (27 May 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: I am sharing time with Teachta Buckley and Teachta Quinlivan. I will have seven minutes and they will have four minutes each.

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (27 May 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the Minister for his response to the question we discussed on cancer screening. I have sent the names to him. I have a very brief question on the national children's hospital. After much discussion, construction has restarted. I would have thought the hospital would be a priority project. As I often say to my daughter, it is the thing that she is going to be paying for out of her...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Primary Medical Certificates (27 May 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 46. To ask the Minister for Finance if the criteria for the primary medical certificate will be reviewed and qualification criteria eased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8029/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 May 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the phase under which educational services and facilities that deliver measures for children with disabilities will be allowed reopen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8174/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 May 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 377. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of passengers who arrived through airports and seaports to date in May 2020; and the number who filled out a public health passenger locator form. [8177/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 May 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 378. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the level of compliance of passengers that arrived here in filling out the public health passenger locator form since it was introduced; the number that filled it in; the number that refused; and the number exempt as a total of the number of passengers that have arrived. [8178/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 May 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 626. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the health workers that have contracted Covid-19 including those that have died by grade and location, that is, acute, community and so on, age range and whether they are directly employed or employed by a contractor or agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8169/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 May 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 627. To ask the Minister for Health the person or body responsible for the construction of a Covid-19 implementation plan inclusive of resources, human and financial for congregational settings; the way in which the plan was drafted; the person or body that drafted the plan; when it was completed; when it was shared with all facilities and service providers in congregational settings; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (27 May 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 628. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the proposed catch-up programme for screening services such as BreastCheck, CervicalCheck and BowelScreen for the thousands of scheduled screening tests which have been postponed or missed due to Covid-19; the details of additional capacity confirmed to ensure that this catch-up can take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (27 May 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 845. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps being taken to help deal with those persons waiting to sit their driver tests; his plans to get testing back up and running using innovations to protect testers and those being tested; and his further plans to clear the backlog of those awaiting testing. [8175/20]