Results 6,901-6,920 of 12,773 for speaker:Louise O'Reilly
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues (11 Dec 2019)
Louise O'Reilly: We look forward to that. I want to raise the issue of overcrowding and associated risks in the Rotunda Hospital. HIQA conducted a review of the Rotunda Hospital which I will not read out in full because, quite frankly, it shames the people on the other side of this room. The issues raised are very serious. HIQA says that the cot spacing between babies is inadequate. It also says that...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues (11 Dec 2019)
Louise O'Reilly: I ask Mr. Reid to address my first question as to why he has not met representatives of the Rotunda yet.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues (11 Dec 2019)
Louise O'Reilly: It is not a competition. As I understand it, a request for a meeting was made and it should be granted. That said, I am happy that Mr. Reid has confirmed that he is not avoiding such a meeting.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues (11 Dec 2019)
Louise O'Reilly: I thank Mr. Woods for that clarification. Again, the issues in the Rotunda are not new but there does not seem to be a massive sense of urgency about addressing them. I welcome the fact that people are now committing to attend meetings that they were always going to attend anyway, apparently. I have a question about the use of debt collection agencies, which I have raised previously. I...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues (11 Dec 2019)
Louise O'Reilly: Yes, I have the name of the hospital but I do not want to name it because the woman is terrified of being identified-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues (11 Dec 2019)
Louise O'Reilly: She ended up in the private wing of a public hospital. She went in through accident and emergency and was brought up to the private wing. She now has a debt collection agency chasing her. The woman has a medical card and should not have been brought into the private wing. We spoke about similar scenarios when we were discussing women who went for private tests in the context of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues (11 Dec 2019)
Louise O'Reilly: On the broader point-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues (11 Dec 2019)
Louise O'Reilly: Sorry Chairman, but Mr. Reid was just about to answer the broader question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues (11 Dec 2019)
Louise O'Reilly: I believe the Senator asked about a report. She asked whether those in the Department had it on their desk.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues (11 Dec 2019)
Louise O'Reilly: I was just following up as the Senator is not here to do so.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues (11 Dec 2019)
Louise O'Reilly: When will it be published?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues (11 Dec 2019)
Louise O'Reilly: On mesh, can the Minister advise if it is his intention that the suspension will remain in place pending the outcome of the deliberations of the task force? I received correspondence from the Minister on a European urogynaecology task force report that is due. Will the suspension remain in place?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues (11 Dec 2019)
Louise O'Reilly: I thank the Minister. Mr. Reid referred to bringing agency work to what he described as affordable and sustainable levels. My views on agency work are well known and I do not think anyone will disagree with me that it represents a very expensive way to run the health service. Has Mr Reid set targets in respect of personnel, money and conversion? In the event that a hospital manager is...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues (11 Dec 2019)
Louise O'Reilly: How many millions of euro does that represent?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues (11 Dec 2019)
Louise O'Reilly: My question was very simple. Have targets been set?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues (11 Dec 2019)
Louise O'Reilly: Will Mr. Reid share those with us?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues (11 Dec 2019)
Louise O'Reilly: Are they for money savings or hours saved?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues (11 Dec 2019)
Louise O'Reilly: A target has been set.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues (11 Dec 2019)
Louise O'Reilly: The urgent care centre in Connolly Hospital Dublin did not open at the promised time. As has been acknowledged, this was due to an inability to staff the unit and recruit consultant paediatricians. The Tallaght urgent care centre is planned for 2020. Does the HSE have a staffing plan in place? The number of consultants in the system appears to be insufficient, with a shortfall to the tune...
- Rent Freeze (Fair Rent) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Dec 2019)
Louise O'Reilly: Despite what the Minister says, I am not certain that he truly understands the impact of his policies in real life and on real people. I am not certain that he has ever had to deal with a person facing uncertainty when he or she has been given a notice to quit. People will tell one that it is a landlords' market and that they are the vulnerable ones and do not want to speak up. They do not...