Results 7,021-7,040 of 12,773 for speaker:Louise O'Reilly

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (21 Nov 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the ASD unit for a school (details supplied); when works will commence; if the unit will be ready to open for the September 2020 intake; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48314/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (21 Nov 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 107. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when legislation will be brought forward to resolve the High Court ruling that placed a ban on all travel for applicants for citizenship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48387/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (21 Nov 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 108. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps being taken to expedite citizenship applications in view of the excessive delays faced by applicants. [48388/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (21 Nov 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 128. To ask the Minister for Health if the paediatric bone densitometry scanner at Temple Street Children's University Hospital is open and sufficiently staffed; the regularity with which it is operational weekly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48317/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Paediatric Services (21 Nov 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 147. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address concerns that Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin may lose its only consultant paediatric pain specialist that is also the only specialist here; if contingency plans have been put in place in the event that the consultant leaves in order that patients do not suffer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48389/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (21 Nov 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 148. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding for the provision of health services will be provided to charity (details supplied). [48390/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (21 Nov 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 149. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to agree a service level agreement for the provision of health services with a charity (details supplied). [48391/19]

Hospital Overcrowding: Motion [Private Members] (20 Nov 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: I could play the game as to which one of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael is worse all day and it is great craic but it does not really resolve anything, let us be fair. The issue of overcrowding has been a constant for well over a decade now. It did not start eight years ago and people are well aware of this. Only last January, we in Sinn Féin passed a Private Members' motion on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Mental Healthcare Sector: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank our guests for their contributions. Is Mr. Farrelly confirming that no consultant who is not eligible to be registered on the specialist register will act in a tribunal? Is he confident he can exclude those people legally who are practising as consultants but not entitled to be entered on to the specialist register?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Mental Healthcare Sector: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: That is excellent. It was mentioned that the spend is still below the 8.24% of the target in A Vision for Change. What level is it at? Would the 8.24% target be considered a gold standard or the average? What would be considered as an international best practice target?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Mental Healthcare Sector: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: However, it was stated that it is below 8.24%. Obviously, Mr. Farrelly knows what it is.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Mental Healthcare Sector: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: Accordingly, an international best practice target would be in excess of 8.24%. What would that figure be?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Mental Healthcare Sector: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: We are pretty far behind.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Mental Healthcare Sector: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: Successive Governments have chipped away at it ever since the 1980s. With regard to the suppression of the post for national lead, who is currently driving national policy in mental health?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Mental Healthcare Sector: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: Yet Mr. Farrelly is confident enough that we need to work a bit harder on PMDS. Who would Mr. Farrelly see as the person who would drive that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Mental Healthcare Sector: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: We have just established that there is no person in a position of leadership, however. Does Mr. Farrelly see this being driven at local level?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Mental Healthcare Sector: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: From my background and previous work, I have a fairly detailed knowledge of PMDS, particularly development aspect of it. There are a number of factors involved. Clearly, it is unfair and unreasonable to expect that staff will participate in PMDS in a situation where many of the failings are the result of understaffing and under-resourcing. It is tough in that environment. It is also...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Mental Healthcare Sector: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: There are particular staffing issues in the health service. We would be ignoring the elephant in the room if we did not mention them. I do not think one can make a direct comparison. The Public Service Pay Commission specifically focused on issues relating to the health service in view of the challenges and difficulties around recruitment and retention, a nice way of saying that the health...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Health Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: The committee will now resume its review of workforce planning in the health sector and receive an update from the SIPTU trade union. I welcome, from SIPTU, Mr. Paul Bell, divisional organiser; Ms Michelle Monahan, honorary vice president; Mr. Kevin Figgis, sector organiser; and Ms Marie Butler, sector organiser. I draw the attention of witnesses to the fact that by virtue of section...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Health Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: Absolutely. I thank Mr. Bell for his comprehensive submission. Before I bring in members of the committee, I wish to ask a few questions. I ask Mr. Bell to give us some insight. We know that workforce planning is tricky in the short term. It is probably even tricker in the long term. I will mention two issues to illustrate that. In the long term, we have Sláintecare, and in the...