Results 7,161-7,180 of 12,773 for speaker:Louise O'Reilly

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (5 Nov 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 690. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the reimbursement scheme for reimbursing medical expenses for persons in Northern Ireland laid down in the Health and Childcare Support (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2019 will work in practice; and if detailed instruction can be given on the workings of the scheme. [45345/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services (5 Nov 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 1011. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to issues existing with the management and running of a project (details supplied); if a report update on the project can be issued; and the measures being taken to resolve existing issues. [45254/19]

Report of the Committee on Procedure on Dáil Divisions: Statements (24 Oct 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: Trivialisation.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Equipment (24 Oct 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 48. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the contract to supply new motorcycles for the Defence Forces escort of honour has been put to tender; and when he expects the new motorcycles to come into the fleet. [43869/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (24 Oct 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 115. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda public service vehicle inspectors attached to each division in Dublin as of 28 August 2019, in tabular form. [43870/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service Staff (24 Oct 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 116. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prison officers who left the Irish Prison Service in each of the past three years to date; and the number of officers who joined the service in each of the past three years to date in tabular form. [43871/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (24 Oct 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 160. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated capital and current funding required to have electrophysiology activity in the cardiovascular laboratory at the Mater Hospital increased on site from three to five days per week. [43867/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Data (24 Oct 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 161. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of recruiting three additional whole-time equivalent senior pharmacists for the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics. [43868/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Private Activity in Public Hospitals: Discussion (23 Oct 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the witnesses for their submissions and attendance. On Dr. de Buitléir's reference to "ideological" being a pejorative term, it is not in my house. It never was and I pride myself on consistency in that. On the notion of private facilities within the confines of public facilities, I have a serious concern that although we are saying we want to remove private health care from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Private Activity in Public Hospitals: Discussion (23 Oct 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: I suspect it does not but we have no way of knowing. This pokes a hole in the argument that we will fall off the edge of a cliff if that income is taken away. The full extent of that income is not known because the level of subsidy cannot be identified. This is a problem. As for this State being an outlier, are there other examples from well-developed countries of people doing what we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Private Activity in Public Hospitals: Discussion (23 Oct 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: We are out of step with everybody.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Private Activity in Public Hospitals: Discussion (23 Oct 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: When the group's report was published, there was some concerned talk. I note and thank Dr. de Buitléir for moving very quickly to draw a line under the argument that we cannot afford this. Ultimately, this is going to be a gradual phasing-out and is not intended to be a falling off the cliff. Can Dr. de Buitléir describe to the committee how this will roll out over the ten years?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Private Activity in Public Hospitals: Discussion (23 Oct 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: Dr. de Buitléir is 100% right. It comes down to having the will to do it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Private Activity in Public Hospitals: Discussion (23 Oct 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Private Activity in Public Hospitals: Discussion (23 Oct 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: That is the key. I was a member of the Committee on the Future of Healthcare and shall hold my hands up that I was not enthusiastic about the review. I will be straight. I believed it could be done. I am glad, however, that the review has happened because it means that we have a report to which we can point that backs up what some of us on the committee said. It also gives those who...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Private Activity in Public Hospitals: Discussion (23 Oct 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: But it had not been monitored in the run-up to it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Private Activity in Public Hospitals: Discussion (23 Oct 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: If one talks to the consultants, they have a view on the matter also.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Private Activity in Public Hospitals: Discussion (23 Oct 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: That is exactly to what I was referring in talking about the stretch income targets: "This is how much private practice income you are getting and we now want you to accelerate it." It is extremely difficult for a hospital manager to operate within those constraints.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Private Activity in Public Hospitals: Discussion (23 Oct 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: What I take away from the report is that it is possible. Without an increase in capacity and staff, waiting lists will not improve, but the changes would lead to an improvement for public patients to an extent because the system would not include people who were being fast-tracked on the same road beside them. Ultimately, as Dr. de Buitléir said, it comes down to whether there is the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation Strategy: Discussion (23 Oct 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: I missed some of Ms Magahy's presentation but, in my defence, I was getting the flu shot. I had read it anyway. Ms Magahy referred to the 1,600 suboptimised beds. I find it a bit hard to reconcile that with the fact that we have bed occupancy rates approaching 100%. When Ms Magahy says "suboptimised", is she talking about delayed discharges?