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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Oral Health Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jun 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: Excellent. I thank Dr. Kavanagh. I have two questions relating to specific areas. My first, unsurprisingly enough, relates to my own constituency of Dublin Fingal. Figures from replies to parliamentary questions show that of the 84,000 children who are on waiting lists, there are 4,450 in my own area who have been waiting longer than 52 weeks. That is the number of children currently...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Oral Health Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jun 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Oral Health Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jun 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank Dr. Green. Reference has been made to some staff shortages in certain areas across Dublin North, and in Balbriggan in particular. As it goes, not only do I represent a constituency with the fastest-growing population in the State, but Balbriggan is also the youngest town in Ireland. This is a fairly easily identifiable cohort, and one does not need to be a brain surgeon to figure...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Oral Health Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jun 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: It is one of those things people should talk about more. Before people start to build much-needed houses, they should talk about the services that need to follow. I have a question on behalf of my colleague Deputy Funchion, which relates to the Carlow-Kilkenny area. There are a few things in the answer we received to this parliamentary question. Some 1,748 people have been on a waiting...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Oral Health Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jun 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: This parliamentary question is from April 2019.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Oral Health Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jun 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: According to this reply, it was out of commission for four months but it was out of commission for longer than that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Oral Health Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jun 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: Reference is also made to a current difficulty with the recruitment and retention of dentists in the south east community healthcare area. Does Dr. Green have any insight on why there is a particular difficulty there? He might outline what efforts are being made to recruit.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Oral Health Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jun 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: I note Dr. McLoughlin is indicating but before she responds, on the issue of recruitment and retention, one of the measures implemented in the broader health service, as I am sure Mr. Healy will be aware, was the devolution of power. The system in the Public Appointments Service is fantastic. It is robust and everything it does is beyond question but it can be a little cumbersome. People...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Oral Health Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jun 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: Is all other recruitment done locally?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Oral Health Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jun 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: What is the current state of the panels?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Oral Health Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jun 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: Do Carlow, Kilkenny and the south east have panels?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Oral Health Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jun 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: They do not make the case for privatisation, however. They make the case for investment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Oral Health Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jun 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: We can.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Oral Health Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jun 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: I agree with that 100%. I am finished with my questions.

Home Help: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jun 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: I welcome the support from all parties. We had six speakers from Fianna Fáil. I am not certain as to whether they are going to support the motion. I believe that they are; they just have not said so. I hope they will. We in Sinn Féin, and every other Deputy in this House, deal with the issues caused by the lack of home help support weekly if not daily. We know about it. We...

Home Help: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jun 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: I move:That Dáil Éireann: recognises: — the invaluable work carried out by home help workers; — the contribution made by homecare in assisting with tackling delayed discharges from hospitals; — that care delivered in the home is the preferred form of care for most people and their families; — the cost-effective nature of home support by comparison to...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: As the Taoiseach has displayed a wojus inability to understand what the Labour Court is and what its function is, it would be timely for us to have statements in the House. It would be in order for the Business Committee to convene to provide for them, given that people watching want to know if their appointments will go ahead. Some 10,000 workers will be on strike, although they do not want...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (25 Jun 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 376. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the capacity for bariatric surgery and earlier and more systematic activity in primary care to enable earlier and accurate diagnosis and lifestyle coaching directed at obesogenic persons or families through increasing the number of general practitioners and practice nurses in the health service. [26274/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (25 Jun 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 377. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospitals in which bariatric surgery is available; the number of surgeries per million per capita delivered here; and the way in which this compares with other European countries [26275/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (25 Jun 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 378. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners and practice nurses he is making provision for on a three-year timeframe (details supplied). [26276/19]