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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 May 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: That would be good. I thank Mr. Woods. I have a question for the Minister on the third-party reviewer for the drugs approval and procurement process. Has that person been appointed and if so, who is it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 May 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: If Mr. Breslin could that would be good. Has that person started work?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 May 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: The Minister has announced the setting up of a contraception working group within the Department of Health. Will the Minister confirm if this up and running?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 May 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: Will there be engagement with stakeholders? Has the Minister reached out to them or is it expected that they will have an input into the process themselves? How are they to be involved? I am referring to such organisations as the Irish Family Planning Association, IFPA.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 May 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: They will be contacted. That is fine. That was my question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 May 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: I have two very brief questions for Ms Rothwell. I repeat that we were not expecting her to be at this meeting and therefore the Deputies from Waterford have not had a chance to get here, which is very regrettable. It was not-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 May 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: It was not flagged in either of the opening statements, which would give me to understand that there was not going to be a representative here from the Waterford hospital. The opening statements detail who will attend the committee meeting. When I read those statements I took it to mean there would no such representative attending.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 May 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: That is different, Chairman. The committee had told the Department that we expected the representatives to be here but the opening statements did not indicate that there would be such a representative here. All the information we had to go on was that we had made the request, not that the request had been acceded to. While I have Ms Rothwell here, I have two very quick questions, if that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 May 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: Ms Rothwell would not have been aware of the issues around bodies decomposing and deceased persons requiring closed coffins because of-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 May 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: Was that just on refrigeration? I am not a scientist but I certainly know what happens to a dead body if it is left out in the open without adequate refrigeration. Would Ms Rothwell also have been aware of this, as any one of us would be? Maybe she was aware but just did not like to think about it, which was a luxury the families did not have, unfortunately, because they had to deal with it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 May 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: I understand that the State pathologist is not using the mortuary any more for post mortems and is not sending bodies there. Is that still the case?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 May 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: That is known and is in the public domain, but is Ms Rothwell confident and happy that it is a safe place for staff and visitors given that the State pathologist is not utilising the service and is bypassing the facility at Waterford? This is not exactly a ringing endorsement. Nobody wants to have to go there. Except the staff who work there and have no choice, none of us wants to have to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 May 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: Is that post not there already?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 May 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: My question relates to today. Is Ms Rothwell happy today that the facility is a safe and decent place for people to work in, and for visitors who, unfortunately, have to go there? Is she happy about that today? Ms Rothwell referred to an appointment that will start on Monday to put in place policies and procedures. Is the witness saying that those policies and procedures are not in place...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 May 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: That is an issue for the staff also. If there is a risk of contamination, it is not just the evidence. It also affects the people who work there.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 May 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: Has the Office of the State Pathologist said that it will use the service from now on and that it is happy with the facility?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 May 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: No. The Office of the State Pathologist is still unhappy with it but people are still working there. I have to tell Ms Rothwell that I would not fancy working there and I do not think she would either. It is not great. We were not prepared for this discussion because it was not flagged in the opening statements. Sin é.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (21 May 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 175. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the situation regarding adults with autism being denied life insurance; his plans to address same to ensure that all persons can access life insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21743/19]

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

Louise O'Reilly: 238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the new ratio for SNAs to be allocated to schools (details supplied); the way in which it will be calculated; and the way in which it will work in practice. [21424/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff Contracts (21 May 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the person or body that will provide the training to help SNAs deliver additional services (details supplied); and if SNAs will be issued with new contracts to cover them to deliver these services before the start of the SNA pilot scheme as part of the new inclusion model. [21425/19]