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Written Answers — Department of Health: Clinical Indemnity Scheme (8 May 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 1101. To ask the Minister for Health the role of the State in the indemnification of medical professionals (details supplied); and the cost of same in each of the years 2011 to 2018, in tabular form. [20036/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Neuro-Rehabilitation Services (8 May 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 1102. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that will be provided for the implementation of the national neuro-rehabilitation strategy. [20038/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Neuro-Rehabilitation Services (8 May 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 1103. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which neuro-rehabilitation services being rolled out under the national neuro-rehabilitation strategy will integrate with existing services. [20039/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Pharmacy Services (8 May 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 1104. To ask the Minister for Health the number of submissions received regarding broadening the scope of community pharmacists since 2011; his views on the submissions; and his plans to expand the role of community pharmacists. [20040/19]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (18 Apr 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: I note the Minister of State's reply that he met a group of parents from Dublin 15. I represent Dublin Fingal in north county Dublin and I am talking about parents in Swords, Skerries, Balbriggan, Lusk, Rush and surrounding areas. They are being told there is a 33-month wait for early intervention. It cannot be considered early intervention if there is a three-year wait; that is anything...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (18 Apr 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: As has been said, there is an acute shortage. This was recognised by the Minister of State's colleague when she said the NCSE is aware of the emerging need in north Dublin. The council is aware that there is a need so the Government cannot be blind to the fact that there is an issue. It is obviously in receipt of all the representations. My constituency colleagues probably send in the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Apr 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: A Programme for a Partnership Government commits to implementing the national dementia strategy and advancing services in the community. At the same time, 12 dementia patients are being moved from the only place they know as home. I refer to the Rosalie unit in Castlerea in County Roscommon. This move is being done against the wishes of the residents and their families. The families are...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Apr 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: The families are being stressed by this situation.

National Children's Hospital Costs: Statements (17 Apr 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: The debacle and scandal of the cost overrun at the new national children’s hospital will not and cannot end with the PwC report. Holding up this report and claiming it absolves the board or the Government of blame is not just dishonest, it is intellectually lazy. The Minister said in his contribution that we must learn from the issues that were raised. We will be paying for these...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (17 Apr 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 184. To ask the Minister for Health the reason physiotherapists who were interviewed in 2016 and were placed on the national panel for physiotherapist staff grade in order of merit must now re-interview to be placed behind 2017 and 2018 panellists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17979/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (17 Apr 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 185. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the 2016 national panel for physiotherapist staff grade is being disbanded while the supplementary panels of the original 2016 panel carried out in 2017 and 2018 will remain in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17980/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (17 Apr 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 186. To ask the Minister for Health if he will engage with the physiotherapy profession and their representatives in relation to the national panel for physiotherapist staff grade and improvements which could be made to the way in which it operates. [17981/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (17 Apr 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 188. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the length of delays being experienced by a person (details supplied); his plans to alleviate the waiting lists for children in north County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18013/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (17 Apr 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 189. To ask the Minister for Health the alternative options available for a family to access help for their child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18014/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Regulation of Gambling Sector: Discussion (17 Apr 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the Chair and thank Dr. Fulton. I have not had an opportunity to read all of the survey but I have engaged with this issue previously. I am interested in hearing Dr. Fulton's views, specifically, on the language that we use. From what I have researched and what I have come across, we are being told that we should be talking about problem gambling, not necessarily gambling...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Regulation of Gambling Sector: Discussion (17 Apr 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: We need to be careful of the language we use. If one confines it to addiction, one sets the bar quite high and one will miss many people. The results of the drug prevalence survey from 2014-15 was published recently. It conflicts with results from the North. For example, in Dundalk, the rate of problem gambling is 0.8% but 15 miles up the road, in Newry, it is 2.3%. It is ludicrous to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Regulation of Gambling Sector: Discussion (17 Apr 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: We have done. It does not make any sense to suggest, for people who live so close together, that it would be a problem across the Border and not a problem on this side of Border. Dr. Fulton spoke of the need to prevent targeting, particularly of young people. That is something that we must incorporate into this legislation to try to make it robust. It will not be possible to capture...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Regulation of Gambling Sector: Discussion (17 Apr 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: In terms of international best practice, is there anywhere we could start? Is there anywhere outside of this wee island to which we could look because it has made a good start or has got some of this right? The technology is evolving, quite possibly more quickly than the legislation will be able to keep up with. One often hears that from people. People say we will never be able to...

General Practitioner Contractual Reform: Statements (16 Apr 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: I welcome the opportunity to speak. This is a deal that was done two weeks ago, so it is unfortunate that I did not have more detail in advance of the debate. I hope in his concluding remarks that the Minister will commit to a longer debate once we have had the opportunity to digest the contents of the agreement. We all know the benefits of primary care. It is a low cost, local service....

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: Can the Taoiseach indicate when the legislation on exclusion zones will be forthcoming? I saw at the weekend, as I think everyone did - and it is not just this weekend but every weekend - that women are being intimidated when they try to go into their local general practices and that general practitioners are being intimidated by people protesting outside those practices. This is not...