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Written Answers — Department of Health: Audiology Services Data (29 May 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 100. To ask the Minister for Health if the audiologist working with the HSE to screen and monitor persons with hearing impairments in counties Westmeath, Roscommon, Laois and Offaly is no longer employed by the HSE; the length of time the position of audiologist been vacant; his plans to rectify the situation; the number of patients seeking screening and monitoring that had their appointments...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Audiology Services Provision (29 May 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 101. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address concerns of parents with children with hearing impairments in counties Westmeath, Roscommon, Laois and Offaly that have had their screening and monitoring appointments cancelled due to the fact the audiologist employed by the HSE to provide this service in the counties is no longer employed by the HSE; and the measures being put in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Planning (29 May 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 102. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 43 of 15 May 2019, the recommended medical, infrastructural and accessibility designation criteria for a major trauma centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22937/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (29 May 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 103. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE plans to provide pembrolizumab to public cancer patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22940/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (29 May 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 104. To ask the Minister for Health if pembrolizumab has received marketing authorisation here and in the EU, respectively, for the treatment of cervical and colorectal cancer. [22941/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Developments in Mental Health Services: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank all our witnesses for coming in this morning. I join with my colleague in saying it is a refreshing and welcome change to have an all-female panel. People will be jumping onto Twitter now to give out about me saying that. They had better preface that by showing examples of them giving out on occasions there has been an all-male panel. People do not give out about that. I welcome...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Developments in Mental Health Services: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: The difficulty I have is not that there may not be a place for it in a functioning mental health system but that we have a dysfunctional mental health system and the supports do not exist at the moment. This is something I have recently taken an interest in. My worry is that this is a cheap way of offering support. It is, obviously, always going to be less labour-intensive and all of that....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Developments in Mental Health Services: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: Would it make sense that these services should be put to one side for the moment in favour of developing the more traditional services? Telemedicine is quite new. I have to put my cards on the table and state that I do not like it, although that is my personal opinion. I would prefer to see a doctor or mental health professional. In the absence of services being developed, I would caution...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Developments in Mental Health Services: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: Absolutely. I have one very brief question that relates to attendance at accident and emergency units. I know because there are people in my constituency who have come to my office because they have had to bring a loved one to an accident and emergency department. The person does not have a physical ailment but he or she literally has nowhere else to go so the only door that is open to him...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Developments in Mental Health Services: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: It is. In a scenario where one can schedule appointments and only hit that crisis between 9 a.m and 5 p.m., even at that, someone is still not guaranteed that he or she will get the service he or she needs. This is unscheduled care no matter which way one looks at it and having a nine-to-five service is no use to someone at midnight. It is very regrettable not just for the patient but also...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (28 May 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of remedial works and the completion of external precautionary measures identified for a school (details supplied). [22836/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (28 May 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the works on a school (details supplied) will be completed in summer 2019; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22837/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (28 May 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will be provided with temporary prefabricated buildings for accommodation on site if works on the school are not completed; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22838/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (28 May 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the work on a school (details supplied) will be finished. [22839/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Policy Reviews (28 May 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 301. To ask the Minister for Health when the contraception working group within his Department which was due to commence in April 2019 will commence; if a chair and members have been appointed; if finalised terms of reference have been agreed; the stakeholders that will be engaged with; and when they will be engaged with. [22830/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (28 May 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 302. To ask the Minister for Health if a third party reviewer of the drugs approval and procurement process has been appointed; if so, the name of the reviewer; and if they have commenced their work. [22831/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (28 May 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 303. To ask the Minister for Health if the review of the drugs approval and procurement process will have a consultation with clinicians, patients or industry. [22832/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (28 May 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 304. To ask the Minister for Health if the review of the drugs approval and procurement process will include specific recommendations. [22833/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Energy Conservation (28 May 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 305. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to reduce unnecessary energy consumption in buildings and the carbon dioxide emissions that accompany same in view of the range of buildings across the health service and the number of employees in the health service. [22834/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Policy (28 May 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 306. To ask the Minister for Health if officials in his Department or the HSE are working with vendors and suppliers to ensure that all products which hospitals purchase are as environmentally friendly as possible from medical supplies to printer paper. [22835/19]