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Written Answers — Department of Health: Air Ambulance Service Data (19 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 369. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of purchasing and staffing one air ambulance to run 24-7, 365 days a year. [53829/18]

Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I will not need all that time. I thank Deputy Brassil for bringing this Bill forward. Deputy Brassil and I are members of the Joint Committee on Health. We have had occasion to attend many presentations and hearings on the issue of access to orphan medicines. We have also been approached, as every person in this House probably has, by patients, their families and clinicians on this very...

Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report Stage (18 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Hear, hear.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I will do my very best by talking quickly. The ink was not even dry on the Health Regulation (Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018 when we saw a letter from the chief medical officer, CMO, making clear that the three-day period the Government included in the legislation was not recommended by the committee and will, in fact, be four days. This is in direct contradiction to what the Minister...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: That was my understanding too. I will provide the Taoiseach with a copy of this, because it is very worrying.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (13 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 135. To ask the Minister for Health his views on reports that Cork University Hospital has only one medical registrar at night due to staff shortages and that the hospital cannot procure a replacement. [52571/18]

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Second Stage (12 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: This Bill seeks to give effect to EU Regulation No. 598/2014, which requires airports over a certain size to appoint a noise regulator. I welcome the people in the Gallery and must say I admire the restraint and patience of those who live beside Dublin Airport because they have been living with a lot of uncertainty for the past few years since planning permission was granted for the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care Services: Discussion (12 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: It is very difficult for people working in home care, very often on very low rates of pay, to be told on the one hand they have never had it so good and that the economy is booming, and on the other hand that the shillings are not there. It is about priorities. It is very difficult for someone on a very low income to hear about a proposal on tax cuts when the proposal for a modest increase...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care Services: Discussion (12 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: The single assessment tool, SAT.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care Services: Discussion (12 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I was asked by a home carer who had been approached to work for 15 minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care Services: Discussion (12 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: That is a good point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care Services: Discussion (12 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I am very familiar with the contract. I negotiated it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care Services: Discussion (12 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: That is a very good argument for the HSE to be the sole provider. If the HSE was adequately fulfilling the demand, there would not be a need for outside recruitment. There would be a sufficient pool of staff.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care Services: Discussion (12 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: That is plugging the gap.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care Services: Discussion (12 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I apologise for not being here at the beginning of the meeting but I was watching on the monitor. I thank the witnesses for appearing before us this morning. My questions are pretty much directed at all of the witnesses. My first question concerns rates of pay. We know the rates of pay that are paid to home help carers directly employed by the HSE. I am curious to know the average rate...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services (12 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 46. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to dangerous congestion levels on DART and commuter trains which stop at all stations in north County Dublin; his plans to address the issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52208/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services (12 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 59. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has been in contact with Irish Rail regarding dangerous congestion levels on DART and commuter trains which stop at all stations in north County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52209/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: General Data Protection Regulation (12 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 142. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans on section 30 of the Data Protection Act 2018; his plans to amend and commence section 30 by way of legislation and or statutory instrument; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52365/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Stroke Care (12 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 185. To ask the Minister for Health the support services available to stroke survivors in the community in each of the CHO areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52361/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Stroke Care (12 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 186. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated to support services for stroke survivors in the community in each of the CHO areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52362/18]