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Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: It is also a question for the Department of Health.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: IFAC made a specific comment about the health budget and overruns, which is what we are here to discuss today. The council was very clear on the matter. I asked the Minister of State if he thinks that is a responsible way to fund the health service and he said that it is not being funded in that way. In actual fact, it is because the overrun is part of the spend now.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: The Irish Fiscal Advisory Council differs with the Minister of State on that point.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: The IFAC specifically targeted the health service overruns. Trying to pretend that overruns are not part of the spend is nonsense. They are clearly part of the spend but they are being funded from an unreliable source. I asked the Minister of State whether he thought that was responsible. He may think it is responsible, but I do not agree with him.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I apologise if I came across as cross-examining. I am trying to get a specific answer.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Absolutely, Chairman.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Yes. The Minister of State mentioned that he would provide me with some figures on agency spending. He mentioned the issue of conversion. When we had Mr. Stephen Mulvany from the HSE before the committee, we asked whether specific targets were set relating to the conversion of agency staff. It appeared this was not the case. I keep going back to the figure of €346 million in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (5 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 64. To ask the Minister for Health if resources will be forthcoming for the breast multidisciplinary team and for the diabetes and endocrine diseases clinic at Cork University Hospital to increase staff, tackle delays, allow for referral pathways and other associated issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50778/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (5 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 97. To ask the Minister for Health when the position taken by Dáil Éireann following the passing of a Private Members Bill on 3 May 2017, which called for the national maternity hospital to remain within public ownership and have legally guaranteed independence from all non-medical influence, will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50776/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services (5 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 99. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to claims made by interviewees in a report (details supplied) that the HSE compelled organisations to sign service arrangements on the basis of known but formally unrecorded deficits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50777/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff (5 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 132. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the health service has not published a funded workforce plan for nursing and midwifery for 2018; if a plan will be forthcoming in 2018; if there has been progress on a 2019 plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50780/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Remuneration (5 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 133. To ask the Minister for Health if he will engage with organisations (details supplied) to try to avert industrial action caused by the continuing recruitment and retention crisis, understaffing and safety in the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50779/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (5 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 195. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 463 to 465, inclusive, of 27 November 2018, the work being undertaken by the OPIOG in the area of health and environmental planning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51001/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (5 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 196. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 463 to 465, inclusive, of 27 November 2018, if the feedback from the Healthy Ireland stakeholder forum on the built environment will form part of the discussions necessary to develop guidelines and support materials for those working in developing the built environment; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (5 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 197. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 463 to 465, inclusive, of 27 November 2018, the timeline for the consideration of the collated outcomes in detail by the relevant Departments, the national physical activity plan implementation group and the OPIOG for the purposes of advancing work in the area of health and environmental planning; if there is a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (5 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 212. To ask the Minister for Health the health spend per GNI star; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51044/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (5 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 222. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 663 of 7 September 2018, if full tender documents are finalised; when this proposed facility will go to tender; if there is a commencement date for construction in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51081/18]

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (4 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: The purpose of the amendment is to ensure we would collect meaningful data in order that we could ensure the service was responding to need. I do not believe the data to be collected will inform us in a way that we will be able to spot where there are problems, geographical or otherwise, or be in a position to make necessary adjustments to the service to ensure women throughout the State...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Site Visits (4 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 67. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA site visits in each county in the first, second and third quarters, respectively, of 2018 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50528/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Data (4 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 89. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps her Department and the IDA are taking to increase job creation and attract companies to Fingal and north County Dublin; the recent occasions on which the IDA visited Fingal and north County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50527/18]