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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (23 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: The Taoiseach mentioned that legal proceedings are under way in four out of 40 of the cases. Are there plans to initiate legal proceedings in respect of the remainder? With regard to the contingency arrangements, reference was made earlier to the question of spin versus substance. There will have to be a roll-out of information for the parents concerned. There is probably no need to hire...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (23 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: As the Taoiseach is aware, schools that have been built by Western Building Systems are now under investigation by the Department of Education and Skills. The Taoiseach spoke earlier about public services. Reference was also made to how woefully inadequate they are, but inadequate as they are, people cannot access the service if they do not have a school building to go to. Students in...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Medical Inquiries (23 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: The withholding of information was at the centre of the CervicalCheck scandal, and in the immediate aftermath, information was selectively leaked and drip fed into the public domain. The Minister for Health complained in the House about the manner in which some of that information was being drip fed. In the immediate aftermath of this latest leak the people affected said they were...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Government Information Service (23 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I want to ask about the gov.ieportal project, on which the GIS has been working with the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer to develop. The Taoiseach said previously that it is part of the e-government strategy for the period 2017 to 2020 to rationalise existing Government websites and online services over time. Will the gov.ieportal replace in time all the departmental...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Hospital (23 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 76. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the commitment given by Dáil Éireann to ensure the national maternity hospital remains within public ownership and has legally guaranteed independence from all non-medical influence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43443/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Care (23 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 77. To ask the Minister for Health if he will discuss the HSE CHO networks and operating model proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43444/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultant Recruitment (23 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 104. To ask the Minister for Health when provision will be made for additional consultant rheumatologists to bring the complement of same in Crumlin Children’s Hospital in line with international best practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43440/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (23 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 379. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 221 women that were diagnosed with cervical cancer that have had a change to the categorisation of their smear tests upon a subsequent review that was initiated by CervicalCheck after the women were diagnosed; and the number of these women from County Louth. [43283/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (23 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 380. To ask the Minister for Health if he has requested that the HSE provide a breakdown of the locations in which the cytology slides of the 221 women affected by the CervicalCheck cancer scandal were examined; and if not, his plans to do so. [43284/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (23 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 381. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 221 women affected by the CervicalCheck cancer scandal that consented to participate in the review by an organisation (details supplied) instigated by him; the number of the women that consented from County Louth; and the number of women that were contacted regarding the review process. [43285/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Organ Donation (23 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 111. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the scheme to provide compensation for living donors that are not working outside the home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43441/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (23 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 149. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to tackle the rising incidence of body dysmorphia and eating disorders among men and young men in particular; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43442/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (23 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 207. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 82 and 83 of 10 May 2018, his plans to reduce the rate of VAT on defibrillators in 2022 when the new amended VAT directive is expected to take effect; if preparatory work will be undertaken before then to ensure this can take effect immediately; if so, the details of the work; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (23 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 208. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 82 and 83 of 10 May 2018, if there is facility for a similar measure to be applied here in terms of VAT reduction on defibrillators in the interim as has happened in Belgium (details supplied) in view of the fact that the new amended VAT directive is expected to take effect in 2022; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (23 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 378. To ask the Minister for Health the contract situation between the HSE, his Department and a laboratory (details supplied); if a new laboratory will be chosen to test smear test slides instead of the laboratory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43282/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Transfers (23 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 382. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be transferred to the National Rehabilitation Hospital, Dún Laoghaire, in view of the fact that the planned transfer has been delayed on numerous occasions. [43286/18]

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (18 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I echo the sentiment expressed by my colleague, Deputy Ó Snodaigh, regarding this being a step in the right direction, but it really is just a step and is not what the Garda representative organisations want. They want trade union status, to be represented by a recognised trade union and to have the protections that gives. It is interesting that the people in these buildings who have...

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

Louise O'Reilly: Sinn Féin actively campaigned against the 27th amendment to the Constitution and the subsequent provisions in the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act, which sought to deny Irish citizenship to children born in Ireland to parents who are not Irish. It was wrong then and it continues to be wrong now. Politicians come in here and criticise President Trump for the deportation of children...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: While the Tánaiste's apology is welcome, there is not much evidence that this is actually a priority. Anybody could have predicted that there would be an upsurge in the uptake of smear tests because women were concerned. I thought it would have been very easy to predict that but, instead, a promise was made and a commitment given, and that was broken. I put the question again to the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Last May in the wake of the CervicalCheck scandal many assurances were given to women. In what was a difficult time for women and women's healthcare in the State one of the appropriate and sensible responses by the Minister for Health was the offer of a free repeat smear for those women who were concerned. It was what many people had been calling for at the time. It was generally assumed...