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Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Recruitment (4 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 426. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant positions being recruited for by the HSE across the health service; the details based on the discipline of the position; the length of time of each vacancy; the stage at which the recruitment process is at; and the location of the position by hospital, CHO, LHO or other [50817/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (4 Dec 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 504. To ask the Minister for Health if there are persons here affected by problems with permanent contraceptives manufactured by a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50965/18]

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: It is woefully inadequate and, as an Opposition spokesperson on health, I intend to hold the Government to account in this regard, but that is not what the amendment is about. There is an element of shaming or judgment in it, and there is no version of this that does not involve causing distress for a pregnant woman. Any pregnant woman can ask for an ultrasound if she feels she needs one or...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: That has been clarified.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I had not intended to speak on this amendment either but, to be brutally frank, despite the play and messing around with words, the amendment is clear. It states: "...the relevant practitioner relevant medical practitioner or a qualified person assisting the relevant .... shall perform [an] ultrasound". For the benefit of those who signed their names to the amendment, there is no version of...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: A Cheann Comhairle, are we discussing amendment No. 41?

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Is it being discussed with another amendment?

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Okay.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: No, I do not.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: This has nothing to do with the Bill. We need to move on.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I wish to put on record Sinn Féin's position with regard to terminations on the grounds of disability. Sinn Féin is opposed to terminations on the grounds of disability. As a party we debated the matter at our Ard-Fheis. More than that, as political activists, we campaign day in and day out for the rights of persons with disability. In our advice clinics at council level and at...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Courts Service Data (29 Nov 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 8. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons convicted for importing or selling illegal steroids and illegal performance enhancing drugs in each of the years 2014 to 2017, and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49786/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Courts Service Data (29 Nov 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: My question simply asks the Minister for the number of persons convicted of importing or selling illegal steroids and illegal performance enhancing drugs in each of the years 2014 to 2017, and to date in 2018. This is something that goes on behind the scenes and is under the radar but it is something on which the Oireachtas should have a bit more focus.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Courts Service Data (29 Nov 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Anabolic steroids, which are used to increase muscle mass, comprised almost half of the medicines seized last year. We are attempting to get a clear picture on the issue from all Departments because, as the Minister pointed out, the issue does not only concern one Department. The HPRA seized 450,000 doses of anabolic steroids in 2017 in comparison to just 109,000 in 2016. That would...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Courts Service Data (29 Nov 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: In response to a parliamentary question, I was advised by the HSE that the number of emergency inpatient discharges relating to steroid use was 174 in 2011 and last year that had increased to 398. Some aspects of the problem need to be dealt with from a health perspective but tackling the importation and sale of illegal substances is a justice matter and more needs to be done to stop the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drugs Seizures (29 Nov 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 35. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the quantity and value of illegal steroids and illegal performance enhancing drugs that have been seized in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49785/18]

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I will not go over old ground except to say the Minister outlined the regulations that are in place with regard to consultation, and I pointed out we still had the CervicalCheck scandal and all that went with that. Will the Minister confirm that this issue and the position of the woman will be dealt with in the regulations? As they stand, the regulations are obviously not good enough, so...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: The Minister read out the regulations in place for medical professionals about how to talk to patients and treat them with respect. Despite all that, we still had the issues with CervicalCheck all of which have been highlighted in the Scally report. The report the Minister commissioned into the transvaginal mesh issue also highlighted a similar issue. With the greatest respect to doctors,...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Witness after witness who attended the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution was very clear with us about the difficulties or impossibility of grading risk. It is different, depending on a person's circumstances, the number of children the woman already has and the person's state of health. Doctors, including Professor Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, Dr. Peter Boylan and Dr....

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: There is a massive amount of beeping. Can it be stopped? The purpose of the legislation has to be to get rid of the-----