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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (23 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I understand that 347 surgeries have been performed to date. The Minister gave the target for this year. To hit that, 100 further surgeries must be performed between now and the end of the year, including the Christmas period. Is the Minister confident that these will take place? To be straight with him, I would not I refer to the number of surgeries abroad that are offered and not...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (23 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: This is complex but complications can also arise for these children as a result of having to wait. Their condition can deteriorate to the point where surgery may not be viable. This morning, I spoke to a parent who asked what will happen to children who are left with permanent impairment as a result of delays. Whether we accept the extent to which they are being dealt with effectively, we...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Nursing Staff Recruitment (23 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 64. To ask the Minister for Health the reason in spite of his commitment to address the recruitment and retention crisis affecting the nursing and midwifery professions, the HSE has stated that there is only one nursing application for every four nursing vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43842/18]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Nursing Staff Recruitment (23 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: My question, like all my questions, is relatively simple. It relates to the recruitment and retention crisis, in light of the fact that nurses and midwives in the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, INMO, have rejected the results of the Public Service Pay Commission, PSPC. It strikes me that nothing concrete is being done to address this that works. I am sure the Minister will list...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Nursing Staff Recruitment (23 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I have some small knowledge of industrial relations between nurses and the State. If the Minister does not acknowledge and address the issue of pay, he will leave nurses and midwives with no choice. The Minister has said, and we all know, the last thing nurses wish to do is contemplate industrial action, but that involves them being given another option. He described the recent pay...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Nursing Staff Recruitment (23 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: The Minister missed an important point in the PSSA which was also in other agreements, including the one on which Fianna Fáil reneged. The point is that the parties reserve the right to go back to the table and renegotiate if the circumstances change. When I was "back in my twos", as my dad would say, when circumstances changed we were quickly dragged back to the table in order that...

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...