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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects Status (11 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: It is freezing cold in the prefabs. Parents are concerned that the coming storm will do away with the prefabs altogether. That might not necessarily be a bad thing. They leak when it rains and they are impossible to heat because the electrics are overloaded. The parents dread sending their kids to school if they think it is going to be cold because their kids' teeth will be chattering...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects Status (11 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: The Minister's answer is not good enough. Deputy Clare Daly is right. There is a really strong possibility, given the poor weather that is forecast, that parts of the school will be unusable. The prefabs are practically uninhabitable as it is. I do not think the Minister has any words of comfort to give to the parents other than they must wait. Telling the parents, the teachers and the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Before the summer break, the Government produced a general scheme for the airport noise regulation Bill 2018 which makes Fingal County Council the designated noise regulator. Doing that disregarded the concerns of local communities, as the airport noise plan will undermine the noise restrictions that should be retained as per the planning permission granted in 2007. The Government is also...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: The Tánaiste's note is incorrect.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I will be happy to.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Scotland has 4,953 GPs for a population of 5.2 million. Wales has 2,887 for a population of 3 million. We have 2,500 in the State to cover a population of 4.7 million. Where are the tens of millions of euro the Tánaiste referred to going? Every time I ask a question about the development of primary care services, I get the same answer, which is services will be provided from within...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: As I told the Tánaiste, we did.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I will send it. As Deputy Coppinger pointed out, this is Leaders' Questions.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: This is Leaders' Questions, so, with respect-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: -----I ask the questions.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: There is no staff in them.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: General practitioners, GPs, are the cornerstone of our primary care services. Primary care is at the front line of health service provision and deals with the bulk of the health needs of our population. It has lower costs than acute care and can deliver a better preventative quality of care faster and closer to home. I do not need to emphasise the importance of our GPs but for the...

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: This is also the third budget for which I have been in the Dáil Chamber. I have a new washing machine at home and it does not spin as much as this Government and its Fianna Fáil partners do in terms of this budget. When I look at the health section of the budget, behind the spin, the backslapping and the high-fiving that is going on, we see that the health service is now dependent...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I will be a small bit parochial to illustrate a broader issue. In this instance, I am sure the Chairman will not object because I believe he shares the concerns I have. Fingal County Council has an objective regarding the location of fast-food outlets. I fully accept the point that was made earlier about local shops being turned into what are effectively fast-food outlets. What is the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: In "A Healthy Weight for Ireland", one of the action points states that guidelines and support materials should be developed "for those working in developing the built environment for urban development and planning in relation to reducing the obesogenic environment". Practically speaking, how can that be reflected? If the aspiration is reflected in the development plan, how can that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: That is fair enough.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (10 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: That is all right, Chair.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (10 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Dr. Scally talked about open disclosure and the need for legislative underpinning. I absolutely welcome that. People had the opportunity to vote for that twice in the recent past. They did not do so but the unfortunate events we are discussing will, I hope, put a bit of focus on open disclosure. It is regrettable that it will take legislative underpinning to make it happen but if it does,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (10 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: In the absence of that information, is it not somewhat premature to express confidence in the process?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (10 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Until 2013, there was no evidence that CPL was outsourcing, but it was. There is a lot we do not know.