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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (29 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 436. To ask the Minister for Health the spend on agency and locum staff in hospitals in each of the years 2010 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by nurses, doctors and so on and by hospital and CHO in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23672/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (24 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 47. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 66 to 70, inclusive, of 16 May 2018, the details of the amendment to the legislation that will be brought forward in the Finance Bill 2018 to impose a calcium threshold on products within the exempt categories; the proposed threshold; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23011/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Screening Programmes: Discussion (23 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the witnesses for attending. I received their presentations yesterday evening and have had a chance to read over them. I have a memory of this happening at the time. Mr. Casey and I are colleagues and we made comment on outsourcing at the time. I will focus on what drove the decision to outsource. My memory is that it was a highly politicised decision. The comment that was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Screening Programmes: Discussion (23 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I will be brief. I apologise that I must ask my question and then leave because I have an appointment. My interest is in the decision that was taken in 2008 on outsourcing the screening service. It is pretty clear that it was a political decision. The witnesses might be able to fill the committee in on the clinical involvement at the time. What is the witnesses' understanding on where...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Screening Programmes: Discussion (23 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: So the clinicians were not involved in the selection of that particular lab.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Screening Programmes: Discussion (23 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: That is very interesting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Screening Programmes: Discussion (23 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: To be crystal clear, we are having this hearing on screening programmes because of a scandalous withholding of information from women, albeit by another programme. What the Dáil and this and other committees have discussed is the apparent paternalistic attitude of people within the health service towards the women who are users of that service. With respect, that is why Professor Hill...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Screening Programmes: Discussion (23 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: We all watched the "Prime Time" episode in February on Ms Alison McCormack, and the issue there was the withholding of information. I respect that the witnesses offer women the choice to look back and Professor Hill has said it is most probably done. Is it not written down somewhere that it should be done?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Screening Programmes: Discussion (23 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: There was a 300-page document on open disclosure in 2013. In what way was it transposed into everyday practice? Have there been seminars or discussions on it? Have any protocols been introduced? We were told by very senior people within the Health Service Executive and the Department, as well as some politicians in here, that we did not need mandatory open disclosure or legal underpinning...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Screening Programmes: Discussion (23 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: No, at no stage did I use the word "remiss". Will Mr. McCallion explain from a policy and administrative perspective what exactly happened to the 2013 open disclosure document. In no way have I tried to disparage the programme. As I have said repeatedly, I am a supporter of the programme. It is important to me that the women I represent have confidence in that programme. Perhaps the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Screening Programmes: Discussion (23 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I must interrupt the witnesses as my time has run out. I have a very quick question. In 2013 did the service take the view that the open disclosure policy did not apply to the screening programmes or were people advised that it should not apply? Does it apply to the programmes but there is an elongated process to put it in place?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Screening Programmes: Discussion (23 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: The open disclosure policy was put in place five years ago. Mr. McCallion has not answered my question. Is there a list which shows where it does and does not apply? I know that my time is up, but sometimes delegates do not help their own cause when they attend committees.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Autism Support Services (23 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 141. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the review of autism services which took place in late 2017; when the review will be published; if an implementation plan of actions will be published alongside it; the way in which recommendations and future actions will take account of geographical disparities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22789/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (22 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 128. To ask the Minister for Finance if revenue from the sugar tax will be hypothecated for strategies to tackle obesity, including treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22028/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (22 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 323. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of bariatric care in the west of Ireland, specifically Letterkenny University Hospital, University Hospital Galway and Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22025/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (22 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 324. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding provided for hospital based bariatric services in County Galway in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22026/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (22 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 325. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding provided for hospital based bariatric services in County Dublin in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22027/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (22 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 326. To ask the Minister for Health if bariatric surgeries will be carried out under the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22029/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Strategy (22 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 327. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to appoint additional senior dietitians and psychology staff at University Hospital Galway to deal with issues of obesity and eating disorders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22030/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services Provision (17 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 188. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce or alter maternity services in the Inishowen peninsula, County Donegal; and the short and long-term plans in this regard. [21848/18]