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Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Strategy (3 Jul 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 303. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 327 of 8 May 2018, if reports of the reformulation sub-group in line with its terms of reference will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28922/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Strategy (3 Jul 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 304. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 327 of 8 May 2018, the timeline for the development of a roadmap by the sub-group on reformulation for progressing its work within its terms of reference; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28923/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Strategy (3 Jul 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 305. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 329 of 8 May 2018, the status of the work being undertaken in developing proposals for the purposes of conducting an evaluation of the SSD tax; the timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28924/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Food Labelling (3 Jul 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 306. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the European Commission hosted joint meeting on front-of-pack nutrition labelling on 22 June 2018; the response by his Department to the survey sent in the context of the REFIT evaluation of the nutrition and health claims regulation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28925/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Food Labelling (3 Jul 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 307. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development and publication of nutrient profiles to avoid misleading the public on the health claims of food products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28926/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (3 Jul 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 308. To ask the Minister for Health the detail of the data mapping of all services offered by the HSE, including voluntary and community groups in Dublin 8. [28927/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (3 Jul 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 310. To ask the Minister for Health the person or body that owns the lease for Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin; the HSE and the hospital board's plans for the building after the new national children's hospital opens; and if there will be public consultation on the future of the property once the hospital winds down its operations. [28944/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (3 Jul 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 311. To ask the Minister for Health if Dublin City Council will have a representative on the board of the new national children's hospital in continuity of its representation on the board of Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28945/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (3 Jul 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 324. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 436 of 29 May 2018, the agencies used by the HSE in each of the years detailed; and the amount paid to each agency in tabular form. [28997/18]

Penal Reform and Sentencing: Motion (28 Jun 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: The Committee on Justice and Equality focused on measures that could be taken to decrease the number of people being sent to prison each year. The report finds a systemic overuse of imprisonment as punishment, unacceptable conditions in Irish prisons and the need to increase efforts to rehabilitate prisoners. Sinn Féin believes that in a fair and effective criminal justice system...

Other Questions: Primary Care Centres Data (28 Jun 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 12. To ask the Minister for Health the status of all primary care centres under construction or opened or both; the healthcare and medical staff working in each operational primary care centre by centre and occupation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27851/18]

Other Questions: Primary Care Centres Data (28 Jun 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: My question is fairly simple and relates to primary care centres. We have had this conversation many times. I have said that if the Minister is serious about primary care he would employ staff. I have asked about staffing in primary care centres and have been told repeatedly that the services will be provided from within existing resources, which is HSE code to the effect that no new staff...

Other Questions: Primary Care Centres Data (28 Jun 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: The Minister told me he is not counting the numbers but also that the figure has increased. They are some very fancy calculations. I have asked questions on primary care centres and the consistent answer I have received is that services will be provided from within existing resources. Does the Minister have a figure in mind for what constitutes a multidisciplinary team? How many staff are...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Paediatric Services (28 Jun 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: We welcome the plan if and when it is published. Some parents have contacted us - we have raised this with the Minister previously - to the effect that the waiting lists are being managed in an aggressive way and parents are receiving letters asking them if their child still requires surgery. Can the Minister please request that this practice ceases? These children will not get better on...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Paediatric Services (28 Jun 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 2. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on scoliosis waiting lists; the length of time they have been on the waiting lists; when the 2018 action plan for scoliosis will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27992/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Paediatric Services (28 Jun 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: The question is self-explanatory. It is not long since we all watched, with a combination of sadness and horror, children who were in extreme pain and their parents who had been battling with the system. Unfortunately, I believe they are still battling with the system and there are still long waiters. Those children are still in pain and their parents are still worried about them.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Paediatric Services (28 Jun 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: That is a lovely list of the things the Minister might be doing in the future, but he failed to mention the 88 children whose targets have been missed. He gave a commitment on the four-month target but it has been missed in 88 cases. Some of those children have been waiting in pain for more than three years. They are not able to live a full life. They are in agony. What is the status of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans (28 Jun 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 58. To ask the Minister for Health the detail of the ongoing wait list validation process which is being undertaken in the Children's Hospital Group; the steps that occur; the way in which a decision is made that a child should be removed from the outpatient waiting list; if it is a clinical or administrative decision; the way in which children are safeguarded during this process; if the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultant Recruitment (28 Jun 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 79. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant posts vacant across the State; the vacant consultant posts by specialisation; the consultant posts filled by locum and or agency staff by specialisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27854/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (28 Jun 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 82. To ask the Minister for Health the future plans for Crumlin children’s hospital once the new national children’s hospital is operational; if consideration has been given to making it an elective only hospital or for other health or medical purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27852/18]