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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Regulation of Home Care Provision: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Were they deliberately removed from the contract?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Regulation of Home Care Provision: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: If that changed would it then be brought up to an hour? The witness has said that the staff are driving this, but I do not accept that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Regulation of Home Care Provision: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: If the staff themselves wanted it to be changed to an hour would it be changed?

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Stroke Programme Implementation (30 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 150. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 358 of 27 March 2018, the funding required to support the appointment of a national stroke audit manager; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23867/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Stroke Care (30 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 151. To ask the Minister for Health the availability of round the clock CT angiography for stroke patients in South Tipperary General Hospital; the impact of deficiencies in the service on the treatment of stroke patients including assessment for thrombectomy and thrombolysis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23868/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Stroke Care (30 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 152. To ask the Minister for Health the infrastructural and equipment deficits across the stroke programme; the details of capital requests for same made in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; the status of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23869/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Stroke Programme Implementation (30 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 166. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times officials from the national stroke programme have met with the national steering group or the working group for the implementation plan for the national strategy and policy for neurorehabilitation services; the informal discussions that have taken place regarding the area in which stroke fits into the neurorehabilitation strategy; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: School Milk Scheme (30 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 189. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 240 of 10 May 2018, if further details of the new model of implementation for the school milk scheme for the 2018-2019 period will be provided; the new features contained in the new model; the key differences in the way in which the new model will differ from current and previous practices; and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (30 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 197. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 263 of 10 May 2018, the preparatory work being undertaken in advance of the publication of the revised text of the audiovisual media services directive; the considerations being given to the issue of co-regulation of audiovisual content on video sharing platform services; the work...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (30 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 217. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 281, 282 and 283 of 10 May 2018, the results of the on-site inspection programmes implanted since 2012 to ensure that the school food scheme rules are being adhered to, including an assessment of the type of food provided; if annual reports or figures are produced on the assessment of...

Residential Tenancies (Student Rents, Rights and Protection) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (29 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I commend my colleagues, Teachtaí Ó Broin and Funchion, on bringing forward this important legislation. Shortly before I was elected I was involved in a dispute with University College Dublin, UCD. It related to a car park and the introduction of car parking charges. At the time we were considering the demands placed on the car park by the students and the staff. It became...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Health Services Data (29 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 38. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the decrease in the number of community nurses in community health organisation, CHO, areas nationally; his views on the impact this is having on the delivery of health services in the community; the steps being taken to increase these numbers; the number of nurses working in the community setting in each of the years 2007 to 2017,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Health Services Data (29 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I listened to the Minister and the Deputy having a wee chat about the reform of the model of care, which I assume means a shift to the community, making my question very timely. I am sure the first thing the Minister will do is thank me for it but I will dispense with the need for that.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Health Services Data (29 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Perhaps he could get to the figures on, and explain where, all the nurses will come from to provide all this marvellous service in the community that we all want to see. Unfortunately, however, the decrease in staff numbers does not bode well for any great shift to the community.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Health Services Data (29 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Let us be honest that more of the same will not work because it is not working. The Minister is offering nurses a permanent contract in a health service that has become an unattractive place to work. I am sure the INMO members told him that at their conference - in fact, I am certain they told him that. I acknowledge the damage caused by the recruitment moratorium introduced by Fianna...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Health Services Data (29 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: When I said more of the same, the Minister read out statistics. I asked for them so I am not criticising him for that. They showed a rate of increase, and I am not brilliant at hard sums, such that by my reckoning it will probably take a decade or more to get back up to the level we were at before the crisis. That is before taking account of the fact that we are moving away from a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (29 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 61. To ask the Minister for Health the number of calls that have been made to the CervicalCheck helpline; the number that have been returned; the number that are awaiting a return call; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23451/18]

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

Louise O'Reilly: 72. To ask the Minister for Health if the central sterilising supply department at the Mater Hospital will be retained within the public health system; if plans are in place to outsource the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23449/18]

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

Louise O'Reilly: 99. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to update the living kidney donor reimbursement scheme to provide for the reimbursement of stay-at-home parents that donate a kidney; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23452/18]

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

Louise O'Reilly: 121. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite care hours provided for the first quarter of 2018 in each CHO area; the way in which this compares with applications for respite care; the respite care provided in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date 2018, by CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23450/18]