Results 9,761-9,780 of 12,424 for speaker:Louise O'Reilly

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Capacity Review (24 Apr 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 402. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the health service capacity review 2018 did not identify the number and location of the beds which have disappeared in the health service since the 2007 health service capacity review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17797/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (24 Apr 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 412. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the recruitment of a dermatologist to Mullingar general hospital; when the appointment will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17829/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Implementation (24 Apr 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 455. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when broadband will be brought to The Bower, Balbriggan; the reason for the difficulty in delivering broadband in view of the fact that an adjacent estate has high speed broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17454/18]

Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Apr 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: It is not changing the system.

Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Apr 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: It is already four months late.

Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Apr 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: The programme for Government states that to recruit and retain talent, it will "Implement the new procedures to ensure more efficient and timely recruitment of nurses". I am sure the Tánaiste has read the open letter to the Government from a student nurse, Tara Nic Cormaic, which states the pay and conditions under which student nurses work are beyond shocking and that they and the job...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Health Services Staff (19 Apr 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 2. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the increased incidence of assaults on staff in the health service, if reports have been conducted into the issue of assaults, the measures taken to protect staff and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16981/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Health Services Staff (19 Apr 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Unlike Deputy Donnelly, the Minister and I tend to disagree quite a lot but I think we can all agree that there is a recruitment and retention crisis in our health service. I have said this many times. I believe this Government, the previous Government and even the one before that have made our health service a very unattractive place in which to work. We now see that our health service is...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Health Services Staff (19 Apr 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: That is a fine statement but they are working under the threat of violence currently. I am glad the Minister says it is not acceptable and that a national strategy exists. He says that security staff will be in accident and emergency departments or nearby. They need to be in accident and emergency departments. Nearby is not good enough. Staff are very well trained. They know how to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Health Services Staff (19 Apr 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Putting a security presence into accident and emergency departments.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Health Services Staff (19 Apr 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: The rate of staff turnover for nurses and midwives is 7.9%. This should not be the case. It should be a career for life and somewhere people want to work and stay because we really need them to stay but the workplaces are unsafe. It is regrettable that there are accident and emergency departments where staff are exposed to a level of risk and do not have a security presence. The Minister...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors Recruitment (19 Apr 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 23. To ask the Minister for Health the measures taken to tackle the appointment of non-specialist doctors as consultants; the steps he has taken to address this issue since it was first raised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16980/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Data (19 Apr 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 29. To ask the Minister for Health his views on falling general practitioner numbers; the steps he is taking to address to address the fall in numbers through the negotiation of a new general practitioner contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16979/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (19 Apr 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 56. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the move towards primary care; if additional staff will be provided for new primary care centres; if not, the centres that will not receive additional new staff; the reason therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16977/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Paediatric Services (19 Apr 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 76. To ask the Minister for Health his views on waiting lists for children with scoliosis needing surgery; if new targets will be forthcoming for 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16976/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Remuneration (19 Apr 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 105. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to address problems regarding pay and pay equality for nurses in view of the recruitment and retention crisis for nursing and midwifery staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16978/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (19 Apr 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 244. To ask the Minister for Health the number of assaults on health care staff in hospitals across the State in each of the years 2008 to 2017, by number of assaults and the hospital in which the assault took place, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17212/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Data (19 Apr 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 245. To ask the Minister for Health the number of security staff, associated with an agency or directly employed, working in hospitals across the State in each of the years 2008 to 2017 by hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17213/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (19 Apr 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 253. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the BreastCheck western unit is to withdraw its mobile unit from Sligo town and relocate to the village of Collooney; his views on whether this will result in access problems to the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17335/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (19 Apr 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 254. To ask the Minister for Health if BreastCheck will be engaging with Sligo County Council to facilitate the locating of the BreastCheck mobile unit in Sligo town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17336/18]