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United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Motion (7 Mar 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: -----and makes a real and tangible difference. For those people who have campaigned and brought us to this point, today is their day and they should be very proud, but they cannot rest here. They must keep the Government on its toes. They must not let the Government rest for a moment on its laurels. I have special thanks for the Disability Federation of Ireland and Inclusion Ireland...

United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Motion (7 Mar 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Tonight is a night of progress for us. It is a night of inclusion, equality and respect. It is a night to remember all persons with disabilities who have left us before seeing the ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, UNCRPD. This has the capacity to markedly transform the lives of a section of our people who have been marginalised and secluded for...

Topical Issue Debate: Water Supply Leakages (7 Mar 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I believe the Minister is aware that his response was mostly information we already have been sent by Irish Water. He said that Irish Water is seeing improvements in most of these areas - with the exception of Fethard and the greater Dublin area supplies - and expects that most issues will be resolved by the end of the week. What does that say to the thousands of people who are either...

Topical Issue Debate: Water Supply Leakages (7 Mar 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I join others in paying tribute to emergency services staff for the sterling work they did throughout Storm Emma and its aftermath and, in particular, the staff of Irish Water and Fingal County Council who were fantastic. They gave entirely of their own time and were exemplary in how they carried out their work. Unfortunately, we have experienced a thaw in the aftermath of the storm and I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Chronic Disease Management: Discussion (7 Mar 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I apologise for not being present for part of the meeting. I saw some of the evidence on the monitor and I will have a chance to look back on the rest. If I ask a question the witnesses have already answered, they should feel free to refer me to their earlier statements. The area of stroke and neurorehabilitation is one I am particularly interested in and one on which we have been doing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Chronic Disease Management: Discussion (7 Mar 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I am sorry to interrupt but my question was about the collaboration that had taken place. I referenced the fact that I did not think that the collaboration was at a very deep or advanced stage. Given that June is the date for publication, what level of engagement is planned between now and then on the clinical pathways? This will not happen organically. It has to be driven by both sides...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Chronic Disease Management: Discussion (7 Mar 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: The increase, even though it is small, is costing somewhere in the region of €53 million. There is a cost for discharging people into long term care. I fully appreciate that it is creeping up at a slow rate but it is creeping up nonetheless. It needs to be reversed. Significant money is being spent because it is not going in the right direction; it is actually costing us.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Chronic Disease Management: Discussion (7 Mar 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: My question intended to ascertain whether everyone was in the same room and that all aspects, including the clinical care pathway, would be part of the process.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Chronic Disease Management: Discussion (7 Mar 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: There has to be a timeline as well but I take Dr. O'Shea's point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Counsellors and Psychotherapists Registration Board: Discussion (7 Mar 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the witnesses for coming before the committee and for their evidence. Following approval of the regulations, it will be an offence - down the line, obviously, not the following morning - for someone to represent himself or herself as a counsellor if he or she does not fulfil the minimum requirements and is not appropriately registered. Will the witnesses confirm this and confirm...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Counsellors and Psychotherapists Registration Board: Discussion (7 Mar 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I apologise for interrupting. It might be that I did not make my question clear or perhaps that Ms Walsh will come to it. Obviously, the people who want to do it right will get all the paperwork and so on to ensure they have the qualifications and register. I am talking about, for want of a better word, chancers who will not go through the process of registering. Will they face a penalty...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Counsellors and Psychotherapists Registration Board: Discussion (7 Mar 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: -----there are penalties. Will there be similar penalties for those who misrepresent themselves as counsellors, etc.?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Counsellors and Psychotherapists Registration Board: Discussion (7 Mar 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: It is a criminal offence.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Counsellors and Psychotherapists Registration Board: Discussion (7 Mar 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: This important piece of work is due in no small part to the issues raised in the media by Ellen Coyne and others. We have made progress and I would not like that to go unmarked because very often we do not manage to conclude, or even come close to concluding, issues.

Topical Issue Debate: Employment Rights (6 Mar 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: The Minister said that the Government asked employers nicely but that did not work. The Taoiseach, during many photo opportunities where he read out the weather forecast and so forth, told people to stay at home for their own health and safety. However, many people cannot afford to take a day off work. What is the Minister's advice to them? How do they pay their bills? What are they...

Topical Issue Debate: Employment Rights (6 Mar 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: The Minister for Health was quick to tweet a message which contradicted the message given by the head of HR in the health service, namely, that anyone who could not get to work or whose workplace was closed would receive emergency leave with pay. This put at ease the minds of a lot of health care workers, many of whom stayed in hotels, away from their families during a severe weather...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (6 Mar 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 130. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cataract surgeries cancelled nationally by hospital in 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10439/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (6 Mar 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 131. To ask the Minister for Health the length of times each person has been on the waiting list for cataract surgery nationally by hospital; the length of time they have been waiting, by month, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10440/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (6 Mar 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 132. To ask the Minister for Health the hospitals that are no longer taking referrals for cataract surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10441/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Beds Data (6 Mar 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 148. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of a hospital bed; the fully absorbed cost of a hospital bed, including staff, ancillary services and running costs; the capital costs associated with opening new beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10483/18]