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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: HSE Funding (8 Feb 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Deputy Kelleher can add my name to that list. Of course it is not possible and the Minister knows that well. The Minister published a plan knowing he did not have the money to fulfil it. Several questions leap out following the Minister's statement. The Minister referred to transparency. In truth, that this information is in the public domain is down to freedom of information requests...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Staff (8 Feb 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 19. To ask the Minister for Health the reason primary care centres (details supplied) will not be provided with additional new staff hires; the way in which these centres will now be staffed; if staff will be taken from the surrounding areas; if this will reduce services beyond the remit of the primary care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6367/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments Data (8 Feb 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 79. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE target of eliminating emergency department waiting times of greater than 24 hours for persons over 75 years of age were met for 2017; the number of persons over 75 years of age that have had a wait of more than 24 hours in an emergency department in 2017; the hospital in which the wait occurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6366/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (8 Feb 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 82. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with women affected by the side effects of the use of transvaginal mesh and their representatives; his plans to limit or ban the use of mesh as other countries have; the focus of the report into the use of mesh; the timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6368/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (7 Feb 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I propose that we meet in private session to deal with housekeeping matters. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (7 Feb 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: This is the quarterly meeting with the Minister for Health and the director general of the HSE. The purpose of this morning's meeting is to allow the Minister for Health, his officials and the director general to update committee members on key health care issues. The committee has flagged it would particularly like to have the issue of hospital overcrowding addressed during this session....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (7 Feb 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the Minister. I invite Mr. O'Brien to make his opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (7 Feb 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank Mr. O'Brien. Before I invite questions, there are two issues I want to raise briefly. I also have some questions of my own, which I will hold until the end. The first issue concerns a letter I was sent yesterday by a psychiatrist who I will not name, although he is named in the press. I was very disturbed to receive a letter under a HSE letterhead urging me to resist the pressure...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (7 Feb 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I ask Mr. O'Brien to circulate that in writing to Members of the Oireachtas as we all were circulated with the letter. I thought it was only sent to me but that was a mistake. We were all circulated with it. As such, it might be helpful if Mr. O'Brien could share that with us.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (7 Feb 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the Minister for allowing me to jump in there. I will take questioners in order; Deputy Kelleher, Deputy Murphy O'Mahony and Deputy Durkan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (7 Feb 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank Deputy Murphy O'Mahony. The Deputy asked a number of local questions which may be more appropriate to follow up in writing afterwards. I note that she also has submitted parliamentary questions on those matters.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (7 Feb 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I have my own ideas.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (7 Feb 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank Deputy Durkan. I trust the witnesses were all taking very detailed notes but I can assure them that if they missed anything, the members who asked the questions will be sure to correct that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (7 Feb 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank Mr. Connaghan. A specific question was addressed to the Minister of State, Deputy Finian McGrath.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (7 Feb 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: It is important to be specific.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (7 Feb 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Will the Minister of State come back to us with a detailed breakdown of the picture in the State rather than on a county by county basis?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (7 Feb 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: We will now move on to the remainder of questions from Deputy O'Connell, Senator Colm Burke and Senator Conway Walsh after which I have a few questions that I might throw in if I can.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (7 Feb 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I ask the Deputy to refrain from using names.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (7 Feb 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I appreciate that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (7 Feb 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: With regard to the issue raised about the email, Mr. O'Brien has indicated he will be circulating a response to an email I sent him yesterday, which may answer the Deputy's questions.