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Other Questions: Medicinal Products Regulation (15 Nov 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 30. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to undertake an investigation into the current and historical use of the drug, sodium valproate; if a State-wide register of those women who were on the medicine during pregnancy, and of the children affected by foetal anti-convulsant syndrome caused by exposure to sodium valproate during pregnancy, will be established; if appropriate pathways for...

Other Questions: Medicinal Products Regulation (15 Nov 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: I hope the two issues I am raising today will not be matters we will be discussing for a long time but will be addressed. The first issue relates to sodium valproate, more commonly known as Epilim, taken by women with epilepsy during pregnancy. The HSE is aware it has been shown to have serious health implications for pregnant women in particular.

Other Questions: Medicinal Products Regulation (15 Nov 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: Those developments are welcome. Information is available that sodium valproate should not be prescribed to girls or women of child-bearing age or pregnant women unless alternative treatments are ineffective or not tolerated. Yesterday evening, I received an email from a woman of child-bearing age, which I am happy to share with the Minister outside of the Chamber, in which she described...

Other Questions: Medicinal Products Regulation (15 Nov 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: It is welcome that such an instruction would go out. We are not saying the medicine is necessarily dangerous but it is in certain circumstances. The more awareness there is, the better. The actions being taken now are somewhat for the future. I have met some of the women affected and their children, some of whom are adults. They have been profoundly affected by this drug. I am not a...

Other Questions: Health Services Expenditure (15 Nov 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: The Minister is on a roll.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Medical Products (15 Nov 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: I did not use that language.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Medical Products (15 Nov 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: Regarding the phrase "give a damn", I do not use language like that in here but I stand over what I said. The issue of women's health has been discussed here time out of number and the Minister is aware of that, as am I. It was not intended to be in any way personal. Of course, I welcome the fact that the chief medical officer will examine this but I would like to hear the Minister say...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Emergency Departments (15 Nov 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: I am pretty sure the Minister does not want to encourage people to get the flu, especially after last year.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Medical Products (15 Nov 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 22. To ask the Minister for Health when his attention was drawn to the side effects and complications of transvaginal mesh implant procedures; the steps he has taken to address and take control of the situation; if he will instruct the HSE to establish a register of women impacted by complications from the procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48282/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Medical Products (15 Nov 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: This fairly simple question relates to the complications associated with transvaginal mesh implants. The details of some of the serious complications do not make for easy reading for anyone. Those who have met the people affected by this issue will appreciate that it is serious. This question gives the Minister an opportunity to tell me what he is doing about this matter.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Medical Products (15 Nov 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: To be honest, I do not think the Minister is taking this matter at all seriously. I asked him when his attention was drawn to this issue. He has advised me that he read about it in the media. It strikes me as odd that his officials have not kept him informed about this problem, especially because multi-party actions in this respect are under way in a number of other countries. We...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Health Care Issues - Crisis Pregnancy Management: Ms Janice Donlon, HSE (15 Nov 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: I welcome our witnesses and thank them for attending. When listening to Ms Donlon's presentation, I reflected on the fact that it has been many years since I marched with my mother on the streets of Dublin for the right to information. I said to my mother at the time, "This is ridiculous. This is only information." Of course, now there is a raft of information available, not only from the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Health Care Issues - Crisis Pregnancy Management: Ms Janice Donlon, HSE (15 Nov 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: It was to do with the numbers. The number of women accessing abortion pills increases while the number travelling decreases, but the number of those accessing counselling remains low. I do not want to put words in Ms Donlon's mouth but, given that the services are very widely advertised and easily accessible for women and they are not accessing them, I am taking that as an indication that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care - Rights, Resources and Regulation: Discussion (15 Nov 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: The purpose of this meeting is to engage with officials from the Department of Health and the Health Research Board, representatives from Age Action Ireland and the National Community Care Network and a health economist, Professor Eamon O'Shea, in respect of to the very important issues of rights, resources and regulation of home care. This meeting will be held over two sessions. For our...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care - Rights, Resources and Regulation: Discussion (15 Nov 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: We will take questions in groups of three so I ask the witnesses to take note of them. Senator Conway-Walsh must leave in a few minutes so I will include her in the first block of question, if members are agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care - Rights, Resources and Regulation: Discussion (15 Nov 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: Senator Burke is the first person on the list, then Senators Kelleher and Conway-Walsh. I said that Senator Conway-Walsh would be in the first block.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care - Rights, Resources and Regulation: Discussion (15 Nov 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: The first block of questions is Senators Burke, Kelleher and Conway-Walsh.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care - Rights, Resources and Regulation: Discussion (15 Nov 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: That is fair.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care - Rights, Resources and Regulation: Discussion (15 Nov 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: We will take the first three questioners, including Senator Conway-Walsh, in the first block. We will proceed with Senators Burke, Kelleher and Conway-Walsh.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care - Rights, Resources and Regulation: Discussion (15 Nov 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: I remind members and witnesses to ensure their mobile phones are switched off as they cause interference with the broadcasting of the meeting.