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Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Training (7 Nov 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 850. To ask the Minister for Health if general practitioners will received additional training to identify mesh related complications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46981/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (7 Nov 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 858. To ask the Minister for Health if vertebral body tethering for the treatment of scoliosis is available via the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47016/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (7 Nov 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 859. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to persons who have accessed vertebral body tethering via the cross-border health directive; the dates for this treatment; the name of the physician recommending it here; and the follow-up care provided by the HSE. [47017/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Organ Donation (7 Nov 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 860. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the specific charges by HSE and voluntary public hospitals for bone marrow donors; if his attention has been further drawn to the practice of charging donors for their stay in hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47018/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Organ Donation (7 Nov 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 861. To ask the Minister for Health if a reimbursement scheme is in place for bone marrow donors for the recoupment of expenses such as charges for overnights in hospital, transport to and from hospital, car parking and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47019/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (26 Oct 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 143. To ask the Minister for Health the public non-capital expenditure on health in each of the budget years 2007 to 2018, in tabular form. [45352/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (26 Oct 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 144. To ask the Minister for Health the public non-capital expenditure on health excluding treatment benefits in each of the budget years 2007 to 2018, in tabular form. [45353/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (26 Oct 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 145. To ask the Minister for Health the public capital expenditure on health in each of the budget years 2007 to 2018 in tabular form. [45354/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (26 Oct 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 146. To ask the Minister for Health the public expenditure on health in each of the budget years 2007 to 2018 in tabular form. [45355/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (26 Oct 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 150. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1018 of 11 September 2017, the length of time the 1,647 persons on the waiting list for cataract surgeries at the Mater hospital to date in 2017 have been waiting by month, in tabular form. [45386/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Risks to Mental Health of Pregnant Women: Professor Veronica O'Keane (25 Oct 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: The Chair might tip me off at the five minute mark so that I can do half and half.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Risks to Mental Health of Pregnant Women: Professor Veronica O'Keane (25 Oct 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank Professor O'Keane for attending and for her presentation, which cleared up many issues, particularly regarding the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act and its practical or impractical operation, whichever the case may be. There is an imposition on women. The fact that there is no register of those who applied and, dare I use the word, were unsuccessful in their applications is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: Termination for Medical Reasons Ireland (25 Oct 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank Mr. Edwards and Ms Cullen-Delsol and echo the sentiment expressed by the Chair. I understand it is not easy for the witnesses to share their stories and it is extremely regrettable that it is necessary for them to do so. We sincerely thank them for sharing their stories with the committee. I understand the point Mr. Edwards made about people being afraid to talk to a priest about...

Finance Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Finance Bill 2017. Fine Gael and its de facto junior coalition partner, Fianna Fáil, provided for €335 million in income tax cuts and USC. This was much needed money that could have been spent on housing, education and especially on health services. I am sure the Minister of State is aware of the impending flu epidemic and the winter...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Children's Health Bill 2017: Discussion (25 Oct 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: Thank you very much, Chairman. The Deputy is right, it is refreshing to see an all-female panel. I do not think anyone would see anything wrong with that, because very often we do sit in front of all-male panels. That is no disrespect to those men, who I am sure all work very hard, but it is a refreshing change. The witnesses are all very welcome. I have a number of questions. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Children's Health Bill 2017: Discussion (25 Oct 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: Would the witness accept it was not exactly confidence building to learn that the recommendations were being challenged in any way? I do not think there was a perception that there were no sprinklers. I think there was a perception that the sprinklers were inadequate. I fully appreciate that they conformed to national standards. However, the development board appeared to be attempting to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Children's Health Bill 2017: Discussion (25 Oct 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: I asked a specific question on whether any of the witnesses would object to a mandatory 50% gender balance, if it was put into the legislation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Children's Health Bill 2017: Discussion (25 Oct 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: On privatisation, and if we just take cleaning staff as an example, off the top of my head I can give two examples - one where they are directly employed and one where they are not. Is it open to the witness at this stage to state a preference? I understand it will be negotiated and I genuinely wish every person well. I have been there and I understand that it is going to be very tough....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Children's Health Bill 2017: Discussion (25 Oct 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: What Ms Hardiman is effectively saying is that money raised from fundraising can be used to top up the salaries of staff.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Children's Health Bill 2017: Discussion (25 Oct 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: We also know there were controversies regarding top ups. It would be helpful if that was ruled out here rather than explicitly ruled in.