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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update On Health Issues: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: Deputy Kelleher referred to the winter initiative and the additional staff who will be needed. There will be more waiting for people.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update On Health Issues: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: Does that include those with complex medical needs?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update On Health Issues: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: Is Ms Mannion disputing the INMO figure that there is not more than 13 additional nursing staff? It does not matter to the patient what is written on the payslip of the nurse standing by their bedside. While it matters to the nurse and to the HSE figures, conversion from agency does not actually add additional hours to the system. When the budget was announced, the INMO stated that, on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update On Health Issues: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: Does that mean the HSE will not hit those targets? I understand Ms Mannion is hopeful and working hard. I would not dispute that for a moment. However, in truth, the HSE will not hit those targets by the end of the year. It is missing them by a mile as it is and, more than likely, it will miss them by several miles by the end of the year. Instead of hoping, it would be more helpful if...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update On Health Issues: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: I think Ms Mannion could say whether it will happen but I do not want to put her on the spot any further.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update On Health Issues: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: The Minister referred to the pay commission. Is the agency funded for this pay commission or will it not see anything from it next year? Will it include section 39 agency staff who are considering a ballot for industrial action over pay equivalence with public service?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update On Health Issues: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: It has announced it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update On Health Issues: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: Has Mr. O'Brien any estimate of what it could cost if they won their case?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update On Health Issues: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: Will that encompass the 68 children in question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update On Health Issues: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: Are there plans to run the theatre in Crumlin on a five-day basis?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update On Health Issues: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: Is the HSE confident it will hit the targets by the end of the year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update On Health Issues: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: Did Mr. O'Brien instruct the section 39 agencies at the time when the funding was cut that they should cut the pay of their staff either implicitly or explicitly? I took several cases to the Labour Court in relation to that and the feeling at the time was that they were following HSE and Department of Health advice.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update On Health Issues: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: Bed occupancy rates of 100% or more spread infection, distress staff and are dangerous. As Mr. O'Brien pointed out, a bed occupancy rate of 85% is the norm.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update On Health Issues: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: I will ask a number of brief questions, to which I hope I will receive long, detailed answers. I am seeking a breakdown of the funding in the mental health division that will be used to cover the cost of agency staff and external placements - people who are not being looked after in the service but for whom care costs are being paid. Key performance indicators have been set for the cancer...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update On Health Issues: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: Is there an estimated timeframe for their completion?

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Review (18 Oct 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 54. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the way he plans to address the issues of manning levels and retention of experience in the Defence Forces as identified by the University of Limerick in its focus group report 2017; his views on claims from military sources that the reduction in training periods was diluting the professionalism of the Defence Forces; and if the current...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (18 Oct 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 59. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the efforts which have been made to withdraw and replace the anti-malaria drug Lariam and implement the proposals contained in the cross-party motion that was passed in the previous Dáil Éireann term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44035/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (18 Oct 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 146. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make long acting reversible contraception available to all medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44145/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Products (18 Oct 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 154. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have received a transvaginal mesh implant procedure through the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44268/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Products (18 Oct 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 155. To ask the Minister for Health the number of transvaginal mesh implant procedures carried out here, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44269/17]