Results 10,961-10,980 of 12,474 for speaker:Louise O'Reilly
- Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2017)
Louise O'Reilly: I have before me the Minister's figures; they are not mine.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2017)
Louise O'Reilly: There are thousands of them.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2017)
Louise O'Reilly: This is not a problem I have.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2017)
Louise O'Reilly: Every one of the Government Deputies has received representations from this family.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2017)
Louise O'Reilly: I want to talk to the Minister about Jacob Dooley. Jacob is the middle child of Edel and Anton Dooley and he has been diagnosed with severe autism. The Dooleys are, in their own words, "a family in crisis." For months they have been appealing to Ministers for help but they have been ignored. I have written and spoken directly to the Minister of State, Deputy Finian McGrath, about this...
- Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2017)
Louise O'Reilly: One need not be a genius to figure out that while demand for this service is going up and the number of hours are going down, the Government is contributing to the problem. I asked the Minister some fairly specific questions and I also pointed out to him that the number of hours is decreasing while the demand is going up. That is not due to one, two or three individuals. That is due to a...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (6 Jul 2017)
Louise O'Reilly: 166. To ask the Minister for Health if ambulances used by private ambulance providers must meet the same standards as those public ambulances run and operated by the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31874/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (6 Jul 2017)
Louise O'Reilly: 167. To ask the Minister for Health if ambulances used by private ambulance providers must have the same number of whole-time equivalents as those public ambulances run and operated by the State; if not, the number of whole time equivalents they operate with; the way in which this compares to a public ambulance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31875/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (6 Jul 2017)
Louise O'Reilly: 168. To ask the Minister for Health if ambulances used by private ambulance providers are equipped to the same standard as those public ambulances run and operated by the State; if not, the number of whole-time equivalents they operate with; the way in which this compares to a public ambulance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31876/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Data (6 Jul 2017)
Louise O'Reilly: 169. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times an on duty private ambulance has been involved in an accident while on duty in each of the years since 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31877/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Data (6 Jul 2017)
Louise O'Reilly: 170. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times an on duty private ambulance has experienced mechanical difficulties while on duty, including ambulances that are on duty but cannot leave their starting location due to mechanical difficulties and had to be removed from duty as a result in each year since 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31878/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Data (6 Jul 2017)
Louise O'Reilly: 171. To ask the Minister for Health the number of complaints lodged by persons regarding private ambulances in each year since 2010; the way in which this compares with complaints lodged by persons regarding public ambulances in each year since 2010, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31879/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Data (6 Jul 2017)
Louise O'Reilly: 172. To ask the Minister for Health the number of fatalities that have occurred to persons being transported by private ambulances; if there were questions regarding treatment and equipment in each year since 2010, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31880/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (6 Jul 2017)
Louise O'Reilly: 173. To ask the Minister for Health the body which assesses the safety and standards of private ambulances, the equipment and resources within same and the staff operating them; the frequency with which safety and standard checks are carried out; the way in which this compares to public ambulances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31881/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (6 Jul 2017)
Louise O'Reilly: 174. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age that are on waiting lists for surgery for hip dysplasia; the time they have been on the waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31882/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (6 Jul 2017)
Louise O'Reilly: 175. To ask the Minister for Health the number of surgeries for hip dysplasia that have been carried out for children under 18 years of age in each year since 2010 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31883/17]
- Early Childhood Care and Education: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (5 Jul 2017)
Louise O'Reilly: Deputies Funchion and Ó Laoghaire have outlined the working conditions of the child care workers. It is no wonder that those workers feel undervalued. We have certainly established that they are overworked. I thank and commend my colleague Deputy Funchion for the work she has done in this area because it needs to be highlighted. Early Childhood Ireland research has shown that 36%...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Link between Homelessness and Health: Discussion (5 Jul 2017)
Louise O'Reilly: I thank the witnesses for their attendance, for the evidence they have given thus far and for the work they are doing. I imagine it is not easy to find the time to come in. This is something I often think about and it is heart-breaking really. It relates to children who are sleeping in emergency accommodation, bed-and-breakfast accommodation, hotels or even hubs - wherever they happen to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Link between Homelessness and Health: Discussion (5 Jul 2017)
Louise O'Reilly: Ms Darcy mentioned that this had not been done in Ireland before, which I assume means it has been done elsewhere. Are there examples of international best practice to which she could point us?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Link between Homelessness and Health: Discussion (5 Jul 2017)
Louise O'Reilly: They have been proven to work.