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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Apr 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: If I may interrupt for a moment, I am obliged by another commitment to absent myself from the chair for a short time. I nominate Senator Colm Burke to take my place if there are no objections. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Brexit: Statements (Resumed) (11 Apr 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: It is already on the public record of the proceedings of the committee, but I will send it to the Minister of State.

Brexit: Statements (Resumed) (11 Apr 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: I visited Sligo and Donegal for meetings recently and while I was there, I spoke to parents and families who are dependent on health services in the North. They are neighbours. It is very close. As we have said - I will not be the first or the last to say it - disease does not recognise a border. I do not either but certainly, disease definitely does not. These people are very dependent...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (11 Apr 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if research has been carried out on the need to expand the number of places for children with autism spectrum disorder at primary school level in Skerries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18096/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (11 Apr 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a shortage of specific primary school placements for children with ASD in the Skerries area; his plans to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18098/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (11 Apr 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to plans to expand the provision of services at primary school level in the Skerries area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18097/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (11 Apr 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 590. To ask the Minister for Health the procedures available to health service staff for debriefing following a critical or traumatic incident; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18090/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (11 Apr 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 591. To ask the Minister for Health the number of debriefings following a critical or traumatic incident that have taken place by region, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18091/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (11 Apr 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 592. To ask the Minister for Health if counselling is offered to staff following critical or traumatic incidents; and the number of staff that availed of such counselling in each of the years 2013 to 2016 [18092/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Railway Stations (11 Apr 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 743. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the underpass at Skerries train station has been closed; if the decision to close the underpass was as a result of a safety report; if so, if he will provide a copy of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17698/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Apr 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: I wish to ask about the assisted human reproduction Bill, which I have raised a few times. I was advised via a parliamentary question that officials were working on the heads of the Bill last year, but many families are desperate to know when we will see it. A report was undertaken by the Health Research Board, HRB, but my understanding is that this has been concluded. If nothing is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2016: Discussion (30 Mar 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank Deputy Howlin and the Chairman. I take the opportunity to thank journalists like Ms Ellen Coyne for the good work done in pointing us to something that many of us would have known was going on and for shining a fairly bright light on it. Fair play to her for that. I refer to the agency that was most recently highlighted in the media and the sort of disgraceful information that it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2016: Discussion (30 Mar 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: I am sorry that I was not present for the first part of Ms Cody's statement. The major issue is the revelations in the media of how vulnerable women were treated. Notwithstanding the good intentions of those behind the Bill, I am still not quiet convinced, given what Ms Cody said in her statement about people who did not necessarily call themselves counsellors. The Bill has been designed...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2016: Discussion (30 Mar 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: It is not like the position regarding nurses. If one is a nurse, there are certain criteria that obtain whereas it is different for counsellors. It is not linked to qualifications or-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2016: Discussion (30 Mar 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank Ms Walsh.

National Children's Hospital: Motion [Private Members] (29 Mar 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: I am sharing time with Deputy Cullinane. I thank the Deputies from the Rural Independent Group for bringing this motion forward and giving us the opportunity to discuss the national children's hospital. This discussion is needed. Sinn Féin is not in a position to support this motion. While we agree with much of what is contained in it, we cannot support it in its entirety. That is...

Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Mar 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: I ask for an update on the new children's hospital establishment Bill. This legislation has been a long time coming. According to the list of priority legislation, the heads of the Bill were due early in 2017. Clearly, that has passed so I ask for an indication of when they will be published, particularly in light of the fact that we will be discussing this issue in the House this evening.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps Operations (29 Mar 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 29. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on reports that due to a shortage of pilots and air traffic controllers the Air Corps lacks the capacity to provide adequate air ambulance services and top cover for search and rescue missions; and the efforts being made to recruit and train specialised personnel to fill these positions. [15265/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Health and Safety (29 Mar 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 54. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the health and safety assessments that have been carried out into procedures and protocols at Casement Aerodrome prior to the 2016 HSA health and safety report. [15266/17]

Health (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: I wish to correct the Minister of State. He mentioned that tests were offered where clinically indicated, but they are screening tests. There cannot be a clinical indication before a woman has had the screening test. The tests are not being offered to women. Along with other Deputies, I would like to hear a commitment from the Minister of State on a timeframe.