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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (21 Mar 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 870. To ask the Minister for Health the current international and best practice standards for consultant obstetricians and gynaecologists; the cost of bringing the current Irish levels in line with this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13430/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Regulation (21 Mar 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 871. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the orphan medicinal products regulation; if his attention has been drawn to the monopoly that pharmaceutical companies can hold for orphan medicines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13431/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescriptions Charges (21 Mar 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 872. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of abolishing prescription charges; the estimated cost of lowering the drug payment scheme threshold in €20 intervals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13432/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Data (21 Mar 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 873. To ask the Minister for Health the current average cost of a GP visit card; the current average cost of a GP visit card for under six years of age; the current average cost of a GP visit card for over 70 years of age; the current average cost of a GP visit element of medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13433/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (21 Mar 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 920. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of public money spent in each of the past five years in respect of treatment in hospitals by the Health Service Executive (details supplied); if these hospitals have entered contracts with the National Treatment Purchase Fund for taking patients off waiting lists; the other funding that has been given to this hospital group; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (21 Mar 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 921. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of all State funding allocation in relation to AIDS/HIV prevention to LGBT and non-LGBT organisations over the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13651/17]

Health (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (8 Mar 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: I welcome the parents who are watching this debate at home. They cannot be here because they are caring for their children. I also join the Minister in acknowledging the very good work done by Our Children's Health, which has fought tirelessly. I am very proud to be one of its supporters. It deserves credit for bringing this about because it was only through its hard work that the matter...

Other Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (8 Mar 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: For once, the lack of haste might be fortuitous. Why did the Minister pick the NTPF to lead this? The reason I ask is because the chief executive of the NTPF, who I think is on secondment from a State agency, stated that the private sector is the most efficient and clinically effective way of having patients seen quickly. The person who heads up the organisation that the Minister has...

Other Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (8 Mar 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: I asked the Minister to comment on what the chief executive of the NTPF said. I would be very grateful if he could. That to me indicates a preference before this important work has even started. As part of the waiting list plan, I know the Minister is considering a number of options. I wonder why we are not at this stage integrating the digital options as part of that. Since we have...

Other Questions: Ambulance Service (8 Mar 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: The Dublin Fire Brigade has provided a fantastic service to the people of Dublin for more than 100 years. It is a service that is very close to my own heart. Indeed, they tended to my grandmother when she was sick some years ago. It is a case of, "If it's not broke, don't fix it". The service is working well and the people of Dublin are very proud of this service. We would like to hear...

Other Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (8 Mar 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 22. To ask the Minister for Health when the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF, will be requested to lead a project team to undertake a feasibility study of progressing to an integrated approach to waiting list management at hospital group level; if departmental, HSE and external advice will be sought on this feasibility study; if the terms of reference can be extended to examine waiting...

Other Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (8 Mar 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: The Minister advised me previously that the HSE waiting list action plan will not specifically incorporate technology solutions. I and my party, Sinn Féin, strongly believe it should. My question concerns when the NTPF will be asked to lead a project team to undertake that feasibility study.

Other Questions: Hospital Beds Data (8 Mar 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: I do not believe there is any degree of urgency on this by the Minister, but there should be. Will he indicate if the report will be ready in time to feed in to the winter initiative? The last winter initiative was not exactly a massive success since everybody got surprised by the flu. I wonder if the report will be ready to feed in to and inform the winter initiative.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Crisis Pregnancy Services (8 Mar 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 15. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made by his Department, following his comments on 17 November 2016, to give consideration to ways of better protecting the public from certain crisis pregnancy agencies or counsellors that are providing information (details supplied); the resources that have been made available by his Department to do this; the status of...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Crisis Pregnancy Services (8 Mar 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: Last November, the Minister said he had asked his officials to give timely consideration to ways of better protecting the public from certain crisis pregnancy agencies or counsellors providing information that is neither truthful nor objective. I seek an update on that commitment.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Crisis Pregnancy Services (8 Mar 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: In the glare of the media spotlight the Minister was very quick to say that the women of Ireland deserved better. Today is International Women's Day and as has happened many of the issues relating to women I have raised today, the Minister says the women of Ireland might deserve better but they can wait. It is four months since the commitment was made to conduct the review. With the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Crisis Pregnancy Services (8 Mar 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: Four months ago the Minister said he would ask his officials to give timely consideration to ways of better protecting the public from certain crisis pregnancy agencies or counsellors that are providing information that is neither truthful nor objective. Maybe the Minister and I have different definitions of what we might consider timely. These agencies operate less than 1 km from where we...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Crisis Pregnancy Services (8 Mar 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: That was the context of the Minister's remarks.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Crisis Pregnancy Services (8 Mar 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: I did.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implcations for Health Sector of United Kingdom's Withdrawal from the EU: Discussion (8 Mar 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the witnesses for their attendance and presentations. I was struck by the frequent mention in the opening statement of analysis and what might happen in future. I was in Donegal and Sligo fairly recently and people are very occupied with the implications of Brexit. They fear the Government and the various Departments are not as occupied and from listening to this, I tend to agree...