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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...

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

Louise O'Reilly: Excuse me, but I asked a specific question about the actual agreement. I respect the aspirations of the people involved, but has it been Brexit-proofed, given that it was signed after the referendum had taken place? Does the SLA include a section which deals specifically with Brexit? If it does not, that is fair enough, but I would be surprised if does not. If there is, I ask Mr. O'Connor...

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

Louise O'Reilly: What is the basis for Mr. O'Connor's confidence? I would not be confident and certainly would not be confident, given that the SLA does not include a reference to Brexit, perhaps one of the biggest things to happen in the health area in the North. If it is not stipulated in the SLA, from where does Mr. O'Connor derive his confidence that everything will be grand? The view of people living...

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

Louise O'Reilly: Was the SLA not signed subsequently?

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

Louise O'Reilly: Can we get a copy of the SLA?

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 think it was signed after the Brexit referendum. I understand the MOU was signed a while ago, but it contains all sorts of information on the development of the service. However, the SLA is specific to service delivery and it would be useful for us to see it. In the future all SLAs with a North-South dimension will need to be Brexit-proofed. That would allow people to say they were...

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

Louise O'Reilly: Mr. Goodman does not yet have the data on the extent to which we were reliant on the NHS to treat people in 2016.