Results 11,601-11,620 of 12,474 for speaker:Louise O'Reilly

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Dr. Brian Turner (25 Jan 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank Dr. Turner for his presentation. In the course of his presentation Dr. Turner states that he does not believe an entirely single-tier system for all health services is achievable but I would be interested to learn if he thinks we should aspire to a single-tier system, if nothing else. I understand that we are the only country, bar the US, that does not have a single-tier system....

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Dr. Brian Turner (25 Jan 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: Dr. Turner has outlined the embedded nature of privatisation and private health care in the health service. As the Chairman has correctly pointed out, we cannot prevent people from purchasing private health insurance. The biggest single incentive to not purchase private health insurance is getting what one needs from the public system. Should we not aspire to that situation,...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Dr. Brian Turner (25 Jan 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: Yes.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Dr. Brian Turner (25 Jan 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: Dr. Brian Turner referred to the possibility of medical staff giving back after their education and training. It is an issue with which I have a problem. This is never suggested for architects or anyone else who has the capacity to avail of a good education system. Can we find a way to incentivise our health professionals? It is not that long ago when nurses left college, went abroad for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Irish Blood Transfusion Service (25 Jan 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 209. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will provide a room to the IBTS for its services in the new Balbriggan primary care centre when it opens; if he or the HSE will engage with the IBTS on the way in which the new primary care centres can be used for this purpose to avoid having to use hotels and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3338/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (25 Jan 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 232. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on eligibility criteria and guidelines for pre-exposure prophylaxis to be defined by the national sexual health strategy, either listed criteria or a release date for when the criteria will be released; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3448/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (25 Jan 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 233. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the implementation group for the national sexual health strategy specifically pertaining to making pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) available; the persons on the implementation group; the frequency they meet; the timeframe to their objective regarding PrEP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3449/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (25 Jan 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 234. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the demonstration project testing pre-exposure prophylaxis; the timeframe for same; the number of participants that will be involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3450/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (25 Jan 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 235. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the State’s spend on HIV prevention since 2005, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3451/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (25 Jan 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 236. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the State’s subsidy to the gay men’s health service since 2005, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3452/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Jan 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: I want to ask the Taoiseach about the assisted human reproduction Bill. I want to know when the general scheme of legislative provisions dealing with assisted human reproduction will be published. I have asked quite a number of parliamentary questions about this and the Minister has advised that officials in the Department were drafting the general scheme of legislative provisions....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (24 Jan 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 400. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the review of international public funding models for fertility treatment; when the general scheme of legislative provisions dealing with assisted human reproduction, AHR, will be published; the timeframe for the legislation dealing with AHR; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2585/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (24 Jan 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 471. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his plans to extend the meningitis B vaccine beyond those babies born after October 2016; if he has received any submissions on this vaccine; if any reimbursement has been made to those who paid if their babies were born before that time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2874/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Correspondence (24 Jan 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 494. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1147 of 17 January 2017, when the newly appointed director of the HSE national women and infants health programme will meet with a person (details supplied) on the issue of foetal anomaly scanning; if contact has been made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3147/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Maternity Strategy: Discussion (19 Jan 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the witnesses for their attendance and their comprehensive presentations. I have a number of questions. The first is for Ms Leahy. She mentioned community midwifery services in her presentation. I am specifically interested in knowing how geared up are the primary care centres at present. I suspect I know the answer to this question but will ask it anyway. How geared up are they...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Maternity Strategy: Discussion (19 Jan 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the witnesses for their attendance. We have been given a comprehensive overview of the reality as it is experienced by those working in the maternity services. There are probably people present who could give the perspective of those who have availed of the maternity services. The only conclusion I can draw from this is that the HSE is not in any way, shape or form serious about...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Maternity Strategy: Discussion (19 Jan 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: I appreciate that it will be included, but why was it left out? Would it not have been better to include it in the first place?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Maternity Strategy: Discussion (19 Jan 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: Mr. Woods was asked very specific questions about recruitment and retention. I have said many times that there are too many chiefs and not enough Indians. We have heard about the comprehensive plan for the recruitment of chiefs, which is to be welcomed, but what about the Indians? Not only can the HSE not recruit them, it cannot keep them. Does it have a plan? Does it have a target, as I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Maternity Strategy: Discussion (19 Jan 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: I understand the total is down by 350. The figures do not add up.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Maternity Strategy: Discussion (19 Jan 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: We are talking specifically about midwives.