Results 11,721-11,740 of 12,474 for speaker:Louise O'Reilly

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (14 Dec 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 218. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatient hospital cancellations at Letterkenny University Hospital for each of the years, 2013 to date in 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40384/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (14 Dec 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 219. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatient and outpatient "did not attends" at Letterkenny University Hospital for each of the years, 2013 to date in 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40385/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (14 Dec 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 220. To ask the Minister for Health the number of theatres operational at Letterkenny University Hospital for each of the years, 2011 to date in 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40386/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (14 Dec 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 223. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times the full capacity protocol was initiated at Letterkenny University Hospital for each of the years, 2011 to date in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40389/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme (13 Dec 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 251. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the situation that exists for households that wish to access the pyrite remediation scheme but whose builders are currently going through the bankruptcy process in the courts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39943/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme (13 Dec 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 252. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the situation with an estate (details supplied) which cannot get access to the pyrite remediation scheme; if there is facility in the scheme or legislation to deal with these situations; the action he will take to assist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39944/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ministerial Meetings (13 Dec 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 488. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the outcome of the round-table meeting of European ministers for health and pharmaceutical companies in Lisbon on 7 December 2016; the main outcomes and action points of the meeting; if any bilateral or follow-up meetings were arranged arising from this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39951/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Civil Liability (Amendment) Bill 2015: Discussion (8 Dec 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: That is okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Civil Liability (Amendment) Bill 2015: Discussion (8 Dec 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: I will be as brief as I can. Reference was made to the full capacity protocol and the figures for this year, which we have obtained. I will offer one example. In Limerick the protocol was in operation 283 times between 1 January and 14 November, that is, 88% of the time. I am happy to share the figures with the committee. We obtained them as part of the freedom of information process. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Civil Liability (Amendment) Bill 2015: Discussion (8 Dec 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: I am also conscious of time as I may have to leave the meeting a little early. I welcome Ms Murphy's comment that people are good and decent, want to do the right thing and need to be supported to do so. The question for us is whether they need to be compelled to do the right thing. In such a circumstance, what must we do to ensure they feel fully supported? As Ms Murphy acknowledged,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Civil Liability (Amendment) Bill 2015: Discussion (8 Dec 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: I have a fair amount of experience of this and mediation could never be compulsory. One cannot force someone to mediate because by its very nature mediation is voluntary. I certainly would not support any forced mediation purely because it would just not work. The question related to the actual disclosure itself.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Civil Liability (Amendment) Bill 2015: Discussion (8 Dec 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: I apologise if I was not clear.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Civil Liability (Amendment) Bill 2015: Discussion (8 Dec 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Civil Liability (Amendment) Bill 2015: Discussion (8 Dec 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: Is that at all levels?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Civil Liability (Amendment) Bill 2015: Discussion (8 Dec 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: Is it also all disciplines?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Civil Liability (Amendment) Bill 2015: Discussion (8 Dec 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: Cultural change is exactly what we need to drive.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (8 Dec 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 176. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 93 of 1 December 2016, the status of the development of the terms of reference, required membership and reporting relationship for the working group to bring forward appropriate decision criteria for the reimbursement of orphan medicines and technologies; the timeline for these actions or when they can be expected; and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (8 Dec 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 177. To ask the Minister for Health further to parliamentary question number 93 of 1 December 2016, and in relation to the working group to bring forward appropriate decision criteria for the reimbursement of orphan medicines and technologies, the orphan medicines and technologies that will be considered; if there are any medicines earmarked that need to be evaluated under any new criteria...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (8 Dec 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 184. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Letterkenny University Hospital has a waiting time for adult diabetes patients of 20 months for a repeat appointment with an endocrinologist, the highest in the State; the resourcing he intends to allocate to the hospital to address this crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39254/16]

Pension Equality and Fairness: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (7 Dec 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: I have spent the vast majority of my working life defending workers and their rights and I came in here to continue that work. That is why I believe this motion is so important. The impact of the gender pay gap is felt by women at every single level in society and most acutely by the cohort of women that will face retirement in the very near future. I appreciate that there are people in...