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Personal Explanation by Member (7 Dec 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: Hear, hear.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (7 Dec 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: On the same subject, the Minister for Health confirmed that the legislation would be published this session but we need to hear from the Taoiseach about whether the Government will be able to make good on that commitment and whether it will come straight to the floor of the Dáil or need to undergo pre-legislative scrutiny. When will the first child receive their medical card because...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Treatment Programmes (7 Dec 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 203. To ask the Minister for Health the details of all HSE funded alcohol addiction services by county in tabular form; the number of alcohol addiction counsellors by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38988/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Treatment Programmes (7 Dec 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 204. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the waiting lists for all HSE funded alcohol addiction services by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38989/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund Data (7 Dec 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 234. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 41 and 65 of 1 December 2016, the meaning of competitive dialogue in respect of the future outsourcing of public patients; if there is an open and transparent tendering process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39132/16]

Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second Stage (6 Dec 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: I note that my colleague, Deputy Ó Caoláin, spoke on this legislation in January of this year and that it has taken us almost a year to come back to Second Stage. I welcome the opportunity to discuss this legislation and other issues relating to the medical profession and safety in our health system. We have been told that this legislation is designed to protect the public and to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund Data (6 Dec 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 345. To ask the Minister for Health the private hospitals and health providers that are under contract with the National Treatment Purchase Fund, his Department and the HSE with respect to the provision of services and surgeries that are not being met publicly or where there are extensive waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38601/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund Data (6 Dec 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 348. To ask the Minister for Health the type of contracts that exist between his Department, the HSE, the National Treatment Purchase Fund and private hospitals in relation to treatments commissioned by the private sector; if contracts are awarded en bloc either in terms of funding allocated, speciality and so on or on a case by case basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund Data (6 Dec 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 346. To ask the Minister for Health the number of treatments commissioned from the private sector by the National Treatment Purchase Fund in each year since its inception in tabular form; the number of treatments commissioned from the private sector by his Department or the HSE in each of the past ten years if applicable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38603/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Prices (6 Dec 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 347. To ask the Minister for Health the number of drugs where, following the NCPE, National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics, assessment of the manufacturer's economic dossier on the cost effectiveness of a drug (details supplied), the NCPE found a drug not to be cost effective; if this information will be provided for each of the past five years with a breakdown of whether additional price...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Rare Diseases Strategy (6 Dec 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 349. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the 48 recommendations of the national steering group on rare diseases; the specific actions being taken on access to medication and technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38606/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (6 Dec 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 350. To ask the Minister for Health further to the budget 2017 announcement of additional funding being made to the NTPF, the evaluation mechanisms that are in place to ensure value for money in terms of the spend; the evaluation mechanisms in place to ensure satisfactory outcomes and number of treatments in accordance with the funding allocation; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Beds Data (6 Dec 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 351. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the number of available inpatient beds has reduced from 12,051 in 2006 to 10,473 in 2015 and 10,629 in 2016 to date; the number of psychiatry and long term care beds that have been excluded since 2006 to show only acute beds in the 2015 and 2016 figures; the factors that determine the reason an inpatient bed in 2006 is no longer available in 2015...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund Data (6 Dec 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 352. To ask the Minister for Health if data is being collected in relation to the type of treatment, the cost of treatment and the patient outcome for services commissioned from the private sector by the NTPF; the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38610/16]

Other Questions: Maternity Services (1 Dec 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: Midwives, who are members of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, in Mayo University Hospital are being balloted on industrial action, a decision they have not taken lightly. They are doing so because of staff shortages. An additional 100 midwives is not enough; a total of 450 is required. The Minister's recruitment plans for the health service are not achieving their targets. Even...

Other Questions: Neuro-Rehabilitation Services (1 Dec 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: Could I press the Minister of State on a date for the implementation plan? He mentioned my colleague, Councillor Natalie Treacy, and the Neurological Alliance of Ireland. Sinn Féin fully supports the We Need Our Heads Examined campaign but we need a date by which we will start seeing some movement on this issue and also confirmation that dedicated funding will be allocated, and what...

Other Questions: Neuro-Rehabilitation Services (1 Dec 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: That would be great.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hospitals Funding (1 Dec 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 2. To ask the Minister for Health the stretch income targets that have been set for each hospital group for 2017; the stretch income targets for each hospital in 2016; the total stretch income targets for 2016 and 2017; the direction that has been given to hospital groups in respect of the generation of private income; the consultation his Department and the HSE have had with each of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hospitals Funding (1 Dec 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: My question refers to the "stretch income targets", not a term I like but one that the Minister and the Department have perhaps chosen. The people in charge of the hospital groups described them as unrealistic in their submission to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health. I am interested in knowing where they came from, who directs them, how they are decided and what happens in the event...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hospitals Funding (1 Dec 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: I am interested specifically in what happens when these targets are not met. When I asked the CEOs of the hospitals, their answer was that they were crossing their fingers in hopes that would not happen. In the event that it does happen, what direction has the Minister given the CEOs on where they should start to cut? Their word, not mine, was “unrealistic” to describe the...