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Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Priority Questions: Ambulance Service Provision (18 Oct 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 16. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that expenditure of over €19 million in the years 2012-15, inclusive, on private ambulance services represents value for money; if an investigation has happened on the reason some hospitals are outliers in terms of their use and spend on private ambulance services; the action he will take to divert public moneys spent on private...

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Priority Questions: Ambulance Service Provision (18 Oct 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: Does the Minister think we are getting good value for money by spending €19 million on private ambulance services, €6.3 million of which was spent in 2015? Does he have any insight into why there is such disparity across the country, with certain hospitals relying very heavily on privatised services while others hardly use them at all?

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Priority Questions: Ambulance Service Provision (18 Oct 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: I asked the Minister specifically whether he thought this represented good value for money and maybe I will get the answer in the next minute. Investing money in private companies will never improve our public health system. The Minister will be aware that national ambulance service personnel balloted for industrial action and that this was only averted on the promise of additional staff...

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Priority Questions: Ambulance Service Provision (18 Oct 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: I have questioned the Minister a few times and my views on privatisation are well known. For those who do not want to listen, I repeat that we cannot improve the public health service by investing in private companies. It is very disappointing that the Minister says that we can. He also said the intention was to use more of these services, with €6.3 million in 2015 going to private...

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Priority Questions: Ambulance Service Provision (18 Oct 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: It does not upset me. I just want to see the Minister do something about it.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services Provision (18 Oct 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 78. To ask the Minister for Health the availability of detailed 20-week routine scans for pregnant women; the details of hospitals where this scan is available; if the scan is used routinely or in exceptional cases; the way this scan is accessed by women, that is, by referral or on request; the reason 20 weeks scans are not available in all hospitals routinely; if this is due to staff and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Neuro-Rehabilitation Services Provision (18 Oct 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 81. To ask the Minister for Health his plans, exclusive of investment in the new NRH hospital development, for investment in neuro-rehabilitation services in 2017; his further plans to invest new funding in community neuro-rehabilitation services in 2017 to meet the commitment under the programme for government around the development of neuro-rehabilitation services in the community; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Neuro-Rehabilitation Services Provision (18 Oct 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 485. To ask the Minister for Health if any of the €10 million additional funding in the area of disabilities earmarked for programme for Government commitments will be allocated to the implementation plan of the neuro-rehabilitation strategy and the development of community teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30635/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services Provision (18 Oct 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 85. To ask the Minister for Health the action his Department is taking to ensure that information relating to termination of pregnancy that is being provided is factual; the way the regulation of information will be ensured if agencies dispensing information are not part of a regulated profession under the auspices of his Department; if he has had any discussions with the Minister for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Neuro-Rehabilitation Policy (18 Oct 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 105. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm a date for the publication of the implementation plan to include a detailed timeline for the national neuro-rehabilitation strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30496/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: UK Referendum on EU Membership (18 Oct 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 119. To ask the Minister for Health the papers his Department has put together on the implications of Brexit for cross-Border health co-operation; if he had any contact with his counterpart in the North outside of the NSMC on these issues; if he will be increasing frequency of contact on this in view of the fact the Brexit negotiation process is set to commence in March 2017; the number of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (18 Oct 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 401. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied) with a specialist consultant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30313/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Open Disclosure: Department of Health (13 Oct 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: I have a number of difficulties with what we are dealing with here. Many of them stem from my experience as someone who would have supported health professionals through the system. As the system stands, it is incredibly adversarial, not just for the patients, who, of course, must be central, but also for the staff themselves. Regulated health professionals have an arena in which issues...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Open Disclosure: Department of Health (13 Oct 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: May I clarify something? I do not want to labour the point but I referred to the context of an investigation. As a result of the adversarial nature of investigations, the length of time they take and the fact that people can end up with representation from legal personnel or trade unions it turns into an adversarial process. This is where the training element comes in. The person who is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Open Disclosure: Department of Health (13 Oct 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: That is not what anyone wants. I have a very firm view that if there is mandatory disclosure obligation or otherwise, then training would be mandatory. If training is no mandatory we are doing health professionals and health workers a disservice.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Gender Recognition (13 Oct 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 87. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the timeline and possible composition for any committee to review the Gender Recognition Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30009/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Gender Equality (13 Oct 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 127. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish any HSE guidelines that guide general practitioners, doctors and medical professionals in hormone treatment for gender transition; his plans for his Department or the HSE to provide for an information campaign that will provide referral, advice and support for persons undergoing or considering undergoing gender transition; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (13 Oct 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 139. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) who is awaiting surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30049/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Seirbhísí Sláinte (13 Oct 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 140. To ask the Minister for Health an bhfuil sé sásta go bhfuil soláthar sásúil á chur ar fáil do phobail na Gaeilge agus na Gaeltachta i gceantair Ghaeltachta nó in ospidéil atá gar do phobail Ghaeltachta agus a fhreastalaíonn ar na pobail sin; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [30052/16]

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: In the trailer we hear about 1,000 new nurses. Let us look at the Government's track record in this regard. The last time there was a "Bring Them Home" campaign 12,000 nurses were targeted. A total of 92 nurses returned, some of whom, according to the unions, have gone abroad ahead or moved to the private sector, but they have left the public service. Perhaps the Minister of State might...