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Questions on Proposed Legislation (19 Oct 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: That is in Dublin.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: The Cancer Strategy as a Case Study of Health Service Reform: Professor Tom Keane (19 Oct 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank Professor Keane for his comprehensive overview. As a trade union representative, I attended a number of his presentations. There was early buy-in from the trade unions. That was essential. It would even have been the case in advance of Professor Keane's appointment, as the parameters for the buy-in had been laid down as part of a national wage agreement that had been negotiated...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: The Cancer Strategy as a Case Study of Health Service Reform: Professor Tom Keane (19 Oct 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: It was not just a pay agreement. It was pay and productivity. One of the elements was co-operation with a range of measures and the national cancer control programme was one. The other was matching working patterns to service needs.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: The Cancer Strategy as a Case Study of Health Service Reform: Professor Tom Keane (19 Oct 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: On that note, there was an overarching agreement that was very helpful but there was also a plan, which was perhaps key to - I will use an awful phrase - the buy-in from health care professionals. They could see where it was going, and it was not seen as change simply for the sake of it. There was an identifiable plan and significant political support for it. That goes back to what we have...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Strategy (19 Oct 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 127. To ask the Minister for Health if there are funds available to assist communities in healthy living initiatives, supports and infrastructure in view of the fact that there is a renewed focus on tackling the issue of obesity in general and in particular childhood obesity; if he can work with a community in an area (details supplied) where an important community facility is at risk of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Obesity Strategy (19 Oct 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 164. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are funds available to assist communities in healthy living initiatives, supports and infrastructure in view of the fact that there is a renewed focus on tackling the issue of obesity in general and in particular childhood obesity; if he can work with a community in an area (details supplied) where an important community...

Other Questions: National Treatment Purchase Fund (18 Oct 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: This question relates to the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF. I seek a breakdown of the manner in which the money was spent, the specific services and procedures that were procured and how priorities will be decided for the future NTPF, particularly in light of the fact that we have just had a discussion on the manner in which waiting lists operate and the fact it is difficult to have...

Other Questions: National Treatment Purchase Fund (18 Oct 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: The Minister outlined that the NTPF performs a range of functions. It might, but not one of those addresses in any meaningful or long-term way our hospital waiting lists. I would not ask the Minister to take my word for it. Dr. Sara Burke confirmed it to the Oireachtas Committee on the Future of Healthcare when she addressed us. It is counter-intuitive to suggest pumping money into the...

Other Questions: National Treatment Purchase Fund (18 Oct 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: We do not know enough for the Minister to say with any confidence that the NTPF will have anything other than a very short-term effect of temporarily massaging the figures. I do not think it will have any real impact. I do not think the Minister does either. Regarding the follow-up that goes with the NTPF and the purchase of private health care, we are having an ideological debate here and...

Other Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (18 Oct 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: I will not shock the Minister because I have asked him about this matter on a number of occasions. We have proposed an integrated system of waiting lists. It is a very good system. In fact, the Minister is on record as saying that it has some merits. I have contacted the Minister's office several times and he has said publicly that he would like to meet us to discuss the matter. I am...

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]