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Order of Business (27 Sep 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: My question follows on from a question asked by an Teachta Adams. Can the Taoiseach give a date to the nurses with regard to the implementation of the agreement that they have with the Department of Health? I wish to make the Taoiseach aware in case he is not - perhaps he is, which maybe makes it worse - that an agreement was reached between the three recognised nursing trade unions and the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (27 Sep 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 88. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the action being taken by her Department to ensure that recommendations of the 2015 report on improvements to the direct provision system are implemented; the reason the progress report at part 5.100 lists the recommendation as being implemented by the HSE despite the absence of new protocols and enhanced services; the engagement her Department...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Direct Provision System (27 Sep 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 541. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the action being taken by his Department to ensure that recommendations of the 2015 report on improvements to the direct provision system are implemented in respect of those falling under the remit of the HSE; the reason the progress report at part 5.100 lists the recommendation as being implemented by the HSE despite the absence of new protocols...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy Provision (27 Sep 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 543. To ask the Minister for Health the support provided to families who receive supports from therapists to assist their children develop speech and language skills, or who receive equipment from the HSE to assist their children, to ensure that they are fully equipped to use equipment or provide home therapies; the action being taken to ensure that persons acquire the skills required to deal...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Lourdes Hospital Redress Scheme Eligibility (27 Sep 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 548. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet a group (details supplied) over the failure to be included in a redress scheme; if his attention has been drawn to the case of these persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26471/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health and Social Care Professionals Regulation (27 Sep 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 641. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to implement the decision of his predecessor in January 2016 to protect both titles of physiotherapist and physical therapist in one State register; his further plans on the inclusion of other groups which are seeking to be placed on the same register as physiotherapists who have qualified with level 8 and 9 degrees; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ministerial Meetings (27 Sep 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 709. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with his counterpart in the North, the Minister, Michelle O'Neill, in advance of the NSMC meeting scheduled for November 2016 to discuss issues of common importance, including the scoping exercise which both Departments agreed to at the last meeting, the impacts of Brexit, and cross-Border health projects; and if he will make a statement on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Sep 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: I wish to expand on a point made by Senator Mullen and I may use a more concrete example such as a suicide prevention charity which is established, regulated and everyone in it is doing what they are supposed to do. They are all good people and are all in compliance but they weigh in on a debate about fishing rights off the west coast. This would not be an area which directly concerns that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Sep 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: I presume then the authority would investigate whether a body has complied with its internal regulations as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Sep 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: I am keen to expand on the point. My question relates to trustees. In my previous life as a union organiser I had many dealings with people acting as pensions trustees. It became harder to get anyone interested to put their hands up to become trustees. As Mr. Farrelly has just described, they took the view that their necks were on the block in the event of questions being asked. In the...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: General Practice in Disadvantaged Areas (21 Sep 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: Is there scope for improvement if new technology and near patient testing were introduced? There has been decades of under investment and there are more reasons that people cannot access hospitals. Is there a role in GP practices in disadvantaged areas, specifically to offset some of the problems created by delays in accessing hospitals, as outlined by Dr. Gibney? In terms of a higher...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: General Practice in Disadvantaged Areas (21 Sep 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: Dr. Delap says it is not used. Is that because it is not equipped or because there is no need for it?

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: General Practice in Disadvantaged Areas (21 Sep 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: Would salaries go some way towards-----

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: General Practice in Disadvantaged Areas (21 Sep 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: It is about time and resources. If one had them, one could attend a nursing home for a half day and have those conversations and it would be significantly less likely that a person would opt to transfer to an emergency department, which might not be the most appropriate place for him or her. One cannot necessarily expect a locum to make that decision if he or she-----

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: General Practice in Disadvantaged Areas (21 Sep 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: No.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Relationship between Primary Care and Secondary Care (21 Sep 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: I have two brief questions. Reference was made to the 5% of patients who require chronic disease management that GPs cannot offer and who would ideally be managed in a hospital with high-tech equipment where complex work is performed. Do the witnesses know or are data available on the level of chronic disease management taking place inappropriately, as they might say but possibly because...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Relationship between Primary Care and Secondary Care (21 Sep 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: In response to Professor Courtney, I recall the meeting in Farmleigh well and have a somewhat different recollection of where the battle lines were drawn. My memory is of having a row with the Government representatives but that is neither here nor there. I have two brief questions, the first of which is on the unique patient identifier project which is under way. Will it help, hinder or...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Application (16 Sep 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 308. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are persons in north County Dublin whose homes have been rendered effectively worthless due to the fact there is pyrite in their estate and their homes have been given grade 1 status, and yet these persons have to pay the local property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25891/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (16 Sep 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 496. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why persons (details supplied) are being denied school transport; why their special educational needs and the impact that uprooting them from their current school would have on their development and education are not being taken into account; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26146/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Issues (16 Sep 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 544. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of Green Certificates issued for houses inspected for pyrite in Fingal by district, excluding homes that have been remediated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25889/16]