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Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Future of Health Care: Health Reform Alliance (20 Jul 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the delegates for their presentation. I have a few questions about the current structure, such as it is. I am reminded of the saying that if we want to get there, we should not start from here. Of course, we are where we are. Do the delegates believe the Department of Health or the HSE should be the greatest driver of the introduction of universal health care? Do they think the...

Domiciliary Care Allowance: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jul 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank all Teachtaí Dála who took part in this important debate. It is important not just for us to state here that this issue is a priority, but that people outside know it is a priority for us. We welcome that there is broad cross-party support for the motion. However, we must be cognisant of the fact that the Minister of State, Deputy Finian McGrath, has just uttered words...

Domiciliary Care Allowance: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jul 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: I am glad the Minister realises that.

Domiciliary Care Allowance: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jul 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: I move:“That Dáil Éireann: notes: — the inappropriate and burdensome full financial audit of the entire household and all its expenses as the sole route for a seriously ill child or a child with a disability to apply for a medical card; — the onerous application process, the exclusive focus on 'financial hardship' and the failure to take account of medical...

Domiciliary Care Allowance: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jul 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: I am sharing time with an Teachta Ó Caoláin. I will take ten minutes and he will take five minutes.

Domiciliary Care Allowance: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jul 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: I am also sharing with Teachta Munster.

Domiciliary Care Allowance: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jul 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: As health spokesperson for Sinn Féin, I would like first to welcome those parents with us here today in the Gallery and mention the many more who could not be here because they are caring for their children at home. I would also like to thank sincerely all the Teachtaí Dála, across the House, who have put their names to this motion. This is not just a Sinn Féin motion....

Topical Issue Debate: Neuro-Rehabilitation Policy (19 Jul 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: With the greatest of respect, what the Minister of State has just read out is word for word a copy of a letter I received. I did not even have to look at the copy of the reply I was handed because I had it already. I received it on 15 July from the HSE. I asked the Minister of State for a date and a meaningful plan by the end of this year, with dates and achievable timeframes. The report...

Topical Issue Debate: Neuro-Rehabilitation Policy (19 Jul 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: Is the Minister of State aware there are over 25,000 people who need rehabilitation each year? Most of these people struggle even to get the most basic level of service, according to the Neurological Alliance of Ireland. One of them is a lady named Vera Ronan. She was a happy energetic woman, active in her community and fond of the game of darts. She was close to her family and a very...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (19 Jul 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 105. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number, rank, title and job of members of An Garda Síochána who are assigned to the Dublin metropolitan region north; the number of stations and vehicles in this division; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21933/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (19 Jul 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 555. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of podiatry and chiropody services in the Health Service Executive West region; the number and location of local podiatry clinics in this region that have been discontinued in the past ten years, in tabular form; if he will publish the criteria for discontinuing such services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21929/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (19 Jul 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 680. To ask the Minister for Health the number of doctors, general practitioners and nurses dedicated to supporting patients living with dementia and their families in County Donegal; his plans to add to this list of important supports. [22802/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (19 Jul 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 685. To ask the Minister for Health the budget allocated to every hospital here in each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date; the numbers of inpatients per annum in every hospital in each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date; and the numbers of medical staff in every hospital in each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date [22875/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme Administration (19 Jul 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 686. To ask the Minister for Health if persons with a medical card, having blood samples taken by their local general practitioner or primary care centre, are liable for a charge; if they are not liable for a charge, the way this instruction or guideline is regulated. [22876/16]

Questions on Proposed Legislation (14 Jul 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: On the same matter, would the Tánaiste commit to a cross-departmental approach in this regard? Unfortunately, the families explained to us this morning that when they ask the question of the Department of Health, they get kicked to the Department of Education and Skills and when they ask the Department of Education and Skills, they get kicked to the Department of Social Protection....

Select Committee on Health: Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (14 Jul 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: Sinn Féin's position on the Bill is already known. We believe the Bill is flawed and that it addresses only a tiny part of what is a massive jigsaw. It is regrettable that we are discussing this issue at the behest of An Garda Síochána. Rather than seeking to criminalise those caught up in addiction, we should be discussing a broader range of measures that seek to address...

Select Committee on Health: Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (14 Jul 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: It was never exclusively a Dublin problem but there is absolutely no doubting that it is now a national issue. I am struggling to understand if we are all in agreement why there is such a rush to introduce this tiny measure that may leave people struggling with addiction, as Deputy O'Connell pointed out, having to get over the hurdle of a criminal conviction and increase the likelihood of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Pricing (14 Jul 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 170. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered introducing a ban on below invoice cost selling on alcohol products, where alcohol products would not be permitted to be sold at less than the invoice cost price inclusive of value-added tax and excise duty, as a measure to support minimum unit pricing in tackling discounting of alcohol; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Pricing (14 Jul 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 171. To ask the Minister for Health the contingency plans in place to curtail the retail of cheap alcohol products at discounted prices should he be unable to immediately implement minimum unit pricing upon enactment of the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21720/16]

Citizens' Assembly: Motion (13 Jul 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: I urge the Government representative in the House to acknowledge the broad consensus in the House for the holding of the referendum on repealing the eighth amendment. Recently, we had a debate on legislation which sought only to provide an additional choice to women seeking terminations for medical reasons. It was the choice to avoid travelling to England, to avoid being subjected to cruel,...