Results 12,261-12,280 of 12,474 for speaker:Louise O'Reilly

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (9 Jun 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 154. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the vocational training scheme in dentistry which was paused in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15140/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (9 Jun 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 155. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of restoring the extended gum cleaning entitlement under the dental treatment services scheme. [15147/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (9 Jun 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 156. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of removing the annual cap on fillings which was introduced in budget 2010 under the dental treatment service scheme. [15148/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (9 Jun 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 191. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of restoring the bi-annual scale and polish entitlement, under the dental treatment services scheme. [15258/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Expenditure (9 Jun 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 157. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure on the six-monthly scale and polish entitlement under the dental treatment services scheme in 2009. [15149/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Expenditure (9 Jun 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 158. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure on the extended gum cleaning entitlement under the dental treatment services scheme in 2009. [15150/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Expenditure (9 Jun 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 159. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure on fillings under the dental treatment services scheme in 2009. [15151/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme Expenditure (9 Jun 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 160. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department’s estimate of the cost of introducing free general practitioner care for all citizens was between €330 million and €365 million, excluding those younger than six and older than 70 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15152/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Deferrals (8 Jun 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: 131. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) can get a deferral of the local property tax based on personal circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14294/16]

Other Questions: Health Services Funding (2 Jun 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: Not privatisation.

Other Questions: Health Services Funding (2 Jun 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: There needs to be investment in front-line services.

Other Questions: Health Services Funding (2 Jun 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: That is the question I was asking.

Other Questions: Mental Health Services Report (2 Jun 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: The vision of A Vision for Change was never realised, although it was Government policy for five years under Fianna Fáil and further five years under Fine Gael. If the Minister of State talks to any person working in our mental health services, they will tell her the goals that were set out within A Vision for Change were not only not reached, they were not even nearly reached. All...

Other Questions: Mental Health Services Report (2 Jun 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: Is it intended that mental health service users, their advocates, workers in the service and people with a material interest in the findings of this will have an opportunity to have an input into it? Does A Vision for Change, and the priorities set out therein, remain a priority for the Government? If so, will the Minister of State confirm that the workings of the task force will not hinder...

Other Questions: Mental Health Services Report (2 Jun 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: Perhaps the Minister of State misunderstood my question. I asked if these people would have an opportunity to have an input into it, not simply to read the report when it is completed.

Other Questions: Mental Health Policy (2 Jun 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: It is in the programme for Government that a wellness class will be added to the junior certificate cycle. That is to be welcomed. I share the Minister of State's views on the need to address issues of mental health and, more importantly, mental health well-being at the earliest possible stage. Has this been agreed with the people who will be delivering it, namely, teachers at the front...

Other Questions: Mental Health Policy (2 Jun 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: It does not sound like much of a priority if the Minister of State cannot even give us a date. It should be a priority and one that is accompanied by identifiable targets, dates, times, etc. We welcome the taskforce on youth mental health. Will the Minister of State give us some insight into the individuals who will be involved? The plan is that it will be established within 100 days....

Other Questions: Health Services Funding (2 Jun 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: The National Treatment Purchase Fund is simply code for privatising a problem. We do not support that. We support investment in our public health service. There is €50 million of continued investment - that is it how it is termed - per year and yet the ministerial brief given to the Minister advises that there was only €28 million of funding spent in 2015. There is clearly a...

Other Questions: Hospital Services (2 Jun 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: We need to know who will conduct the review. I welcome the Minister's statement that it will encompass all beds because there is a serious need for that to be examined. The Minister may already be aware that according to the OECD, the number of beds we have per 1,000 people is below the EU average. We already have a deficit. I am disappointed that the figure for the winter initiative,...

Other Questions: Hospital Services (2 Jun 2016)

Louise O'Reilly: Some €18 million was spent last year on the winter initiative. Can the Minister advise if the same amount is being set aside for this year, or will it be more? We are 65 beds short of the target of 301 which was promised. Where did those 65 beds go? The Minister said it is the intention to undertake a bed capacity review and that is very welcome. When will that start and finish...