underfunding Archives - Louise O'Reilly TD

Balbriggan Anti-Social Behaviour Protest

On 29th November 2017, the residents of Balbriggan took to the streets outside the …

Budget 2017 – Dail Response

Budget 2017 was a bit like an episode of Dallas… watching FG implement the same …

Budget 2017 – Health

Budget 2017 only allocated an additional spend of €266m to an over burdened, under resourced …

Neuro-Rehabilitation Services

On 19th July 2016, I raised the issue of the dire shortage of rehabilitation …

Kildare Street Questions

Written Answers — Department of Health: Newborn Screening Cards (10 Oct 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 38. To ask the Minister for Health when the chair of the National Screening Committee will be appointed; and if he and the new chair will ensure that newborn screening services are expanded to test for a greater range of conditions; and if an expanded programme will be operational in 2020. [40980/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Strategy Expenditure (10 Oct 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 46. To ask the Minister for Health if new funding will be released for the national maternity strategy for 2020; and if targeted funding will be allocated to help hire more consultant gynaecologists in order to reduce gynaecological waiting lists which are at nearly 30,000. [40978/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Debt Collection (10 Oct 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 48. To ask the Minister for Health if he will liaise with hospitals to ensure they do not use debt collection agencies to recover emergency department and hospital charges. [40976/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (10 Oct 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 87. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the necessary staff have not been recruited to ensure that the paediatric outpatient department and urgent care centre at Connolly Hospital can be operational from 8 a.m. until midnight, seven days a week, as was previously committed; and when the full staff complement will […]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (10 Oct 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 96. To ask the Minister for Health if the establishment of a day hospital in Swords, County Dublin will be considered. [40979/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ministerial Meetings (8 Oct 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 201. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 460 of 2 July 2019, if he will meet the families that have been impacted by the misreading of scans at University Hospital Kerry in view of his commitment at the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health on 22 May 2019; and […]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Commencement of Legislation (8 Oct 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 204. To ask the Minister for Health the causes of the delay in the commencement of Parts 2 and 3 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 until May 2020; if he will consider an earlier commencement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40593/19]