Louise O'Reilly
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191 appearances
2 recordings
2 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 3 Jul
Louise O'Reilly’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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That's the confirmation that we were all waiting on.
Well, it's not a confirmation.
You just said we're going to do it in September, Tony.
It was pushed out to September.
We also pay the most expensive fuel prices.
Yeah, well, you see, this is a kind of a bit of a manufacturer, I think, in some respects in relation to the rotunda, which is fine.
But there are consultants working in hospitals the length and breadth of the state and that does need to be looked at.
So if you want to see...
sort of where the Fine Gael minister is coming from and where her government priorities lie, you only have to look at the plans for the new children's hospital and there is a very private wing essentially being built, paid for by the taxpayer, but it is a private wing within the hospital.
There's no
There was no ideological conversion, I don't think, on the part of the minister.
But I think Paul makes a very interesting point there in relation to the actual number of hours that are worked.
We need more consultants.
There's nothing more certain than that.
We absolutely do.
But we also need to look at the model of care that is delivered.
And before I was elected, I represented nurses.
They are...
the best value for money that you're going to get in the health service, you know, investing in advanced nurse practitioners, in clinical nurse managers, ensuring that nurses are upscaled and also able to deliver and drive the level of care.
Like we've always had a sort of a consultant led model of care, but actually
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