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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)
David Cullinane: Did Mr. Watt have meetings with Ms Magahy specifically on those policy options?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)
David Cullinane: Was there any disagreement on them, any pushback against any proposals or any favoured options put forward by Ms Magahy?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)
David Cullinane: Were there differences of opinion?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)
David Cullinane: Were Mr. Watt and Ms Magahy on exactly the same page in terms of what regionalisation would look like?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)
David Cullinane: Is the Department in favour of the decentralisation to six regional areas and more power being devolved power to those regional areas?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)
David Cullinane: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)
David Cullinane: Mr. Watt is here today to answer for himself.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)
David Cullinane: I accept that but can Mr. Watt understand the position from our perspective? We are sitting here today and we have the Minister and the Secretary General of the Department in. We have had six resignations associated with Sláintecare, including the former executive director, the chairperson of the board, and the two of the most senior people tasked with responsibility for delivering...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)
David Cullinane: We will come to that then. It is implementation. What did those-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)
David Cullinane: I ask Mr. Watt to wait one second as he mentioned implementation. I must point out that this is the members time. Mr. Watt is appearing before the committee-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)
David Cullinane: Yes, and I am putting another question to him as I have heard that answer. Mr. Watt talks about timeframes. He is saying that there is no disagreement on the policy direction that was proposed by Ms Magahy and my understanding is that her council wanted this done over two years. Is Mr. Watt saying that there was a disagreement or different opinions on how long it would take to get there...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)
David Cullinane: Our time is very short and we have that answer and I thank Mr.Watt.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)
David Cullinane: I have heard that answer. With respect to Mr. Watt, he cannot talk down the clock when we have ten minutes and we have heard that time and again.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)
David Cullinane: We have heard already that there was some pushback on the timeframe to deliver because of the Covid-19 pandemic. My understanding of what the Sláintecare Implementation Advisory Council, SIAC, was proposing was into the future as opposed to what was happening during the Covid-19 pandemic. We will talk to the SIAC members whenever they appear before us. I want to turn to the Minister...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)
David Cullinane: Can I stop the Minister there, please, because that is part of the problem? We now have this narrow focus on regionalisation. I accept that the Minister is saying that this will focus on regionalisation. The Minister said in his opening statement that we are a long way away from universal healthcare. We certainly are. We can talk about 97% delivery of some elements of Sláintecare...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)
David Cullinane: I am asking Mr. Watt today what the answer to that question is.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)
David Cullinane: Some €350 million will go unspent. The Minister statement then talks about 1,147 additional beds. How many of those acute beds will not come on stream this year?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)
David Cullinane: How many beds will not come on stream of those funded beds?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)
David Cullinane: How many of those 1,147 beds will not come on stream? It is a simple answer.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)
David Cullinane: I am asking Mr. Watt a question and he does not get to answer the question he wants to.