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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Transfers (31 May 2022)

Matt Shanahan: 722. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the difference between the way that a heart attack or cardiac arrest patient attending the National Maternity Hospital needs to arrive at ICU within 20 minutes (details supplied); the way that this patient category differs from a patient in University Hospital Waterford suffering a heart attack given that the Cath laboratory suite is closed...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (31 May 2022)

Matt Shanahan: 776. To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists who are currently employed by the HSE in University Hospital Waterford and in community services in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28091/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (31 May 2022)

Matt Shanahan: 777. To ask the Minister for Health the expected number of additional speech and language therapists who will be hired in Waterford city and county, outlining between community and hospital positions; the timeframe for this; if he will outline the recruitment process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28092/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (31 May 2022)

Matt Shanahan: 778. To ask the Minister for Health the number of positions for the 24 whole-time staff for the second catheterisation laboratory in University Hospital Waterford approved by the South/Southwest Hospital Group in November 2021 that have been recruited already; their specialty; the start dates that have been listed in their contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28093/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (31 May 2022)

Matt Shanahan: 779. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise on a recruitment-process query at University Hospital Waterford (details supplied). [28094/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2022)

Matt Shanahan: I thank our guests for coming in and for the submissions, particularly the comprehensive submission from Mr. Boland. I would not share Ms Murdock's desire to have this rushed through; we need to try to do as much as we can on this legislation. It is interesting that personal injuries litigation has become a targeted profit centre for many legal entities, and that is a fact. It also assumes...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2022)

Matt Shanahan: Would Ms Murdock like to comment on that last point about InsuranceLink?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2022)

Matt Shanahan: I apologise as I was trying to log in earlier and I may have missed this. Can Ms Murdock outline the problem there? What investigation is taking place?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2022)

Matt Shanahan: Can Ms Murdock give us an update on that? When does she think that a result will come?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2022)

Matt Shanahan: Has the Alliance for Insurance Reform made any observations in that case?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2022)

Matt Shanahan: I will return to the representatives of Insurance Ireland. What I refer to is possibly anecdotal but a large American-backed insurer came into the market here a number of years ago. It operated here for five to six years and then left with its tail between its legs. One of the issues that was raised at the time was that it did not have access to data beyond three years and that ultimately...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2022)

Matt Shanahan: If I am planning to enter the insurance market in this country now, how many years of data can I get access to?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2022)

Matt Shanahan: That is fine. I am under pressure for time and I thank Ms Murdock for answering that. I have a question about the issue that was highlighted in the submission by Mr. Boland, which is well known within insurance circles. It is where a claim is being brought and the insured person contacts the insurance company basically stating that it is a fraudulent claim for a plethora of reasons, for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2022)

Matt Shanahan: In summation, I firmly believe Insurance Ireland, as a representative body, needs to be doing more to highlight this. I acknowledge there is a separation of powers between the Legislature and the Judiciary but this practice, which has been going on for years, is getting worse. A load of people are ambulance chasing. There is no fallout for a solicitor in bringing a case on a no foal, no...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2022)

Matt Shanahan: With respect, we have had cases going to court with video evidence that has shown the case as been fraudulent and still such cases have progressed to court. How is it that Insurance Ireland cannot seem to bridge a sanction legally, with the Law Society of Ireland or through co-operation to get at this problem. As I said, at the end of the day insurance companies operate in a space-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2022)

Matt Shanahan: -----they are in the middle and they pass on the costs to the insured. That is how they operate.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2022)

Matt Shanahan: I thank Ms Murdock.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 May 2022)

Matt Shanahan: I was hoping for a "Yes" or "No" answer but I understand that the Taoiseach feels he cannot give it. With the additional money put into University Hospital Waterford, it still remains the most underfunded of nine model 4 hospitals in the country. That is the first issue. Second, the Taoiseach talked about the provision of additional services to the cardiac care suite. What he is offering...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 May 2022)

Matt Shanahan: It is not enough.