Results 14,201-14,220 of 21,489 for speaker:Alan Kelly
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Maternity Strategy: Discussion (19 Jan 2017)
Alan Kelly: The Government does not need the Chairman's vote. I will have to leave soon but on the capital plan, it is a huge budget. What Mr. Woods referred to earlier will be a huge outlay, whatever it will be. I was chancing my arm on that but it will be huge. I am not convinced. We are from the mid-west and we are thinking about Limerick. A total of €3 million is required just for the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Maternity Strategy: Discussion (19 Jan 2017)
Alan Kelly: Is anybody currently exploring it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Maternity Strategy: Discussion (19 Jan 2017)
Alan Kelly: I understand that. That is the reason I suggested it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Maternity Strategy: Discussion (19 Jan 2017)
Alan Kelly: On the capital side, regardless of who is in government I do not believe we will have this completed in eight and a half years. We will have to step outside the box, make some recommendations as a committee and examine alternative funding mechanisms to deliver the scale of the budget required, whether through a national bond or some other mechanism, because we cannot wait any longer. This...
- Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Private Hospitals Association (18 Jan 2017)
Alan Kelly: Perhaps Mr. Nugent could consult with all his hospitals and ask for that information and supply it to the committee.
- Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Private Hospitals Association (18 Jan 2017)
Alan Kelly: The volume per hour is more or less the same. Is that the point?
- Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Private Hospitals Association (18 Jan 2017)
Alan Kelly: Let me break it down. What is the position on the amount of time in the theatre actually undertaking the procedure? Is that different?
- Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Private Hospitals Association (18 Jan 2017)
Alan Kelly: The difference between public versus private is not because of the quality of the facility or anything like that. Is that correct?
- Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Private Hospitals Association (18 Jan 2017)
Alan Kelly: I want to narrow it down to what it is.
- Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Private Hospitals Association (18 Jan 2017)
Alan Kelly: To refer to Deputy Durkan's comments and the information that the total claims are just under €2 billion, with €600 million paid to public hospitals and the balance, more or less, going to private hospitals, clinics etc., I had not intended speaking on this but it creates a discourse which the witnesses will understand is out there. It comes to us as public representatives and...
- Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Private Hospitals Association (18 Jan 2017)
Alan Kelly: Did that working party meet the HSE? Is there someone from the HSE working with the association on that?
- Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Private Hospitals Association (18 Jan 2017)
Alan Kelly: Could the PPS number be the unique identification code?
- Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Private Hospitals Association (18 Jan 2017)
Alan Kelly: She might -----
- Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Private Hospitals Association (18 Jan 2017)
Alan Kelly: I asked if the transfer of patients is geographically determined.
- Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Private Hospitals Association (18 Jan 2017)
Alan Kelly: What I am trying to get at here is obvious. In every area where there are private hospitals, the make-up of the local network of hospitals is different. This committee is discussing that issue separately but what I am trying to find out is why there is a variance in transfers from area to area. Are there other reasons for that, apart from geography?
- Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Private Hospitals Association (18 Jan 2017)
Alan Kelly: There are probably more issues than that involved.
- Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Private Hospitals Association (18 Jan 2017)
Alan Kelly: Would it be less than 5%?
- Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Private Hospitals Association (18 Jan 2017)
Alan Kelly: Would it be less than 3%?
- Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Private Hospitals Association (18 Jan 2017)
Alan Kelly: That is interesting. I ask Mr. Nugent to address my six-mark question.
- Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Private Hospitals Association (18 Jan 2017)
Alan Kelly: It relates to the future provision of private hospitals. Will there be any more private hospitals developed here?