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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Sep 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 695. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients awaiting the use of a holter monitor and a cardiac event monitor; the average wait time to access such monitors in all level four hospitals, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50422/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (25 Sep 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 251. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a person (details supplied) can expect a response regarding a general employment permit renewal application. [51075/25]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Key Issues Relating to the Health Service: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Marie Sherlock: I apologise that I am late as I had to speak in the Dáil. I thank the HSE and officials from the Department of Health for being here this morning. I first want to ask about the phasing-out of private activity in public hospitals. There is a deadline of the end of this year to phase out all private activity. Is Mr. Gloster confident that will be met across every hospital? My...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Key Issues Relating to the Health Service: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Marie Sherlock: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Key Issues Relating to the Health Service: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Marie Sherlock: Is the Secretary General confident across all disciplines, including obstetrics, that the commitment to phase out private practice will be met?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Key Issues Relating to the Health Service: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Marie Sherlock: Is there a cost implication to these hospitals?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Key Issues Relating to the Health Service: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Marie Sherlock: Yes. What is that figure? Is the Department confident that its budget fully covers the drop in income?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Key Issues Relating to the Health Service: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Marie Sherlock: The national development plan has been published since we last met. Is the Secretary General confident that the elective hospitals are fully budgeted for within the allocation that was announced this year for the Department of Health?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Key Issues Relating to the Health Service: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Marie Sherlock: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Key Issues Relating to the Health Service: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Marie Sherlock: I do not mean to cut across Mr. Tierney - I totally appreciate what he is saying - but I want to hear about the commitment to the elective hospitals over the next number of years.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Key Issues Relating to the Health Service: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Marie Sherlock: So we will not have the sod turned on them by the end of this phase of the national development plan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Key Issues Relating to the Health Service: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Marie Sherlock: Of course, and we welcome that. To be clear for the public, they will not have their elective hospitals by 2030.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Key Issues Relating to the Health Service: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Marie Sherlock: Okay. I want to ask about the maternity hospital. We have heard that only one tender or perhaps two tenders have been submitted for the hospital. I ask Mr. Tierney to confirm or deny that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Key Issues Relating to the Health Service: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Marie Sherlock: I want to ask about CHI. I join in the condolences that Mr. Gloster extended to the family of Harvey Morrison Sherratt. I know that you have all been in contact with the family in recent weeks. I want to ask about the announcement today that the board of CHI will be subsumed into the HSE. The HIQA report from the spring of this year-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Key Issues Relating to the Health Service: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Marie Sherlock: -----set out a number of very clear requirements-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Key Issues Relating to the Health Service: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Marie Sherlock: -----for the HSE-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Key Issues Relating to the Health Service: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Marie Sherlock: -----with regard to CHI. Is Mr. Gloster confident that the changes that needed to be made to processes, procedures and, indeed, culture within CHI have been made; that those issues have been resolved; and that it is seamless? Dr. Henry might also wish to comment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Key Issues Relating to the Health Service: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Marie Sherlock: Yes.