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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Overspend on the Health Budget 2018: Discussion (24 Oct 2018)

Michael Harty: Is Senator Burke happy?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Overspend on the Health Budget 2018: Discussion (24 Oct 2018)

Michael Harty: Before I go to Deputy Durkan, I wish to ask a few questions. If the national service plan keeps missing its targets by €600 million or €700 million, is there a problem with the national service plan process? Are the predictive values of the national service plan consistently off-target? How can this be adjusted, and is the process fit for purpose? My second question...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Overspend on the Health Budget 2018: Discussion (24 Oct 2018)

Michael Harty: Would Mr. Mulvany or Mr. Desmond care to respond?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Overspend on the Health Budget 2018: Discussion (24 Oct 2018)

Michael Harty: I thank Mr. Mulvany. I will now ask Deputy Kate O'Connell.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Overspend on the Health Budget 2018: Discussion (24 Oct 2018)

Michael Harty: Sorry, has Deputy Durkan some questions unanswered?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Overspend on the Health Budget 2018: Discussion (24 Oct 2018)

Michael Harty: I thank Mr. Mulvany. Now, I call Deputy Kate O'Connell.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Overspend on the Health Budget 2018: Discussion (24 Oct 2018)

Michael Harty: To return to savings, I have been approached by a number of people who have savings plans they have costed. One concerns haematological transplant procedures at Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin. Approximately 30 children require transplants every year. Our Lady's Hospital can provide 15 of these. The remaining 15 patients must go abroad but the cost is double that of providing the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Overspend on the Health Budget 2018: Discussion (24 Oct 2018)

Michael Harty: I thank Mr. Mulvany.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Overspend on the Health Budget 2018: Discussion (24 Oct 2018)

Michael Harty: On behalf of the committee, I thank-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Overspend on the Health Budget 2018: Discussion (24 Oct 2018)

Michael Harty: Sorry, the Deputy had not indicated.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Overspend on the Health Budget 2018: Discussion (24 Oct 2018)

Michael Harty: Excuse me.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Overspend on the Health Budget 2018: Discussion (24 Oct 2018)

Michael Harty: I thank Deputy Durkan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Overspend on the Health Budget 2018: Discussion (24 Oct 2018)

Michael Harty: On behalf of the committee I thank Mr. Mulvany, chief financial officer and deputy director general of the HSE. I also thank Mr. Colm Desmond of the financial unit in the Department of Health and Ms Fiona Prendergast for coming in.

Tuam Mother and Baby Home: Statements (25 Oct 2018)

Michael Harty: I welcome the Government’s decision to carry out a full forensic excavation and DNA testing of children’s remains at the site of the Tuam mother and baby home. I know the Minister recognises it will be a huge logistic and scientific undertaking. It is an extremely important decision and is the correct response by the Minister. This episode in our past is a gigantic blot on...

Vulnerable Persons Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 Oct 2018)

Michael Harty: This Bill introduced by Deputy Mattie McGrath is very timely and should be considered more seriously. It can be amended on Committee Stage so the Minister of State might give it more attention. We need to keep focusing on elder abuse as our population grows older. The Vulnerable Persons Bill 2015 is designed to protect the financial autonomy of vulnerable persons, specifically elderly...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: UN Conferences (6 Nov 2018)

Michael Harty: 136. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland was represented at the UN third high-level meeting on non-communicable diseases in New York on 27 September 2018; if so, the contribution that was made to the meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45024/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (6 Nov 2018)

Michael Harty: 499. To ask the Minister for Health further to the announcement in budget 2019 that €206 million has been allocated to the implementation of Sláintecare, the areas to which the funding has been allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44632/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services (6 Nov 2018)

Michael Harty: 572. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 480 of 18 September 2018, when the report compiled by persons (details supplied) in 2015 into orthodontic services within the HSE will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44963/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Resources (6 Nov 2018)

Michael Harty: 830. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the situation in relation to coal supplies for Moneypoint power station originating in a mine (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45211/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Development Projects (6 Nov 2018)

Michael Harty: 920. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which the proposed plans for a third terminal at Dublin Airport are consistent with Project Ireland 2040 plans to achieve 75% population growth outside of Dublin (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45415/18]