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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Catheterisation Laboratory Clinical Review: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)

John Halligan: I am astounded. It appears to me now, based on his answer, and Dr. Herity can say yes or no to this, that he did not take that into consideration. He did not consider the patients that were being transferred after 5 p.m., on weekends or to other hospitals because that would have added to it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Catheterisation Laboratory Clinical Review: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)

John Halligan: He is not answering me. He took it into consideration or he did not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Catheterisation Laboratory Clinical Review: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)

John Halligan: The consultants in Wexford and Tipperary categorically said, and I do not know if Dr. Herity knows this but he should know it, that they would send all referrals to Waterford. Did Dr. Herity know that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Catheterisation Laboratory Clinical Review: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)

John Halligan: Yes, they would refer them to Waterford.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Catheterisation Laboratory Clinical Review: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)

John Halligan: The consultants in Wexford and Tipperary, but Dr. Herity did not meet them so he would not have known that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Catheterisation Laboratory Clinical Review: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)

John Halligan: I am not a clinician and the terminology "clinical risk and safety" does not come from me. It is used regularly by clinicians in the south east. I asked about clinical safety in having a single point of failure. What I meant by this was simple. What happens if someone is in the laboratory having a stent inserted and an emergency patient arrives? To where does one or the other go? That...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Catheterisation Laboratory Clinical Review: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)

John Halligan: There is no question but that the Herity report is fatally and fundamentally flawed. Meeting Dr. Herity earlier has copperfastened my opinion in that regard. The objective of inviting the consultants here today was to put everything on record. In the last six months, the consultants have been - on both local and national media - comprehensive in their analysis of the Herity report and of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Catheterisation Laboratory Clinical Review: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)

John Halligan: I was wondering where we go from here. Will the consultants issue a recommendation or what is the next step?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Catheterisation Laboratory Clinical Review: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)

John Halligan: Can the consultants make a recommendation to the committee?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Catheterisation Laboratory Clinical Review: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)

John Halligan: Very briefly, I am not a member of this committee and I thank you, Chairman, for inviting me here. Could you direct us, Chairman, as to what will happen after the meeting?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Catheterisation Laboratory Clinical Review: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)

John Halligan: Okay, thank you Chairman.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Catheterisation Laboratory Clinical Review: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)

John Halligan: I have one brief comment. I fundamentally oppose what has been said for two reasons. First, the Herity report was centred on the south east and the opinions should have been taken from all of the consultants in the south east, not those in Dublin or anywhere else, in terms of the input into cardiovascular services in the south east. If it had reached the stage that another cath lab was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Catheterisation Laboratory Clinical Review: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)

John Halligan: I know that. I am not criticising the Deputy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Catheterisation Laboratory Clinical Review: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)

John Halligan: I accept that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Catheterisation Laboratory Clinical Review: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)

John Halligan: We could go on like this all day but the fundamental point remains that the report was to deal with a particular issue, that is, cardiovascular care in the south east. The people who are most eminently placed to assess that report are the witnesses and not politicians, including myself, or the members of the committee but we should take on board the recommendations they have made because of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Catheterisation Laboratory Clinical Review: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)

John Halligan: I thank the chair.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research and Development Funding (9 Feb 2017)

John Halligan: The annual grants budget to Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) for 2017 is €162.5 million. The agency does not predetermine or “ring fence” specific funding allocation for basic or applied research.  Funding decisions are made through international peer review on the basis of research excellence and impact. However, an analysis published in SFI's Annual Report 2015...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Tourism Policy (9 Feb 2017)

John Halligan: My Department has overall responsibility for policy development for education and training provision across the economy including the hospitality and tourism sector. There are no plans to re-establish a dedicated training organisation for the sector, but rather to deliver the required education and training through the mainstream higher and further education and training sectors, in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Programmes (14 Feb 2017)

John Halligan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 169, 180 to 182, inclusive, and 199 together. My Department has overall responsibility for policy development for education and training provision across the economy including the hospitality and tourism sector. There are no plans to re-establish a dedicated training organisation for the sector, but rather to deliver the required education and training...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (14 Feb 2017)

John Halligan: I wish to advise the Deputy that a major capital development proposal was received from the then City of Galway VEC, now Galway and Roscommon ETB, in relation to Galway Technical Institute in 2011.  In November 2015, the Department received further correspondence from Galway and Roscommon ETB on the matter. The Deputy will be aware that my Department’s current priority is...