Results 26,541-26,560 of 49,836 for speaker:Stephen Donnelly
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (24 Feb 2022) Stephen Donnelly: There are two different things with two different timelines involved. We have allocated €10 million as a recognition that, as the Deputy rightly says, several hundred dentists have left the scheme since the start of the Covid pandemic. It is my view this €10 million is to increase some of the fees, which is necessary to attract dentists into the scheme, and to add in things...
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (24 Feb 2022) Stephen Donnelly: If I may add to that very quickly, not only are children waiting too long but parents are faced with bills of €2,000, €4,000, €6,000 or €10,000 for that orthodontic treatment. It is simply not a sustainable position.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (24 Feb 2022) Stephen Donnelly: Just to be clear, I am doing more than agreeing. I have allocated an extra €10 million this year. It is a sizeable increase.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (24 Feb 2022) Stephen Donnelly: That €10 million is for the DTSS contract.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (24 Feb 2022) Stephen Donnelly: That is the problem, yes.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (24 Feb 2022) Stephen Donnelly: I will have to take a look.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (24 Feb 2022) Stephen Donnelly: I will get back to the Deputy with a note.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (24 Feb 2022) Stephen Donnelly: I know we are out of time but could I ask the committee's permission-----
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (24 Feb 2022) Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Chair.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (24 Feb 2022) Stephen Donnelly: It is a concern I and the Ministers of State, Deputies Butler, Feighan and Rabbitte, share. What happened was that towards the end of 2020 we allocated almost €8 million specifically for assessments of need. To her credit, the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, took it on and drove around the country making sure the money was spent on assessments of need. A huge amount of work was...
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (24 Feb 2022) Stephen Donnelly: Can I just answer-----
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (24 Feb 2022) Stephen Donnelly: Absolutely, but if I could just respond. There was a reduction of 95% in the backlog. This has to be acknowledged as very positive. However, the next point the Deputy quite rightly raised was that before the backlog was cleared, too many children were waiting too long for services. Now, more than 6,000 children have moved from assessment of need to waiting on services. What the Minister...
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (24 Feb 2022) Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Deputy. There has been a lot of debate within the service around the assessment of need. The position two years ago was that every child, or the majority of children, went through a significant assessment of many hours. One of the results of this was that we had more than 6,500 children waiting for an assessment. The clinical advice we got was that many of those children did...
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (24 Feb 2022) Stephen Donnelly: No, to be clear-----
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (24 Feb 2022) Stephen Donnelly: To be clear the initial assessment is an assessment. Children are assessed. Coming out of that, they are directed to services. However, those with more complex needs who require a more detailed assessment are referred for that. I am very open to taking a look at the gap between the initial assessment and those children who need a more rigorous assessment.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (24 Feb 2022) Stephen Donnelly: Yes.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (24 Feb 2022) Stephen Donnelly: I am very open to looking at that.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (24 Feb 2022) Stephen Donnelly: The officials will provide me with information on the capital budget allocation for the national children's hospital for this year. With regard to the total final price, as the Chairman will be aware, there is an ongoing relationship between the board and the contractor. The contractor has submitted more than 1,000 substantiated claims. The reported value of those is in excess of...
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (24 Feb 2022) Stephen Donnelly: Is the Chairman pointing specifically to legal fees with regard to the hospital?
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (24 Feb 2022) Stephen Donnelly: With regard to the hospital?