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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)
Michael Harty: Will the penalties that are part of phase B be sufficient to ensure costs do not exceed what has been estimated?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)
Michael Harty: Is VAT at the 13.5% rate?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)
Michael Harty: The €650 million and €983 million figures are exclusive of VAT.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)
Michael Harty: We must finish by 1.45 p.m. and four contributors remain. Perhaps we could have ten minutes or 15 minutes per contribution.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)
Michael Harty: May I move on to Deputy O'Reilly?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)
Michael Harty: I thank Ms Hardiman.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)
Michael Harty: We have roughly half an hour left and three other contributors. We will take Deputies Kelly and O'Connell and Senator Colm Burke in that order.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)
Michael Harty: I thank the Deputy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)
Michael Harty: I thank the Deputy for making that point.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)
Michael Harty: I thank Senator Colm Burke for his patience.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (16 Jan 2019)
Michael Harty: I thank Mr. Costello, Mr. Pollock, Dr. Curtis and Ms Hardiman for coming before us. We have been here over four hours so I thank them for their perseverance. The meeting is adjourned until 9 a.m. on Wednesday, 23 January when we will hear from the Departments of Health and Public Expenditure and Reform.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Remuneration (17 Jan 2019)
Michael Harty: 4. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on whether poor pay and working conditions will drain the brightest and the best from the Defences Forces. [2139/19]
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Remuneration (17 Jan 2019)
Michael Harty: My question was on the payscales in the Defence Forces and the appalling levels of pay their members are given. The particular matter I will raise is that of recruitment and retention. The ability to recruit and retain members of our Naval Service, Army and Air Corps is a major issue in the Defence Forces. There is a turnover of 10% every year. There has been a turnover of 30% in personnel...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Remuneration (17 Jan 2019)
Michael Harty: Personal testimony is important when dealing with issues such as this. Sarah Walsh of the organisation, Wives and Partners of the Defence Forces, gave a chilling message last year. She said:Our families live in poverty. We suffer from food, income, fuel, and child poverty. Many of us can only dream of owning our home, and some this month are facing uncertainty about their homes, while...
- Government's Brexit Preparedness: Statements (17 Jan 2019)
Michael Harty: I thank the Tánaiste for taking this debate and for giving us this opportunity to express our views. It is difficult to see how Ireland can prepare for a Brexit when the UK, which has voted to leave the EU, does not know the terms on which it wishes to leave. Defining Brexit is also difficult because it means many things to different people. There is no clarity on the issue and, thus,...
- Government's Brexit Preparedness: Statements (17 Jan 2019)
Michael Harty: Could the Tánaiste clarify what will happen with the European Parliament elections in May if the withdrawal period is extended beyond 29 March? Will the UK hold European Parliament elections and will that affect the number of seats available to MEPs in Ireland? My second question relates to haulage companies using the UK as a destination or as a land bridge to Europe. What...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (17 Jan 2019)
Michael Harty: 152. To ask the Minister for Health the services he plans to put in place to address the issue of bariatric surgery here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2124/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (17 Jan 2019)
Michael Harty: 153. To ask the Minister for Health the methodology for calculating the trolleyGAR statistics on patients waiting in casualty for admission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2129/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (17 Jan 2019)
Michael Harty: 154. To ask the Minister for Health if patients waiting on corridors or in extra beds in wards are considered as part of the trolleyGAR statistics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2130/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (17 Jan 2019)
Michael Harty: 155. To ask the Minister for Health the statistics in relation to elective admissions and procedures which have been cancelled to date as part of the winter plan 2018 to 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2131/19]