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Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2017 (17 Oct 2019)

Kate O'Connell: Does Ms Downes believe it is good governance not to check up on the ultimate destination of money paid and the actual work done in terms of just basic accounting?

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2017 (17 Oct 2019)

Kate O'Connell: They could have done spot checks.

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2017 (17 Oct 2019)

Kate O'Connell: I find it very concerning. I am not saying it is all the witnesses fault but there seems to be a common thread of not having enough staff and saying it is not our fault, we did not start off as we should have and we sorted ourselves out halfway through but now that we have sorted ourselves out, we are going to wind up. It all seems like a bit of a merry dance. Hopefully, survivors-----

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2017 (17 Oct 2019)

Kate O'Connell: I am sorry but I am not finished. Hopefully, survivors have benefited, which was the whole point of this.

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2017 (17 Oct 2019)

Kate O'Connell: How does one measure empowerment? What is its metric?

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2017 (17 Oct 2019)

Kate O'Connell: How does one measure resilience? An awful lot of things spoken about today are unmeasurable.

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2017 (17 Oct 2019)

Kate O'Connell: I sure will. I thank the Chairman.

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2017 (17 Oct 2019)

Kate O'Connell: I was not questioning survivors integrity. I am questioning the integrity of builders and people doing work. I want to make sure that is clear.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Private Activity in Public Hospitals: Discussion (23 Oct 2019)

Kate O'Connell: I apologise for being late. I had another meeting which went on. I sat on the Sláintecare committee. Although this issue was part of it, I felt it was ideological in terms of the proposals for how it should be done. I get what Dr. de Buitléir is saying in that staff numbers are the same, as is the number of sick people who require care. His response to Senator Colm Burke...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Private Activity in Public Hospitals: Discussion (23 Oct 2019)

Kate O'Connell: I believe people should be treated equally but belief does not produce consultants. We can have political ideology and all of that, but beliefs and thoughts do not produce consultants and deliver better services.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Private Activity in Public Hospitals: Discussion (23 Oct 2019)

Kate O'Connell: The proliferation in the private hospital sector has been apparent in recent years with the opening of emergency department services during the day and so on. We are well aware of the power of lobbying and large corporations in the private sector. That will always occur. Can we win the battle? Are those of us who want to deliver a uniform service to which everyone will have equal access...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Private Activity in Public Hospitals: Discussion (23 Oct 2019)

Kate O'Connell: We do not have many private national schools. We have a few.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Private Activity in Public Hospitals: Discussion (23 Oct 2019)

Kate O'Connell: Does Dr. de Buitléir believe they can both have a symbiotic relationship?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Private Activity in Public Hospitals: Discussion (23 Oct 2019)

Kate O'Connell: It can operate by itself. On the fallout from private hospitals, maybe this is a question for Dr. Keegan but there is anecdotal evidence that it has emerged that some treatments are being done in private hospitals, especially in the field of elective cosmetic surgery, and then the sick person is ending up in the public system. If the damage is done in a private hospital and then the patient...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Private Activity in Public Hospitals: Discussion (23 Oct 2019)

Kate O'Connell: Following on from Deputy Donnelly's question, some people have always had private health insurance, perhaps as part of their job, but I am focused on maternity and paediatric care. Deputy Donnelly asked a question about continuity of maternity care. A fundamental reason women and their partners go for private maternity care is the continuity of care with a consultant. I understand that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Private Activity in Public Hospitals: Discussion (23 Oct 2019)

Kate O'Connell: There was a question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Private Activity in Public Hospitals: Discussion (23 Oct 2019)

Kate O'Connell: Why did Dr. de Buitléir not consider the reasons women often go for private treatment when having babies and perhaps do not use ever use private treatment again and get rid of it after having the baby? Why was that not examined?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Private Activity in Public Hospitals: Discussion (23 Oct 2019)

Kate O'Connell: It was never raised.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Private Activity in Public Hospitals: Discussion (23 Oct 2019)

Kate O'Connell: Did the group ask any women?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Private Activity in Public Hospitals: Discussion (23 Oct 2019)

Kate O'Connell: I do not think it is relevant that Dr. de Buitléir has four children. I am asking about the women engaged with as part of the research.