Results 3,161-3,180 of 3,336 for speaker:Kate O'Connell
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Working Group on Access to Contraception: Discussion (27 Nov 2019)
Kate O'Connell: It seems like the smallest step that could have been made; doubling the length of the prescription time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Working Group on Access to Contraception: Discussion (27 Nov 2019)
Kate O'Connell: It was the least the working group could have done. Bearing in mind the discussions we had at the Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution to look at the roles of pharmacists internationally and the expansion, doubling the prescription time is about as little as could have possibly been done. Looking at the interesting statistics on the cohort of women who are more likely to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Working Group on Access to Contraception: Discussion (27 Nov 2019)
Kate O'Connell: I did not suggest that, as Dr. Henchion knows. I suggest that we already have-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Working Group on Access to Contraception: Discussion (27 Nov 2019)
Kate O'Connell: I am opposed to the idea that oral contraceptives from pharmacies would be the only measure we take. There is easier access in many other countries. There are now online doctor services, which is a total game changer. It is more advantageous for a patient's outcomes to interface with his or her experienced community pharmacy rather than interacting with a doctor online. The horse has...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Working Group on Access to Contraception: Discussion (27 Nov 2019)
Kate O'Connell: Absolutely. It should be a part of it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (27 Nov 2019)
Kate O'Connell: I congratulate Mr. Gunning on his appointment and I wish him the best of luck. I thank the project team for delivering to date. The hospital cannot come quick enough. I attended the accident and emergency department at Crumlin hospital last Sunday with a child. The lack of facilities is shocking. Deputy Donnelly spoke about the rotavirus and RSV in young children. To my mind, it is...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (27 Nov 2019)
Kate O'Connell: There will be a continuous flow through of patients.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (27 Nov 2019)
Kate O'Connell: In other words, a patient does not revert to the waiting room.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (27 Nov 2019)
Kate O'Connell: In terms of the roles of Connolly Hospital and Tallaght Hospital, I was struck when I was picking up the leaflet when I was trying to get out of Crumlin that the unit in Connolly Hospital closes at the weekends so there was no alternative option. For the cohort of people who arrive in and they are not sure how sick their child is, which Dr. Curtis will be aware is commonly the case, is she...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (27 Nov 2019)
Kate O'Connell: I do not want to stray too much into the maternity hospital, but in terms of the plant and the capacity of the parent site, is there existing capacity in the infrastructure to run the maternity hospital? Perhaps this is Mr. Gunning's area. For want of a better way of putting it, is there capacity to plug the maternity hospital into the existing plant or will we have to upgrade the plant and...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (27 Nov 2019)
Kate O'Connell: I think Mr. Barry referred to the building energy rating, BER. Was it always the case that we were looking for this rating or did the application happen during the design or post the design stage? My concern is about the cost. While I am in favour of it, and think it is positive to get a 60% to 70% reduction in current output, which is to be welcomed in terms of climate and costs, but is...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (27 Nov 2019)
Kate O'Connell: Following on from Deputy Durkan's questions about the slowing of the project in terms of construction costs and concrete costs, prefabricated pieces are coming in and there is also pouring on site into shuttering in the normal way. Is it as simple as supply and demand or have there been any other identifiable or quantifiable overruns on concrete?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (27 Nov 2019)
Kate O'Connell: I understand that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (27 Nov 2019)
Kate O'Connell: Surely the children's hospital is buying more concrete than anyone else right now and more prefabricated units, so it must have the upper hand in terms of buying power. I am not suggesting that someone who wants just a load of concrete should not get it, but surely the company constructing a building such as the children's hospital that requires so much concrete is in a stronger position...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (27 Nov 2019)
Kate O'Connell: I can see how much concrete has been used.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (27 Nov 2019)
Kate O'Connell: So we are getting our fill of concrete.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (27 Nov 2019)
Kate O'Connell: I think Deputy O'Reilly referred to claims when I was momentarily absent, additional claims on top of the guaranteed maximum price, GMP, have been submitted by the contractor, which is fairly normal. Did Mr. Barry say that more than 50% of those claims to date have been paid?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (27 Nov 2019)
Kate O'Connell: They say they want €1,000 for that window and the board says it will give €800 and the quantity surveyor, QS, says-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (27 Nov 2019)
Kate O'Connell: Is the total cost of just about 50% of those claims submitted under €1 million?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (27 Nov 2019)
Kate O'Connell: In terms of prioritising or triaging the claims, is it the case that the little ones are dealt with first or is it just pot luck?