Results 3,321-3,340 of 3,871 for speaker:Catherine Byrne

Select Committee on Health: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2019)

Catherine Byrne: I move amendment No. 2: In page 6, between lines 35 and 36, to insert the following: "(b) in subsection (2)— (i) in paragraph (a), by the substitution of "subsection (1)," for "subsection (1), and", (ii) in paragraph (b), by the substitution of "functions, or" for "functions.", and (iii) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (b): "(c) subject to...

Select Committee on Health: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2019)

Catherine Byrne: A health needs assessment must be done at least annually to inform the service plan. Specific guidelines have to developed on the criteria that will apply to the health needs assessment.

Select Committee on Health: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2019)

Catherine Byrne: Yes.

Select Committee on Health: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2019)

Catherine Byrne: Yes.

Select Committee on Health: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2019)

Catherine Byrne: It is not done at the moment.

Select Committee on Health: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2019)

Catherine Byrne: The needs assessment.

Select Committee on Health: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2019)

Catherine Byrne: That is correct.

Select Committee on Health: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2019)

Catherine Byrne: No.

Select Committee on Health: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2019)

Catherine Byrne: From next year.

Select Committee on Health: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2019)

Catherine Byrne: Yes, it will be under this legislation.

Select Committee on Health: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2019)

Catherine Byrne: It may be that they will be included but we need to look at best international evidence.

Select Committee on Health: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2019)

Catherine Byrne: My official can answer.

Select Committee on Health: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2019)

Catherine Byrne: That is all right. I am being guided by the officials accompanying me. I ask the committee to bear with me. It will be mandatory from the Minister and it will say that the HSE should carry it out. The Minister may specify that it be done. If he does so, the HSE must carry it out. If the Minister gives the instruction, it will be done.

Select Committee on Health: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2019)

Catherine Byrne: I cannot answer that.

Select Committee on Health: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2019)

Catherine Byrne: It is to give parameters for the Minister. Therefore, it is the Minister who will make those decisions.

Select Committee on Health: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2019)

Catherine Byrne: Yes.

Select Committee on Health: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2019)

Catherine Byrne: I will try to answer the Deputy's question. It is up to the Minister to define the list of criteria and instruct the HSE to carry out the decisions.

Select Committee on Health: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2019)

Catherine Byrne: It is advisory, but when the list goes out to the HSE it will be mandatory.

Select Committee on Health: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2019)

Catherine Byrne: I have been advised that the list may be changed and other criteria may be added.

Select Committee on Health: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2019)

Catherine Byrne: A process is under way to address this. It will be a continuous process as we journey through the Sláintecare plan.