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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Maternity Strategy: Discussion (19 Jan 2017)
Michael Harty: We have two Senators, and I will be remaining so we will continue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Maternity Strategy: Discussion (19 Jan 2017)
Michael Harty: To guide the meeting through a thematic approach, perhaps Mr. Woods can discuss the mastership model the governorship model. From the Cork experience we have seen that being part of a hospital group, and not having autonomous structures in place, is leading to a less than optimal service. Perhaps Mr. Woods could comment on that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Maternity Strategy: Discussion (19 Jan 2017)
Michael Harty: So Mr. Woods does not see the mastership model being extended to maternity units that do not have a mastership model at the moment?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Maternity Strategy: Discussion (19 Jan 2017)
Michael Harty: This morning Dr. Boylan told us that the present structures in Cork do not work and will not work unless there is an adoption of a mastership type structure where there is immediate accountability both clinically and otherwise. Such a structure works in the major maternity hospitals in Dublin. Why would that not be adopted rather than be set aside?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Maternity Strategy: Discussion (19 Jan 2017)
Michael Harty: This morning we heard evidence that funding for gynaecology services, but perhaps for obstetrics as well, gets lost in the reduction in services and funding. As spoken about this morning, there is a necessity for funding to be ring-fenced to protect obstetrics and gynaecology services. If funding is not ring-fenced then the obstetrics and gynaecology sector will lose out as it is the first...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Maternity Strategy: Discussion (19 Jan 2017)
Michael Harty: I was about to ask Mr. Woods to move on to the deficits in ultrasound availability.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Maternity Strategy: Discussion (19 Jan 2017)
Michael Harty: What does Mr. Woods think is inhibiting the provision of this basic obstetric service? It seems that some people are unable to routine scans and screening scans as a matter of course. One would imagine that such scans are an essential part of obstetric care. How could the service be so deficient?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Maternity Strategy: Discussion (19 Jan 2017)
Michael Harty: Is it accepted in the HSE that investing in ultrasound would lead to significant savings in the future? It would help identify illnesses in unborn babies before they are delivered and could prevent litigation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Maternity Strategy: Discussion (19 Jan 2017)
Michael Harty: On the questions of recruitment and consultant numbers, there is a belief that we are 100 consultants short. We were advised to have 180 consultants. We have 130. Our number is low by comparison with other EU countries.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Maternity Strategy: Discussion (19 Jan 2017)
Michael Harty: Another point raised was the attrition rate in midwifery nursing schools, which is 25%. That means that in the third and fourth years of nursing training, we are losing 25% of potential graduates. Not only are we failing to recruit and retain but we are failing to educate those who have entered but found the working conditions far too onerous. How could this be approached?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Maternity Strategy: Discussion (19 Jan 2017)
Michael Harty: Is there a deficiency in the way student midwives are selected? Should there be an interview process or some other form of interaction allowing nurses to realise what they are getting into while giving support to continue the education?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Maternity Strategy: Discussion (19 Jan 2017)
Michael Harty: If there are no other contributions, I thank Ms Fitzgerald, Mr. Woods and Mr. McGrane for attending the committee. I apologise for going over on time because our previous visitors were so interesting and engaging. I also apologise for the structures of how the Oireachtas functions but when a vote is called, one must go.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Maternity Strategy: Discussion (19 Jan 2017)
Michael Harty: We will discuss overcrowding in accident and emergency departments at our next meeting.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2017)
Michael Harty: In regard to Brexit and its potential effects on the action plan for rural Ireland unveiled yesterday, which is a welcome recognition of what rural Deputies on all sides of the House have been seeking for many years, will the Taoiseach outline to the House how he envisages protecting rural areas from a hard Brexit, which appears to the model the British Government is to pursue, given the...
- Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2017)
Michael Harty: My main concern is the strategy which Ireland is taking in Brexit negotiations. Ireland needs to take an independent line rather than being tied exclusively to the pan-European negotiation stance which does not represent our unique interests and vulnerabilities, in particular, in agriculture. We must be proactive and strong in our critical demands at the negotiation table and be as forceful...
- Tracker Mortgages: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2017)
Michael Harty: The problem with banks is they seem to operate without reference to ethical standards. Too often they do not seem to appreciate the difference between right and wrong or good and bad behaviour. It does not seem to bother their conscience that overcharging on mortgages results in families either losing their homes or being subject to the most horrendous stress, both financial and emotional....
- Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Dr. Brian Turner (25 Jan 2017)
Michael Harty: I thank Dr. Turner for coming before the committee. I have two questions. When the CEO of the HSE, Mr. Tony O'Brien, appeared before the committee a number of weeks ago, he referred to the need for transitional investment funding to stimulate a change in the system to make it more efficient, change the emphasis from being on secondary care to primary care and begin the transfer of resources...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Emergency Department Overcrowding: Discussion (25 Jan 2017)
Michael Harty: This is the first of two sessions on overcrowding in emergency departments, the purpose of which is to engage with the Irish Association of Emergency Medicine, ICTU and Patient Focus. The HSE will attend for the second session. On behalf of the committee, I welcome Dr. Emily O'Conor of the Irish Association of Emergency Medicine, IAEM, Ms Patricia King, general secretary of ICTU, Mr. Liam...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Emergency Department Overcrowding: Discussion (25 Jan 2017)
Michael Harty: I thank Dr. Emily O’Conor for her opening statement. I invite Ms Patricia King of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions to make her opening statement.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Emergency Department Overcrowding: Discussion (25 Jan 2017)
Michael Harty: I thank Ms King. The next speaker is Ms Brigid Doherty from Patient Focus.