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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Michael Harty: Thank you, Minister. I invite Mr. Reid to make his opening statement.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Michael Harty: We agreed to a period of 12 minutes for each member for questions and answers and there will be a second opportunity to ask questions if everybody observes this limit. Everybody should have an equal opportunity.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Michael Harty: The Deputy has one more minute.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Michael Harty: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Michael Harty: The Deputy can have one further minute and I was to allow the Minister to reply.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Michael Harty: Deputy Kelly needs to give the Minister an opportunity to respond.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Michael Harty: Sorry, Deputy, we understand your frustration and we all share it but-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Michael Harty: I call Senator Colm Burke.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Michael Harty: I ask Mr. Reid to send that information on to the committee as well as to Senator Burke. Deputy Durkan is next and he has 12 minutes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Michael Harty: The Deputy has another two minutes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Michael Harty: I will move on.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Michael Harty: The Deputy has one minute left.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Michael Harty: I ask the Deputy to put her question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Michael Harty: I ask the Deputy to put her question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Michael Harty: The Deputy should give the Minister an opportunity to answer.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Michael Harty: Before I call our non-members, I wish to go back to an issue Deputy Kelly raised. We have a very serious problem in University Hospital Limerick. The problems facing hospitals in general are capacity, consultant numbers and diagnostics. One of the critical points in Limerick is the lack of a second MRI scanner. I know that Mr. Reid mentioned the HSE is considering whether to buy or lease...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Michael Harty: What is the timeline, then, for the provision of the scanner? Will it be provided this year? Will it be provided before Christmas?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Michael Harty: Can we then expect a second MRI scanner in Limerick in the next eight weeks?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Michael Harty: Is there an expectation that the scanner will be there before the end of the year?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Michael Harty: I thank the Minister. The second point I wish to make concerns the trolley problem. In the month of September the number of people on trolleys was 40% higher than in the same month last year, so whatever reforms are happening or whatever the Minister is doing is quite patently not working. I will give him some examples. Moving away from trolleys, there are patients suffering greatly...