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Post-European Council Meetings: Statements (23 Oct 2019)

Michael Harty: I only learned of this horrific incident in the Chamber this afternoon, having been in committee all morning. Following on from Deputy Crowe's question, does the Government have a view on the length of the extension? I understand the UK has requested an extension to 31 January. Does the Government consider this extension sufficient or another deadline that might not be met? What...

Public Ownership of the National Broadband Network: Motion [Private Members] (23 Oct 2019)

Michael Harty: When will this contract really be signed? People in rural Ireland are asking that question repeatedly. What will the total price of that contract be? How much is the consumer going to pay? They are the three things people in rural Ireland want to know. While the procurement process has been very complex, during the negotiations for partnership Government in April 2016, we were...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Data (23 Oct 2019)

Michael Harty: 154. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent diabetic nurse specialist posts working in UL hospital group and CHO3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43742/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (23 Oct 2019)

Michael Harty: 155. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent dietician posts delivering both hospital based and community diabetic services in the UL hospital group and CHO3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43743/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (23 Oct 2019)

Michael Harty: 156. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent consultant endocrinologist posts providing specialist diabetic services in the UL hospital group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43745/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Data (23 Oct 2019)

Michael Harty: 157. To ask the Minister for Health the persons or bodies within his Department and the HSE responsible for the delivery of diabetic care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43747/19]

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

Michael Harty: This morning we are going to look at the report of the Independent Review Group on Private Activity in Public Hospitals. I would like to welcome Dr. Donal de Buitléir, chair of the Independent Review Group on Private Activity in Public Hospitals, and Dr. Conor Keegan, research officer with the ESRI. We will be having a second session at around 11.30 a.m. at which Laura Magahy from the...

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

Michael Harty: Thank you very much, Dr. Keegan. I ask Dr. de Buitléir to make his opening statement.

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

Michael Harty: Thank you very much, Dr. de Buitléir. We will open the meeting to our members, and our first contributor is Deputy Stephen Donnelly.

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

Michael Harty: I thank Deputy Donnelly. On the answer of this question, we will move on.

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

Michael Harty: I thank Dr. de Buitléir and Deputy Donnelly and call Deputy O'Reilly.

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

Michael Harty: Deputy Kelly has just one more minute.

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

Michael Harty: I will allow only one more question. I am sure the Deputy does not want me to give him preferential treatment.

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

Michael Harty: The recommendation was that consultants should deliver services rather than having a consultant-led service.

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

Michael Harty: I thank Dr. Keegan and Dr. de Buitléir. I would like to make some comments. Most members of the joint committee sat on the Committee on the Future of Healthcare, which produced the Sláintecare report. The fundamental principle we were trying to introduce as part of the efforts to move private practice out of public hospitals was that preferential treatment would not be given to...

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

Michael Harty: I come from a discipline in which there is no discrimination between public and private patients. People come in the same door, sit in the same waiting room and are seen by appointment. It is a different system. We have created a system which is a little like Brexit. Once someone becomes entangled in a system, it is difficult to disentangle him or her from it, even though that is the...

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

Michael Harty: According to the report, there are eight types of consultant contract dating back to 1991. What Dr. de Buitléir is proposing is that in the public system, there be one contract type, namely, a public-only contract, and that if someone wished to practise private medicine, he or she would do it outside his or her public hours or as a private-only consultant.

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

Michael Harty: I thank Dr. Buitléir. I call Deputy O'Connell. We will then go around again.

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

Michael Harty: We have a second session starting at 11.45 a.m., so I ask Deputy Donnelly to put a quick-fire question.

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

Michael Harty: Sorry, we will have to move on. I know the Deputy has many questions as do we all.