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Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Data (28 Mar 2018)

Jim Daly: As this is a service matter I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Provision (28 Mar 2018)

Jim Daly: As this is a service matter I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (28 Mar 2018)

Jim Daly: Fáiltím roimh an deis labhairt leis an gcoiste. I welcome this opportunity to address the select committee on the Revised Estimates for 2018 for the Department's Vote 38. Unlike many other Votes, the health Vote is not configured along programme lines. While the Department is working towards the development of programme budgeting, this will take some time as the financial systems...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (28 Mar 2018)

Jim Daly: I thank the Chairman and members for their attention and questioning thus far. I will answer to the best of my ability. I do not have the answers for all of the questions but anything I can answer I will to the best of my ability and anything I fail to answer I will come back to the members directly or to the committee with more detailed information. Deputy Kelleher spoke about...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (28 Mar 2018)

Jim Daly: The Chairman will appreciate I will not go into this type of discussion here. I will not negotiate the GP contract across the floor with anybody or go into its details. I have made some points on this. I addressed the National Association of General Practitioners, NAGP, over the weekend and I am merely reiterating some of the points I made to the GPs there. It is not in my gift. I will...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (28 Mar 2018)

Jim Daly: As I understand it, it is operations carried out at home.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (28 Mar 2018)

Jim Daly: I will ask the Minister to revert to Deputy O'Reilly directly on that. I will address the rest of her questions as best I can, but a number of them are staffing related. I know this is her background and interest but I cannot go into that level of detail as to how many staff are apportioned to new beds and what percentage will go on staffing. These are operational matters and are done by...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (28 Mar 2018)

Jim Daly: All I can do is repeat what I said to the Deputy. I do not manage or micro-manage those operations at that level, even within my own area of responsibility. It has nothing to do with whether the Minister, Deputy Simon Harris, or any Minister of State is here. In my area, I do not micro-manage the system as suggested. The HSE is in place to deliver the services. It is an operational...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (28 Mar 2018)

Jim Daly: There would be a person answering the telephone who would be appropriately qualified to signpost where people should attend. If one says one is Jim Daly from Clonakilty and has an ongoing feeling of anxiety in the stomach that has not gone away in two weeks-----

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (28 Mar 2018)

Jim Daly: The person answering the telephone would say the most appropriate thing would be to call to Jigsaw in Bandon, for example, rather than figuring it out oneself. We are also examining the delivery of the solutions online and through texting facilities whereby people could text and receive a response. A lot of our research shows that young people are much more comfortable texting than...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (28 Mar 2018)

Jim Daly: Every four or five weeks, I meet the groups to receive an update on the work. There is a lot of work involved. I hate setting a timeline because I may not be able to live up to it. I am confident, however, that by the end of the year I will have very significant progress made on this, irrespective of whether the telephone number will be available then. There are many challenges because...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (28 Mar 2018)

Jim Daly: The Deputy asked me about Bantry General Hospital. I met the management there last Monday. I met senior management from the South/South West Hospital Group. There is a proposal, of which the Deputy has been very supportive, to develop the rehabilitation and endoscopy facilities. Both projects have gone to the HSE and have been technically cleared. They have proceeded to the Department...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (28 Mar 2018)

Jim Daly: Will the Chairman repeat the last question?

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (28 Mar 2018)

Jim Daly: Deputy O'Connell asked about online therapies. She offered to have a conversation with me afterwards. Shall I do that or does the Chairman want me to go through it on the record?

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (28 Mar 2018)

Jim Daly: I was not 100% clear whether the Deputy was talking about the phone line or the online service. I think she referred to the online service but when she spoke further, it was more about the phone line. She said that it would be assumed that certainly the online delivery of any mental health therapy would done in primary care centres under the guidance of the GP. I think she seemed to be...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (28 Mar 2018)

Jim Daly: Obviously, they are taking on a degree of responsibility when they are referring so they would need to have an appropriate qualification and they must be a triage person because they would have to be able to detect if it is much more serious than the person presenting says it is. For example, has the person suicidal ideation? The person at the other end of a phone line would need a level of...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (28 Mar 2018)

Jim Daly: As a result of Deputy Durkan's contribution today, I will certainly ensure that there is more liaison with the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection as we progress that statutory scheme. Waiting lists were referred to. Why are there waiting lists? I know the point being made. Why can we not deal with everything today or tomorrow? It is not all about money, but money...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (28 Mar 2018)

Jim Daly: I have heard that argument being made. Senator Colm Burke makes much of that.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (28 Mar 2018)

Jim Daly: We have to be careful. A lot of administrators are front-line staff. People assume that administrators are people in back offices, pushing paper around. However, they are involved in processing medical cards and things like that. We must think carefully about whether we want to institute a pause on the hiring of administrators. Deputies should feel free to-----

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (28 Mar 2018)

Jim Daly: I take the Deputy's point on board, but I am not sure that there is any policy of focusing on additional administrative staff instead of front-line staff within the HSE. I can only speak for myself however. If we want to be pedantic about it and talk about what administrators do, I am sure they would argue that a lot of their time is spent dealing with the political process, that is,...