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- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 15 - Development of Primary Care Centres (5 Dec 2019) Bobby Aylward: Why do they not have the diagnostics?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 15 - Development of Primary Care Centres (5 Dec 2019) Bobby Aylward: If there has been a failure in the system's roll-out over the past 20 years, can a way to rectify that be identified? Is it down to money? Are GPs not interested in rolling it out? Is it down to structures or grant aid? What is the main failing? Why has it not been taken up more? The centres in Kilkenny, in my constituency, are working brilliantly and there are plans for more, but those...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 15 - Development of Primary Care Centres (5 Dec 2019) Bobby Aylward: I wish to ask about the 127 centres that are up and running. Mr. Reid might not have this information off the top of his head. Where are they mainly based? Are they well spread around the country? Are they focused in Dublin and the other cities? Are there areas or counties that are very neglected in respect of primary care?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 15 - Development of Primary Care Centres (5 Dec 2019) Bobby Aylward: Are they well spread geographically?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 15 - Development of Primary Care Centres (5 Dec 2019) Bobby Aylward: I want to move on to the different methods of rolling out private care, which include lease agreements, PPPs and HSE direct builds. Which of these methods is the most prominent? Which of them involves the best system? Which of them is the most effective? As we go forward, which of these methods will be of most use as we try to get the other projects - two thirds of the total - up and...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 15 - Development of Primary Care Centres (5 Dec 2019) Bobby Aylward: I ask Mr. Reid to explain each of them as he goes along. Which of them is the best? I presume the lease agreement method involves leasing a building. I understand what is involved in PPPs. Someone comes in from the private sector as part of a partnership. The HSE builds some of these facilities directly itself. I ask Mr. Reid to explain each of these methods. Which of them is the most...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 15 - Development of Primary Care Centres (5 Dec 2019) Bobby Aylward: Which is best for the taxpayer?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 15 - Development of Primary Care Centres (5 Dec 2019) Bobby Aylward: I would like to ask about the level of interest among GPs. Some GPs throughout the country seem to be reluctant to get involved in PCCs. What kind of grant aid is there for a GP who wishes to set up in such a centre? I assume assistance is provided as part of the effort to get full primary care services in place. Is a certain percentage of the cost provided as grant aid to get people...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 15 - Development of Primary Care Centres (5 Dec 2019) Bobby Aylward: Is there no grant aid at all for setting up or building a primary care centre?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 15 - Development of Primary Care Centres (5 Dec 2019) Bobby Aylward: Does the HSE target centres of population? I presume a small village of a couple of hundred people would not have a primary care centre. Does the HSE focus on bigger towns with larger populations? Are certain areas targeted? What criteria are used when a decision is being made on whether a primary care centre should be rolled out in a certain area? What are the population criteria?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 15 - Development of Primary Care Centres (5 Dec 2019) Bobby Aylward: Naturally, if PPPs are involved, business people are there to make money. Does the HSE have a problem with such people targeting certain areas? There could be too many primary care facilities in a place like Kilkenny city and no primary care facilities in smaller towns where they are needed. Do people look at the potential footfall and profitability of projects? Can it happen that there...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 15 - Development of Primary Care Centres (5 Dec 2019) Bobby Aylward: Does the HSE provide a licence?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 15 - Development of Primary Care Centres (5 Dec 2019) Bobby Aylward: Can the HSE dictate where these are located?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 15 - Development of Primary Care Centres (5 Dec 2019) Bobby Aylward: Last night, a colleague of mine asked me to raise the case of the centre in the Rowlagh area of Clondalkin. I do not know whether I can ask about individual centres. Planning permission has been given. It has been six years in the making, but no progress is being made now. Is it allowable to ask about an individual centre?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 15 - Development of Primary Care Centres (5 Dec 2019) Bobby Aylward: Is it in the-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 15 - Development of Primary Care Centres (5 Dec 2019) Bobby Aylward: Will it be one of the early ones to come on-stream?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 15 - Development of Primary Care Centres (5 Dec 2019) Bobby Aylward: Mr. Reid spoke about home supports. It is a problem we all encounter. I refer to home care hours. It is a help to keep people at home. It is obvious that there is not enough funding to facilitate the demand. Will more personnel and funding be made available to keep people in their homes as long as they can? There is a significant demand on the home support framework that we have, with...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 15 - Development of Primary Care Centres (5 Dec 2019) Bobby Aylward: Are we getting good value for money from home care? I accept there is more funding. We are grateful for getting more funding, and 1 million more home care hours as well, but it is still not fulfilling the demand. What level of demand does the HSE want to fulfil to keep people out of hospital, off trolleys and from holding up beds in hospitals? Does Mr. Reid agree the way forward is more...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 15 - Development of Primary Care Centres (5 Dec 2019) Bobby Aylward: That brings me on to my final question. I was approached by people who work for the HSE providing home care regarding agencies. There seems to be a bit of conflict, at least in my area, about the HSE employing agency staff instead of employing people directly. What is Mr. Reid's opinion on that? Why does the HSE use agencies when people are available who could do the work and are employed...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 15 - Development of Primary Care Centres (5 Dec 2019) Bobby Aylward: I am told agencies cost more than direct employment. Is that true?