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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Catheterisation Laboratory Clinical Review: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)
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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Catheterisation Laboratory Clinical Review: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)
Michael Harty: Please, Deputy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Catheterisation Laboratory Clinical Review: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)
Michael Harty: On behalf of the committee, I thank Dr. Herity for attending at short notice and engaging in an open and informative manner.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Catheterisation Laboratory Clinical Review: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)
Michael Harty: We will now meet representatives from hospitals in the south east in regard to the Herity clinical review of provision of a second catheterisation laboratory at University Hospital Waterford. On behalf of the committee, I welcome Dr. Patrick Owens and Dr. Mark Doyle from University Hospital Waterford, Dr. Aidan Buckley from Wexford General Hospital and Dr. Niall Colwell from South Tipperary...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Catheterisation Laboratory Clinical Review: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)
Michael Harty: I thank Dr. Owens. I will now open the meeting to the floor. We will take groups of three and the first group is Deputies David Cullinane, Mary Butler and Senator Coffey.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Catheterisation Laboratory Clinical Review: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)
Michael Harty: Before I bring in Deputes Halligan, Kelleher and O'Connell, I have a question for the witnesses. I understand that Waterford is the only catheterisation lab in the country that does not provide 24-7 cover. Is that correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Catheterisation Laboratory Clinical Review: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)
Michael Harty: Is it Dr. Owen's belief that it needs to be a 24-7 unit? What would be required for the unit to operate on that basis? What would be the infrastructural requirements?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Catheterisation Laboratory Clinical Review: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)
Michael Harty: Would that be the first stepping stone, to go from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., five days a week to 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., seven days a week?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Catheterisation Laboratory Clinical Review: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)
Michael Harty: Does Dr. Owens believe the volume is there to justify that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Catheterisation Laboratory Clinical Review: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)
Michael Harty: We will have to discuss that in private session.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Catheterisation Laboratory Clinical Review: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)
Michael Harty: They can express a recommendation. I have one or two questions. Is primary percutaneous coronary intervention, PCI, still being provided at University Hospital Waterford?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Catheterisation Laboratory Clinical Review: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)
Michael Harty: Has the position remain unchanged or have changes been introduced as a result of the Herity report?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Catheterisation Laboratory Clinical Review: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)
Michael Harty: Have consultants working in centres providing a 24-7 service expressed a view on the Herity report? Are the witnesses at one with their colleagues on this issue or is there a divergence of views across cardiology?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Catheterisation Laboratory Clinical Review: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)
Michael Harty: I asked Dr. Herity a question on thrombolytic therapy as opposed to primary PCI. What are the figures on outcomes because these are two different areas? Do the witnesses have comparative figures on outcomes for these areas?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Catheterisation Laboratory Clinical Review: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)
Michael Harty: We will discuss the views of the doctors from the south east in private session prior to our next meeting.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Catheterisation Laboratory Clinical Review: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)
Michael Harty: We can bring that suggestion back to the full committee at its next hearing in private session.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Catheterisation Laboratory Clinical Review: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)
Michael Harty: Perhaps Deputy O'Connell could send her suggestion into the secretariat and we will feed it into the discussion next week.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Catheterisation Laboratory Clinical Review: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)
Michael Harty: That is correct and the committee will consider the recommendation of the doctors from the south east when it meets next week.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Catheterisation Laboratory Clinical Review: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)
Michael Harty: On behalf of the committee, I thank Dr. Owens, Dr. Doyle, Dr. Buckley and Dr. Colwell for giving us their expert opinion on the services and on the report.
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Programmes (14 Feb 2017)
Michael Harty: 199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out in the number of tourism and hospitality skills training positions allocated to County Clare in 2015 and 2016; the amount of funding allocated to County Clare for tourism and hospitality skills training in 2015 and 2016; the agency or body that has oversight and responsibility for hospitality and tourism skills development policy;...