Results 441-460 of 3,998 for speaker:Michael Harty

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (14 Feb 2017)

Michael Harty: 629. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the recent spate of accidents on the M18 between Crusheen and Gort is solely caused by speeding drivers through localised hail showers or if there are any design, construction or maintenance issues which may be responsible for recurring problems on this stretch of motorway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6956/17]

Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)

Michael Harty: The substantive reason for Sinn Féin's motion of no confidence in this Fine Gael-led minority Government is the assertion that the controversy over Sergeant Maurice McCabe has been mishandled and cannot be properly investigated. There is no doubt that Sergeant McCabe has been grossly mistreated by senior management of An Garda Síochána and Tusla and several inquiries have...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (15 Feb 2017)

Michael Harty: 202. To ask the Minister for Health if there will be any increase in the number of home help hours provided in 2017 in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7476/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (15 Feb 2017)

Michael Harty: 245. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive the 2016 GLAS payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7472/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Maternity Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Feb 2017)

Michael Harty: The purpose of this morning's meeting is to engage with representatives from the Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and the Association for Improvements in the Maternity Services, AIMS, Ireland, in regard to the national maternity strategy 2016-2026. This meeting follows on from our meeting on the same subject on 19 January at which the Institute of Obstetricians and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Maternity Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Feb 2017)

Michael Harty: I invite the Association for Improvements in the Maternity Services Ireland to make its opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Maternity Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Feb 2017)

Michael Harty: I thank the witnesses for their opening statements. I will now ask members of the committee to submit their questions. The first group is Senator Colm Burke, Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony, and Deputy Louise O'Reilly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Maternity Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Feb 2017)

Michael Harty: Does Professor Kenny wish to answer some of the questions posed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Maternity Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Feb 2017)

Michael Harty: I thank Professor Kenny.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Maternity Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Feb 2017)

Michael Harty: I thank Dr. Boylan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Maternity Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Feb 2017)

Michael Harty: I thank Dr. Lynch and call Ms Breda Kerans.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Maternity Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Feb 2017)

Michael Harty: I thank Ms Kerans. Before I bring in Deputies Kate O'Connell and Bernard Durkan, I have a number of questions for the witnesses. Surely the 20-week scan is a medical necessity rather than an option. I would imagine that both the first trimester scan and the anatomy scan are of medical importance, so it should be an absolute necessity to offer it rather than an optional offer. Is there a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Maternity Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Feb 2017)

Michael Harty: There is a little frisson of political uncertainty around this morning so members might be distracted.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Maternity Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Feb 2017)

Michael Harty: I get a sense that members are anxious to go.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Maternity Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Feb 2017)

Michael Harty: I will go back to the issue of autonomy in relation to the management of maternity units. It is an issue that has been brought up on many occasions in regard to all our hospital services, that there is a problem with autonomy, certainly at clinical level, within hospital services. There are a number of members present who are also members of the Committee on the Future of Healthcare and we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Maternity Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Feb 2017)

Michael Harty: If the institute would prepare a paper, it would be wonderful. I am not sure if that committee has space. It is going to produce its report at the end of April. I thank the witness for his insights.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Maternity Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Feb 2017)

Michael Harty: On behalf of the committee, I thank Professor Louise Kenny, Dr. Peter Boylan, Dr. Krysia Lynch and Ms Breda Kerans, for giving evidence on the national maternity strategy. As there is no other business, the joint committee is adjourned until next Wednesday when the Minister and the HSE will be in for the quarterly meeting.

Public Services and Procurement (Social Value) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Feb 2017)

Michael Harty: As far back as 2012, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform issued a circular to all public bodies on the importance of maximising the value for money achievable when procuring goods and services. The public service managers were told that the Office of Government Procurement and the National Procurement Service were designed to optimise benefits to the public service through the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Exemptions (21 Feb 2017)

Michael Harty: 164. To ask the Minister for Finance if voluntary community organisations involved in the extension and maintenance of local graveyards can be exempted from VAT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8495/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Exemptions (21 Feb 2017)

Michael Harty: 165. To ask the Minister for Finance if voluntary community organisations involved in the extension and maintenance of local graveyards can be exempted from VAT, as in a case (detail supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8510/17]