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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee
Foetal Anti-Convulsant Syndrome: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: On the plan, I imagine parents have a fear that while this important work goes on, nothing might be seen on the ground for months or even years. Can Mr. McGrane give any reassurance to the parents as to when they might expect to see service provision to their children?

National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: The withholding of important information from patients is completely unacceptable. What we have seen so far in the case of CervicalCheck is nothing short of an outrage. It constitutes a fundamental breach of trust between patients, their doctors and the HSE and it has led to widespread fear and anger across Ireland in the past few days, and I will speak to that shortly. Before I do so, I...

National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Minister for agreeing to this question and answer session, which will be very useful. I will begin by addressing the new information the Minister revealed to the Chamber this evening. There is a great deal of public confusion, fear and anger on this issue. Women have asked me if they might get a phone call to tell them the caller is very sorry but the woman has cervical...

National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Minister for that. I will move on to the second question shortly, which is around actions to date, but to come back to the issue of the current level of fear, I ask the Minister to consider any other possible measures that could be taken in terms of public communications tonight, tomorrow or in the coming days. I am very happy to offer Fianna Fáil's support or co-operation...

National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: On the same question, and I appreciate we are all pressed on time, can we take it there was no follow-up from the Minister at the time?

National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Minister. The final question I want to ask is around this conspiracy of silence because this is not an isolated case of one official or one doctor. The HSE has a 300 page policy document on open disclosure and yet what we have here is evidence of widespread and, I would argue, systematic withholding of patient information. We know there is a circular stating that doctors should...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Data (1 May 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 259. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of implementing the framework for safe nurse staffing and skill mix in all acute hospital settings; the number of additional nursing staff, that is, whole-time equivalent that would be required for the implementation of the framework in all acute hospital settings; and the number of additional health care assistants, that is,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (1 May 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 315. To ask the Minister for Health if the NCCP has drawn up a plan for the development of an integrated cancer control and surveillance service for defined population subgroups with an inherited familial predisposition to cancer. [19066/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (1 May 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 316. To ask the Minister for Health if an investigation has taken place into the reason for the variation in screening uptake rates in different counties for CervicalCheck. [19070/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (1 May 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 320. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his plans for financial assistance for fertility treatment; the criteria attached in this regard; the proposed timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19118/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Medical Council Specialist Register: Discussion (2 May 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: Chairman, I will wait. The questions I wish to ask are relevant to each other so I need responses to them as we go, if that is okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Medical Council Specialist Register: Discussion (2 May 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: I will bring the conversation back to what the committee was for today. We are talking about doctors going to the Middle East and I know it is related but the committee meeting today is about doctors working as consultants in Ireland who are not on the specialist register. That is why we are here. We are all aware of the CervicalCheck scandal that has emerged over the last few days. It is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Medical Council Specialist Register: Discussion (2 May 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: I do not mean to cut across Professor Murray. This morning, we are trying to have a conversation about specialists being registered and it moves off to why it is so difficult to hire doctors. I do not mean to cut across Professor Murray but, in the interests of time, can I get an answer to the question? I do not want to get into a conversation on why it is hard to hire doctors. I know the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Medical Council Specialist Register: Discussion (2 May 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: I appreciate that point. I acknowledge that recruitment and retention is a really important conversation but that is not what I asked about. Thus far, the answer that has been given to my question is that it is the doctor's employer. Who is a doctor's employer? Is it the hospital? Is it the HSE? Who ultimately is accountable for what is happening? Is it individual hospitals?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Medical Council Specialist Register: Discussion (2 May 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank Professor Murray for his answer. Do we have a situation in Ireland where a rogue hospital could, because of the severe difficulties in hiring specialists, start employing unqualified people, put them in specialist roles and present them to the public as specialists? Is that possible? Is there no higher authority in the State, within the Medical Council, the Department of Health,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Medical Council Specialist Register: Discussion (2 May 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: Ms Mannion has said that it is regulated. Who is the regulator?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Medical Council Specialist Register: Discussion (2 May 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: Is it the Medical Council?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Medical Council Specialist Register: Discussion (2 May 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: The HSE says that the Medical Council is in charge of regulating this issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Medical Council Specialist Register: Discussion (2 May 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: The HSE has said that the Medical Council is in charge of that but Dr. Breslin has said the Medical Council is not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Medical Council Specialist Register: Discussion (2 May 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: Does Ms Mannion mean the hiring of doctors?