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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (21 Feb 2017)

Michael Harty: 609. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will expedite an application for a driving retest for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8327/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licensing Exchange Agreements (21 Feb 2017)

Michael Harty: 614. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if driving licences are accepted from some Canadian provinces in view of the fact the holder of a licence from the province of British Columbia cannot transfer to an Irish licence without preparing for and sitting a driving test here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8393/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Funding (21 Feb 2017)

Michael Harty: 641. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will rescind the withdrawal of counselling grants in the interest of vulnerable children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8354/17]

Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2017)

Michael Harty: Ireland is the only remaining EU member state yet to ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Ireland signed the convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in 2007 and has since given repeated commitments to ratification, yet it has taken ten years to take into account the need to ensure all necessary legislative and administrative requirements under...

Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2017)

Michael Harty: The explanatory memorandum of the Bill states “legislative clarity” is needed on residential care facilities. Who has the statutory responsibility for making a decision that a patient should not leave residential care for health and safety reasons and what appeals should be in place to give legal clarity to it? The convention represents a substantial shift from the medical...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Michael Harty: This is a quarterly meeting with the Minister for Health and the director general of the HSE. The purpose of this afternoon's meeting is to allow the Minister and his officials, and the director general and his staff, to update the committee members on key health care issues. On behalf of the committee I welcome the Minister for Health, Deputy Simon Harris, who is accompanied by Ministers...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Michael Harty: Unfortunately, the Minister's script-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Michael Harty: It arrived at 1.25 p.m.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Michael Harty: I now ask Mr. Tony O'Brien to make his opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Michael Harty: I thank Mr. O'Brien. We will now open up the discussion to members of the committee. We will take members in groups of three. The first group consists of Deputies Alan Kelly and Louise O'Reilly and Senator Colm Burke.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Michael Harty: Thank you, Deputy. I call Senator Colm Burke as the final member to ask questions in this section.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Michael Harty: I thank the Senator. Would the Minister like to start with some of those questions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Michael Harty: As a number of members of the committee are waiting to contribute, I ask the Minister, in the interests of conserving time, to respond to the questions that were asked about nurse recruitment, stretch budgets, domiciliary care allowance and anomaly scans.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Michael Harty: The Deputy also asked questions about anomaly scans and a deficit in the HSE budget this year.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Michael Harty: We will move on to Senator Colm Burke's questions about obstetrics and gynaecology.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Michael Harty: I thank Mr. Woods. There was one other question about managerial numbers rising by almost 1,700.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Michael Harty: We will move on to questions from some other members because time is precious. I call Deputies Kelleher, O'Connell, Durkan and O'Mahony.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Michael Harty: I thank Deputy Billy Kelleher for his-----.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Michael Harty: He hit it on the button. It was ten minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Michael Harty: They are on their way to Holles Street.