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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Regulation of Home Care Provision: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: Okay. I thank the witnesses for their time. My questions are for the HSE. It seems there is broad agreement on the need for regulation in this sector.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Regulation of Home Care Provision: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: My question is for the HSE. There seems to be broad agreement on the need for regulation, although people might differ on the details of the implementation of regulation. All three bodies have said that regulation is needed. If I understand the HSE correctly, that is under way. However, it needs statutory underpinning. The first of the three issues about which I would like to hear the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Regulation of Home Care Provision: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: The State is paying €18 to €20 an hour. Roughly how much per hour are the private providers contracted by the State paying their carers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Regulation of Home Care Provision: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: What is a typical wage?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Regulation of Home Care Provision: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: I know. Mr. Healy is spending vast amounts of money. I presume he has a good sense of how much carers are getting paid.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Regulation of Home Care Provision: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: Talk to us about the variation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Regulation of Home Care Provision: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: Mr Healy does not know?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Regulation of Home Care Provision: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: The figure we were given earlier was about €11 per hour. Does that sound about right to Mr. Healy?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Regulation of Home Care Provision: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: It would be good to get it. It is just-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Regulation of Home Care Provision: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: What is driving the difference in waiting lists around the country?

Referendum of 25 May: Statements (Resumed) (31 May 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: Last Friday Ireland took a giant leap forward. For the first time in our history, women with crisis pregnancies will be treated with compassion in their own country. They will be supported, have access to professional, regulated medical care, be trusted and be able to choose in their own country. Many people deserve great credit for Friday's result. There are those who have campaigned...

Leaders' Questions (31 May 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: Yesterday, I heard the experience of one of the 209 women at the centre of the CervicalCheck scandal. About two weeks after the story broke, she got a phone call from her consultant. She was told that she was one of the 209 women whose screening was missed. She met her consultant but could not get any details as to what supports might be available. This morning, for the first time, she...

Leaders' Questions (31 May 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: It is not just a matter of individual cases. It is not the case that most of the 209 women are being supported in the way that was promised and that there are maybe a few outliers that have been missed. That is not what we hear. It is not what was said outside the gates of Leinster House yesterday, it is not what was said to me by Emma this morning and it was not what was said to me by one...

Questions on Promised Legislation (31 May 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: As the Tánaiste knows, we have a serious shortage of consultants across the country. According to the Irish Medical Organisation, there are 450 vacancies this month. The consultants' contract negotiations are still outstanding. They have not been completed. My understanding is that 127 specialist registrars are now filling these posts. This is relevant to the health (miscellaneous...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (31 May 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 174. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures in the national broadband plan which will ensure social inclusion on the basis of pricing for the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24064/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (12 Jun 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the impact of the liquidation of a company (details supplied) on the completion of schools bundle 5 public private partnership, PPP, project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25256/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (12 Jun 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 435. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans to secure a permanent site for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25603/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Services (12 Jun 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 783. To ask the Minister for Health the regulations placed on nursing homes by HIQA for dementia patients; the way in which this differs from non-dementia patients; if there is a requirement for extra nursing and care workers for dementia patients; if there is a requirement for secured accommodation for dementia patients; the average extra cost for a nursing home to accept a dementia patient;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Services (12 Jun 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 785. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant places with secured accommodation in public nursing homes, private and voluntary nursing homes, respectively in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25130/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Services (12 Jun 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 786. To ask the Minister for Health the number of secured accommodation places in public nursing homes, private and voluntary nursing homes, respectively in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25131/18]