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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Centre for Health Policy and Management, Trinity College Dublin (1 Mar 2023)

Martin Conway: Does Dr. Burke think the Sláintecare programme board that has been established, with the Secretary General and the CEO of the HSE as co-chairs, is a structure that has the authority to drive it forward? Does she have more confidence in that structure?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Centre for Health Policy and Management, Trinity College Dublin (1 Mar 2023)

Martin Conway: Does Dr. Burke think the appointment of those two individuals - I refer not to them personally but to their positions - presents a conflict of interest in driving the change agenda?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Centre for Health Policy and Management, Trinity College Dublin (1 Mar 2023)

Martin Conway: The argument that might be made to counter that is that the entire healthcare system should be responsible for implementing Sláintecare.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Centre for Health Policy and Management, Trinity College Dublin (1 Mar 2023)

Martin Conway: What changes would Dr. Burke make to the Sláintecare programme board?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Centre for Health Policy and Management, Trinity College Dublin (1 Mar 2023)

Martin Conway: I accept that. What are our guests' views on the new consultant contract? Does it embody where we want to bring consultants in the context of Sláintecare?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Centre for Health Policy and Management, Trinity College Dublin (1 Mar 2023)

Martin Conway: The pandemic has shone a strong light on public health. Does Dr. Burke, having worked on the Sláintecare report, agree we are much closer now to where we want to get to with public health than she earlier envisaged we might be? Does she consider that to have been one of the upsides of the pandemic?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Centre for Health Policy and Management, Trinity College Dublin (1 Mar 2023)

Martin Conway: We are a long way from the public having a mindset whereby, if people want a public health service, they have to pay for it, and that means forgoing tax cuts. Dr. Burke posed a question to us in her opening statement regarding governance and stated it was a matter for the committee to consider in the context of the future governance architecture of Sláintecare. How does she envisage...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Centre for Health Policy and Management, Trinity College Dublin (1 Mar 2023)

Martin Conway: Turning to the regional health areas and the structure that has been proposed, should they be their own legal entity? What is Dr. Burke's view on that structure?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Centre for Health Policy and Management, Trinity College Dublin (1 Mar 2023)

Martin Conway: What is Dr. Burke's view on it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Centre for Health Policy and Management, Trinity College Dublin (1 Mar 2023)

Martin Conway: I appreciate that. We will see what the officials have to say.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Digital Accessibility Grant (7 Mar 2023)

Martin Conway: I commend Senator McGreehan on tabling an absolutely outstanding Commencement matter. If such a scheme was in place, it would transform the lives of people with vision impairments. I was quite disappointed the then Minister of State, Deputy English, was not able to facilitate this when I organised a meeting. I organised another meeting last week with the Minister of State at the Department...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Passport Services (7 Mar 2023)

Martin Conway: I thank the Senator for a very practical and sensible Commencement matter.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Passport Services (7 Mar 2023)

Martin Conway: I thank the Minister of State. Before I call on Senator Ward to ask a supplementary question, I would like to welcome a group from St. Mary's school in Arklow, County Wicklow, to the Public Gallery. I hope that they have a very enjoyable day in Leinster House and find it not just enjoyable but informative as well.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Passport Services (7 Mar 2023)

Martin Conway: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Fleming, for attending the House. I thank Senator Ward for his Commencement matter.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Mar 2023)

Martin Conway: I want to acknowledge the role of the Leas-Chathaoirleach in remembering our flag and the super work he has done in that regard over the years. It is critically important that people understand the background to it. I was at the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly, BIPA, yesterday. It was a special meeting to commemorate the Good Friday Agreement and there was a lot of positivity and hope...

Seanad: Patient Safety (Notifiable Incidents and Open Disclosure) Bill 2019: Second Stage (7 Mar 2023)

Martin Conway: The Minister is very welcome to the House with what is one of the most important Bills that we will put through during this term. We have had Covid emergency legislation, and that was important, but this is critically important. That there was agreement to change the name of the Bill to the Patient Safety (Notifiable Incidents and Open Disclosure) Bill was very important because the Title...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Mar 2023)

Martin Conway: I also wish to be associated with International Women’s Day. It is an extremely important day. It is celebrated more in other countries than here. That has improved in recent years and rightly so. I support Senator Ahearn’s proposal that we have a debate with the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment specifically on the area of employment for people with...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services Staff (9 Mar 2023)

Martin Conway: The Minister of State, Deputy O'Donnell, is very welcome to the House. This is a straightforward, simple Commencement matter. I am looking to learn when the Minister for Health, Deputy Donnelly, will appoint a chief pharmaceutical officer in the Department of Health. This is commonplace throughout the world and in practically every other European country. Yet, in this country we do not...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services Staff (9 Mar 2023)

Martin Conway: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. It is very disappointing that the Department has no plans to appoint a chief pharmaceutical officer. The Minister, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, is wrong not to do so. Having such an officer in place would help to pull all the various strands together. It would facilitate the drawing up of comprehensive strategies for the short, medium and long term...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services Staff (9 Mar 2023)

Martin Conway: I thank the Minister of State.