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Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018)

Kate O'Connell: Whatever it is we can take it that €2.6 billion has been spent.

Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018)

Kate O'Connell: I am nearly done. We are talking about the national debt ratio moving down. When the recession hit, did the countries that had a low debt to GDP ratio fare any better? At the time we referred to it as GDP before GNI* was introduced. I understand that there was no real benefit when things fell. Did the low GDP to debt ratio of certain countries have any positive effect on their outcomes?...

Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018)

Kate O'Connell: Was there any point to it if the outcome was going to be bad any way? Is Mr. McCarthy saying that the low debt ratio Ireland had when we went into the programme served us well in the long term because we are exiting better than countries such as Italy? Is it a good idea to pay down debt?

Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018)

Kate O'Connell: Reference was made to the national debt and the NTMA's €20 billion to €30 billion in cash reserves. What is happening with this?

Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018)

Kate O'Connell: Sorry?

Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018)

Kate O'Connell: Sorry?

Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018)

Kate O'Connell: Blind. I can see lines.

Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018)

Kate O'Connell: Essentially we are building up a war chest to deal with the bonds that come in so Ireland is not as exposed and so we do not have to go elsewhere to get the money when they know we are really desperate for it, as happened before.

Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018)

Kate O'Connell: I thank the witnesses.

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

Kate O'Connell: I thank all present for attending, particularly the witnesses and the parents of affected families. My view is that, regardless of the causes of the conditions the children have, the State has responsibility to assist those children and their families. I am a community pharmacist. I have dispensed valproate for years and have long been aware of the congenital issues with the prescribing of...

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

Kate O'Connell: Can Mr. Murphy elaborate on the point regarding the differences in the data sheets between the two countries?

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

Kate O'Connell: Why was there such a difference between the United Kingdom and Ireland in terms of inclusion in data sheets, as mentioned by Mr. Peter Murphy? That was unusual. Why was there a discrepancy in the information included? As outlined, in 2002 information became available on the summary of product characteristics, SPC, in the United Kingdom but it did not become available here until 2008....

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

Kate O'Connell: Yes.

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

Kate O'Connell: The evidence of today is that there have been deficiencies in how this was handled, whether in Ireland or in the EU. It seems to have accelerated in recent years, ending up with a contraindication of the product in pregnancy. It is clear that there has been an issue with the dissemination of information, from EMA level down to real-life people, meaning people on the medication were not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Council Directive 2013/59/EURATOM: Chiropractic Association of Ireland (25 Apr 2018)

Kate O'Connell: I thank the witnesses for coming in today and I apologise for them being delayed for so long this morning. The quote mentioned by Deputy O'Reilly was something I pulled from the statement last night as well when I read it. It is "we have found no substantive evidence of appropriate training, referral criteria, audit or accountability in published literature from the Irish chiropractic...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Council Directive 2013/59/EURATOM: Chiropractic Association of Ireland (25 Apr 2018)

Kate O'Connell: Can they take X-rays in Norway?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Council Directive 2013/59/EURATOM: Chiropractic Association of Ireland (25 Apr 2018)

Kate O'Connell: However, fundamentally, Mr. Brown has drawn the comparison between Norway and here. Are chiropractors in Norway allowed to have X-ray units in their practices?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Council Directive 2013/59/EURATOM: Chiropractic Association of Ireland (25 Apr 2018)

Kate O'Connell: It is not really a good comparison, then, with all due respect. Of the few countries, is there any other jurisdiction that has no school of chiropractors and in which chiropractors are allowed to take X-rays in their practices?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Council Directive 2013/59/EURATOM: Chiropractic Association of Ireland (25 Apr 2018)

Kate O'Connell: Mr. Brown referred to either three or four a minute ago that had no undergraduate chiropractic degree or whatever. In any of those cases, are they allowed to take X-rays in their private clinics?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Council Directive 2013/59/EURATOM: Chiropractic Association of Ireland (25 Apr 2018)

Kate O'Connell: If I may, Chairman, someone referred to the fact that 18 X-ray licences were issued to chiropractors a few years ago. There are 130 chiropractors in the country, 110 of whom are affiliated to the CAI. There were 18 who had X-ray machines and now there are 11. Is that due to the cost of maintaining such units or to the fact that the private operators with diagnostic stand-alone setups might...