Results 5,401-5,420 of 7,823 for speaker:Jim Daly
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Jim Daly: I will ask Mr. Connaghan to come back to the committee on that. Is the Chairman familiar with the Lean Six Sigma programme with UCD that I referred to earlier? That is along the same lines. I think 2,000 staff have been trained up in achieving efficiencies and working towards that same goal as well.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Jim Daly: Where the money comes from is probably immaterial. The more substantive issue is that we have an overrun in the health service this year of €700 million. Whether it is being funded by a windfall in that regard or is the result of an increase in another tax, it is probably more important that it is there. My fear is that our focus will shift to the source of it when we should have a...
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Jim Daly: Of course it is not, no matter where it is coming from.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Jim Daly: Most of the statements mentioned by the Deputy have been readily agreed and I concur that the community is the basis of the reform of our healthcare system. Whether seeking efficiencies, better outcomes or an increase in the number of people being treated, the answer lies in community-led services. Interesting initiatives, such as that for pharmacies, provide normal rather than distorted...
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Jim Daly: Some 17 million home help hours were provided in 2018, and I believe the budget was €426 million. I do not have the exact total, but I believe €426 million was the budget. I will clarify that for the Chair.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Jim Daly: From memory that represented an increase of €26 million from 2017. I do not have the figures in front of me.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Jim Daly: We costed the unmet need as being in the region of €40 million. That amount would clear the waiting list for home help hours.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Jim Daly: I expect that there will be some increase but it will not go far towards wiping out the deficit. I have repeatedly made the point that the current allocation model of home help hours is unsustainable. The Chairman, as a politician and a practising doctor, will be aware that we face a number of challenges in the area. We do not have the people to deliver the scheme. We have undertaken to...
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Jim Daly: The Chairman will have to invite me to that centre. I have not seen it.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Jim Daly: I will have to visit it.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Jim Daly: I thank the Chairman.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Jim Daly: Like one of the Deputy's earlier questions, there is a rather long and winding answer for this.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Jim Daly: We have to assess why we are not getting the results we want. The Deputy could read the Sláintecare report, which goes a long way towards answering the question. It identifies the steps towards addressing the problem, and shows how we can spend the same amount but achieve much better outcomes. Essentially we are dealing with an infrastructure which was designed long ago and which is...
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Dec 2018)
Jim Daly: I am not aware of the issue. This is the first I have heard of it. I would be surprised if it was done for budgetary reasons prior to the new year, but I will undertake to find out what the story behind this is and come back to the Deputy.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Dec 2018)
Jim Daly: It is expected that there will be a decision next week but that is not guaranteed. As the Deputy knows, this is a function independent of the Government. The Minister does not decide. The decision is made by an independent body. However, we do hope there will be a successful outcome.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Long Stay Residential Units (6 Dec 2018)
Jim Daly: Earlier this month, the Department noted the rationale put forward by the HSE for the revisions to its Capital Investment Programme for Residentail Care Centres for Older People and acknowledged that the matter had been considered and decided upon through the established mechanisms within the HSE. As a result, the position in relation to the two community hospitals mentioned has been amended....
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data (6 Dec 2018)
Jim Daly: As this is a service matter I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (6 Dec 2018)
Jim Daly: As this is a service matter I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Data (6 Dec 2018)
Jim Daly: As this is a service matter I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (6 Dec 2018)
Jim Daly: As this is a service matter I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.