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Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Good, I would be delighted.

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Is that so people are not on trolleys and waiting lists?

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Why have we not moved to that way of thinking?

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Just a minute-----

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Absolutely. Theoretically, the primary care policy was rolled out in 2000 or 2002.

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Yes. We will come back to when Mr. O'Brien was in Galway. He knows that University Hospital Galway - especially in the context of its accident and emergency department - is creaking at the seams. The Government, in its supply-and-trust motion, or whatever it is called, has agreed that the accident and emergency department in Galway is not fit for purpose. Is that right?

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Not only that, is Mr. O'Brien aware that the hospital is at number one on the risk register?

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017)

Catherine Connolly: The clinical director has publicly stated that the hospital is number one on the risk register. Its lack of capacity-----

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017)

Catherine Connolly: It is the regional hospital in Galway, the centre of excellence which covers the area from Donegal down along the west coast. It is number one on the risk register. It is in such a position that the authorities there have made a written submission. I will come back to the specifics of this report shortly but Mr. O'Brien mentioned Galway and I am happy to discuss it. The accident and...

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Where is that design study at?

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Where is it at?

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017)

Catherine Connolly: When will it be finished?

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017)

Catherine Connolly: We have situation now, and again it is indicative of a lot of other things throughout the country, where a hospital that is a centre of excellence has an accident and emergency department that is not fit for purpose, that is still at design stage. Mr. O'Brien can imagine the level of frustration.

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017)

Catherine Connolly: There have been major problems in University Hospital Galway for a very long time. It is unsafe. The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has stated that the conditions there are unsafe.

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Yes, please do so.

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017)

Catherine Connolly: So there was a failure to invest in capital in the health service generally?

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017)

Catherine Connolly: It was a failure.

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I would put it that it was a failure. The hospital in Galway is in serious trouble. The psychiatric unit is in serious trouble. The Mental Health Commission visited the facility recently, as it does every year, and highlighted huge inadequacies such as the lack of privacy and of care plans. These are all listed out. The new building was to come on stream but times have changed. It was to...

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017)

Catherine Connolly: They are asking for permission to go ahead and look at options for a new hospital. Is that right?

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017)

Catherine Connolly: They have done so on the basis that the hospital is not suited for the needs of that area and the city. Is that right?