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CervicalCheck: Statements (9 May 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: We are good at this stage.

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Reports (9 May 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 92. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive has ceased publishing performance and management data reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20203/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Consultant Recruitment (15 May 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 1. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether Ireland has a severe shortage of hospital consultants; his further views on whether a major reason for same is new entrant pay disparity; his plans to rectify same; the number of consultants employed at post-2012 pay rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21143/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Consultant Recruitment (15 May 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: As the Minister and I are both aware, the waiting lists for public access to hospital consultants across the board are at the worst levels since records began. Does the Minister accept that one of the main reasons people have to wait so long is that we have a severe shortage of hospital consultants? Does he also accept that one of the core reasons for that is the significant discrepancy in...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Consultant Recruitment (15 May 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: The concern is speed because we are facing a crisis. As some senior hospital consultants said to me just last week, the public hospital system is now on fire. It is great that we have, notionally, 3,100 consultants but there are approximately 400 unfilled positions, more than are 300 locums included in the number and there are at least 150 non-specialists acting in specialist roles. When...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Consultant Recruitment (15 May 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: The question then is "When?". We know there is not much competition for open posts. Between 2015 and 2016, a total of 44 consultant psychiatrist posts were advertised. A quarter of them did not even attract one applicant and another 30% of posts had only one applicant. We know that many hospitals are running out of specialists. In Kerry, for example, they are running out of any...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Screening Programmes (15 May 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 10. To ask the Minister for Health the implications for the National Screening Service of the recent High Court judgment in a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20743/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Screening Programmes (15 May 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: Any conversation about the recent judgment in the case of Ruth Morrissey should start with an acknowledgement of the very brave stand she took. That is something we need to consider in the future when citizens seeking justice are faced with a wall of lawyers employed by the State. The State appears to use the law as a weapon in many of these cases. There is a great deal of concern about a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Screening Programmes (15 May 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Minister for his reply. This is certainly an issue on which we need to work together. I presume the Attorney General is providing advice on it. I acknowledge that such advice cannot be shared directly, but I ask that it be repackaged into a report and that the Minister endeavour to get it to the Oireachtas and the health committee as quickly as possible. It should include the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Screening Programmes (15 May 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Minister for that commitment, which is very welcome. What is his advice for clinicians today? A significant number of nurses, midwives, doctors, radiographers, radiologists and others across the system will today carry out screening and diagnostic testing. We will await the legal advice, but is the Government's advice to them in the interim period to carry on as usual or is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (15 May 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 24. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that will be taken to reduce waiting times for children awaiting assessment by early intervention teams in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20747/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Trade Union Recognition (15 May 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 45. To ask the Minister for Health the action he is taking regarding the ongoing industrial dispute in the ambulance service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20745/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Strategy Implementation (15 May 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 66. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there has been a lack of progress in rolling out the national maternity strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20746/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (15 May 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 79. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the list for those waiting more than a year and a half for an outpatient appointment increased from circa 13,000 three years ago to over 100,000 in March 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20744/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Oral Health Policy: Discussion (15 May 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank the witnesses for their detailed statements. They make for some stark reading and I imagine that many members of the public listening to the submissions will be worried about what was said regarding the new national oral health strategy and the issues with training, recognition, continuous professional development, etc. The two opening statements were stark, even within the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Oral Health Policy: Discussion (15 May 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank Mr. Hourihan. He laid out many different things in his opening statement. People will be very concerned about two of the aspects he mentioned. One is the assertion that oral health will get worse for some or even many people. The other is the clear concern about growing inequality in healthcare. Would it be fair to state that it is Mr. Hourihan's considered view that the new oral...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Oral Health Policy: Discussion (15 May 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: Will Mr. Hourihan give us an example of a child who should and would be seen through a properly resourced public intervention system? We have such a system today but it is not properly resourced. Let us assume the proper resources are provided and the system functions as it should. In the context of these new proposals, will Mr. Hourihan outline what will happen to children who will no...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Oral Health Policy: Discussion (15 May 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank Mr. Hourihan. We have time constraints and I want to pose a question to the team from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, RCSI. I thank them for their submission. It makes very stark reading. It essentially states that there is no supervised year of training, so a college graduate can go straight into private practice. I did engineering as my undergraduate degree. I am...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Oral Health Policy: Discussion (15 May 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: Before Mr. Marley continues, to summarise what he said, am I correct that he has raised these concerns previously at the appropriate level and has had no response from the relevant people within the State?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Oral Health Policy: Discussion (15 May 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: Has Dr. Marley had no response to these issues, verbally or in writing?