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Written Answers — Department of Health: Semi-State Bodies (2 Jul 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 382. To ask the Minister for Health the purpose of the recent establishment of two subsidiaries by a group (details supplied); and if this means the group will now commence owning and investing in private hospitals and clinics. [27546/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Semi-State Bodies (2 Jul 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 383. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department, as shareholder of a group (details supplied), is now engaging in a strategy to purchase private hospitals and clinics. [27547/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Data (2 Jul 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 384. To ask the Minister for Health the number of category C consultants in each of the years 2017, 2018 and 2019, in tabular form. [27548/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services (2 Jul 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 398. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has conducted an audit of respite provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27604/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (2 Jul 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 495. To ask the Minister for Health if a review of newborn screening will be conducted in view of recent advances in detection and treatment of conditions and the expansion of services and screening in Italy and other countries with a view to that review providing the changes required to ensure Ireland has the best possible newborn screening services; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (3 Jul 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 246. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the work of the contraception working group in his Department; the finalised terms of reference; the timeline for completion of the work of the group; the consultation process; the stakeholders the group has engaged with to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28459/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Service Executive: Chairman (3 Jul 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: We will do our very best Chairman, as always. I thank Mr. Devane and Mr. O’Sullivan for appearing before the committee and wish them the best of luck. The HSE is one of the most, if not the most, important and complex organisations in the country. Having the board back in place is certainly good and welcome, as the abolition of the board some years back was a serious mistake. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Service Executive: Chairman (3 Jul 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: At an executive level, does Mr. Devane feel the board has the authority, if necessary, to remove a director general from his or her post, if the board believes he or she is not performing?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Service Executive: Chairman (3 Jul 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: I will ask my other questions in one go, because we are stretched for time. I note that in Mr. Devane's opening statement, he refers to the board's priorities. Those priorities are all fine, but I do not see issues around access for patients or quality listed there. People are now waiting three, four, or five years just to see a consultant. Access in some areas in Ireland is worse than in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Service Executive: Chairman (3 Jul 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank Mr. Devane.

Select Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: Regarding the Minister's amendment, I am happy with the inclusion of those women. I will outline the purpose of amendment No. 2. The women who will be eligible to participate in the tribunal in the first instance are those in the 221 Plus group. There is a second group comprising the 2,000 or so women who were on the National Cancer Registry as having been diagnosed with cervical cancer...

Select Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: When is Report Stage?

Select Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: Rather than our hearing the answer in the Dáil on Report Stage, can the Minister and his officials come back here ahead of time?

Select Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: We are all agreed with the principle of finding a mechanism.

Select Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: No, it is not. The amendments refer to two different groups of women and are not alternatives to each other. The Minister's amendment No. 1 is about cases where they cannot find the slides. Amendment No. 2 is about women who chose not to engage with the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.

Select Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: I will move it and withdraw it. I move amendment No. 2: In page 6, line 30, after “concerned,” to insert the following: “where that woman agreed to participating in the Review of Cervical Screening up to 3 months after the commencement of this Bill, ”.

Select Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: May I ask two clarifying questions in trying to understand whether to support the amendment? My reading of the section essentially says that the rules of the High Court shall apply. My first question is whether it is the case that a judge of the High Court can say that he or she is awarding the person X amount for now and the judge is putting in a provisional sum, in case of adverse...

Select Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: Which is what the Minister is seeking.

Select Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: May I ask one question to clarify that last point?

Select Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: On Deputy Bríd Smith's point on signing a waiver, I did not read anything about doing so. If the High Court awards an individual X amount, based on current observable damages to date and perhaps adding a risk-adjusted amount for a recurrence, is it implicit in accepting a judgment that the individual is saying that should she have a recurrence of cancer in three years' time, she will...