Results 7,821-7,840 of 8,015 for speaker:Jonathan O'Brien
- Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2018
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health
Chapter 16 - Control of Private Patient Activity in Acute Public Hospitals (27 Jun 2019) Jonathan O'Brien: It still does not meet demand and need.
- Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2018
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health
Chapter 16 - Control of Private Patient Activity in Acute Public Hospitals (27 Jun 2019) Jonathan O'Brien: That is why I am saying the cuts happen before the budget ever gets to the HSE.
- Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2018
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health
Chapter 16 - Control of Private Patient Activity in Acute Public Hospitals (27 Jun 2019) Jonathan O'Brien: My final question relates to home care packages and home help hours. What is the up-to-date position on home care packages? How many people are in acute hospital settings because they cannot get services at home?
- Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2018
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health
Chapter 16 - Control of Private Patient Activity in Acute Public Hospitals (27 Jun 2019) Jonathan O'Brien: Will Mr. Reid provide the committee with a note on that figure of 149? How long have these people been in a hospital setting? How long have they been waiting? Mr. Reid may not have the information today but he might provide a note to the committee on that.
- Cork Mail Centre: Motion [Private Members] (3 Jul 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: I do not understand this decision. The Minister cannot sit there with a straight face and say this matter has nothing to do with him. Ministers are claiming responsibility for ensuring the centres in their localities stayed open. If Ministers are taking the credit for this decision, they are either doing so falsely or they have some influence. If they have influence, I question why the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (3 Jul 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: 242. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to address the shortage of doctors in St. Finbarr's Hospital, Cork to clear the backlog of patients awaiting procedures such as colonoscopy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28430/19]
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Minister for Finance (3 Jul 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: I thank the Minister and his officials for attending this afternoon's meeting. I presume a decision on the effects of Brexit on the Government's budgetary plans will be made in late September. The Minister has said that this decision will be made on the basis of the soundings coming from the EU and the discussions that will have taken place with the new leader of the Conservative Party. Is...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Minister for Finance (3 Jul 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: I do not have an issue with the orderly-disorderly approach that is being taken. I think it is the correct way to proceed. Other than taking soundings from the EU and from the new leader of the Conservative Party, what kinds of factors will be taken into consideration when this decision is being made at the end of September? Surely we are looking at other factors which will feed into the...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Minister for Finance (3 Jul 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: I appreciate that the Minister has given us an analysis, but what will be the real effect of the countercyclical measures that will be applied in the event of a disorderly Brexit? What areas will be most affected?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Minister for Finance (3 Jul 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: Yes.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Minister for Finance (3 Jul 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: Yes.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Minister for Finance (3 Jul 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: This is more of a policy question than a financial question, but it is related. In the event of a disorderly Brexit, some sectors of the economy will be impacted more than others. We may see the increases in unemployment in particular sectors of the economy. What steps are we taking to ensure that the people in the sectors of the economy that will be most impacted will have the opportunity...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Minister for Finance (3 Jul 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: That is the point I am making; to move into those other jobs, people might need to upskill.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Minister for Finance (3 Jul 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: I have two final questions. Brexit is a major issue and it could have a significant impact. Are there other external factors outside of Brexit that we are keeping an eye on, which could impact on the budgetary position in the coming years?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Minister for Finance (3 Jul 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: On the expenditure reserve of €200 million for the national children's hospital and broadband that has been allocated for 2020, we have no further allocation for the subsequent years. Are we saying that we are going to make that decision on a year-by-year basis or that we have €200 million for 2020 and nothing further will be needed in subsequent years?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Minister for Finance (3 Jul 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: So that is built in already.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (4 Jul 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: 238. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will fund Ocrevus for persons with primary progressive multiple sclerosis (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28858/19]
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Budget Management and Control of Health Expenditure in the context of Budget 2020: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: I asked the representatives of the Department and the HSE who appeared before the Committee of Public Accounts on 27 June about the HSE's capital plan. Has it been published? If not, when will it be done?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Budget Management and Control of Health Expenditure in the context of Budget 2020: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: Is it likely to be published before Thursday?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Budget Management and Control of Health Expenditure in the context of Budget 2020: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: What is the reason for the hold-up?