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Resignation of Taoiseach (13 Jun 2017)

Michael Harty: As a first time Deputy, I believe Ireland is a fantastic democracy. It is diverse, edgy, free of fear and free of terror. The Taoiseach is a credit to making that situation possible. He upholds this democracy extremely well. He has addressed social issues that have shaped Irish culture and he has restored our confidence in ourselves. The Taoiseach addressed the financial crisis. He and...

Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (14 Jun 2017)

Michael Harty: I congratulate Deputy Varadkar on his election as leader of Fine Gael and, by inference this afternoon, Taoiseach. It is my decision to abstain on his nomination as Taoiseach which will allow me to articulate a different point of view on many issues and to provide an alternative way of analysing and thinking on the issues of the day. I suggest the theme for Deputy Varadkar’s term in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Diabetes Strategy (20 Jun 2017)

Michael Harty: 1544. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to fill the posts for which funding is available and for further posts in 2017 to fully implement the paediatric diabetes model of care published in December 2015. [28880/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Health Care Policy (21 Jun 2017)

Michael Harty: 45. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his views on the Sláintecare report of the Committee on the Future of Healthcare; and if he will recommend that the report form the basis of health reform to introduce a universal single tier health service delivered on need rather the ability to pay [28073/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Health Care Policy (21 Jun 2017)

Michael Harty: I too wish to congratulate the Minister on his reappointment. Continuity in the Department of Health is important. I look forward to working with the Minister as closely as possible. I also congratulate the Minister of State, Deputy Jim Daly, on taking over responsibility for mental health affairs and care of the elderly, a major portfolio in which I wish him the best of luck. I am...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Health Care Policy (21 Jun 2017)

Michael Harty: It is important that the Minister understand the need for health care reform. The public system is not fit for purpose. It is fragmented, disjointed and incoherent. Some areas work reasonably well, but all areas are under pressure and struggle to deliver quality care services. There are lengthening waiting lists in outpatient departments, as well as lengthening inpatient lists for urgent...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Health Care Policy (21 Jun 2017)

Michael Harty: I think the clock is wrong. I think I only had one minute instead of two.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Health Care Policy (21 Jun 2017)

Michael Harty: This was my first, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Health Care Policy (21 Jun 2017)

Michael Harty: This report needs to be implemented. It contains strong recommendations on implementation. To drive implementation forward, there needs to be political buy-in. The first requirement we ask from Government is that there be strong political buy-in for this reform. If that is not present, the reform programme and Sláintecare report are not going to get off the ground. Part of that is...

Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)

Michael Harty: I am sharing time with Deputies Michael Collins and Mattie McGrath. The appointment of the former Attorney General, Máire Whelan, to the Court of Appeal has raised eyebrows, especially in my mind, due to the manner of the appointment. I have no doubt about her qualifications and I am sure she will fill her role with distinction. However, the manner and process of her appointment seem...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (21 Jun 2017)

Michael Harty: 218. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive an outpatient appointment for surgery in Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29212/17]

Committee on the Future of Healthcare Report: Motion (22 Jun 2017)

Michael Harty: I would also like to echo my appreciation and thanks to the chairman of our committee, Deputy Róisín Shortall, who did an excellent job in keeping us all together and encouraging us throughout the 11 months the committee sat to draw up this report. I also thank the secretarial staff and those who helped us from Trinity College. They were essential in getting this report completed...

Committee on the Future of Healthcare Report: Motion (22 Jun 2017)

Michael Harty: He should visit them in an unsanitised way. He should talk to front-line staff. Quite often, if there is a problem in a hospital, when one talks to the junior staff or the lady who works in the canteen, they can say what is happening in the hospital and, of course, higher management will have its own view. If one talks to people who experience things every day, one will get a far greater...

Select Committee on Health: Mental Health (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2017)

Michael Harty: Please note that this meeting will be carried live on Saorview channel 22, Virgin Media channel 207, eirVision channel 504, Sky channel 574 and Vodafone channels - Oireachtas TV 201, Dáil 207 and Seanad 208. Members are requested to switch off their phones or switch them to airplane mode so as not to interfere with the recording of the meeting. This meeting has been convened to...

Select Committee on Health: Mental Health (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2017)

Michael Harty: Are there any further comments?

Select Committee on Health: Mental Health (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2017)

Michael Harty: Is the Minister proposing that this amendment would be put on Report Stage?

Select Committee on Health: Mental Health (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2017)

Michael Harty: Is the section agreed?

Select Committee on Health: Mental Health (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2017)

Michael Harty: The Minister of State has not put in an amendment.

Select Committee on Health: Mental Health (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2017)

Michael Harty: The Minister of State, Deputy Daly has identified that on Report Stage this would be an amendment he would put forward. At this hearing it is not an amendment.

Select Committee on Health: Mental Health (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2017)

Michael Harty: Correct.