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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Overspend on the Health Budget 2018: Discussion (24 Oct 2018)

Kate O'Connell: The money is going there.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Overspend on the Health Budget 2018: Discussion (24 Oct 2018)

Kate O'Connell: When the HSE looks at the catastrophic claims, does it divide it down into speciality? Is it divided into psychiatric and maternity? I imagine our instances of catastrophic maternity cases are higher than in most countries.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Overspend on the Health Budget 2018: Discussion (24 Oct 2018)

Kate O'Connell: Mr. Mulvany is not saying there is not a link. On the demographic pressures, which Deputy Durkan brought up, it always seems to be a surprise that people are living longer. The inference is they are costing us a load of money and it is all their fault when we are the ones who kept them alive. Has someone done a quantitative analysis on this? Take the example of a 65 year old who is given...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Overspend on the Health Budget 2018: Discussion (24 Oct 2018)

Kate O'Connell: I am not saying it either.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Overspend on the Health Budget 2018: Discussion (24 Oct 2018)

Kate O'Connell: I am saying demographic pressures are constantly thrown out as a reason.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Overspend on the Health Budget 2018: Discussion (24 Oct 2018)

Kate O'Connell: Surely it would be balanced from a budgetary point of view by people living healthier lifestyles and perhaps not turning up as young with type 2 diabetes. It will balance. Keeping people alive longer is important but so is people not entering the health service and requiring treatment. Over time it should balance.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Oct 2018)

Kate O'Connell: It might be wise to broaden it past incontinence wear because that might help to avoid the issue with people's personal details. In my previous job, I had reason to notice that it is not just incontinence products that are not covered, or "coded", by the HSE. Complex syringes are not covered either. We often hear of residents getting a bill for blister packing of medications, for catheters...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Oct 2018)

Kate O'Connell: It depends on what is classed as the key issue. The key issue here is charges on people in residential homes in addition to their regular bills. The can range from bingo to incontinence pads. It is a wider issue if people are vulnerable and-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 10 - Funding and Oversight of Approved Housing Bodies
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government
2017 Financial Statements - Housing Agency (25 Oct 2018)

Kate O'Connell: I thank all of the witnesses for coming in and for the work they do in the most challenging of circumstances. My focus since I came into the Dáil has mainly been on health, and HSE representatives tend to get a fair beating in the media when things are not going well. I am very conscious of the fact that many of the witnesses here today also get the raw end of the stick sometimes, even...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 10 - Funding and Oversight of Approved Housing Bodies
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government
2017 Financial Statements - Housing Agency (25 Oct 2018)

Kate O'Connell: Mr. McCarthy has answered the first number of questions. With regard to the issue of the delivery of homes and supply, we have a skills shortage as a result of emigration and a drop in the number of people entering the sector. Are we doing anything to attract people back home to work in the sector? Will Mr. McCarthy outline any measures his Department or other Departments are taking to...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 10 - Funding and Oversight of Approved Housing Bodies
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government
2017 Financial Statements - Housing Agency (25 Oct 2018)

Kate O'Connell: The Department has moved to a point where it is as efficient as the private sector. Is it fair to say that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 10 - Funding and Oversight of Approved Housing Bodies
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government
2017 Financial Statements - Housing Agency (25 Oct 2018)

Kate O'Connell: Have they been positive? Has the board approved them?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 10 - Funding and Oversight of Approved Housing Bodies
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government
2017 Financial Statements - Housing Agency (25 Oct 2018)

Kate O'Connell: Five of how many?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 10 - Funding and Oversight of Approved Housing Bodies
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government
2017 Financial Statements - Housing Agency (25 Oct 2018)

Kate O'Connell: Right.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 10 - Funding and Oversight of Approved Housing Bodies
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government
2017 Financial Statements - Housing Agency (25 Oct 2018)

Kate O'Connell: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 10 - Funding and Oversight of Approved Housing Bodies
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government
2017 Financial Statements - Housing Agency (25 Oct 2018)

Kate O'Connell: Other than having no home, what is the most common reason for people presenting as homeless? Is it family breakdown, substance misuse or stigma? Other than the bed or the solution, and I hate the term "housing solution" because it seems so made up, and other than a place to stay and a roof over someone's head, what is the reason? Is the Department doing anything to try to get at it from...

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Kate O'Connell: Deputies who are not members of the committee cannot call for a vote.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Kate O'Connell: Deputies who are not committee members can call for a vote.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Kate O'Connell: I understand from where the Minister is coming. Although I would be very supportive in the future of prescribing midwives and clinical pharmacists being involved in the provision of service, Deputy Tóibín is correct that the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment envisaged the provision of services being GP-led. However, if a review can be agreed upon, that provision...

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Kate O'Connell: Yes.