Results 11,561-11,580 of 24,567 for speaker:Róisín Shortall
- Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Future of Health Care (Resumed): Dr. Stephen Kinsella (14 Sep 2016)
Róisín Shortall: I wish to add a couple of questions, the first of which relates to the point made by Deputy O'Connell. I assume there is some element-----
- Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Future of Health Care (Resumed): Dr. Stephen Kinsella (14 Sep 2016)
Róisín Shortall: I want to pick up on the question asked by Deputy O'Connell about ratios in terms of staff. Will Dr. Kinsella indicate whether there are objective best-practice ratios, issued by the World Health Organization or the OECD, with groups of countries comparable to Ireland, at least with regard to the number of cardiologists or speech therapists, for example? Should that be our starting point,...
- Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Future of Health Care (Resumed): Dr. Stephen Kinsella (14 Sep 2016)
Róisín Shortall: I thank Dr. Kinsella, it has been a really worthwhile session. He has been very generous with his time. I speak for everybody in saying that we very much appreciate the fact that he picked up on all of the questions asked and provided very direct answers, which is not always the case at committees. We know he is under time pressure as he must be in Limerick for 3 p.m. We appreciate Dr....
- Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Future of Health Care (Resumed): Dr. Stephen Kinsella (14 Sep 2016)
Róisín Shortall: I suggest that we take a ten minute break. People might like to get coffee or whatever else. Witnesses from the HSE dealing with ICT are outside and are ready to come in. Members should be back here in ten minutes.
- Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Future of Health Care: eHealth Ireland (14 Sep 2016)
Róisín Shortall: I welcome Mr. Richard Corbridge, chief information officer of the HSE, to our meeting. He is accompanied by Ms Yvonne Goff who is the HSE's chief clinical information officer. I thank them both for coming along and also welcome Mr. Ray Mitchell. I advise the witnesses that by virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, witnesses are protected by absolute privilege in respect of...
- Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Future of Health Care: eHealth Ireland (14 Sep 2016)
Róisín Shortall: I thank Mr. Corbridge for his presentation. He referred to the evolution, which is particularly slow. It is hard for many of us to understand why the evolution has been so slow. We have been speaking about an individual health identifier for many years. It was legislated for, as Mr. Corbridge stated, in 2014. What is the difficulty with the Department of Social Protection? Why are we...
- Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Future of Health Care: eHealth Ireland (14 Sep 2016)
Róisín Shortall: The need for a unique health identifier has been highlighted for many years.
- Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Future of Health Care: eHealth Ireland (14 Sep 2016)
Róisín Shortall: It seems not much preparatory work was done prior to passing the Act. It is disappointing that we are at such an early stage.
- Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Future of Health Care: eHealth Ireland (14 Sep 2016)
Róisín Shortall: Is Mr. Corbridge stating the negotiations are not yet completed?
- Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Future of Health Care: eHealth Ireland (14 Sep 2016)
Róisín Shortall: It is still being negotiated with the Department.
- Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Future of Health Care: eHealth Ireland (14 Sep 2016)
Róisín Shortall: What about electronic records?
- Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Future of Health Care: eHealth Ireland (14 Sep 2016)
Róisín Shortall: My final question was on the 47,000 staff who have no access to any digital solutions.
- Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Future of Health Care: eHealth Ireland (14 Sep 2016)
Róisín Shortall: At what point does Mr. Corbridge expect most of the staff to be-----
- Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Future of Health Care: eHealth Ireland (14 Sep 2016)
Róisín Shortall: I ask the witnesses to bank these questions and we will take questions in groups of three.
- Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Future of Health Care: eHealth Ireland (14 Sep 2016)
Róisín Shortall: Mr. Corbridge might address those questions.
- Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Future of Health Care: eHealth Ireland (14 Sep 2016)
Róisín Shortall: To clarify those figures, over what period will the figure of €107 million capital investment be required?
- Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Future of Health Care: eHealth Ireland (14 Sep 2016)
Róisín Shortall: What is the total figure over the nine-year programme?
- Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Future of Health Care: eHealth Ireland (14 Sep 2016)
Róisín Shortall: Has Mr Corbridge an estimate of the revenue cost involved?
- Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Future of Health Care: eHealth Ireland (14 Sep 2016)
Róisín Shortall: It is the very last slide.
- Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Future of Health Care: eHealth Ireland (14 Sep 2016)
Róisín Shortall: I call Deputy Buckley.