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Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: HSE (30 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: And we are on 0.4%.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: HSE (30 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: What does that mean?

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: HSE (30 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: I will revert to the question on structures. A well-functioning organisation should be able to display its management structure on a one-page diagram. The diagram before me of senior management within the HSE bears no relation to what is happening on the ground in terms of the hospital, community health care organisation, CHO, and mental health service systems or primary care teams. This...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: HSE (30 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: Just to clarify, if there is a management structure for CHOs, is there a separate management structure for mental health teams? There is a separate structure for hospitals.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: HSE (30 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: The areas are not aligned, but each has its own management structure. Is that right?

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: HSE (30 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: Okay, but is there a management structure within each mental health team?

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: HSE (30 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: It sounds like a great deal of management.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: HSE (30 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: That is beside the point in terms of the delivery of services.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: HSE (30 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: Okay. I think that completes the business of the committee for today. I thank Mr. O'Brien and Mr. Woods for attending the meeting and responding to our questions. It is much appreciated.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: HSE (30 Nov 2016)

Róisín Shortall: Mr. O'Brien should give the press officer a pay rise. He is out of the room at the moment.

Cannabis for Medicinal Use (Regulations) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (1 Dec 2016)

Róisín Shortall: The Social Democrats supports the principal thrust of this legislation, which is to allow greater use of cannabis-based medications. Such medications are fairly widely available in many EU states, and, indeed, in many states in the US, without any apparent evidence of negative consequences. They are providing, in the main, important relief to people with difficult and severe conditions. We...

Order of Business (6 Dec 2016)

Róisín Shortall: That is not true.

Order of Business (6 Dec 2016)

Róisín Shortall: Three in a row.

Order of Business (6 Dec 2016)

Róisín Shortall: Come on. We indicated first.

Order of Business (6 Dec 2016)

Róisín Shortall: They are all Fianna Fáilers.

Order of Business (6 Dec 2016)

Róisín Shortall: The Taoiseach is incorrect. We should correct the record.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Data (6 Dec 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 117. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 62 of 26 October 2016, if he will provide a breakdown within each county of the four categories of deferrals and detail the interest rate being applied in each category. [38575/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Contracts (6 Dec 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if employees redesignated as tutors in order to retain posts but avoid the necessity to register with the Teaching Council are required to complete so-called Croke Park hours, or if they are exempt from same with regard to section 30 of the Teaching Council Act 2001, appendix B, section 2.2 specialised posts; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (6 Dec 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 94 of 24 November 2016, if he will provide a breakdown of funding per capita for each third level institution. [38574/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (6 Dec 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 310. To ask the Minister for Health when funding for nursing care to enable two persons (details supplied) attend school will be provided in view of the commitment given by him in early October 2016 that this funding was available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38421/16]