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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Section 39 Organisations: Discussion (31 Jan 2018)

Michael Harty: Who would like to take those unanswered questions from Deputy Bernard J. Durkan?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Section 39 Organisations: Discussion (31 Jan 2018)

Michael Harty: Does that mean that there has not been any increase in block grants to section 39 bodies since the economic recovery?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Section 39 Organisations: Discussion (31 Jan 2018)

Michael Harty: Nothing was provided over what was needed to keep services going.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Section 39 Organisations: Discussion (31 Jan 2018)

Michael Harty: No.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Section 39 Organisations: Discussion (31 Jan 2018)

Michael Harty: In both private and public session the committee has committed to writing to the Department and inviting it to a separate session.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Section 39 Organisations: Discussion (31 Jan 2018)

Michael Harty: Thank you, Senator Dolan. I call Senator Burke.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Section 39 Organisations: Discussion (31 Jan 2018)

Michael Harty: Thank you very much, Senator. Who would like to lead off?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Section 39 Organisations: Discussion (31 Jan 2018)

Michael Harty: I am sure none of the delgates is calling into question of the bona fides of the section 39 organisations or the quality of care they provide, given the funding they receive. Is it appreciated that one of two things will happen if these organisations do not receive proper funding for staff and elements of their services, either there will be an increase in unmet need whereby those who...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Section 39 Organisations: Discussion (31 Jan 2018)

Michael Harty: My point is that while we are focused on organisations, patients should be the focal point of all discussions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Section 39 Organisations: Discussion (31 Jan 2018)

Michael Harty: Patients are often forgotten about in the discussions between the Health Service Executive, the Department of Health, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the section 39 organisations. The requirements of patients should be foremost in our considerations.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Section 39 Organisations: Discussion (31 Jan 2018)

Michael Harty: The Secretary General of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform contacted the clerk to say it would not provide officials to attend the meeting this morning.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Section 39 Organisations: Discussion (31 Jan 2018)

Michael Harty: That was it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Section 39 Organisations: Discussion (31 Jan 2018)

Michael Harty: On Friday afternoon.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Section 39 Organisations: Discussion (31 Jan 2018)

Michael Harty: Yes; it was a verbal communication.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Section 39 Organisations: Discussion (31 Jan 2018)

Michael Harty: There was no written communication.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Section 39 Organisations: Discussion (31 Jan 2018)

Michael Harty: We did consider our powers of compellability. It appears we do not have powers of compellability.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Section 39 Organisations: Discussion (31 Jan 2018)

Michael Harty: An invitation was issued to the Department in the same way as every other grouping was invited. On Friday it indicated that it would not provide officials to attend this meeting and that the Department of Health would take the lead on this issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Section 39 Organisations: Discussion (31 Jan 2018)

Michael Harty: On behalf of the joint committee, I thank the representatives of the Department of Health and the HSE for attending to give evidence.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (1 Feb 2018)

Michael Harty: I want to go back to something Deputy Neville said about why people emigrate and do not stay in the profession. We can increase our training numbers as much as we like but we are in a global market. We can train 1,000 psychiatric nurses. However, that does not mean 1,000 psychiatric nurses are going to stay in our health system because it is dysfunctional. What structural change does...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (1 Feb 2018)

Michael Harty: I thank the witnesses for coming in again. We sat for 11 months to discuss reforming the health service in general, resulting in the Sláintecare report. Issues such as this have been raised in that report. It is eight months since the report's publication and it does not look as if it will be accepted as an implementation blueprint for reforming our health service. Those are the...