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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)
Neasa Hourigan: Can I take it from that that the group will contain a range of stakeholders and representatives from nursing and particular disciplines, and patient stakeholders?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)
Neasa Hourigan: Does the Minister have an idea of who will chair the group?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)
Neasa Hourigan: In terms of the discussions that have been ongoing, one of the observations is that perhaps there is a feeling that Sláintecare Implementation Advisory Council was peripheral. Is there a danger with this advisory group that it will continue to be peripheral to the process?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)
Neasa Hourigan: In fairness to Ms Magahy, she does seem to have recognised that good progress has been made in many areas in respect of Sláintecare. However, I would like some clarity on one issue. We understand that there was a pause in reform with the pandemic. Perhaps this is a question for Mr. Watt. Did the Department officially recommend or advise that there would be a pause to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)
Neasa Hourigan: I accept that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)
Neasa Hourigan: Mr. Watt said that the pandemic required----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)
Neasa Hourigan: What does that mean in terms of a timeframe? The pandemic is going to reverberate through our health system for many years to come. Was SIAC advised of a particular timeframe for that? Did Mr. Watt have a timeframe in mind? Is there a timeframe within the Department in respect of when it is considered that it is time to get everything back on track again?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)
Neasa Hourigan: Was any advice given on the impact of the pandemic in terms of a timeframe?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)
Neasa Hourigan: From SIAC's perspective, would it be reasonable to say that this is an indefinite pause and we do not know when the end date of the pause will be?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)
Neasa Hourigan: A timeframe was not set out then, but were requirements set out, for example, regarding infections or cases having to be under a certain limit?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)
Neasa Hourigan: I recognise that progress has been made. However, while work is ongoing on specific Sláintecare projects, without regionalisation, it is a bit like designing the best practice of a one-off item or perhaps designing a luxury room without the structure of the building around it. Will Mr. Watt give us further information on what the Department imagines the implementation of the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)
Neasa Hourigan: Fair enough.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)
Neasa Hourigan: I will put the same question to the Minister and Mr. Watt. What do they feel are the major barriers to regionalisation?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)
Neasa Hourigan: Although I will ask the same question of the Minister, that sounds like there is a capacity issue with people’s workload. Given that we are now hearing that the head of the HSE and the head of the Department will be responsible for implementation, that is something of a worry. What would the Minister consider is the most significant-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)
Neasa Hourigan: I thank Mr. Watt.
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Parking Provision (12 Oct 2021)
Neasa Hourigan: 135. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans and actions taken to date to enhance availability of and to ensure priority to disabled parking, parking for the elderly and those with reduced mobility as well as the provision of drop off locations in the Phoenix Park as referenced and suggested in the Phoenix Park Transport and Mobility Options Study Post-Consultation...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Oct 2021)
Neasa Hourigan: I am totally frustrated by that response. I am none the wiser. Serious concerns have been raised by many Members in recent times about the oversight of universities and other educational institutions. It ranges from academic attendance to partnerships with private companies that act against the public interest. These institutions have a huge influence on society, and they are publicly...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Oct 2021)
Neasa Hourigan: So a private entity-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Oct 2021)
Neasa Hourigan: I take the Chair's point about Tullow Oil and there are a number of examples of partnerships between UCD and the companies that are involved in the Irish Centre for Research in Applied Geophysics, iCRAG. Energy is a contested sector at the moment and using an institution and a brand that have been built up by the State and whose good name is important to the State - in terms of our national...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Oct 2021)
Neasa Hourigan: I thank the Chair. That would be fine.