Results 13,681-13,700 of 18,593 for speaker:Michael Creed
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2018)
Michael Creed: On the contrary, the Taoiseach's comments yesterday were clear evidence that the Government's priority - it is also the priority of front-line staff - was to make sure we would deal with patients in an effective and humanitarian way. It is highly distressing for patients to have to wait for long periods on trolleys in emergency departments. In any business, as I think the Taoiseach said,...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2018)
Michael Creed: We have more doctors and nurses in the service. What we need from HSE management is appropriate management of the most valuable resource in the health service, the human resource, to make sure it is deployed in the most efficient way possible to deal with patients in the most humanitarian and effective way. There is another issue - capacity. We have been reversing the trend, the result...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2018)
Michael Creed: The Deputy has referred to the fact that we have been in government for several years. That is the case, but he cannot divorce where the health service is at from the economic catastrophe that befell the country for several of the early years when we were in government. Because of sound public finances we are now in a position to rebuild the public health service and increase capacity...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2018)
Michael Creed: I am sure the debate on this matter has familiar tones for the Deputy as a former Minister for Health and for Public Expenditure and Reform. It is not simply a case of throwing money at the issue. We need to make sure that the additional resources that we provide are used appropriately. In budget 2019, we provided a fund of €10 million for spending in the latter end of this year to...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2018)
Michael Creed: I am informed by the Minister of State, Deputy Jim Daly, that the HSE and the Department commissioned a report on that issue of appropriate discharge to appropriate step-down facilities. That has just been completed.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2018)
Michael Creed: The Deputy chose to ignore in his supplementary question that we provided an additional €10 million to be made available-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2018)
Michael Creed: We are responding with resources to address the issue of people who are inappropriately in an acute bed but who do not have the facility to be discharged because of a block in the system.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2018)
Michael Creed: That €10 million should go some way towards resolving that issue.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2018)
Michael Creed: I would not call them crazy at all. They are a critical part of the public service and do invaluable work. I salute Google workers and acknowledge today that the CEO of Google has come out and said that they need to do more in that space. That is a very welcome development. On public service and nurses' pay, we concluded a public service pay agreement, to which the public service...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2018)
Michael Creed: My understanding is that the public service pay agreement and the pay commission’s review of recruitment and retention will deliver significant benefits for up to 10,000 members of the nursing profession. There is evidence of goodwill in respect of what was an independent analysis of the issues around retention and recruitment undertaken within the auspices of the public service pay...
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Nov 2018)
Michael Creed: I appreciate that it is political to twist what the Taoiseach said to suit a political narrative.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Nov 2018)
Michael Creed: I was here yesterday, as was Deputy Martin.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Nov 2018)
Michael Creed: I appreciate that the Deputy has a particular narrative that he is anxious to spin, and that is fine, but the Taoiseach did not blame doctors or nurses.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Nov 2018)
Michael Creed: He said it was appropriate that there should be a critical mass of doctors and nurses on duty and support services, including laboratories, should be available at the most challenging time for the health service. That is not an unreasonable point to make.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Nov 2018)
Michael Creed: With regard to-----
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Nov 2018)
Michael Creed: I appreciate that.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Nov 2018)
Michael Creed: What the Taoiseach was doing was challenging HSE management to make sure-----
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Nov 2018)
Michael Creed: The Deputy does not want to hear the reply.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Nov 2018)
Michael Creed: While I am not aware of promised legislation by the Government on this issue, I appreciate the Deputy’s interest and the committee’s interest in the matter. If we are to move from self-regulation to a statutory oversight in this area, we need to make sure that the law is sufficiently effective and robust to meet the challenges all of us want in terms of-----
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Nov 2018)
Michael Creed: The simple answer is that Government legislation is not proposed on the issue.