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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Council Directive 2013/59/EURATOM: Faculty of Radiologists (25 Apr 2018)

Michael Harty: To complete the questions, a representative of the chiropractors stated that in 2002 the Department of Health undertook to include chiropractors under the remit of the current regulations by creating a register of chiropractors competent to take and refer X-rays but this work was not completed by the Department. Dr. Holohan might comment on what the problem was in that regard. Is there a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Council Directive 2013/59/EURATOM: Faculty of Radiologists (25 Apr 2018)

Michael Harty: Sorry, Deputy Durkan. I do not really think we can put the chief medical officer under pressure to give his personal opinions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Council Directive 2013/59/EURATOM: Faculty of Radiologists (25 Apr 2018)

Michael Harty: Dr. Holohan referred to chiropractors as not being part of the formal healthcare system.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Council Directive 2013/59/EURATOM: Faculty of Radiologists (25 Apr 2018)

Michael Harty: Would they be required to become part of that system in order for them to be regulated?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Council Directive 2013/59/EURATOM: Faculty of Radiologists (25 Apr 2018)

Michael Harty: I thank Dr. Holohan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Council Directive 2013/59/EURATOM: Faculty of Radiologists (25 Apr 2018)

Michael Harty: On behalf of the committee, I thank the Faculty of Radiologists from the NCSI and Dr. Holohan and his colleagues from the Department of Health for coming in to give evidence today.

National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)

Michael Harty: It is extremely important that women, not the process of investigation, remain the focus in this regard. While the process is important women should remain the focus. Population health screening is an important part of our health service, and none more so than cervical screening. Confidence must be restored in the cervical cancer screening programme because this programme has identified...

National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)

Michael Harty: Deputy Healy-Rae goes first.

National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)

Michael Harty: Could the Minister tell me what is the reporting relationship between CervicalCheck, the HSE and the Department of Health and what is the chain of responsibility which led CervicalCheck to advise the treating doctor that it was at his or her discretion to make an open disclosure?

National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)

Michael Harty: The other part of that question was: what is the chain of responsibility within CervicalCheck which led it to indicate to the treating physician that it was at his or her discretion to make a disclosure?

National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)

Michael Harty: Could the Minister tell me why the action against the HSE was struck out in the court in Ms Vicky Phelan's case and what was the HSE's defence in that case?

National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)

Michael Harty: Can the Minister tell me what is the legal position of all those who have had false negatives and have not been informed?

National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)

Michael Harty: In regard to the outsourcing of testing, surely it makes sense that in a country this size we could provide in-house testing. Rather than spending considerable amounts sending samples abroad, we should surely be testing our cervical smears here in Ireland, thereby creating a bank of knowledge but also keeping the money that is going abroad for these tests in Ireland. It makes perfect sense...

National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)

Michael Harty: The audit of 2014, which there does not seem to be a report of, was an audit of individual cases. The information the Minister gave tonight is that all those cases have not been audited. Where did that information come from? Perhaps the Deputy mentioned it earlier. I may not have picked it up. Where did the information come from? How accurate is it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (2 May 2018)

Michael Harty: As we have a quorum, I call the meeting to order. I propose to deal with housekeeping matters in private session. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Medical Council Specialist Register: Discussion (2 May 2018)

Michael Harty: There is nothing to be inferred from the seating arrangements. Those who are at the bottom and those who are at the top have represent a purely random selection. We are meeting this morning with representatives of the Medical Council, the HSE, the Irish Hospital Consultants Association and the Irish Medical Organisation, IMO, in order to discuss recent media reports that suggest that some...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Medical Council Specialist Register: Discussion (2 May 2018)

Michael Harty: I thank Dr. Ryan. Finally, I ask Dr. Peadar Gilligan, on behalf of the IMO, to make his opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Medical Council Specialist Register: Discussion (2 May 2018)

Michael Harty: We are here because media reports suggested there are approximately 650 consultants not on the specialist register. Dr. Breslin has clarified that and Dr. Gilligan has also referred to it. Perhaps the witnesses could clarify the figures, because it is obvious that many of those doctors are not practising in Ireland even though they are on the register, hence the disparity. The HSE said in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Medical Council Specialist Register: Discussion (2 May 2018)

Michael Harty: What is the breakdown between those who are not on the specialist register working in the public service and those working in the private sector?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Medical Council Specialist Register: Discussion (2 May 2018)

Michael Harty: Is it the case that 90 consultants work in both?