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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2018)

Michael Harty: I apologise for being late, so I may be repeating the points made. From my experience the recruitment of consultants comes down to workload and conditions. I have seen it in my own area, where it has been difficult to recruit because of workload and conditions of service. There is a deficiency in support staff and support services. When a consultant takes up a post, he or she may find...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2018)

Michael Harty: He or she may have flagged well in advance when he is leaving. It may take a year to recruit somebody, if one can recruit such a consultant. It all comes down to a lack of trust and a lack of respect. I think there is a lack of trust from the medical profession of the HSE and the HSE does not respect the staff they have in place. The HSE does not embrace them and does not see them as a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (9 May 2018)

Michael Harty: As we now have a quorum, I call the meeting to order. I propose that the committee go into private session to deal with housekeeping matters.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Michael Harty: This is a quarterly meeting with the Minister for Health and the director general of the HSE. The purpose of this meeting is to allow the Minister and his officials and the director general and his staff to update the committee on key healthcare issues. On behalf of the committee, I welcome the Minister for Health, Deputy Simon Harris, who is accompanied by the Minister of State, Deputy Jim...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Michael Harty: I call on Mr. Dean Sullivan, deputy director general of the HSE, to make his opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Michael Harty: Before we start I welcome to the Gallery Mr. Jack Kavanagh who, unfortunately, suffered a serious neck injury in a surfing accident. He has continued to study pharmacy to masters level and he has come to observe how the Oireachtas works. He is a guest of Deputy John Brassil. I propose that in the early part of the session the health spokespersons for the Opposition parties and permanent...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Michael Harty: Correct. The questions do not necessarily have to be just to Mr. O'Brien but-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Michael Harty: -----we do want to use his time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Michael Harty: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Michael Harty: I apologise; I was distracted. Could people attend to their phones, particularly if they are located near microphones?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Michael Harty: We have to move on. Deputy Kelly will have opportunities to come back later on in the morning.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Michael Harty: Sorry, Deputy O'Connell has a five-minute window and we need to get questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Michael Harty: I thank the Deputy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Michael Harty: Our last permanent member in this round of questioning is Senator Rónán Mullen.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Michael Harty: I thank Mr. McCallion. That completes the round of permanent members of the committee. I thank Mr. O'Brien for making himself available this morning. I apologise to Senator Dolan; I thought he indicated that he did not wish to contribute.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Michael Harty: I thank Senator Dolan. I now call on Members who are not part of the committee to have a five minute engagement with the HSE and the Department of Health. I call Deputy Ruth Coppinger.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Michael Harty: We just have five minutes, so Deputy Coppinger has four to ask her question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Michael Harty: Deputy Coppinger has submitted her questions. The Minister must have an opportunity to answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Michael Harty: We are going to move into our second round of questioning. We are going to repeat the process of bringing in the Opposition spokespersons first. We are going to extend the amount of time to seven minutes, if that is okay. However, contributors need not necessarily use all seven minutes if they do not desire it. Deputy Stephen Donnelly is first.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Michael Harty: In that regard, will there be anything to prevent CervicalCheck from doing these smears out of turn? GPs often do smears outside the three-year cycle only to find that CervicalCheck will not process them.