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

Michael Harty: -----but the issue is not substantive to this meeting-----

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

Michael Harty: -----which is to review the health service.

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

Michael Harty: Sorry, Senator, but I have to wind down that section of the questioning.

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

Michael Harty: I thank the three visitors to the committee for their patience. I will call them in the following order: Deputy Ruth Coppinger, Senator Rose Conway-Walsh and Deputy David Cullinane.

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

Michael Harty: I am conscious of time and will bring in Senator Conway-Walsh and then Deputy Cullinane. We need to vacate the room as the Committee on the Future of Mental Health Care is meeting here at 1.30 p.m.

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

Michael Harty: I ask the Senator to finish up.

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

Michael Harty: I had many questions for the Minister.

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

Michael Harty: I have reduced them to one. The Minister committed to a Government response to Sláintecare "before December", "early in the new year", "before Easter", "after Easter" and "soon". Could he give a commitment regarding when the Government's response will be approved?

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

Michael Harty: This year?

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

Michael Harty: On behalf of the committee, I thank the Minister and his departmental officials, in particular, Mr. Jim Breslin, and the HSE officials, including, in particular, Mr. Tony O'Brien. I also thank the Ministers of State. I am sorry we did not get an opportunity to grill Deputy Catherine Byrne.

Report on Mental Health Care: Motion (10 May 2018)

Michael Harty: I thank Deputy Browne and Senator Freeman, who pushed for this committee to be established. Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael came together last year and formed the committee, which was a visionary act. I am Chairman of the health committee and there is no way that committee could devote the amount of time the Committee on the Future of Mental Health Care can give to this subject. It is a...

Working Group of Committee Chairmen: Matters of Public Policy: Discussion with Taoiseach (10 May 2018)

Michael Harty: I welcome the Taoiseach to the meeting and thank him for attending. My question is in respect of Sláintecare. It is a unique cross-party report and nearly one year old. It looks at a ten year vision for our health service, including multi-annual budgets and long-term planning. It is a wide-ranging report which has quite radical reforms in it, particularly in respect of reforming...

Working Group of Committee Chairmen: Matters of Public Policy: Discussion with Taoiseach (10 May 2018)

Michael Harty: Many areas of the health service work very well, and that has to be acknowledged. Unfortunately, there is no consistency across the health service in its performance. There is an urgent need for reform, and that is why I asked the question. The report was published one year ago, yet there has been no serious reform. We need to maximise the value we get from the €15 billion that is...

Mandatory Open Disclosure: Motion (15 May 2018)

Michael Harty: I am sharing time with Deputy Danny Healy-Rae. Open disclosure, duty of candour or apology laws all mean the same thing. They are about the patient and trust. That is the fundamental issue that underpins these laws. They are not about the institutions, the doctors or the process. They are fundamentally about open disclosure to the patient if an adverse event has occurred. That is the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (15 May 2018)

Michael Harty: 312. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the criteria for habitual residency for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21396/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Poor Box (15 May 2018)

Michael Harty: 314. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the judge of a local District Court controls distribution of the courts discretionary fund; if the distribution of moneys has been centralised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21432/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Michael Harty: The purpose of this morning's session is to meet officials from the Department of Health and representatives from the Health Service Executive, HSE, and CervicalCheck in order to get further clarification on the evolving situation in CervicalCheck, including the processes surrounding open disclosure, the quality of the screening programme and the impact this has on medical care of women. On...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Michael Harty: I thank Mr. Breslin. Could Dr. Holohan make his opening statement?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Michael Harty: I thank Mr. Connaghan. The way we will conduct the meeting this morning is we will offer each member of the committee 12 minutes to ask and receive answers to questions and I ask them to observe the time limit, if possible. Those who are not members of the committee will be allocated five minutes to ask questions and have them answered. With this in mind, I will begin. I have number of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Michael Harty: When might that information be available?