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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Screening Programmes: Discussion (23 May 2018)

Michael Harty: Let us concentrate on Deputy Kelly's question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Screening Programmes: Discussion (23 May 2018)

Michael Harty: I wish to consider Deputy Kelly's question. The committee has been experiencing the response to this during the past month. If there was a policy of open disclosure that was delivered the moment an issue arose, then perhaps Professor O'Doherty would not have the flood of 15 cases coming down the line in a two-week period rather than one per year. If there is open disclosure, patients are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Screening Programmes: Discussion (23 May 2018)

Michael Harty: I thank Professor O'Doherty. I call Senator Colm Burke and he will be followed by Deputy Durkan. I ask members to be brief as we under time pressure.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Screening Programmes: Discussion (23 May 2018)

Michael Harty: The purpose of this hearing and this committee is not to be in any way destructive. The purpose of the committee is to be constructive. I understand the misgivings the witnesses have but we are trying to be constructive. Questions have been asked about how we can improve the service. There are obvious lessons that can be learned from today's hearing. From my own experience, lack of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Company Closures (24 May 2018)

Michael Harty: 4. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if IDA Ireland and her Department are searching for a replacement industry for County Clare in view of the announcement in November 2015 by a company (details supplied) of its plan to close its plant in Clarecastle with the loss of 240 high-quality jobs. [22964/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Company Closures (24 May 2018)

Michael Harty: I wish to ask the Minister of State a direct question. In November 2015, the pharmaceutical company, Roche, announced its intention to close its pharmaceutical plant in Clarecastle, in the constituency of Clare, which we share, with the loss of 240 high-quality jobs. The Minister of State is from County Clare. Are IDA Ireland and the Department still searching for a replacement industry...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Company Closures (24 May 2018)

Michael Harty: It has taken the Minister of State two and a half minutes to tell me that there is no new buyer for the company. Three years after the company announced the plant's closure with the loss of 240 jobs - and also the loss of the subcontractor jobs that went into supplying services to the plan - the Minister of State is telling me there is still no buyer. A replacement is critical for the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Company Closures (24 May 2018)

Michael Harty: I will come back to the fundamental question, namely, the need to get a new company to come in and operate the existing facility in Clarecastle. It is a piece of infrastructure that cannot be allowed to fall away and rust. The Minister's predecessors, Deputies Fitzgerald, Mitchell O'Connor and Bruton also committed to finding a replacement industry for this plant. They have visited the...

Referendum of 25 May: Statements (29 May 2018)

Michael Harty: I think so. It is very difficult to follow that contribution from Deputy Clare Daly and I want to acknowledge it. There was raw emotion in that contribution. The people have spoken in a strong, clear voice to repeal the eighth amendment. It is quite obvious that the Irish people put substantial thought into their decision. They put quiet, emotional thought into their decision. It...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Levels (29 May 2018)

Michael Harty: 298. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if serious crime is on the rise in County Clare in view of comments by a judge at Ennis Circuit Criminal Court that extra sittings are needed to deal with the increasing number of criminal cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23693/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems Provision (29 May 2018)

Michael Harty: 299. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to make the application process for installing crime preventing CCTV systems less arduous in view of the fact that the take-up for the scheme to date has been small; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23694/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Joint Meeting of the Joint Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Joint Committee on Education and Skills and Joint Committee on Health
Supports for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2018)

Michael Harty: I will make just a few comments. Senator Dolan will be able to fill in for me. I apologise for being late. There was an accident on the N7 on the way up and, unfortunately, we were diverted off the motorway. I am sorry to have missed the personal testimonies. I was in the audiovisual room a number of months ago when Senator Dolan brought in witnesses to give their life histories and to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Joint Meeting of the Joint Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Joint Committee on Education and Skills and Joint Committee on Health
Supports for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2018)

Michael Harty: I will make just a few comments. Senator Dolan will be able to fill in for me. I apologise for being late. There was an accident on the N7 on the way up and, unfortunately, we were diverted off the motorway. I am sorry to have missed the personal testimonies. I was in the audiovisual room a number of months ago when Senator Dolan brought in witnesses to give their life histories and to...

Questions on Promised Legislation (30 May 2018)

Michael Harty: I refer to the programme for Government commitment to look at a ten-year vision for our health service and to deliver a health service reform on the basis of it. The Joint Committee on the Future of Healthcare met for 11 months and produced the Sláintecare report. This is the first anniversary - 365 days - of the publication of the Sláintecare report and the Government has not yet...

Questions on Promised Legislation (30 May 2018)

Michael Harty: The Government is losing the trust of the medical profession and the people. Are the HSE and the Department of Health the biggest vested interests in delivering a response? Is the Government deconstructing Sláintecare and reconstructing it according to the Government's own policy?

Topical Issue Debate: Educational Supports (30 May 2018)

Michael Harty: I raise the issue of Lisdoonvarna national school. Lisdoonvarna is a very famous town in County Clare. The school has had to take in 18 extra pupils over the past three months because a direct provision centre opened in Lisdoonvarna at the beginning of March and now has 115 asylum seekers, 18 of which are schoolgoing children attending the primary school. The sudden influx of pupils has...

Topical Issue Debate: Educational Supports (30 May 2018)

Michael Harty: I have visited the centre in the King Thomond Hotel in Lisdoonvarna and the facilities are of a very high standard. The asylum seekers are looked after very well and assimilating into the community. In spite of the many reservations of the local community, they are being welcomed and their adult educational needs and other requirements are being met. The school is in exceptional...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: A Vision for Change: Engagement with Department of Health Oversight Group (30 May 2018)

Michael Harty: I thank the witnesses for attending. I wish to clarify the status of the oversight group. I have looked at the membership and I note it is not entirely a HSE group. It is an independent group with people drawn from many disciplines, including members of the Irish College of General Practitioners, ICGP, and Dr. Shari McDaid of Mental Health Reform. It is quite a broad group, not just the HSE.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: A Vision for Change: Engagement with Department of Health Oversight Group (30 May 2018)

Michael Harty: Will Mr. Kane outline, for my own information, how the membership of the group was chosen? He can see that there is a little tension between this committee and what the oversight group is doing. We are trying not to overlap to a great degree but at the same time there is a lack of communication between the two groups. I wish to clarify where the oversight group is coming from because Mr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: A Vision for Change: Engagement with Department of Health Oversight Group (30 May 2018)

Michael Harty: This committee is working in a linear fashion and we have produced two interim reports. Will the oversight group produce an interim report on how it is progressing?