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- 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: Mr. Kane says the group has begun meeting stakeholders.
- 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: Did the group not meet any stakeholders between October 2017 and today?
- 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: How often does the group meet?
- 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: As Mr. Kane can appreciate, we meet every week and we are going through a large amount of work. Is one meeting per month sufficient? Does the full membership attend meetings of the oversight group?
- 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: In its deliberations so far, what has it found to be the main inhibitors for implementing A Vision for Change? What are the barriers to implementation? We have been through this with the Sláintecare report and we have identified barriers to implementation. What barriers has the group found in its deliberations? We have looked at three primary areas, namely, primary care, recruitment...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (12 Jun 2018)
Michael Harty: 612. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding cataract waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24437/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (12 Jun 2018)
Michael Harty: 665. To ask the Minister for Health if exceptions to Health Service Executive, HSE, Circular 15/2017 (details supplied) will be considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24601/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (12 Jun 2018)
Michael Harty: 773. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive an appointment for knee surgery in Croom Hospital, Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25065/18]
- Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Hospital Accommodation Provision (13 Jun 2018)
Michael Harty: There is constant and recurring overcrowding at the Limerick hospital and this is down to multiple factors. There is a deficiency in bed capacity and staffing. Bed capacity at Limerick runs at approximately 97%, when 85% is the maximum at which a hospital can work efficiently. This leads to poorer outcomes for patients and an increased incidence of cross-infection and hospital-acquired...
- Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Hospital Accommodation Provision (13 Jun 2018)
Michael Harty: The issue, in a broader sense, is that the mid-west is actually competing with Galway and Cork for services. The Saolta west group and the southern group are, I think, getting a disproportionate amount of resources compared to the mid-west, and this is a fundamental issue which is leading to overcrowding in our hospitals. Regarding the Minister of State's reference to the Sláintecare...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee. (13 Jun 2018)
Michael Harty: I propose that we go into private session to deal with housekeeping matters. Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Patient Safety (Licensing) Bill: Discussion (13 Jun 2018)
Michael Harty: The purpose of this morning's session is to meet officials from the Department of Health and representatives of the Health Information and Quality Authority, HIQA, as part of our pre-legislative scrutiny of the patient safety (licensing) Bill. On behalf of the committee, I welcome Dr. Tony Holohan, Dr. Kathleen MacLellan and Mr. David Keating from the Department of Health and Mr. Phelim...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Patient Safety (Licensing) Bill: Discussion (13 Jun 2018)
Michael Harty: I thank Dr. Holohan. I ask Mr. Quinn to make his opening statement.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Patient Safety (Licensing) Bill: Discussion (13 Jun 2018)
Michael Harty: I thank Mr. Quinn. We will open the meeting to our members. The first contributor is Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Patient Safety (Licensing) Bill: Discussion (13 Jun 2018)
Michael Harty: The witnesses might bank the questions. I will call Deputy Durkan and we can then deal with the answers.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Patient Safety (Licensing) Bill: Discussion (13 Jun 2018)
Michael Harty: I thank Dr. Holohan. I refer to the latter section of Mr. Quinn's statement, where he stated that clarity on the legal status of the licensing provider is necessary, as is a greater emphasis in legislation on effective governance and clear accountability at the level of the provider. I ask him to expand on that. I assume that in his last paragraph he is calling for more resources because...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Patient Safety (Licensing) Bill: Discussion (13 Jun 2018)
Michael Harty: The legislation is expanding licensing but it is not introducing elements of enforcement. HIQA can make recommendations on public hospitals but it does not have powers in enforcing those recommendations.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Patient Safety (Licensing) Bill: Discussion (13 Jun 2018)
Michael Harty: The witnesses should bank those questions while I bring in Deputy Louise O'Reilly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Patient Safety (Licensing) Bill: Discussion (13 Jun 2018)
Michael Harty: No, not necessarily.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Patient Safety (Licensing) Bill: Discussion (13 Jun 2018)
Michael Harty: We covered that topic earlier.