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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (5 Jul 2018)
Michael Harty: 226. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the reimbursement of Translarna; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29801/18]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee
Hospital Services: Discussion (4 Jul 2018) Michael Harty: This morning we are meeting officials from the Department of Health and the HSE to discuss the ongoing overcrowding issues in hospitals and the delays in admissions and outpatient appointments. On behalf of the joint committee, I welcome Mr. Paul Bolger, who is the director of the scheduled and unscheduled care performance unit of the Department of Health; Ms Susan Scally, who is a principal...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee
Hospital Services: Discussion (4 Jul 2018) Michael Harty: I thank Mr. Bolger. Mr. Liam Woods is the national director of acute hospital services. I ask him to make his opening statement on behalf of the HSE.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee
Hospital Services: Discussion (4 Jul 2018) Michael Harty: I will now open the discussion to members, who I will take in groups of two. I ask the witnesses to bank the questions and address them in order. The first two contributors will be Senator Colm Burke and Deputy Donnelly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee
Hospital Services: Discussion (4 Jul 2018) Michael Harty: In that case, Deputy Kelly will be the second contributor.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee
Hospital Services: Discussion (4 Jul 2018) Michael Harty: I call Senator Colm Burke.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee
Hospital Services: Discussion (4 Jul 2018) Michael Harty: Perhaps Mr. Woods might like to address Senator Burke's questions first and then Deputy Kelly's.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee
Hospital Services: Discussion (4 Jul 2018) Michael Harty: There were some questions directed at Mr. Bolger.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee
Hospital Services: Discussion (4 Jul 2018) Michael Harty: Deputy Kelly, to be fair to our other members you have had an opportunity to ask many questions. We will get answers but we need to move on to other members.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee
Hospital Services: Discussion (4 Jul 2018) Michael Harty: I thank Ms Cowan. We will move on to the next two speakers, Deputies Stephen Donnelly and Louise O'Reilly
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee
Hospital Services: Discussion (4 Jul 2018) Michael Harty: Please, Deputy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee
Hospital Services: Discussion (4 Jul 2018) Michael Harty: I will now invite in Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony for a short intervention and then we will go back to the answers.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee
Hospital Services: Discussion (4 Jul 2018) Michael Harty: I thank the Deputy. I call Mr. Bolger.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee
Hospital Services: Discussion (4 Jul 2018) Michael Harty: I thank Deputy Donnelly. Deputy O'Reilly posed some questions about closed beds and staff shortages.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee
Hospital Services: Discussion (4 Jul 2018) Michael Harty: There was another question on how many procedures were done up to June 2018 under the NTPF.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee
Hospital Services: Discussion (4 Jul 2018) Michael Harty: We are discussing inpatient and outpatient waiting lists. There is an imbalance between the demographic changes in the population and capacity, by which I do not mean just bed capacity. We concentrate on bed capacity but there are huge capacity issues in other services, particularly in primary care. How does CHO 3, with which Mr. Gloster is most familiar, anticipate the manpower issues...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee
Hospital Services: Discussion (4 Jul 2018) Michael Harty: Absolutely.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee
Hospital Services: Discussion (4 Jul 2018) Michael Harty: Deputy Durkan is next, actually.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee
Hospital Services: Discussion (4 Jul 2018) Michael Harty: We might wrap all those questions up together.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee
Hospital Services: Discussion (4 Jul 2018) Michael Harty: I thank the Senator and call Deputy Durkan.