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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals on Health Technology Assessment (28 Mar 2018)
Michael Harty: Dr. Lesley Tilson will make an opening statement on behalf of the National Centre for Pharmaeconomics.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals on Health Technology Assessment (28 Mar 2018)
Michael Harty: I thank Dr. Tilson. We will now open the discussion to our members. Given the time constraints, members should make their observations and then we will get the replies. The order of speakers is Deputy Louise O'Reilly, Deputy Kate O'Connell, Deputy Bernard Durkan and Senator Colm Burke.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals on Health Technology Assessment (28 Mar 2018)
Michael Harty: I thank Mr. Judge. I call Senator Colm Burke.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals on Health Technology Assessment (28 Mar 2018)
Michael Harty: Does Dr. Ryan wish to contribute? We will conclude reasonably quickly after her remarks.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals on Health Technology Assessment (28 Mar 2018)
Michael Harty: I thank Dr. Ryan. While the meeting is still in public session, will members indicate whether they are satisfied with COM (2018) 51, which is the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on Health Technology Assessments amending Directive 2011/24/EU?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals on Health Technology Assessment (28 Mar 2018)
Michael Harty: In that case, there is another option. If we want to make a political contribution on matters other than subsidiarity and proportionality, we can agree that at the next meeting.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals on Health Technology Assessment (28 Mar 2018)
Michael Harty: So the Deputy wishes to make a political contribution?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals on Health Technology Assessment (28 Mar 2018)
Michael Harty: We will draw up the wording for that and have it available for our next meeting. Is that agreed? Agreed. I thank the representatives of the Department of Health, HIQA and the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics for coming in to give the committee their expert advice and opinion.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals on Health Technology Assessment (28 Mar 2018)
Michael Harty: Yes, it has been accepted and sent.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals on Health Technology Assessment (28 Mar 2018)
Michael Harty: We will check that.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (28 Mar 2018) Michael Harty: The select committee is now in public session. The purpose of this morning's meeting is the consideration of the Department of Health's Estimate for 2018. The Dáil ordered that the following Estimate for public services, Vote 38 - Health, be referred to the select committee for consideration. I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Health with special responsibility for...
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (28 Mar 2018) Michael Harty: I will now bring in the party spokespersons on health, starting with Deputy Kelleher and continuing with Deputies O'Reilly and Kelly.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (28 Mar 2018) Michael Harty: The next to contributors are Deputies Kate O'Connell and Bernard Durkan.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (28 Mar 2018) Michael Harty: I thank Deputy Durkan. Before the Minister of State answers those questions, I will put a few questions to him. The Minister of State referred quite often in his opening statement to the Sláintecare report and the need for health reform and the shift from secondary hospital services to primary care services. Is there anything in the Estimates to indicate there is a start in attempting...
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (28 Mar 2018) Michael Harty: Appropriation-in-aid is €460.2 million. When it is added to the Vote, the total allocation for the health budget for the year comes to €14.871 billion. I want to know the detail of that.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (28 Mar 2018) Michael Harty: The Minister of State can go through it for the record if he likes.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (28 Mar 2018) Michael Harty: That report was due at the end of December, and then due before Easter. When is the next deadline?
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (28 Mar 2018) Michael Harty: I wish to respond before the Minister of State leaves that topic. Increasing the number of training places for GPs does not actually address the manpower issue. We are training GPs in order that they will emigrate because no young aspiring GP will sign the existing GP contract. Nobody who is recently qualified is signing a new GP contract.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (28 Mar 2018) Michael Harty: I thank the Minister of State. Do Deputies Murphy O'Mahony and O'Reilly have further questions for him?
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (28 Mar 2018) Michael Harty: I thank the Minister of State for attending to review the Revised Estimates.