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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Chronic Disease Management: Discussion (7 Mar 2018)

Michael Harty: I would like a response to my question on the mix of private care in public hospitals and the barriers that may cause.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Chronic Disease Management: Discussion (7 Mar 2018)

Michael Harty: Would Dr. McDonald or Dr. Collins comment on the private mix in our public hospitals?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Chronic Disease Management: Discussion (7 Mar 2018)

Michael Harty: I will give Dr. McDonald five minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Chronic Disease Management: Discussion (7 Mar 2018)

Michael Harty: On behalf of the committee, I thank the witnesses for attending to share their expertise.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Counsellors and Psychotherapists Registration Board: Discussion (7 Mar 2018)

Michael Harty: On behalf of the joint committee, I thank Ms Deirdre Walsh and Mr. Aidan Tumbleton from the professional regulation unit of the national human resource division of the Department of Health for coming to talk to us. In this session we will discuss the following draft regulations referred to the committee by an order passed by the Dáil on 20 February and the Seanad on 27 February: the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Counsellors and Psychotherapists Registration Board: Discussion (7 Mar 2018)

Michael Harty: I thank Ms Walsh.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Counsellors and Psychotherapists Registration Board: Discussion (7 Mar 2018)

Michael Harty: I will bring in Senator Colm Burke, so the witnesses might bank the questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Counsellors and Psychotherapists Registration Board: Discussion (7 Mar 2018)

Michael Harty: Ms Walsh referred to counselling. Are all counselling services, including addiction counselling, alcohol counselling, marriage guidance counselling and so on covered under this regulation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Counsellors and Psychotherapists Registration Board: Discussion (7 Mar 2018)

Michael Harty: On behalf of the committee, I thank Ms Walsh and Mr. Tumbleton for being here today.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Messages to Dáil and Seanad (7 Mar 2018)

Michael Harty: In accordance with Standing Order 90 the following message will be sent to the Dáil:The Joint Committee on Health has completed its consideration of the Order that the Dáil approve the following regulations in draft: Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (Section 4(7)) (Membership of Council) Regulations 2017, copies of which were laid in draft form before Dáil...

Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Mar 2018)

Michael Harty: I thank Deputy Michael McGrath for bringing this Bill to the floor of the House. It is the second important Bill to be discussed this evening. The Government's intention not to oppose the Fianna Fáil legislation to bring vulture funds under the control of the Central Bank is to be welcomed. I hope this Bill will not suffer the same fate as many other Private Members' Bills during this...

Provision of Cost-Rental Public Housing: Motion [Private Members] (6 Mar 2018)

Michael Harty: I thank the Social Democrats and the Green Party for bringing this motion forward. I will be supporting it. Our housing crisis is obviously getting worse in view of the fact that rents are increasing, as is the number of people in emergency accommodation. The over-reliance on the private sector to solve the problem is a mistake. State intervention is urgently required and the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (6 Mar 2018)

Michael Harty: 173. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the orthopaedic outpatients department has been discontinued at Ennis General Hospital and transferred to Croom, County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10757/18]

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Feb 2018)

Michael Harty: This morning the Oireachtas health committee published a report on orphan drugs, of which Respreeza is one drug. It is a summary of three meetings which we held on orphan drugs. Orphan drugs are different from other drugs, yet the process of looking at them is the same. They need to be treated differently. The quality process of comparing cost-benefit analysis needs to change....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (28 Feb 2018)

Michael Harty: We will call the meeting to order.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2018)

Michael Harty: We will now go into public session. We are meeting this morning with acknowledged experts in the area of human fertility as part of our ongoing pre-legislative scrutiny of the Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017. On behalf of the committee I welcome Dr. John Waterstone, president of the Irish Fertility Society, Professor Mary Wingfield, Merrion Fertility Clinic, and Dr. John Kennedy,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2018)

Michael Harty: There is mobile phone interference. Dr. Wingfield should turn off her phone; it interferes with the recording of proceedings. Deputy Kelleher is indicating he wants to contribute once we have heard the opening statements.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2018)

Michael Harty: I thank Professor Wingfield. I ask Dr. Kennedy to make his opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2018)

Michael Harty: I thank Dr. Kennedy. The first two members to contribute will be Deputy Billy Kelleher and Senator Colm Burke.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2018)

Michael Harty: We might ask Dr. Wingfield to address some of the questions.