Results 27,581-27,600 of 33,115 for speaker:Catherine Connolly
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) Catherine Connolly: The clinical director has publicly stated that the hospital is number one on the risk register. Its lack of capacity-----
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) Catherine Connolly: It is the regional hospital in Galway, the centre of excellence which covers the area from Donegal down along the west coast. It is number one on the risk register. It is in such a position that the authorities there have made a written submission. I will come back to the specifics of this report shortly but Mr. O'Brien mentioned Galway and I am happy to discuss it. The accident and...
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) Catherine Connolly: Where is that design study at?
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) Catherine Connolly: Where is it at?
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) Catherine Connolly: When will it be finished?
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) Catherine Connolly: We have situation now, and again it is indicative of a lot of other things throughout the country, where a hospital that is a centre of excellence has an accident and emergency department that is not fit for purpose, that is still at design stage. Mr. O'Brien can imagine the level of frustration.
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) Catherine Connolly: There have been major problems in University Hospital Galway for a very long time. It is unsafe. The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has stated that the conditions there are unsafe.
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) Catherine Connolly: Yes, please do so.
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) Catherine Connolly: So there was a failure to invest in capital in the health service generally?
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) Catherine Connolly: It was a failure.
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) Catherine Connolly: I would put it that it was a failure. The hospital in Galway is in serious trouble. The psychiatric unit is in serious trouble. The Mental Health Commission visited the facility recently, as it does every year, and highlighted huge inadequacies such as the lack of privacy and of care plans. These are all listed out. The new building was to come on stream but times have changed. It was to...
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) Catherine Connolly: They are asking for permission to go ahead and look at options for a new hospital. Is that right?
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) Catherine Connolly: They have done so on the basis that the hospital is not suited for the needs of that area and the city. Is that right?
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) Catherine Connolly: Does that concern Mr. O'Brien?
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) Catherine Connolly: I am asking Mr. O'Brien specifically about the hospital in Galway because it is number one on the risk register in the context of its lack of capacity.
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) Catherine Connolly: Is that fully occupied and staffed?
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) Catherine Connolly: My question is whether the new building referred to by Mr. O'Brien is fully occupied.
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) Catherine Connolly: It was, actually. I sat for ten years on a forum. It was to be fully staffed but it is not fully staffed. Why is it not fully staffed?
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) Catherine Connolly: I am looking at a vast budget on one hand and a particular hospital on the other. They do not match and there are serious problems in this regard. I will park that for a moment and consider other serious issues. There is an ongoing serious problem with procurement. The Comptroller and Auditor General has picked several samples. He cited five locations. In the five locations he...
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statements 2015 and 2016
Clarification of Matters Relating to Meeting of 2 February 2016 (15 Jun 2017) Catherine Connolly: There is an additional cohort of 45 staff. Is that correct?