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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Section 39 Organisations: Discussion (31 Jan 2018)

Michael Harty: We did consider our powers of compellability. It appears we do not have powers of compellability.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Section 39 Organisations: Discussion (31 Jan 2018)

Michael Harty: An invitation was issued to the Department in the same way as every other grouping was invited. On Friday it indicated that it would not provide officials to attend this meeting and that the Department of Health would take the lead on this issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Section 39 Organisations: Discussion (31 Jan 2018)

Michael Harty: On behalf of the joint committee, I thank the representatives of the Department of Health and the HSE for attending to give evidence.

Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2018)

Michael Harty: I thank the Taoiseach. As I stated, the fundamental question is one of reform. There is a languid response to health reform from the Government as well as a lack of ambition and courage. There is also an amazing lack of curiosity concerning why we have an above average spend and a below average outcome in our health service. It is this lack of interest and ambition that concerns me. ...

Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2018)

Michael Harty: I wish to question the Taoiseach on the issue of the dysfunctional health service, particularly where it fails to deliver timely care to patients. I will approach it differently from Deputy Micheál Martin who addressed budgets. I would like to question the Taoiseach about reforming the health service and would like him to look at doing so through a different lens. I ask him to look at...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget Measures (30 Jan 2018)

Michael Harty: 87. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress that has been made regarding the development of a VAT compensation scheme for charities as announced in budget 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53588/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage (30 Jan 2018)

Michael Harty: 352. To ask the Minister for Health if the criteria of availability for Versatis patches can be reviewed in view of the number of persons who require same (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3952/18]

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (25 Jan 2018)

Michael Harty: I support the holding of a referendum on repealing the eighth amendment of the Constitution to allow Irish people to have their say on this very important and difficult issue. The recommendations of the Oireachtas all-party committee should be the basis of any proposed legislation to be put in place should the people decide to repeal the eighth amendment. Such legislation will be the legal...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Community Health Care Organisations: Discussion (18 Jan 2018)

Michael Harty: I welcome the witnesses, particularly Bernard Gloster and Dr. John O'Mahoney from CHO 3. In fact, the mid-western hospital group, for want of a better term, and the CHO 3 coincide. The mid-west is one of the few areas where the hospital group and the CHO coincide, which makes management perhaps a little easier. Deputy Carey has spoken about the CAMHS. There is a lack of key community...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Community Health Care Organisations: Discussion (18 Jan 2018)

Michael Harty: Yes.

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Jan 2018)

Michael Harty: Like Deputy Ó Broin, I have sat in the parlours of the homes of families who have lost people as result of drink-driving. It is not a very pleasant experience. I am sure many of my colleagues have done the same. Speaking from the point of view of the profession from which I come, I have perhaps a more intimate knowledge of the destruction caused by deaths from drinking and driving. ...

Section 39 Agency Staff Reimbursements: Motion [Private Members] (17 Jan 2018)

Michael Harty: I wish to concentrate on two issues in respect of section 39 organisations. One is the financial sustainability, viability and quality of care section 39 organisations provide. Pay is an issue, but the provision of quality care to patients is paramount. Section 39 organisations supply essential services to patients, which are not provided by the HSE. They provide those services on behalf...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (17 Jan 2018)

Michael Harty: I wish to deal with a piece of work discussed in private session before we start. Is it agreed that the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation No. 726/2004 as regards the location of the seat of the European Medicines Agency does not warrant further scrutiny? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (17 Jan 2018)

Michael Harty: This morning's meeting has been convened to carry out pre-legislative scrutiny on the general scheme of the assisted human reproduction Bill. On behalf of the committee, I welcome Ms Geraldine Luddy, Dr. Tony Holohan and Mr. Paul Ivory of the Department of Health, and Mr. Liam Woods, Dr. Colm Henry, Dr. Jerome Coffey and Dr. Peter McKenna of the HSE, who will assist us with our scrutiny of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (17 Jan 2018)

Michael Harty: We now open the debate to observations from members. Deputy O'Reilly is first.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (17 Jan 2018)

Michael Harty: I have a question on the ethical issues surrounding embryo creation, storage and destruction. Can the witnesses comment on how that will be dealt with in the Bill? Before asking the Department to respond, we will go to the second contributor, who is Senator Colm Burke.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (17 Jan 2018)

Michael Harty: In the context of the number of embryos created, what are the ethical considerations relating to those embryos which are not implanted?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (17 Jan 2018)

Michael Harty: The agreement of the donors is paramount.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (17 Jan 2018)

Michael Harty: The next two contributors are Deputies Bernard Durkan and Margaret Murphy O'Mahony.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (17 Jan 2018)

Michael Harty: Were Deputy Murphy O'Mahony's questions answered?