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Select Committee on Health: Mental Health (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2017)

Michael Harty: The Minister of State, Deputy Daly has identified that on Report Stage this would be an amendment he would put forward. At this hearing it is not an amendment.

Select Committee on Health: Mental Health (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2017)

Michael Harty: Correct.

Select Committee on Health: Mental Health (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2017)

Michael Harty: Is anyone objecting to the amendment?

Select Committee on Health: Mental Health (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2017)

Michael Harty: As amendments Nos. 2 and 3 are related, they may be discussed together.

Select Committee on Health: Mental Health (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2017)

Michael Harty: Do the Minister of State or Deputy Browne want to make any further comments?

Select Committee on Health: Mental Health (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2017)

Michael Harty: I thank Deputy Browne for attending this morning's meeting. I also thank the Minister of State and his advisers for being in attendance.

Select Committee on Health: Message to Dáil (22 Jun 2017)

Michael Harty: In accordance with Standing Order 90, the following message will be sent to the Dáil:The Select Committee on Health has completed its consideration of the Mental Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017 and has made an amendment thereto.

Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)

Michael Harty: I am sharing time with Deputies Michael Collins and Mattie McGrath. The appointment of the former Attorney General, Máire Whelan, to the Court of Appeal has raised eyebrows, especially in my mind, due to the manner of the appointment. I have no doubt about her qualifications and I am sure she will fill her role with distinction. However, the manner and process of her appointment seem...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Health Care Policy (21 Jun 2017)

Michael Harty: This was my first, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Health Care Policy (21 Jun 2017)

Michael Harty: This report needs to be implemented. It contains strong recommendations on implementation. To drive implementation forward, there needs to be political buy-in. The first requirement we ask from Government is that there be strong political buy-in for this reform. If that is not present, the reform programme and Sláintecare report are not going to get off the ground. Part of that is...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Health Care Policy (21 Jun 2017)

Michael Harty: 45. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his views on the Sláintecare report of the Committee on the Future of Healthcare; and if he will recommend that the report form the basis of health reform to introduce a universal single tier health service delivered on need rather the ability to pay [28073/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Health Care Policy (21 Jun 2017)

Michael Harty: I too wish to congratulate the Minister on his reappointment. Continuity in the Department of Health is important. I look forward to working with the Minister as closely as possible. I also congratulate the Minister of State, Deputy Jim Daly, on taking over responsibility for mental health affairs and care of the elderly, a major portfolio in which I wish him the best of luck. I am...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Health Care Policy (21 Jun 2017)

Michael Harty: It is important that the Minister understand the need for health care reform. The public system is not fit for purpose. It is fragmented, disjointed and incoherent. Some areas work reasonably well, but all areas are under pressure and struggle to deliver quality care services. There are lengthening waiting lists in outpatient departments, as well as lengthening inpatient lists for urgent...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Health Care Policy (21 Jun 2017)

Michael Harty: I think the clock is wrong. I think I only had one minute instead of two.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (21 Jun 2017)

Michael Harty: 218. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive an outpatient appointment for surgery in Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29212/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Diabetes Strategy (20 Jun 2017)

Michael Harty: 1544. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to fill the posts for which funding is available and for further posts in 2017 to fully implement the paediatric diabetes model of care published in December 2015. [28880/17]

Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (14 Jun 2017)

Michael Harty: I congratulate Deputy Varadkar on his election as leader of Fine Gael and, by inference this afternoon, Taoiseach. It is my decision to abstain on his nomination as Taoiseach which will allow me to articulate a different point of view on many issues and to provide an alternative way of analysing and thinking on the issues of the day. I suggest the theme for Deputy Varadkar’s term in...

Resignation of Taoiseach (13 Jun 2017)

Michael Harty: As a first time Deputy, I believe Ireland is a fantastic democracy. It is diverse, edgy, free of fear and free of terror. The Taoiseach is a credit to making that situation possible. He upholds this democracy extremely well. He has addressed social issues that have shaped Irish culture and he has restored our confidence in ourselves. The Taoiseach addressed the financial crisis. He and...

Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2017)

Michael Harty: I acknowledge that there have been huge improvements in some sections of our health service. The difficulty with planning the health service is that it is fragmented. There is a lack of integration and of an overall plan in the health service. A ten year vision for the service is lacking. We move from crisis to crisis and from year to year. There are annual budgets but there must be...

Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2017)

Michael Harty: I refer to the report on the future of health care, the Sláintecare report. I am concerned there has been very little reaction from the Government to it. I know that it is only two days since it was launched, that it will be presented to the Cabinet next week and that it will be in debated in the Dáil on 16 June, but it is very important that it be kept to the forefront. It is...