Results 3,181-3,200 of 3,336 for speaker:Kate O'Connell

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: NewERA, National Treasury Management Agency (7 Feb 2017)

Kate O'Connell: The shortfall is €239 million per year from non-payment of domestic water charges. If there are no domestic water charges for ten years, that adds up to the guts of €2.4 billion. Am I correct in saying that is the amount we will be out?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: NewERA, National Treasury Management Agency (7 Feb 2017)

Kate O'Connell: That is the price of two children's hospitals. I just thought I would put that to the committee - that is the value of the money and the cost to services of the non-payment of charges.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Health Information and Quality Authority (1 Feb 2017)

Kate O'Connell: I do not want to misinterpret Mr. Quinn. Is he saying that the larger providers should be examined first and then we can examine the person minding his or her brother or sister?

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Health Information and Quality Authority (1 Feb 2017)

Kate O'Connell: That is where I am going with my query. Let us say that State provides financial support to me to mind my sister-in-law in my own home.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Health Information and Quality Authority (1 Feb 2017)

Kate O'Connell: Does the State not have a duty in such a case to make sure that I am acting in her best interest?

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Health Information and Quality Authority (1 Feb 2017)

Kate O'Connell: Let us say I am the carer.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Health Information and Quality Authority (1 Feb 2017)

Kate O'Connell: I thank the witnesses for coming in. I think we all rest a little easier after hearing their submissions. Maybe that is just me. In his opening contribution, Mr. Quinn stated "This means that some commissioning decisions will result in the rationalisation of services and will require courageous choices." Can he elaborate on what those choices would be and what sort of barriers he would...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (31 Jan 2017)

Kate O'Connell: 140. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of betting shops that paid betting tax to the Revenue Commissioners in 2015; the number of these with an annual turnover of less than €2 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4534/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (31 Jan 2017)

Kate O'Connell: 141. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount received from the 1% betting tax in each year from 2010 to 2015; the portion of this which was received from bookmakers with an annual turnover of less than €2 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4535/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (31 Jan 2017)

Kate O'Connell: 142. To ask the Minister for Finance the impact of reducing the current rate of betting tax on betting shops with an annual turnover of less than €2 million to the same level as that which exists for on-course bookmakers; if such a reduction would be viable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4536/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Emergency Department Overcrowding: Discussion (25 Jan 2017)

Kate O'Connell: I thank the delegations for coming before us. I almost feel I am friends with them at this stage as I see them at so many committee meetings. I will try to be as quick as possible and I will have to excuse myself immediately because I am supposed to be attending the water committee meeting as well. I must show my face but I will look back at the replies here. The figures for...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Dr. Brian Turner (25 Jan 2017)

Kate O'Connell: I apologise for being late and hope I do not repeat questions that have already been asked of the witness. Deputy Harty made reference to a suite of services but I would prefer to call it a menu. Who does Dr. Turner believe is best placed to draw up the basic menu or suite of services to which people will be entitled? How will that be worked through? Deputy Barry spoke about moving things...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Maternity Strategy: Discussion (19 Jan 2017)

Kate O'Connell: I thank all the witnesses for their presentations. It is worth noting that despite a ratio of live births to consultants of 1,000:3.95 our outcomes are comparable with the best in the world. I am mindful, however, that there is always the straw that breaks the camel's back. A large number of people have put a great deal of work into this strategy and it is excellent. One could possibly be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Maternity Strategy: Discussion (19 Jan 2017)

Kate O'Connell: I am sorry for missing the presentation as I was in the Chamber. I do not wish to repeat anything that has been said already. Following on from Deputy Louise O'Reilly's point about the scanning rate in Cork University Hospital and the incorrect data she received originally. To my mind that signifies something a lot more serious in that if one does not know what the rate of scanning is,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Maternity Strategy: Discussion (19 Jan 2017)

Kate O'Connell: Perhaps the figure of 12 refers to the ratio.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Maternity Strategy: Discussion (19 Jan 2017)

Kate O'Connell: And on the birth rate as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Maternity Strategy: Discussion (19 Jan 2017)

Kate O'Connell: Chairman, a vote has been called in the Dáil.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Private Hospitals Association (18 Jan 2017)

Kate O'Connell: I thank the witnesses for coming before the committee. They referred to 3 million diagnostic tests. While I am aware of commercial sensitivities could they elaborate on the proportion of diagnostic tests per patient in the private sector? Is more testing done on private patients than on public patients? Have they any figures on the pure cost of a test, for example, such as an MRI in the...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Private Hospitals Association (18 Jan 2017)

Kate O'Connell: No. It is on the management structures. Mr. Fitzgerald said the Beacon had 1,000 staff and seven managers. Does he have any idea about how many administrative staff there are? Would it be true to say that there is a leaner management structure in the Beacon, which is in the private sector, than there is in the public sector? Would it be fair to say that?

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Private Hospitals Association (18 Jan 2017)

Kate O'Connell: I am trying to find out if more tests are run on private patients in private hospitals than there are on public patients. That is what I am trying to get at.