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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund: Chairperson Designate (31 May 2017)

Michael Harty: Many questions have been posed and perhaps Mr. Horan could respond. Other members have yet to contribute and it would be appreciated if Mr. Horan could keep his answers as concise as possible.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund: Chairperson Designate (31 May 2017)

Michael Harty: With regard to the report of the Committee on the Future of Healthcare, we took evidence during our hearings that almost 75% of the activity in some of our general hospitals are coming through the emergency department. Consequently, elective work is being squeezed continually. Mr. Tony O'Brien, in his evidence to this committee, said that in one or two years time it will be almost 100%...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund: Chairperson Designate (31 May 2017)

Michael Harty: What are the main procedures purchased by the National Treatment Purchase Fund? Will Mr. Horan gives us the total number treated in the past year or in a defined period?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund: Chairperson Designate (31 May 2017)

Michael Harty: The most pressing cases involving the longest waiting times are patients with far more serious conditions but day cases have been prioritised in spending the first €5 million.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund: Chairperson Designate (31 May 2017)

Michael Harty: Would it not have been better to prioritise the most serious cases in spending the first tranche of money?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund: Chairperson Designate (31 May 2017)

Michael Harty: A patient undergoing a hip replacement would never occupy a day bed. An inpatient would never occupy a day bed. From what I can gather, the easiest cases are being dealt with first.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund: Chairperson Designate (31 May 2017)

Michael Harty: I thank Mr. Horan very much for coming before the committee and wish him the best of luck in the continuation of his role as CEO of the National Treatment Purchase Fund. We may very well engage with him in the future as we see the level of engagement in the roll-out of the report of the Committee on the Future of Healthcare.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues relating to Medical Scanning Services (31 May 2017)

Michael Harty: This is our third session of the afternoon, and we will now meet with Professor Sean Daly, consultant obstetrician in the Coombe Hospital on the issue of medical scanning. On behalf of the committee, I welcome him and thank him for attending. I wish to draw his attention to the fact that by virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, witnesses are protected by absolute privilege...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues relating to Medical Scanning Services (31 May 2017)

Michael Harty: When Professor Kenny was here, she said that if she had the capacity, she could release some midwives who had been trained up or who could be trained up to become skilled scanners. However, she could not actually release them from their midwifery duties as they would not be replaced. She said, however, that there was capacity within the system for her to provide people for training but they...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues relating to Medical Scanning Services (31 May 2017)

Michael Harty: I will allow Senator Colm Burke to ask his questions now because he is under a little time pressure.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues relating to Medical Scanning Services (31 May 2017)

Michael Harty: Does Deputy O'Connell have further comments?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues relating to Medical Scanning Services (31 May 2017)

Michael Harty: I have just done a calculation. According to Professor Daly, 70,000 births at half an hour per scan is 35,000 hours or 35 hours per week. Does that mean that we would need 1,000 scanners?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues relating to Medical Scanning Services (31 May 2017)

Michael Harty: Excuse me. It is 1,000 weeks of scanning.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues relating to Medical Scanning Services (31 May 2017)

Michael Harty: Yes. It is late in the day. I was wondering where the 1,000 scanners would come from. If 20,000 women are not getting an anomaly scan, how many children are at risk of being born with serious and unidentified problems?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues relating to Medical Scanning Services (31 May 2017)

Michael Harty: The report of the Committee on the Future of Healthcare, which was launched yesterday, proposes a ten-year vision for a new health service. We are all optimistic about it. It calls for a guaranteed waiting time for procedures, outpatient appointments and diagnostic tests. How realistic would it be to introduce legislation to guarantee women this right? They would not just be eligible,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues relating to Medical Scanning Services (31 May 2017)

Michael Harty: On behalf of the committee, I thank Professor Daly for coming here and giving us his expert opinions. The committee will continue to put pressure on the Government to make funds available because is astounding that women do not receive this essential scan. I thank the Professor for his expert report.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues relating to Medical Scanning Services (31 May 2017)

Michael Harty: Certainly, thank you.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2017)

Michael Harty: The purpose of this meeting is to engage with the Disability Federation of Ireland and the Center for Independent Living, Carmichael House, regarding the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its relevance to health and well-being. On behalf of the committee, I welcome Ms Joan O'Connor and Ms Anne Winslow of the Disability Federation of Ireland and Mr. Michael McCabe...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2017)

Michael Harty: I thank the witnesses for their opening statements.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2017)

Michael Harty: Does Mr. McCabe wish to speak?