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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Dec 2022)
Róisín Shortall: 266. To ask the Minister for Health the status of negotiations in respect of a therapy (details supplied) for 35 children living with cystic fibrosis who are excluded from the 2017 agreement; the steps that are being taken to progress this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62496/22]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)
Róisín Shortall: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for their presentation. It strikes me there is quite a serious mismatch between the professional body and the representative union for GPs. They are very often not on the same page on key issues, particularly the contract and the model of care. I have long been of the view that the GP contract is not fit for purpose. It is a 40-year-old contract, and...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)
Róisín Shortall: Absolutely, and we all have better patient services and patient healthcare in mind and that is the objective for us all. The difficulty is that this is essentially a workforce planning issue, and we have been talking a lot about inadequate workforce planning in the Department. Dr. Farrell has set out a number of steps that should be taken and I cannot help but ask why this is not being...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)
Róisín Shortall: Sure, and I am sure this committee will do everything we possibly can because we are acutely aware of the logjams within the health service, especially in relation to GP services. GPs are at the start of the process, if you like, and unless we get that right, it will cause difficulties upstream. We fully understand that. I am wondering what kind of engagement Dr. Farrell's organisation has...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)
Róisín Shortall: I am not denying that I am just saying that sometimes-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)
Róisín Shortall: -----there seems to be a mismatch. One of the things that is being proposed is increasing the number of training places. What does it take to do that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)
Róisín Shortall: What needs to happen for that increase?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)
Róisín Shortall: Just to get down to the root of that, what needs to happen to increase the number of hospital posts?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)
Róisín Shortall: Why is that the case?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)
Róisín Shortall: What does it take to create those properly structured posts?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)
Róisín Shortall: Is there resistance to that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)
Róisín Shortall: Is that a resources issue-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)
Róisín Shortall: -----or is it an organisational issue?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)
Róisín Shortall: Where do the resources need to be put? What is the resource demand in that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)
Róisín Shortall: Such as more staff?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)
Róisín Shortall: So is that a catch-22?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)
Róisín Shortall: Is it because there are a high level of vacancies at consultant level?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)
Róisín Shortall: Okay. The new contract, hopefully-----