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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)
Michael Harty: On behalf of the committee I thank the witnesses, Dr. Fin Breatnach, Ms Aisling McNiffe, Mr. Jimmy Sheehan, Ms Valerin O'Shea, Dr. Róisín Healy and Dr. Eamonn Faller, for coming in to give us their views.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)
Michael Harty: We are now going to hear from the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board, NPHDB, in relation to the decision of the Government to proceed with the construction of the new children's hospital on the St. James' site. On behalf of the committee I welcome Mr. John Pollock, NPHDB project director, who is accompanied by Ms Eilísh Hardiman, chief executive of the Children's Hospital...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)
Michael Harty: I thank Mr. Pollock and Ms Hardiman for their opening statements. I am going to bank questions in groups of three, due to time constraints, and the witnesses may make notes of the questions. I invite Deputies O'Reilly, O'Connell and Kelleher.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)
Michael Harty: I do not know. I do not think we will.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)
Michael Harty: We have one more offering from Senator Mullen.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)
Michael Harty: I thank the Senator. I am conscious that there is a vote in the Dáil at about 12.50 p.m. that we had not calculated into our timing. I wish to make the witnesses aware of that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)
Michael Harty: We put Dr. Greally under time pressure there but we have devised a means by which we can continue so that he is not under time pressure later.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)
Michael Harty: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)
Michael Harty: Two Senators wish to contribute. We will continue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)
Michael Harty: The Deputy can come back with further questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)
Michael Harty: It is most likely that we will still be here, if the Deputy wishes to return.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)
Michael Harty: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)
Michael Harty: I have a few questions. When Dr. Finn Breathnach and several other members of the delegation from Connolly for Kids appeared before the committee they were quite definite that co-locating with an adult teaching hospital brought no additional benefits to children. You have referred to some of the benefits that will arise, so how can experienced paediatricians be so diametrically different on...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)
Michael Harty: Is there evidence, which Dr. Breathnach denied, of better outcomes from co-locating with an adult hospital?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)
Michael Harty: Dr. Breathnach spoke about Melbourne and Liverpool having stand-alone paediatric hospitals.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)
Michael Harty: Access is a very emotive issue for mothers, who believe they will be travelling long distances and will encounter huge traffic problems. I experienced that when I went to visit the site. How can you allay the fears of people who think they will not get to the hospital in a timely manner?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)
Michael Harty: Does Mr. Pollock wish to add to Ms Sharkey's comments?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)
Michael Harty: I wish to ask a final question before I bring in Senator Burke. Is there a security issue at the St. James's site?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)
Michael Harty: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)
Michael Harty: Will the Deputy remind us of what they were?