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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (4 Jul 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 325. To ask the Minister for Health the revenue raised between 1 January and 31 December 2018 from charges for private patients in public beds in public and voluntary hospitals; the details for 2015, 2016, and 2017; the number of procedures from 1 January to 31 December 2018 in each public and voluntary hospital which treated private patients in public beds; the equivalent figures for 2015,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Supplementary Report of Scoping Inquiry into CervicalCheck Programme: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: I welcome Dr. Scally, Dr. Denton and Mr. McQuillan. I want to start by thanking the witnesses and acknowledging the work they have done. They were brought into the eye of a storm with a lot of political heat, but much more importantly, there were a lot of women all over the country who were very worried and scared about questions on the clinical quality of the testing that had been done,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Supplementary Report of Scoping Inquiry into CervicalCheck Programme: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: There are three issues with this where there has been much focus over the past year, one being the issue of non-disclosure. Is it Dr. Scally's view that there is no clinical link between the cases of non-disclosure which have been identified and clinical outcomes for the women? Having had more time to look at it, is it Dr. Scally's view that, while the non-disclosure was unacceptable, that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Supplementary Report of Scoping Inquiry into CervicalCheck Programme: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank the witnesses for that because that got lost last year.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Supplementary Report of Scoping Inquiry into CervicalCheck Programme: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: Obviously, much of the focus of Dr. Scally and his team has been on the extra ten labs. My understanding of his conclusion is that although we all accept that, clearly, this should not have happened and represented a risk. Having looked into the risk Dr. Scally did not find evidence of poor practice and poor quality. Women have told me that is great and reassuring, but they have also...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Supplementary Report of Scoping Inquiry into CervicalCheck Programme: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: I would like to conclude with Dr. Scally's two recommendations, the first of which is that it be made even more explicit in the contracts between the HSE and labs that there can be no unilateral onward contracting and the primary contractors cannot just subcontract the work. Dr. Scally has stated that this provision is already in the contracts but that he would like it to be made more...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Supplementary Report of Scoping Inquiry into CervicalCheck Programme: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: I might summarise. Does Dr. Scally believe that CervicalCheck has the capacity right now to implement the two recommendations?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Supplementary Report of Scoping Inquiry into CervicalCheck Programme: Discussion (4 Jul 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank the witnesses.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (3 Jul 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 246. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the work of the contraception working group in his Department; the finalised terms of reference; the timeline for completion of the work of the group; the consultation process; the stakeholders the group has engaged with to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28459/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Service Executive: Chairman (3 Jul 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: We will do our very best Chairman, as always. I thank Mr. Devane and Mr. O’Sullivan for appearing before the committee and wish them the best of luck. The HSE is one of the most, if not the most, important and complex organisations in the country. Having the board back in place is certainly good and welcome, as the abolition of the board some years back was a serious mistake. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Service Executive: Chairman (3 Jul 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: At an executive level, does Mr. Devane feel the board has the authority, if necessary, to remove a director general from his or her post, if the board believes he or she is not performing?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Service Executive: Chairman (3 Jul 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: I will ask my other questions in one go, because we are stretched for time. I note that in Mr. Devane's opening statement, he refers to the board's priorities. Those priorities are all fine, but I do not see issues around access for patients or quality listed there. People are now waiting three, four, or five years just to see a consultant. Access in some areas in Ireland is worse than in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Service Executive: Chairman (3 Jul 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank Mr. Devane.

Select Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: Regarding the Minister's amendment, I am happy with the inclusion of those women. I will outline the purpose of amendment No. 2. The women who will be eligible to participate in the tribunal in the first instance are those in the 221 Plus group. There is a second group comprising the 2,000 or so women who were on the National Cancer Registry as having been diagnosed with cervical cancer...

Select Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: When is Report Stage?

Select Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: Rather than our hearing the answer in the Dáil on Report Stage, can the Minister and his officials come back here ahead of time?

Select Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: We are all agreed with the principle of finding a mechanism.

Select Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: No, it is not. The amendments refer to two different groups of women and are not alternatives to each other. The Minister's amendment No. 1 is about cases where they cannot find the slides. Amendment No. 2 is about women who chose not to engage with the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.

Select Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: I will move it and withdraw it. I move amendment No. 2: In page 6, line 30, after “concerned,” to insert the following: “where that woman agreed to participating in the Review of Cervical Screening up to 3 months after the commencement of this Bill, ”.

Select Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: May I ask two clarifying questions in trying to understand whether to support the amendment? My reading of the section essentially says that the rules of the High Court shall apply. My first question is whether it is the case that a judge of the High Court can say that he or she is awarding the person X amount for now and the judge is putting in a provisional sum, in case of adverse...