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

Stephen Donnelly: Which is what the Minister is seeking.

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

Stephen Donnelly: May I ask one question to clarify that last point?

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

Stephen Donnelly: On Deputy Bríd Smith's point on signing a waiver, I did not read anything about doing so. If the High Court awards an individual X amount, based on current observable damages to date and perhaps adding a risk-adjusted amount for a recurrence, is it implicit in accepting a judgment that the individual is saying that should she have a recurrence of cancer in three years' time, she will...

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

Stephen Donnelly: That is for the courts to decide. Does the Minister think the individual could come back to the court?

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

Stephen Donnelly: The individual does not have to sign away her rights to come back in the future.

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

Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 12: In page 12, between lines 26 and 27, to insert the following: “(3) The Tribunal shall be entitled to award aggravated damages in circumstances where— (a) the Tribunal determines that a claimant has been cross-examined in an unnecessarily aggressive and/or adversarial manner by a respondent, or (b) the Tribunal determines that the respondent...

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

Stephen Donnelly: For clarity, my point is not necessarily that the women would read the Bill but that the lawyers operating on behalf of the labs would most certainly read it. It is a message to the lawyers rather than the women.

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

Stephen Donnelly: If the Minister is satisfied that the power is definitely there and the conversations have been had, I accept that. I would welcome a document on rules and behaviour. It would be important. I will withdraw the amendment.

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

Stephen Donnelly: I will speak to the section, but I am not challenging it. It deals with costs. My amendment was ruled out of order because it involved a potential charge on the State. In this case, there will be such a charge. I want to ensure that cost will not become a barrier to any woman or family who require access. I know that some of the legal teams are operating on a no award, no fee basis, but...

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

Stephen Donnelly: The Bill requires the voluntary co-operation of all parties, including the women and their families, the laboratories and the State. I presume we have the State on board. The indication is the women affected are satisfied with the parameters, notwithstanding aspects of the debate. Have the laboratories indicated yet whether they will co-operate with the legislation as drafted?

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

Stephen Donnelly: None of them has opted out at this stage.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: HSE Expenditure (2 Jul 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: If I heard him correctly, the Minister gave a figure of €116 million for the period to the end of April. Does he have a figure for the period to the end of June? This would be the overspend to the end of quarter 1. If he does not have that figure, perhaps the Minister will indicate when he will have it. Has the Minister requested a projection to the end of the year? Given the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: HSE Expenditure (2 Jul 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: I accept the Minister's point that there is a new director general of the HSE and that he is sent a circular that everything needs to be brought back into budget. The question for the Minister and the Government is what direction they are going to take. We are halfway through the year. By the end of April there was an overspend of €116 million. Let us assume that this increased in...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: HSE Expenditure (2 Jul 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 43. To ask the Minister for Health the amount by which the HSE budget is overspent as of the end of quarter 2 of 2019; the projection for the full year overspend; the additional spending commitments he has made to date during 2019; his plans to seek a supplementary budget or bring full year healthcare expenditure in on budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28086/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: HSE Expenditure (2 Jul 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: My question is about the HSE budget for this year. My understanding is that we have quarter 1 figures showing an overspend. I would like to know how much the overspend is for the first three months of the year and also for the second three months, to the end of June. I imagine the Minister's officials and-or the HSE are projecting out what the full-year overspend is likely to be. What is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Planning (2 Jul 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 61. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is acceptable that the HSE capital plan has not been published to date; his further views on whether this delay amounts to poor financial management; when it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27890/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultant Recruitment (2 Jul 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 64. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether there is a shortage of full-time consultants in post here and that this shortage is a material contributor to the current waiting lists; if he will commence the unwinding of new entrant pay disparity for consultants in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27894/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Policy (2 Jul 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 92. To ask the Minister for Health the reason he has not made public the De Buitléir report on private practice in public hospitals; when he plans to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27891/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Expenditure (2 Jul 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 94. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the HSE budget is overspent as at the end of quarter 2 of 2019; the projection for the full-year overspend; the additional spending commitments he has made during 2019; his plans to seek a supplementary budget or bring full-year healthcare expenditure in on budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27888/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Strategy Implementation (2 Jul 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 99. To ask the Minister for Health if relevant parties will be informed that the new maternity hospitals are to have no dedicated facilities for private patients further to an unanimous adoption of a Private Members' motion on maternity care by Dáil Éireann; if the relevant parties will commence the planning and design phases for the Coombe hospital, Rotunda Hospital and University...