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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Consultant Recruitment (15 May 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: The question then is "When?". We know there is not much competition for open posts. Between 2015 and 2016, a total of 44 consultant psychiatrist posts were advertised. A quarter of them did not even attract one applicant and another 30% of posts had only one applicant. We know that many hospitals are running out of specialists. In Kerry, for example, they are running out of any...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (15 May 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 24. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that will be taken to reduce waiting times for children awaiting assessment by early intervention teams in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20747/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Trade Union Recognition (15 May 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 45. To ask the Minister for Health the action he is taking regarding the ongoing industrial dispute in the ambulance service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20745/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Strategy Implementation (15 May 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 66. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there has been a lack of progress in rolling out the national maternity strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20746/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (15 May 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 79. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the list for those waiting more than a year and a half for an outpatient appointment increased from circa 13,000 three years ago to over 100,000 in March 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20744/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Oral Health Policy: Discussion (15 May 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank the witnesses for their detailed statements. They make for some stark reading and I imagine that many members of the public listening to the submissions will be worried about what was said regarding the new national oral health strategy and the issues with training, recognition, continuous professional development, etc. The two opening statements were stark, even within the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Oral Health Policy: Discussion (15 May 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank Mr. Hourihan. He laid out many different things in his opening statement. People will be very concerned about two of the aspects he mentioned. One is the assertion that oral health will get worse for some or even many people. The other is the clear concern about growing inequality in healthcare. Would it be fair to state that it is Mr. Hourihan's considered view that the new oral...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Oral Health Policy: Discussion (15 May 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: Will Mr. Hourihan give us an example of a child who should and would be seen through a properly resourced public intervention system? We have such a system today but it is not properly resourced. Let us assume the proper resources are provided and the system functions as it should. In the context of these new proposals, will Mr. Hourihan outline what will happen to children who will no...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Oral Health Policy: Discussion (15 May 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank Mr. Hourihan. We have time constraints and I want to pose a question to the team from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, RCSI. I thank them for their submission. It makes very stark reading. It essentially states that there is no supervised year of training, so a college graduate can go straight into private practice. I did engineering as my undergraduate degree. I am...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Oral Health Policy: Discussion (15 May 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: Before Mr. Marley continues, to summarise what he said, am I correct that he has raised these concerns previously at the appropriate level and has had no response from the relevant people within the State?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Oral Health Policy: Discussion (15 May 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: Has Dr. Marley had no response to these issues, verbally or in writing?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Oral Health Policy: Discussion (15 May 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank Dr. Marley.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Oral Health Policy: Discussion (15 May 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: The second question was on implications for patients.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Oral Health Policy: Discussion (15 May 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: What does that mean for patients? How will it play out for patient oral health?

CervicalCheck: Statements (9 May 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: We are good at this stage.

CervicalCheck: Statements (9 May 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: I will share my time with Deputy Murphy O'Mahony. I thank the Minister for his statement. At this stage, we are all acutely aware of the damage that the offer of the free retest caused in terms of the-----

CervicalCheck: Statements (9 May 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: Can we start again, then?

CervicalCheck: Statements (9 May 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: We are all very aware of the implications and damage that the offer of the free smear test caused-----

CervicalCheck: Statements (9 May 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: Yes.

CervicalCheck: Statements (9 May 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: That is okay. We might start the time again, if that is possible. The offer of the free smear test contributed greatly to the HPV vaccine roll-out being delayed and to the backlog for women waiting for their smear test results. Back in February, the health committee was told the backlog had increased. We were all expecting it to have reduced considerably. From memory, it increased...