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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: Is more professional training needed for GPs? Is that the issue with inappropriate referrals?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Feb 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: Sinn Féin is the best friend Brexiteers have ever had.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (12 Feb 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children up to12 years of age in catchment areas (details supplied) in County Wicklow; the number of available primary school places in the area; the projected school places in each of the years 2020 to 2024, inclusive; if additional provision for school places will be required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6346/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (12 Feb 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 454. To ask the Minister for Health the funding received from the European Investment Bank for the construction of the new children’s hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6767/19]

Nurses and Midwives Industrial Action: Statements (7 Feb 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: I will ask a few questions. Deputies Rabbitte, McGuinness and Breathnach will then ask questions. We will ask all of the questions at the same time and then perhaps receive responses. Does the Minister accept that there is genuine pay inequality between new entrant nurses and new entrant allied health professionals? Does he accept that the issues surrounding the strike and this pay...

Nurses and Midwives Industrial Action: Statements (7 Feb 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: Is this how the Minister will use his time? Will he not answer the questions asked?

Nurses and Midwives Industrial Action: Statements (7 Feb 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: When we are in government, we will answer the questions asked.

Nurses and Midwives Industrial Action: Statements (7 Feb 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: This is a statement. The Government had ten minutes in which to make a statement.

Nurses and Midwives Industrial Action: Statements (7 Feb 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: The Minister was not listening.

Nurses and Midwives Industrial Action: Statements (7 Feb 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: I will be sharing time with Deputies Browne, Brassil, Butler and Cowen.

Nurses and Midwives Industrial Action: Statements (7 Feb 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: Patients in Ireland now wait longer to see doctors and to get treatment than patients in any other European country. Waiting times for CervicalCheck have jumped from two weeks to six months. Mental health services are in crisis and chronically underfunded. We have about half the number of consultants we need. The costs of the national children’s hospital have exploded threatening...

National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (6 Feb 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: Specifically on the clinical risk, it is good to hear, as we have heard previously, that it is exceedingly low. The Minister probably does not have the information now, but he might come back to us on the following. One of the cohorts involves women who have been diagnosed with more serious than low-grade abnormalities. There is an unknown number of women who have been diagnosed with...

National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (6 Feb 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: I have a question. The Minister has been asked a lot of questions. I imagine he has a lot of detail and he may not be able to address them all in five minutes, or perhaps he will. If I have five minutes now I am happy to cede that time and add it on to the Minister's time if he wants to go around. Would this give the Minister enough time to answer the various questions that have been...

National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (6 Feb 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: I will be sharing time with Deputy O'Loughlin. I will focus my attention on the latest developments concerning the CervicalCheck screening programme and, more particularly, on the long delays that are being experienced by women all over Ireland. I would first like to take the opportunity, however, to acknowledge the women and families who came forward last year. Putting themselves into the...

National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (6 Feb 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: I will be sharing one minute at the end. I thank the Acting Chair. The Minister went on to say "That decision was made in conjunction with my officials, including the Chief Medical Officer, and it was supported by Opposition politicians". As an Opposition politician, I will accept that it was. The Minister also said that he accepts that this "has caused a backlog, which cannot be easily...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Eligibility (6 Feb 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 202. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to change the rules or providing another payment that would apply when a child is still in hospital regarding the domiciliary care allowance when granted in cases of sick children in hospital and the current stipulation that the payment can only commence once the child has been discharged home...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion
Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: The Ministers and Ministers of State are welcome. I wish Ms O'Connor the best of luck in her new job, which is not an easy one. We wish her the very best with it. I want to focus on the timeline for the children's hospital and who knew what and when. In April 2017, the Cabinet approved €983 million. As the Minister stated, in August 2017, concerns were raised about an additional...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion
Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: Between September 2017 and August 2018, the Minister was not made aware of these ongoing issues.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion
Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: On 27 August, the Minister was told that the costs were escalating to the tune of several hundred million euro. He did not know it was €450 million but the statements received by the committee over the past few weeks confirm that it was in the range of several hundred million euro. The Minister responded to a parliamentary question on 18 September concerning the original cost of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion
Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: I will move on to the budget negotiations because they baffle me. Throughout September, the Minister was looking in detail at a cost overrun of several hundred million euro and how that might be addressed. He had major choices to make-----