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

Stephen Donnelly: I appreciate the Minister's answer but it does not answer the question I am asking. The Minister just said he believes the cost is reasonable.

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

Stephen Donnelly: It is a fair point but, with respect, it does not answer the question I am asking.

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

Stephen Donnelly: I am trying to understand what the Government's position is because its defence of the overrun of €450 million or more is that, according to its quantity surveyors, this is still pretty good value for money, even at €1.4 billion, because it is less than it would cost in London. Is that the Minister's view?

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

Stephen Donnelly: I understand that was the Minister's view when evaluating the three options but-----

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

Stephen Donnelly: That is true, but the Minister, the Department and the HSE also keep referring to a quantity surveyor's report which concludes-----

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

Stephen Donnelly: Yes. We have not seen that report. We have asked for it but have not yet received it. The report concludes that, on the basis of cost per square metre, the costs are in line with what it costs to build a hospital.

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

Stephen Donnelly: Yes. The Minister's view is that the cost is pretty much in line.

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

Stephen Donnelly: Okay.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Medical Register Administration (5 Feb 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 42. To ask the Minister for Health if he will direct the HSE to mandate that patients are informed when their treating consultants are not on the specialist register, including the reason they are not on the specialist register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5519/19]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Medical Register Administration (5 Feb 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: We were told last May that 149 doctors working in the HSE in consultant posts were not on the specialist consultant register, unbeknownst to patients. We were also told that while some of this was due to legacy administrative issues, some of it was because the doctors had not finished their consultant training. This represents a serious patient safety issue. Will the Minister issue an...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Medical Register Administration (5 Feb 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Minister for his reply. I am concerned by the lack of transparency for patients. Last May, our committee was told that the number of doctors working in consultant posts but not on the specialist register was 149. We were given assurances that the HSE would look into reducing that number. However, I received information in recent days saying that the number had increased to...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Medical Register Administration (5 Feb 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: I would like the Minister issue an instruction on three matters. First, it should be mandated that, if a patient is meeting a doctor whom he or she believes is a consultant and is in a consultant's post but who is not on the specialist register, he or she is told so and why. Second, every patient who believes that he or she has been seen, assessed or treated by such a doctor should be...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: He kept them to himself.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: And after the budget was negotiated.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: He kept it to himself.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: During budget negotiations.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: After the budget was agreed.

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital Expenditure (5 Feb 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 83. To ask the Minister for Health the schedule of all costs, subsequent changes to costs and current projected costs associated with the national children's hospital from initial tenders to date; the details of costs covered by the development board (details supplied) and the Children's hospital group and other associated costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5394/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Remuneration (5 Feb 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 106. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is equitable that graduate nursing and midwifery salaries are significantly less than the graduate nursing salaries for allied health professionals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5393/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Waiting Lists (5 Feb 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 119. To ask the Minister for Health the initiatives being taken to address the long waiting times for dental waiting lists for children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5391/19]