Results 441-460 of 8,015 for speaker:Jonathan O'Brien
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (10 Apr 2019) Jonathan O'Brien: It is important because there is a narrative being put out that because a free smear test was offered to women, everyone who went to their GP ended up getting a smear. We now know that 50% did not get a smear test. This is a personal opinion but if the Minister had not done what he did at that time in real time, given where we were in terms of confidence in the screening programme, I...
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (10 Apr 2019) Jonathan O'Brien: That is regrettable. I also accept that when that decision was made, it had to be made in real time. I want to give the Minister the opportunity now to explain how we will address that because he said earlier that that is where the conversation needs to be focused. We are in a situation now again where we need to provide confidence to the 80,000 women who are waiting for those results. We...
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (10 Apr 2019) Jonathan O'Brien: In the next couple of weeks we will have a greater idea of whether we can secure that extra capacity.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (10 Apr 2019) Jonathan O'Brien: I am sure the Minister is not just reliant on that particular capacity which has been identified. If we cannot secure that extra capacity, are we still looking at trying to get it elsewhere or is it the case that we have this potential capacity which we are now exploring and we are not looking outside of that?
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (10 Apr 2019) Jonathan O'Brien: I will not say too much else on the children's hospital but I have been asked to put on the record that at the next residents project monitoring committee meeting, a senior official from the contractor will be in attendance to discuss it with them. I am aware some of the residents are here. I am just confirming that will happen.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (10 Apr 2019) Jonathan O'Brien: To turn to the Estimates, there are two areas in particular on which I want to focus, namely, inclusion health and the palliative care section in terms of the budgets. In terms of inclusion health, I refer to the issue of drug misuse and the number of referrals for addiction services. It is welcome that we are meeting our targets. The target last year in terms of the percentage of...
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (10 Apr 2019) Jonathan O'Brien: The waiting times from assessment into treatment are on target.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (10 Apr 2019) Jonathan O'Brien: We are meeting them. My concern is the waiting times from referral to assessment. We are decreasing the waiting times, but much more work can be done in that area.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (10 Apr 2019) Jonathan O'Brien: The needle exchange programme is a very important public health initiative and is coupled with the methadone programme. I have received feedback and some pharmacies have decided not to continue with the programmes. How does the methadone programme work in partnership with pharmacies? Is it done on a contract basis? If so, once the contract is up is it renewed on a yearly basis? How is...
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (10 Apr 2019) Jonathan O'Brien: One or two chemists will cease to trade and they have not been replaced in terms of alternatives.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (10 Apr 2019) Jonathan O'Brien: Yes.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (10 Apr 2019) Jonathan O'Brien: How will next year's funding for the National Treatment Purchase Fund have an impact on waiting lists?
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (10 Apr 2019) Jonathan O'Brien: My last question is on the new abortion legislation. The last time I saw statistics I noted that not all 26 counties offered a service. Perhaps there were two counties that did not but I am willing to stand corrected. Can the Minister update us on whether there are GPs in every single county offering the service? What percentage of GPs provide the service?
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (10 Apr 2019) Jonathan O'Brien: That is okay.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (10 Apr 2019) Jonathan O'Brien: What about legislation on exclusion zones?
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (10 Apr 2019) Jonathan O'Brien: I thank the Minister.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: For clarity, is it three minutes for questions or three minutes for questions and answers?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: My first question is for Mr. Murray. How many bank accounts does the FAI currently have?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: Chairman, Alex O'Connell has been asked to join us on three occasions now.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Football Association of Ireland (10 Apr 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: That is no good because the questions -----