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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination, and Public Display) Bill 2018: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)
Michael Harty: Will the Senator, please, give Mr. Watt an opportunity to answer?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination, and Public Display) Bill 2018: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)
Michael Harty: Will the Senator, please, let the professor answer?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination, and Public Display) Bill 2018: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)
Michael Harty: Does Mr. Conroy want to come in?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination, and Public Display) Bill 2018: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)
Michael Harty: I will ask a question, as we have to finish by 11.30 a.m. On the soft opt-out, which member of the family is designated to make the decision? Is there room for dispute among family members in making a decision? How is the designated family member defined?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination, and Public Display) Bill 2018: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)
Michael Harty: Is that a potential weakness, or does the decision have to be accepted?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination, and Public Display) Bill 2018: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)
Michael Harty: To return to an element of Senator Mark Daly's commentary, is there ever a situation in which a family offers a donation but the infrastructure is not present to allow that to happen?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination, and Public Display) Bill 2018: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)
Michael Harty: On behalf of the committee, I thank Mr. Michael Conroy and Ms Helen O'Brien from the Department, and Professor Jim Egan, Ms Fiona Hammond, Mr. Philip Watt, Mr. Robert McCutcheon, Mr. Mark Murphy and Mr. John Whelan.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Irish Health Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Oct 2019)
Michael Harty: During the second session of our meeting we will deal with workforce planning in the Irish health sector. On behalf of the committee, I would like to welcome from the Irish Medical Organisation, Dr. Pádraig McGarry, president, Dr. Matthew Sadlier, member of the consultant committee, Mr. Anthony Owens, director of industrial relations, and Ms Vanessa Hetherington, assistant director,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Irish Health Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Oct 2019)
Michael Harty: I thank Dr. McGarry. The first member to ask questions will be Deputy Donnelly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Irish Health Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Oct 2019)
Michael Harty: The Deputy has one more minute.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Irish Health Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Oct 2019)
Michael Harty: Deputy Durkan is next.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Irish Health Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Oct 2019)
Michael Harty: No, we will get an answer to the Deputy's question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Irish Health Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Oct 2019)
Michael Harty: There are at least six questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Irish Health Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Oct 2019)
Michael Harty: The Senator has asked six questions so we must get through that list. There was a question on proactive replacement of consultants.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Irish Health Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Oct 2019)
Michael Harty: We can continue through the list of questions. There was a question relating to making conditions more attractive for NCHDs.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Irish Health Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Oct 2019)
Michael Harty: There was also the question of people dropping out of medicine or changing from one discipline to another.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Irish Health Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Oct 2019)
Michael Harty: Regarding the HSE having 135,000 staff members but a disproportionate increase in non-front-line staff.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Irish Health Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Oct 2019)
Michael Harty: I thank Dr. McGarry. Senator Burke has made his point. Regarding manpower, which is the subject of our meeting, to what extent are the gaps in manpower leading to the increase in waiting lists? Last week, we heard from witnesses from the Irish Hospital Consultants Association. They spoke about the added value a permanent member of staff brings to a department or practice in that they...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Irish Health Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Oct 2019)
Michael Harty: I thank Dr. McGarry. We have 15 minutes before we must vacate this room. We will allow the members who have stayed diligently throughout the meeting five minutes each before we wrap up.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Irish Health Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Oct 2019)
Michael Harty: We must allow the next committee in. Otherwise, I could get into trouble.