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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Help us to Help More Campaign: Irish Medical Organisation (27 May 2014)

Ciara Conway: With the agreement of members, I suggest the joint committee write to Mr. Burke and make the point Dr. Walley raises.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Help us to Help More Campaign: Irish Medical Organisation (27 May 2014)

Ciara Conway: I was struck by this issue when we met Mr. Burke. I thank Dr. Walley for his input on the issue, on which the joint committee will be happy to follow up.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Help us to Help More Campaign: Irish Medical Organisation (27 May 2014)

Ciara Conway: Does Deputy Twomey wish to comment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Help us to Help More Campaign: Irish Medical Organisation (27 May 2014)

Ciara Conway: We made all those points to Mr. Burke when we visited the PCRS office two weeks ago.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Help us to Help More Campaign: Irish Medical Organisation (27 May 2014)

Ciara Conway: I thank the witnesses for their informative and interactive presentation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Help us to Help More Campaign: Irish Medical Organisation (27 May 2014)

Ciara Conway: Like Senator Burke I have a few questions about medical cards and prescribing patterns. Dr. Duffy referred to a road-show with regard to the move to educating GPs about prescribing generic medicines. The issue of medical cards has been to the fore in public discussion in recent months. I am acutely aware that the drugs budget and the medical card budget come from the one pot. I am...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Help us to Help More Campaign: Irish Medical Organisation (27 May 2014)

Ciara Conway: I did not say that. I asked about extending a card.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Help us to Help More Campaign: Irish Medical Organisation (27 May 2014)

Ciara Conway: Dr. Walley is saying that he was not in a position-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Help us to Help More Campaign: Irish Medical Organisation (27 May 2014)

Ciara Conway: If I may ask the question first, please. Those are very difficult cases which Dr. Walley describes. I agree that patient safety is of the utmost concern. Dr. Walley maintains he was not able to roll over those medical cards for three months.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Help us to Help More Campaign: Irish Medical Organisation (27 May 2014)

Ciara Conway: Is there is no system in place to inform doctors?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Help us to Help More Campaign: Irish Medical Organisation (27 May 2014)

Ciara Conway: There is no named liaison person.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Help us to Help More Campaign: Irish Medical Organisation (27 May 2014)

Ciara Conway: May I ask what Dr. Walley means by "abuse"?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Help us to Help More Campaign: Irish Medical Organisation (27 May 2014)

Ciara Conway: Dr. Walley is making the point that the Department of Health is using statistics to say that if one has a GP card, one will only make one visit.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Help us to Help More Campaign: Irish Medical Organisation (27 May 2014)

Ciara Conway: Is Dr. Walley saying he has different statistics?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Help us to Help More Campaign: Irish Medical Organisation (27 May 2014)

Ciara Conway: Does Deputy Byrne want to come in?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Help us to Help More Campaign: Irish Medical Organisation (27 May 2014)

Ciara Conway: Does Deputy Catherine Byrne wish to contribute?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Help us to Help More Campaign: Irish Medical Organisation (27 May 2014)

Ciara Conway: I will return to our guests. Who would like to speak?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Help us to Help More Campaign: Irish Medical Organisation (27 May 2014)

Ciara Conway: As nobody from Fianna Fáil is present, I call Deputy McLellan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Help us to Help More Campaign: Irish Medical Organisation (27 May 2014)

Ciara Conway: I must acknowledge many people are absent today given what is going on throughout the country. Many people are still at count centres and I apologise for the vacant seats. Apologies have been received from the Chairman, Deputy Jerry Buttimer, and from Deputies Peter Fitzpatrick, Mary Mitchell O'Connor and Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin. I remind members, witnesses and those in the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (27 May 2014)

Ciara Conway: 152. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will request the liquidator of Setanta Insurance to make a statement on the position of third party claimants regarding high court cases next month; if he will request the Central Bank of Ireland to also provide an update or statement in respect of the same in view of the fact that they are in regular contact with the Maltese financial authority; and...