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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Nov 2018)

Michael Creed: The Deputy does not want to hear the reply.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Nov 2018)

Michael Creed: While I am not aware of promised legislation by the Government on this issue, I appreciate the Deputy’s interest and the committee’s interest in the matter. If we are to move from self-regulation to a statutory oversight in this area, we need to make sure that the law is sufficiently effective and robust to meet the challenges all of us want in terms of-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Nov 2018)

Michael Creed: The simple answer is that Government legislation is not proposed on the issue.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2018)

Michael Creed: I am sure the debate on this matter has familiar tones for the Deputy as a former Minister for Health and for Public Expenditure and Reform. It is not simply a case of throwing money at the issue. We need to make sure that the additional resources that we provide are used appropriately. In budget 2019, we provided a fund of €10 million for spending in the latter end of this year to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2018)

Michael Creed: I am informed by the Minister of State, Deputy Jim Daly, that the HSE and the Department commissioned a report on that issue of appropriate discharge to appropriate step-down facilities. That has just been completed.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2018)

Michael Creed: The Deputy chose to ignore in his supplementary question that we provided an additional €10 million to be made available-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2018)

Michael Creed: We are responding with resources to address the issue of people who are inappropriately in an acute bed but who do not have the facility to be discharged because of a block in the system.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2018)

Michael Creed: That €10 million should go some way towards resolving that issue.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2018)

Michael Creed: I would not call them crazy at all. They are a critical part of the public service and do invaluable work. I salute Google workers and acknowledge today that the CEO of Google has come out and said that they need to do more in that space. That is a very welcome development. On public service and nurses' pay, we concluded a public service pay agreement, to which the public service...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2018)

Michael Creed: I appreciate the points made by the Deputy. I do not believe there is any foot-dragging in the Department as the Deputy seems to allege there is. The Department established an expert group to assist in dealing with this issue. It comprised all of the appropriate expertise required to make an informed decision. Collectively, there is a willingness to move, but we need to make sure that in...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2018)

Michael Creed: On the contrary, the Taoiseach's comments yesterday were clear evidence that the Government's priority - it is also the priority of front-line staff - was to make sure we would deal with patients in an effective and humanitarian way. It is highly distressing for patients to have to wait for long periods on trolleys in emergency departments. In any business, as I think the Taoiseach said,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2018)

Michael Creed: We have more doctors and nurses in the service. What we need from HSE management is appropriate management of the most valuable resource in the health service, the human resource, to make sure it is deployed in the most efficient way possible to deal with patients in the most humanitarian and effective way. There is another issue - capacity. We have been reversing the trend, the result...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2018)

Michael Creed: The Deputy has referred to the fact that we have been in government for several years. That is the case, but he cannot divorce where the health service is at from the economic catastrophe that befell the country for several of the early years when we were in government. Because of sound public finances we are now in a position to rebuild the public health service and increase capacity...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2018)

Michael Creed: I thank Deputy Martin for raising this issue and I appreciate that there is cross-party interest in it. The Deputy made reference to Vera Twomey and her daughter Ava. I am very familiar with their case and have attended meetings on this issue with the Minister for Health and colleagues of Deputies Martin and Gino Kenny. There are two distinct issues at play here, as Deputy Martin has...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea Lice Controls (7 Nov 2018)

Michael Creed: The control protocols for the management of sea lice are operated by the Marine Institute on behalf of the State. All stocks of fish are inspected by Marine Institute Inspectors on 14 occasions throughout the year. As part of this control strategy farm operators are required to undertake treatments to control lice infestation levels once certain trigger levels are reached. In certain...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Nov 2018)

Michael Creed: I am aware of the issue but am not aware of the specific undertaking by the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown local authority. I will communicate with the Deputy on the matter.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Nov 2018)

Michael Creed: I will communicate with the Deputy. I am not familiar with the endeavour by the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown local authority.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Breeding Regulations (6 Nov 2018)

Michael Creed: The Droimeann Cattle Society Ltd was recognised by my Department to maintain a herd book for pure-bred breeding animals of the Droimeann breed since 4th November 2016 in line with Statutory Instrument 19 of 2009 European Communities (Bovine Breeding) Regulations 2009 (SI 19 of 2009). The Droimeann Cattle Society Ltd will continue to be considered as a recognised breed society following the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (6 Nov 2018)

Michael Creed: The person named submitted a 2018 Basic Payment/Areas of Natural Constraint Schemes application on the 17th February 2018. EU Regulations governing the administration of these schemes require that full and comprehensive administrative checks, including in some cases remote sensing (i.e. satellite) inspections, be completed before any payments issue. The application of the person named...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Meetings (6 Nov 2018)

Michael Creed: I wish to advise the Deputy that neither I nor the staff of my Department have met with the company/organisation or representatives of the company/organisation mentioned, in the past three years.