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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Procurement Practices for the Purchase of Hospital Supplies and Equipment: Beacon Hospital and Health Service Executive (23 Jul 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: -----with Mr. Cullen because I asked him the question earlier. He is still in the bear pit and I hope it is okay for me to ask the following question again. Was he surprised to find that the Beacon Hospital was named in the evidence given by Mr. Woods this afternoon as one of the entities or hospitals involved?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Procurement Practices for the Purchase of Hospital Supplies and Equipment: Beacon Hospital and Health Service Executive (23 Jul 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Are these the hospitals that were referred to the HSE in September of last year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Procurement Practices for the Purchase of Hospital Supplies and Equipment: Beacon Hospital and Health Service Executive (23 Jul 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: What reference did Mr. Woods make to the Beacon Hospital and the Bon Secours Group? My understanding was that they were the missing pieces, which is what I asked him. We had identified Mullingar and St. Columcille's hospitals. Mr. Woods has clarified again that St. Vincent's Private Hospital was the third of five.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Procurement Practices for the Purchase of Hospital Supplies and Equipment: Beacon Hospital and Health Service Executive (23 Jul 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Then I asked Mr. Woods for the other missing pieces, and he named the Bon Secours Group-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Procurement Practices for the Purchase of Hospital Supplies and Equipment: Beacon Hospital and Health Service Executive (23 Jul 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: -----and the Beacon Hospital.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Procurement Practices for the Purchase of Hospital Supplies and Equipment: Beacon Hospital and Health Service Executive (23 Jul 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I can see Mr. Cullen is greatly relieved to hear that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Procurement Practices for the Purchase of Hospital Supplies and Equipment: Beacon Hospital and Health Service Executive (23 Jul 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I withdraw my question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Procurement Practices for the Purchase of Hospital Supplies and Equipment: Beacon Hospital and Health Service Executive (23 Jul 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I am very unimpressed with the decision of representatives of the St. Vincent's Hospital Group not to attend the meeting. Nevertheless, I do not for one moment doubt the veracity of the group's statement on the back of last week's television programme in which it states that there was no investigation under way in the group's private hospital with regard to the report made by the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Procurement Practices for the Purchase of Hospital Supplies and Equipment: Beacon Hospital and Health Service Executive (23 Jul 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I am shocked that everybody - the Minister, the Department, the HSE and the Garda Síochána - was aware of serious allegations about conduct in procurement at a major hospital site, in this instance a hospital group, yet nobody had contacted the group in all of that time. I find that incredible.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Child and Family Services: Tusla - Child and Family Agency (17 Jul 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I welcome Mr. Jeyes and his colleagues and wish them well after 18 months of service in this area. I hope Tusla will grow to meet all the challenges it has to contend with. Could Mr. Jeyes expand a little on his commitment that there will be nationwide round-the-clock social work service by September? How will it actually function? How accessible is it in terms of individual impact and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Child and Family Services: Tusla - Child and Family Agency (17 Jul 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The roll-out in September is my main concern and I join Deputy Troy in wanting more clarity on this. I referenced the use of agency staff with regard to the north Dublin report, which mentioned inexperienced and newly qualified staff and some staff coming from agencies. What is Tusla's dependence on agencies and what steps is it taking to move away from this dependency? How soon does Mr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Child and Family Services: Tusla - Child and Family Agency (17 Jul 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: About how great a number are we talking?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Child and Family Services: Tusla - Child and Family Agency (17 Jul 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Does Mr. Jeyes do the lotto?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Irish Blood Transfusion Service: Chairperson Designate (17 Jul 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I welcome Professor Staines. This is most academic indeed. He has been the chair of the IBTS over the past three years and I am at a loss to understand why the Minister thinks we should be having a chat with him. We wish him well and continued success in his role on the board of the IBTS. Among the priority issues he signalled today, I ask Professor Staines to address over the next number...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Irish Blood Transfusion Service: Chairperson Designate (17 Jul 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I will close to give the Senator a brief moment before he runs helter-skelter to make it to the Seanad Chamber. I thank Professor Staines for listening to me.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Irish Blood Transfusion Service: Chairperson Designate (17 Jul 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Without charge.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Irish Blood Transfusion Service: Chairperson Designate (17 Jul 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We wish Professor Staines well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Delays in the Registration of Nurses and Midwives: Discussion (16 Jul 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I welcome Dr. Pidgeon and Ms Byrne. There is no doubt in our minds about the importance of the work they do. We and our loved ones depend on the verification process to validate the capacity, professional training and expertise of nursing staff, who are often the people with whom we have the most significant engagement in our health delivery settings. The correspondence we received from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Delays in the Registration of Nurses and Midwives: Discussion (16 Jul 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: If the Chairman will allow me, I will conclude. I am interested in the comparable position between Irish and EU applicants and the number of overseas applicants. I will close on this point. I can understand that time is required to properly evaluate and adjudge the bona fides of the suitably trained and qualified applicant getting through. Is there a verification process in place for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Delays in the Registration of Nurses and Midwives: Discussion (16 Jul 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I welcome both the witnesses today and hope they have never felt that they were "dragged" before the committee. I am delighted they have come before us to clarify some points. Going back to the first response Dr. Pidgeon gave on the nine recently recruited staff, she said the contracts were for six months and used the phrase "full-time". Those are not permanent posts. There is no...