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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Michael Harty: I call Senator Colm Burke.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Michael Harty: I ask Mr. Reid to send that information on to the committee as well as to Senator Burke. Deputy Durkan is next and he has 12 minutes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Michael Harty: The Deputy has another two minutes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Michael Harty: I will move on.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Michael Harty: The Deputy has one minute left.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Michael Harty: I ask the Deputy to put her question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Michael Harty: I ask the Deputy to put her question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Michael Harty: The Deputy should give the Minister an opportunity to answer.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Michael Harty: Before I call our non-members, I wish to go back to an issue Deputy Kelly raised. We have a very serious problem in University Hospital Limerick. The problems facing hospitals in general are capacity, consultant numbers and diagnostics. One of the critical points in Limerick is the lack of a second MRI scanner. I know that Mr. Reid mentioned the HSE is considering whether to buy or lease...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Michael Harty: What is the timeline, then, for the provision of the scanner? Will it be provided this year? Will it be provided before Christmas?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Michael Harty: Can we then expect a second MRI scanner in Limerick in the next eight weeks?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Michael Harty: Is there an expectation that the scanner will be there before the end of the year?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Michael Harty: I thank the Minister. The second point I wish to make concerns the trolley problem. In the month of September the number of people on trolleys was 40% higher than in the same month last year, so whatever reforms are happening or whatever the Minister is doing is quite patently not working. I will give him some examples. Moving away from trolleys, there are patients suffering greatly...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Michael Harty: The director general of the HSE, Mr. Paul Reid, gave evidence on reaching the budgetary targets each year. When the service plan is published, the first line is always that it will be challenging to meet demand and demographic change and provide for the introduction of new services. Having a "challenging" budget implies that the HSE will not be able to deliver the services it wants to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Michael Harty: There are nine non-members of the committee in attendance, which is an indication of the importance of health issues in this Dáil. I will give each of them an opportunity to ask one question. This is not an open forum and we have to respect the permanent members of the committee.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Michael Harty: I ask Senator Kieran O'Donnell to put one succinct question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Michael Harty: The next two contributors are Senator Byrne and Deputy Tóibín.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Michael Harty: Could the Deputy ask a question?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Michael Harty: Could the Deputy put his question to the Minister?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Michael Harty: We will give the Minister an opportunity to respond.