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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues (11 Dec 2019)

Alan Kelly: The Minister should listen to what he has just said. Why is this happening? He is in charge of the HSE. The HSE is around us here but this practice is happening. Why is it allowed to happen? The Minister quotes statistics, like the volume of beds. No one wants to do a comparison with Beaumont. No one wants to do a comparison with diagnostics, beds, resources, human resources. Why is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues (11 Dec 2019)

Alan Kelly: I accept that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues (11 Dec 2019)

Alan Kelly: I ask that Mr. Woods please do so.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues (11 Dec 2019)

Alan Kelly: I could not agree more.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues (11 Dec 2019)

Alan Kelly: That is not the issue, though.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues (11 Dec 2019)

Alan Kelly: The issue is the emergency department, lads.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues (11 Dec 2019)

Alan Kelly: People are getting follow-up appointments for operations that have not even happened.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues (11 Dec 2019)

Alan Kelly: Why did the Minister say "No" initially and then change his mind?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues (11 Dec 2019)

Alan Kelly: Why did the HSE write-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues (11 Dec 2019)

Alan Kelly: This is not just interval cancer audit but full audit.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues (11 Dec 2019)

Alan Kelly: I listened to Mr. Reid's comments on overcrowding in accident and emergency departments and I accept his point on changes that have to be made in other areas to ensure these problems are solved. I am with him 100% on that but the problem of resources is staring us in the face. If I see changes in resources, particularly the area I pointed out, I will go with the Minister immediately. If I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues (11 Dec 2019)

Alan Kelly: There is no budget.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues (11 Dec 2019)

Alan Kelly: Will the Minister answer those questions after that meeting, though?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues (11 Dec 2019)

Alan Kelly: The Minister cannot stay off the record on this.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues (11 Dec 2019)

Alan Kelly: My point on the RCOG report is that approximately 100 colposcopy reviews were done as part of this process which is raising other issues which Dr. Henry might deal with. The Minister's commentary around the review is that it goes to confidence in screening, etc. I am not even going there; that is not my issue. I want to have as much confidence in this as possible, just like everyone else....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues (11 Dec 2019)

Alan Kelly: I know but the Minister needs to answer. I have no problem with him doing it next week but he does need to answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues (11 Dec 2019)

Alan Kelly: What of the request for independent reviews? I did not get an answer on that. What is Dr. Henry's view on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues (11 Dec 2019)

Alan Kelly: I would like Dr. Henry's opinion on it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues (11 Dec 2019)

Alan Kelly: Jesus.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2018 (5 Dec 2019)

Alan Kelly: I welcome our guests back. Deputy O'Connell and I had a slight feeling of déjà vu. We went around the houses last week but there are many more players today. To be fair to Mr. Gunning and Mr. Barry, they have taken on a poisoned chalice, in a way. Some of the questions at the Joint Committee on Health, especially to Mr. Gunning about his history and where he was before this, were...