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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)
David Cullinane: I welcome Mr. Reid and Mr. Watt. I want to keep to the topic of Sláintecare and regionalisation. I will have some questions later on recruitment because the three reasons those who resigned from Sláintecare gave for their resignations were what they saw as a lack of movement or slow progress in regionalisation and the establishment of the RHAs; e-health, ICT and financial...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)
David Cullinane: I will come in again. I have heard what Mr. Watt has said and it does not chime at all with what Sláintecare promised. It does not chime at all with what those who resigned from Sláintecare wanted. It does, however, chime with the reasons they gave for leaving. Mr. Watt cannot say that in making changes there will be no vertical reorganisation and then say we will see...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)
David Cullinane: In fairness, I gave Mr. Watt enough time to respond. Basically, this referred to meetings or conversations Mr. Watt had with Mr. Reid. Mr. Watt has said that maybe he could have worded the correspondence better but he indicated that structural changes must be kept to a minimum and reflect the reality of Mr. Reid's reorganisation. He stated that corporate functions and clinical care...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)
David Cullinane: I must come back in as I have two more questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)
David Cullinane: I am asking for Mr. Watt's view. Does he believe that target of 10,000 will be reached this year?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)
David Cullinane: It will be very challenging. Is the target of 10,000 and financial resourcing of that going to remain in the HSE service plan?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)
David Cullinane: Okay. I have a question for Mr. Reid. This is a very specific question that requires a "Yes" or "No" answer and an amount. Is there going to be a prior year adjustment of HSE accounts for 2020? If the answer to the question is "Yes", how much will it be?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)
David Cullinane: Is the answer that Mr. Reid does not know? Is there an estimated amount of what that will be?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)
David Cullinane: Will it be greater than €90 million?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)
David Cullinane: Will it be greater-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)
David Cullinane: -----than €90 million?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)
David Cullinane: It is somewhere between €90 million and €100 million.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)
David Cullinane: Why could Mr. Reid not just have said that then?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)
David Cullinane: We have very limited time and I heard what Mr. Watt has said.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)
David Cullinane: No. I have two other questions and I will come back to Mr. Reid in a moment. We have very limited time and this is my time so I want to put the questions I have prepared. I ask Mr. Watt about the recruitment target within the HSE. There was a target set to recruit 10,000 staff in 2022. In Mr. Watt's view, will we reach that target this year?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)
David Cullinane: Will 300 people be recruited in the mental health area this year?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)
David Cullinane: We had a discussion earlier on the email that I walked Mr. Watt through. Deputy Shortall referred to the wording as well, which was that over time the HSE will seek to expand the remit of hospital groups to include community services. It goes on to say that there are complexities in this, as the geographies of the CHOs and HGs do not align, which of course they do not. They will only align...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Services (15 Feb 2022)
David Cullinane: 179. To ask the Minister for Health when he will progress elective centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7846/22]
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: General Practitioner Services (15 Feb 2022)
David Cullinane: The example the Minister gave of a GP in Waterford is very important, and he has listened to what she had to say, but he is the Minister and he can effect change. If I was in his shoes, I would establish a working group on the future of general practice and I would look at a new model of GP and primary care, including the option of directly hired GPs, if that is what we need to do. We...