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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence Forces: Discussion (15 Nov 2018)

Jack Chambers: Out of respect for other members, I did not ask further questions earlier. Dr. Mellett has mentioned that he wants to engage with the Public Service Pay Commission to give his narrative and perspective. It is slightly unusual that he would plead publicly with a pay commission based on a submission on which he says he signed off. Why does there have to be a public plea and an engagement...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence Forces: Discussion (15 Nov 2018)

Jack Chambers: Did the submission do that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence Forces: Discussion (15 Nov 2018)

Jack Chambers: It is interesting that Dr. Mellett is required to bring that to the Public Service Pay Commission and that his perspective was not fully articulated in the submission to the commission.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence Forces: Discussion (15 Nov 2018)

Jack Chambers: What about PESCO and the 9,500 target?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence Forces: Discussion (15 Nov 2018)

Jack Chambers: When does Dr. Mellett expect the 9,500 White Paper target to be met?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence Forces: Discussion (15 Nov 2018)

Jack Chambers: Dr. Mellett has no projections on when he will meet the target.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence Forces: Discussion (15 Nov 2018)

Jack Chambers: That is after the target set by the White Paper. The White Paper said five years.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Jack Chambers: I thank everyone present. I know it has been a long morning. My first question relates to the emerging field in general practice of online consultations. The Care Quality Commission in the UK has expressed concern about the quality of prescriptions, that opioids and antibiotics are being excessively prescribed and, obviously, that there is no physical examination with an online...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Jack Chambers: Is the HSE doing anything similar to what is being done by the Care Quality Commission in the UK? My question is not whether it exists; it is whether the HSE is developing guidelines on an emerging field of general practice. I was not asking whether it was good or not. I understand the heart failure virtual clinic. However, the flip side of that is how they triage someone who has chest...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Jack Chambers: The HSE should commence a process to provide certainty. These consultations are being heavily advertised on radio and television. Does that comply with advertising regulations on the medical area in general? There are restrictions in that regard.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Jack Chambers: Just listen to the radio.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Jack Chambers: We do not need the Chief Justice sending us correspondence two years from now informing us about a patient safety incident because of a prescription sent by fax or email. We need to be cognisant and deal with it in a proactive way now. My next question is on CervicalCheck. Dr. Gabriel Scally appeared before the committee. Both he and Dr. Denton stated that the criteria for selection in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Jack Chambers: Is Mr. McCallion stating that four of the 221 did not have cervical cancer?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Jack Chambers: On the consultants appointed without completing specialist training schemes, there are up to 50 before 2008 and 100 after 2008. I understand site-to-site visits will be carried out. Is there an issue regarding the training programme? Are there consultants who would be perceived to be specialists but who, in terms of their training, are not? Are they providing supervision to other doctors...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Jack Chambers: What are the Minister's plans for pay equality for consultants? In light of recent reports, there is a significant mismatch between the pay for new entrants and more senior doctors. Is the Minister looking at a pathway to bridging that gap or to providing a new contract? Hospital trusts legislation has been in the ether for a long time. There are boards of hospital trusts which have no...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Jack Chambers: Is there a plan for a new contractual space?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Jack Chambers: It is something of a temporary fix.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Jack Chambers: Hospitals which are running over budget and not meeting the capacity and targets set by management receive additional support through the NTPF when they do not meet their output requirements. That is not a prudent way to apportion many of our resources. I do not want additional front-line allocations for ineffective, inefficient services which are not meeting their planned output.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (14 Nov 2018)

Jack Chambers: 164. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for citizenship being processed; the number of active applications being processed for more than one, two, three and five years, respectively; the average waiting time per application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47312/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal Applications (14 Nov 2018)

Jack Chambers: 165. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47350/18]