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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]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Transport Support Scheme (14 Nov 2018)

Jack Chambers: 174. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the legislation for the new transport support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47234/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (14 Nov 2018)

Jack Chambers: 255. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of plans to electrify the Connolly to Maynooth rail line; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47243/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Initiatives (14 Nov 2018)

Jack Chambers: 261. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the upgrading and development works for the Royal Canal cycleway and walkway for the area between Ashtown to Phibsborough and into the city centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47388/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Data (13 Nov 2018)

Jack Chambers: 162. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the Revenue Commissioners did not issue RICT certificates under the employment and investment incentive, EII, scheme to investors in time for the annual tax return; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46524/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (13 Nov 2018)

Jack Chambers: 196. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of public servants who have availed of the interim arrangement put in place to allow those workers who turn 65 years of age to be rehired for a period of one year until they reach the 66 years of age required for the State pension while new legislation to extend the compulsory retirement age is advanced; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (13 Nov 2018)

Jack Chambers: 234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to fund the third level education sector; the way in which he will address the recent years of serious underfunding of the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46853/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services Provision (13 Nov 2018)

Jack Chambers: 487. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the disruption caused to rail passengers by the recent changes (details supplied) on the Maynooth to Dublin city line; the reason the changes were made; the engagement that occurred with rail passengers prior to the changes; the steps being taken to address the matter; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (13 Nov 2018)

Jack Chambers: 495. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the weight restrictions on roads that previously had a 3 tonne weight restriction and but have recently increased to 3.5 tonnes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46703/18]