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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I go back to the job in hand and what is ahead of us, specifically the reorganisation of the health services. Mr. Watt will have a meaningful role to play in that. Does he recognise the role he must play in the recovery of the rest of the health services in general after Covid-19? In other jurisdictions they are now finding out that various areas of health services were neglected due to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Will Mr. Watt give us some indication of the extent to which he has studied waiting lists for procedures in respect-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: We have discussed it and other matters.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: With respect, I am a member of this committee and I have raised this question repeatedly. I did not get the required answers. I am not blaming the Chairman but I need answers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: When will it be announced?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: There is a certain urgency about this.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Right.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I could speak about that for the next hour if the Chairman so wishes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: If the Chairman insists on going back to speaking about the issue at hand, it is a waste of time. The general public expects us to do something else.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I am aware of all that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I must insist on getting the information that is required. For example, there is the question of scoliosis waiting lists. What has happened in that area?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I did not hear that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Excellent. There is also the question of waiting lists in general. For example, people are waiting for cataract treatment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I have always been a co-operative member of this committee but I will walk out if the Chairman insists on interrupting me.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I can do that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I represent the people who elected me.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I have a job in this health committee. We spent three hours this morning discussing-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I note the Chairman's ruling.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Deputy MacSharry is not disturbing me at all.

Electricity Regulation (Amendment) (Prohibition of Winter Disconnections) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Apr 2022)

Bernard Durkan: In accordance with Standing Order 80(2), the division is postponed until the weekly division time on Wednesday, 4 May 2022.