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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Oral Health Policy: Discussion (15 May 2019)
Michael Harty: Some members have to leave at 10.30 a.m. because there are questions in the Dáil to the Minister for Health and they are obliged to participate. Some will return if the time is available. We had invited representatives from the Department of Health but, through circumstances outside their control, they are unable to attend. We will, however, return to hear their views at a later date.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Oral Health Policy: Discussion (15 May 2019)
Michael Harty: To return to policy issues, how does the new oral health strategy fit into the Sláintecare strategy? Sláintecare was mentioned earlier. Will the oral health strategy complement Sláintecare? Are there overlapping elements? One of the fundamental principles of Sláintecare is to provide care on the basis of need, not on the ability to pay. Obviously, Sláintecare...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Oral Health Policy: Discussion (15 May 2019)
Michael Harty: Can the dental community provide access, in the context of the Sláintecare proposals, at little or no cost to the State? Would provision for a number of free dental visits for children specifically, but also for adults, be incorporated in the contractual arrangements for dentists? What contractual arrangements do dentists have with the HSE?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Oral Health Policy: Discussion (15 May 2019)
Michael Harty: Are the services currently available directed more towards extraction rather than conservation?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Oral Health Policy: Discussion (15 May 2019)
Michael Harty: On orthodontics, there was an issue in the mid-Leinster area. Going back to the period 1999 to 2002, there were issues with the suspension of orthodontic services. Children were not followed up properly following the suspension. This committee, in 2005 and later, dealt with the issue. There was a report commissioned in 2015 by two external dentists - from Wales, I believe - to examine...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Oral Health Policy: Discussion (15 May 2019)
Michael Harty: We will invite them to come on another occasion. We will pursue them.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Oral Health Policy: Discussion (15 May 2019)
Michael Harty: What is the position on waiting lists in the dental hospital? The hospital provides complex care, in particular, for patients who might have intellectual disabilities, for whom getting access to the hospital for treatment can be difficult. What is the situation in regard to staffing and consultants in the hospital?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Oral Health Policy: Discussion (15 May 2019)
Michael Harty: Is it only through the dental hospital that somebody with an intellectual disability or a substantial physical disability can access dental care?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Oral Health Policy: Discussion (15 May 2019)
Michael Harty: The capacity is not there within the dental hospitals.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Oral Health Policy: Discussion (15 May 2019)
Michael Harty: Is that delivered in general dental hospitals?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Oral Health Policy: Discussion (15 May 2019)
Michael Harty: Does the oral health strategy address that issue?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Oral Health Policy: Discussion (15 May 2019)
Michael Harty: Is it a substantial gap?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Oral Health Policy: Discussion (15 May 2019)
Michael Harty: If no other members are offering, we will conclude. On behalf of the committee, I thank the witnesses for coming in. We will engage with officials from the Department of Health at a later session and we look forward to hearing their views.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Oral Health Policy: Discussion (15 May 2019)
Michael Harty: We will think about that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Oral Health Policy: Discussion (15 May 2019)
Michael Harty: I thank Mr. Marley. We will suspend the sitting until approximately 12 noon, when we will hear from officials from the Department of Health on the heads of the Bill to establish a CervicalCheck tribunal.
- National Broadband Plan: Statements (9 May 2019)
Michael Harty: I want to ask some questions to clarify in my mind what is happening. The Minister might respond to each one in turn. Why was the gap funding model chosen for this project?
- National Broadband Plan: Statements (9 May 2019)
Michael Harty: Is that the reason the State will not own the network after 25 years?
- National Broadband Plan: Statements (9 May 2019)
Michael Harty: Will the Minister outline why there has been cost escalation to €2.79 billion from a starting point of €500 million?
- National Broadband Plan: Statements (9 May 2019)
Michael Harty: On that point, there were originally three bidders and now there is only one bidder, otherwise called the preferred bidder. Is the Minister happy that Granahan McCourt, or National Broadband Ireland as it now is, has the capacity to deliver this?
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (9 May 2019)
Michael Harty: My question to the Tánaiste relates to the funding of the health service, in particular to the programme for Government and the funding of voluntary organisations. As the Tánaiste is aware, earlier this week Rehab issued a statement that it may have to terminate its contracts of care with the HSE because of inadequate Government funding, as its service level agreement requires it...