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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (19 Apr 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 244. To ask the Minister for Health the number of assaults on health care staff in hospitals across the State in each of the years 2008 to 2017, by number of assaults and the hospital in which the assault took place, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17212/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Data (19 Apr 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 245. To ask the Minister for Health the number of security staff, associated with an agency or directly employed, working in hospitals across the State in each of the years 2008 to 2017 by hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17213/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (19 Apr 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 253. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the BreastCheck western unit is to withdraw its mobile unit from Sligo town and relocate to the village of Collooney; his views on whether this will result in access problems to the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17335/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (19 Apr 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 254. To ask the Minister for Health if BreastCheck will be engaging with Sligo County Council to facilitate the locating of the BreastCheck mobile unit in Sligo town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17336/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (18 Apr 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Good morning. As we have a quorum, I call the meeting to order. We will first go into private session.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Service Capacity Review: PA Consulting (18 Apr 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: We are in public session. We are meeting with PA Consulting, authors of the Health Service Capacity Review report for 2018. On behalf of the committee, I welcome Mr. Stephen Smyth, Mr. Tim Daly, Mr. Chris Nightingale and Mr. George MacGinnis of PA Consulting. By virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, witnesses are protected by absolute privilege in respect of their evidence...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Service Capacity Review: PA Consulting (18 Apr 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Thank you very much Mr. MacGinnis. I will invite committee members to ask questions and we will take them in groups of three. I ask members to bank the questions. I call Senator Burke, Deputy Donnelly and Deputy Durkan in that order.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Service Capacity Review: PA Consulting (18 Apr 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Will they take a while to answer?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Service Capacity Review: PA Consulting (18 Apr 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Then it might be wiser to ask one or two, after which the Deputy will have an opportunity to speak again. Is that okay?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Service Capacity Review: PA Consulting (18 Apr 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I also have a few questions to ask, as do Deputies Bernard J. Durkan and Alan Kelly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Service Capacity Review: PA Consulting (18 Apr 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: If the delegates take those questions, Deputies Alan Kelly and Stephen S. Donnelly and I will have an opportunity to ask further questions later.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Service Capacity Review: PA Consulting (18 Apr 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Yes. I will then move on because Deputies Bernard J. Durkan and Alan Kelly have questions to ask.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Service Capacity Review: PA Consulting (18 Apr 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Deputy Durkan had some questions and we will get to those answers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Service Capacity Review: PA Consulting (18 Apr 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: There are a number of questions - I have some as well - relating specifically to staffing and the future-proofing element of recruitment. The elephant in the room is the retention of staff. Is it possible for the witnesses to briefly run through this? All of the assumptions made in the report are based on-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Service Capacity Review: PA Consulting (18 Apr 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: We are all asking questions in the same kind of area. Will the witnesses explain if they assumed the recruitment would happen or if they have a strategy for it? Was it factored into the plans as to how many beds were going to be needed etc.? I am conscious that Deputy Durkan's questions may not have been reached but we are all asking the same kind of questions. Deputy Kelly has other...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Service Capacity Review: PA Consulting (18 Apr 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: To be frank, it does not answer the matter of workforce planning. Much of what has been said is predicated on the need for staff. We would not have a health service without its staff. Much of the difficulty experienced in the health service revolve around the matter of recruitment and retention. It seems that maybe the report sidestepped that somewhat.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Service Capacity Review: PA Consulting (18 Apr 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: We will take the next round of questions if that is okay. They will come from Deputies Kelly and Donnelly, and I have some questions as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Service Capacity Review: PA Consulting (18 Apr 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I apologise.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Service Capacity Review: PA Consulting (18 Apr 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: Will the witnesses respond to Deputy Durkan?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Service Capacity Review: PA Consulting (18 Apr 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: I apologise again. The witnesses might respond to Deputy Durkan before we give Deputy Kelly his opportunity. He will get an award for being very patient this morning.