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- Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)
Bernard Durkan: I might.
- Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)
Bernard Durkan: Normally we are issued with copies of the Bills beforehand in order that we can be familiar with what we are discussing. This is not taking place at the moment.
- Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)
Bernard Durkan: No. We have duties that are given to us. We are dealing with the Bill and passing it. I am being told what I can do. I do not have to do anything. I needed to have been issued a copy of the Bill beforehand so that when I say that I agree with a section as proposed, I have evidence to that effect.
- Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)
Bernard Durkan: No, it is not. It is up to the system to provide the information beforehand.
- Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)
Bernard Durkan: I am not asking for the meeting to be suspended. What I am saying is that as it stands, the proper procedure is not being observed. If members want to go ahead, by all means do so.
- Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)
Bernard Durkan: I do not object readily. I do not have in front of me a copy of the section of the Bill I am proposing to agree to. That is what I am saying.
- Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)
Bernard Durkan: It did not come in the post.
- Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)
Bernard Durkan: If other members agree, that is fine.
- Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)
Bernard Durkan: Five minutes will be okay.
- Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)
Bernard Durkan: I will get a copy of the memorandum.
- Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)
Bernard Durkan: Is there no danger of the use of one definition in preference to another in relation to the points raised by Deputy Shortall? Is there no possibility of that? The most appropriate one, from the Department's point of view, is likely to be used.
- Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)
Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister of State.
- Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)
Bernard Durkan: In the event of a dispute arising in the incurring of expenses in administering any functions under the Act to such extent as may be sanctioned by the Minister for Finance, payable out of money provided by the Oireachtas, is there any danger that there is likely to be a dispute over money in that case and who calls the shots?
- Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)
Bernard Durkan: Is the Minister's function likely to be watered down by virtue of the ability of anybody, under any heading, to raise issues in relation to costs and finance in the administration of any functions under the Act, to such extent as may be sanctioned by the Minister for Finance payable out of moneys? In other words, the shortage of money is not going to become an issue, or is it?
- Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)
Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister of State.
- Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)
Bernard Durkan: Under this section, a new section 10E is being inserted to provide for limits on the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in regard to the exercise of powers under sections 10C and 10D. Would the Minister of State like to comment on this limitation and restriction on powers?
- Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)
Bernard Durkan: If I am in receipt a complaint from a constituent to the effect that there is no comprehensive service in place to meet the needs of an individual, can I intervene and ask a Minister or Minister of State to ensure the provision of a service that should be provided under the Act or are we being conditioned to accepting the inevitable? In other words, nothing happens. Following on from Deputy...
- Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)
Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister of State for her comprehensive reply. It is to be hoped it will cover the issues I have in mind. One such issue, which the Minister of State anticipated in her response, is that of the person who has to visit a hospital and does not receive the treatment he or she requires, is not attended to and spends up to 20 hours or two days on a trolley and nothing happens. We...
- Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)
Bernard Durkan: I support that.
- Select Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)
Bernard Durkan: The corporate plan should anticipate Sláintecare in order that the two are not at cross purposes. That is my only comment there.