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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Áras Attracta: HSE (16 Dec 2014)

Fergus O'Dowd: I apologise but I cannot hear Mr. O’Brien very clearly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Áras Attracta: HSE (16 Dec 2014)

Fergus O'Dowd: If it is helpful, a total of 160 complaints related to residential care units.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Áras Attracta: HSE (16 Dec 2014)

Fergus O'Dowd: And how many the HSE has within its system as well as how the HSE has dealt with them, which would be very important.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Áras Attracta: HSE (16 Dec 2014)

Fergus O'Dowd: No, they relate purely to residential care facilities.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Áras Attracta: HSE (16 Dec 2014)

Fergus O'Dowd: Of course. Private service providers are included. Cases relating to the HSE are in the minority because it is responsible for a smaller number of homes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Áras Attracta: HSE (16 Dec 2014)

Fergus O'Dowd: I concur with everything that Deputy Doherty said in her contribution. I think, if this has not been already said, there is an absolute systems failure in the HSE to protect the most vulnerable people under its care. No matter how many summits take place or improvements are made, the glaring fact is that the HSE has failed to protect those in residential care at present. It is a fact that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Áras Attracta: HSE (16 Dec 2014)

Fergus O'Dowd: With respect, Mr. O'Brien said that HIQA had a job to do and that was that. HIQA looked for a greater role when it appeared before this committee. Mr. O'Brien may not be aware of that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Áras Attracta: HSE (16 Dec 2014)

Fergus O'Dowd: I am not a member of this committee. I think Mr. O'Brien needs to explain things much better. I think he needs to take accountability and responsibility right up the line. I do not know who is in charge of disability services in the HSE, and if that person is here, I am not being personal but I am deeply unhappy about the outcome of the efforts of the HSE. The HSE spoke about protecting...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: HIQA Review of National Ambulance Service: Health Service Executive (16 Dec 2014)

Fergus O'Dowd: With respect, I received no information at all. That is my point. The national ambulance service cannot just institute a blanket ban. I did not provide anybody's name and nor did I provide any personal information. I was just seeking to discover what the hell happened and to what the complaints related. That is all I want to know but I cannot obtain the relevant information.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: HIQA Review of National Ambulance Service: Health Service Executive (16 Dec 2014)

Fergus O'Dowd: That is not good enough.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: HIQA Review of National Ambulance Service: Health Service Executive (16 Dec 2014)

Fergus O'Dowd: Yes, I would like it to be checked.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: HIQA Review of National Ambulance Service: Health Service Executive (16 Dec 2014)

Fergus O'Dowd: I am not happy at all.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: HIQA Review of National Ambulance Service: Health Service Executive (16 Dec 2014)

Fergus O'Dowd: What is the attitude of the ambulance service to freedom of information requests? Does it have designated officers? Is it a fact that a recent freedom of information request from me had to go to the appeals officer in the HSE to address the total lack of information I was getting? I very much welcome the fantastic work the ambulance services is doing and the lives it is undoubtedly saving....

Health (Amendment) Bill 2014: First Stage (16 Dec 2014)

Fergus O'Dowd: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Health Act 2007, to allow the Health Information and Quality Authority to investigate any unsolicited communication received by them which expresses concerns about the safety, quality of care and standards of the services being provided by the Executive, a service provider, the registered provider of a designated...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2014: First Stage (16 Dec 2014)

Fergus O'Dowd: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Written Answers — Department of Health: Residential Institutions (16 Dec 2014)

Fergus O'Dowd: 484. To ask the Minister for Health the actions he will take regarding the disgraceful and inhuman treatment of residents of Áras Attracta as seen on the RTE "Prime Time" programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48169/14]

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2014)

Fergus O'Dowd: Yes, one gets an e-mail.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2014)

Fergus O'Dowd: One gets an opportunity to make a representation and a follow-up. One gets an immediate response from a named person and a telephone number for following the matter up.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2014)

Fergus O'Dowd: Deputies Barry Cowen and Kevin Humphreys asked in parliamentary questions about the costs of the set-up of Irish Water to date. The answer he got was that was a matter for Irish Water. When those questions came before me when I was Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, they should have been forwarded to Irish Water for direct replies. That...

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2014)

Fergus O'Dowd: This debate has been interesting. Whatever the faults in the Bill's wording, for example, not giving sufficient authority to the forum to act of its own accord as opposed to having to be asked in writing by Irish Water to consider a matter, fundamental to democracy is Irish Water's accountability to a forum like this. I have no problem with it. One of the points I made as a Minister of...