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- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Initiatives (16 Sep 2016)
Róisín Shortall: 1776. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 812 of 21 July 2016, the status of the delivery of a bus rapid transit, BRT, service along the Swords/Dublin Airport route; if the planned BRT service for this route will only be developed in the context of the delivery of Metro North; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25184/16]
- Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Future of Health Care (Resumed): Dr. Stephen Kinsella (14 Sep 2016)
Róisín Shortall: I remind members, witnesses and people in the Public Gallery to ensure their mobile phones are switched off. This is important because they cause serious interference with the broadcasting and sound recording systems. Apologies have been received from Deputy Michael Harty. This meeting comprises two public sessions during which the committee will hear evidence on different aspects of the...
- Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Future of Health Care (Resumed): Dr. Stephen Kinsella (14 Sep 2016)
Róisín Shortall: I thank Dr. Kinsella for his helpful presentation, which I appreciate very much. I would like to ask a couple of questions before I invite members to do likewise. I would be interested to know how Dr. Kinsella deals with the various variables within the health workforce. I refer to things like the model of care. I presume all of this depends on where the services are delivered and the...
- Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Future of Health Care (Resumed): Dr. Stephen Kinsella (14 Sep 2016)
Róisín Shortall: Quite a few members are keen to speak so I will take questions in groups of three.
- Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Future of Health Care (Resumed): Dr. Stephen Kinsella (14 Sep 2016)
Róisín Shortall: There are some very big questions there so could Dr. Kinsella do his best to address them?
- Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Future of Health Care (Resumed): Dr. Stephen Kinsella (14 Sep 2016)
Róisín Shortall: I ask Deputy Barry to be very brief.
- Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Future of Health Care (Resumed): Dr. Stephen Kinsella (14 Sep 2016)
Róisín Shortall: I wish to add a couple of questions, the first of which relates to the point made by Deputy O'Connell. I assume there is some element-----
- Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Future of Health Care (Resumed): Dr. Stephen Kinsella (14 Sep 2016)
Róisín Shortall: I want to pick up on the question asked by Deputy O'Connell about ratios in terms of staff. Will Dr. Kinsella indicate whether there are objective best-practice ratios, issued by the World Health Organization or the OECD, with groups of countries comparable to Ireland, at least with regard to the number of cardiologists or speech therapists, for example? Should that be our starting point,...
- Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Future of Health Care (Resumed): Dr. Stephen Kinsella (14 Sep 2016)
Róisín Shortall: I thank Dr. Kinsella, it has been a really worthwhile session. He has been very generous with his time. I speak for everybody in saying that we very much appreciate the fact that he picked up on all of the questions asked and provided very direct answers, which is not always the case at committees. We know he is under time pressure as he must be in Limerick for 3 p.m. We appreciate Dr....
- Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Future of Health Care (Resumed): Dr. Stephen Kinsella (14 Sep 2016)
Róisín Shortall: I suggest that we take a ten minute break. People might like to get coffee or whatever else. Witnesses from the HSE dealing with ICT are outside and are ready to come in. Members should be back here in ten minutes.
- Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Future of Health Care: eHealth Ireland (14 Sep 2016)
Róisín Shortall: I welcome Mr. Richard Corbridge, chief information officer of the HSE, to our meeting. He is accompanied by Ms Yvonne Goff who is the HSE's chief clinical information officer. I thank them both for coming along and also welcome Mr. Ray Mitchell. I advise the witnesses that by virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, witnesses are protected by absolute privilege in respect of...
- Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Future of Health Care: eHealth Ireland (14 Sep 2016)
Róisín Shortall: I thank Mr. Corbridge for his presentation. He referred to the evolution, which is particularly slow. It is hard for many of us to understand why the evolution has been so slow. We have been speaking about an individual health identifier for many years. It was legislated for, as Mr. Corbridge stated, in 2014. What is the difficulty with the Department of Social Protection? Why are we...
- Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Future of Health Care: eHealth Ireland (14 Sep 2016)
Róisín Shortall: The need for a unique health identifier has been highlighted for many years.
- Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Future of Health Care: eHealth Ireland (14 Sep 2016)
Róisín Shortall: It seems not much preparatory work was done prior to passing the Act. It is disappointing that we are at such an early stage.
- Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Future of Health Care: eHealth Ireland (14 Sep 2016)
Róisín Shortall: Is Mr. Corbridge stating the negotiations are not yet completed?
- Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Future of Health Care: eHealth Ireland (14 Sep 2016)
Róisín Shortall: It is still being negotiated with the Department.
- Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Future of Health Care: eHealth Ireland (14 Sep 2016)
Róisín Shortall: What about electronic records?
- Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Future of Health Care: eHealth Ireland (14 Sep 2016)
Róisín Shortall: My final question was on the 47,000 staff who have no access to any digital solutions.
- Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Future of Health Care: eHealth Ireland (14 Sep 2016)
Róisín Shortall: At what point does Mr. Corbridge expect most of the staff to be-----
- Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Future of Health Care: eHealth Ireland (14 Sep 2016)
Róisín Shortall: I ask the witnesses to bank these questions and we will take questions in groups of three.